Credits:

Eugene Ormandy

Description:

[Tower Records "Sony Classical" Special Selection 10th Season] For the past few years, the "Tower Records "Sony Classical" Special Selection" has been reissuing many famous recordings of Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra every year. The Philadelphia Orchestra in his home country has also been reissued. The Philadelphia Orchestra has been praising this reissue, recognizing it as "an important project to revive their history in the present. The Philadelphia Orchestra has also recognized that this is "an important project to revive their history in the present. The Age of Elegance: Masterpieces of Air and Dance," released in 1971, is an album of beautiful baroque and classical dance pieces from Handel to Beethoven, the majority of which were recorded in 1968. As is typical of Ormandy, he does not stick to the Baroque style of performance, but the expression of the music, which is rendered with dignity and elegance, is very attractive. The album couples Harty's version of "The Royal Palace" and Ormandy's version of "On the Water". New coupling. Recordings: April 10, 1968 (1, 7); May 15, 1968 (2, 3, 4, 6, 8); December 28, 1965 (5); May 8, 1968 (9, 10); April 12, 1959 (11); February 8, 1959 (12); April 1, 1959 (13), Town Hall, Philadelphia Hall.

Tracklisting:

1 MINUET (3RD MOVEMENT FROM STRING QUINTET IN E MAJOR. G275) / Eugene Ormandy
2 FUR ELISE (BAGATELLE IN A MINOR. WOO 59) / Eugene Ormandy
3 LARGO FROM 'XERXES' / Eugene Ormandy
4 MINUET FROM 'DON GIOVANNI' / Eugene Ormandy
5 TRUMPET VOLUNTARY / Eugene Ormandy
6 MINUET IN G MAJOR. WOO 10. NO.2 / Eugene Ormandy
7 ANDANTE CANTABILE (2ND MOVEMENT FROM STRING QUARTET IN F MAJOR. OP.3. NO.5. FORMERLY KNOWN AS ' / Eugene Ormandy
8 GAVOTTE FROM 'IPHIGENIA IN AULIS' / Eugene Ormandy
9 MUSETTE FROM 'ARMIDE' / Eugene Ormandy
10 DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS FROM 'ORFEO ED EURIDICE' / Eugene Ormandy
11 MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS SUITE 1.OVERTURE / Eugene Ormandy
12 MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS SUITE 2.ALLA SICILIANA / Eugene Ormandy
13 MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS SUITE 3.BOURREE: MENUETTO / Eugene Ormandy
14 SUITE FOR STRINGS 1.SARABANDA: LARGO / Eugene Ormandy
15 SUITE FOR STRINGS 2.GIGA: ALLEGRO / Eugene Ormandy
16 SUITE FOR STRINGS 3.BADINERIE: VIVACE / Eugene Ormandy
17 THE WATER MUSIC SUITE 1.ALLEGRO / Eugene Ormandy
18 THE WATER MUSIC SUITE 2.ANDANTE ESPRESSIVO / Eugene Ormandy
19 THE WATER MUSIC SUITE 3.AIR / Eugene Ormandy
20 THE WATER MUSIC SUITE 4.BOURREE / Eugene Ormandy
21 THE WATER MUSIC SUITE 5.HORNPIPE / Eugene Ormandy
22 THE WATER MUSIC SUITE 6.ALLEGRO DECISO / Eugene Ormandy