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Coppélia suite : Sylvia : Suite / Delibes. Faust : Ballet music / Gounod.

Author/creator Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891
Format Audio (CD), Musical Sound Recording, and Book
Publication Info[U.S.] : RCA Victor Gold Seal ; New York, N.Y. : BMG Classics, ©1994.
Description1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorMonteux, Pierre, 1875-1964 conductor.
Included WorkDelibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Sylvia. Selections.
Included WorkGounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Ballet.
Other author/creatorBoston Symphony Orchestra performer.
Other author/creatorSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra performer.
Uniform titleCoppélia. Selections
Series Pierre Monteux edition ; v. 7
Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964. Pierre Monteux edition ; v. 7. ^A501594
Local noteJoyner-NOTES ON RECORDINGS AVAILABLE AT CIRCULATION DESK IN MUSIC LIBRARY UNDER CALL NUMBER: CD-2550 Insert.
General noteComprises one volume of a 15-disc (in 14 containers) boxed set.
General noteOn outer container: BMG Classics: 09026-61893-2.
General noteThe 1st-2nd works selections from ballets, the 3rd from the opera, "an afterthought composed to satisfy the Paris Opéra" -- Preface to the Dover edition of the full score, 1994.
General noteThe 3rd work released for the first time on this disc.
General noteCompact disc; digitally remastered.
General noteDurations: 25:34; 26:31; 14:34.
General noteProgram notes, principally about the conductor's involvement with the pieces on this recording, by Richard Freed (7 p. : port.) inserted in inner container; notes about the conductor by John Canarina and Herb Caen, and reminiscences by Leon Fleisher, Erich Kunzel, Marcel Landowski, André Previn, and David Zinman, all in English, French, and German (79 p. : ill.) inserted in outer container.
Performer "Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra" -- Cf. inner program notes, p. 5 (1st-2nd works) ; San Francisco Symphony (3rd work) ; Pierre Monteux, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteThe 1st work recorded Dec. 2, 4, 1953, Manhattan Center, New York, the 2nd Dec. 30-31, Symphony Hall, Boston, and the 3rd Dec. 22, 1947, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco.
UPC 9026619752
Publisher number09026-61975-2 RCA Victor Gold Seal
Publisher number09026-61893-2 BMG Classics

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