Auber: Fra Diavolo Overture Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069

                Musical Offering, BWV1079 English Baroque Orchestra

                Mass in B minor, BWV232 Pierrette Alarie (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Leopold Simoneau (tenor), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Willi Boskovsky (violin) Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Vienna Academy Choir

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete) Magda Laszlo (soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Petre Munteanu (tenor), Richard Standen (bass) , Vienna Academy Choir Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

                   Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (Battle Symphony)

                   Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85Maria Stader (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), Otto Wiener (baritone)

Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Chabrier: Rapsodie (from España) Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Falla: Dance of Terror (from El amor brujo) Vienna State Opera Orchestra

         Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)

Gabrieli, G: Canzon Primi Toni a 8 Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 42 'Il'ya Murometz' Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military' Vienna State Opera Orchestra

            Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'

Hérold: Zampa - Overture Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Honegger: Three Symphonic Movements Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

                  Prélude pour 'La Tempête' de William Shakespeare

                  Pastorale d'été

                  Chanson de joie

Khachaturian: Gayane Suite Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Liszt: Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97 Vienna State Opera Orchestra

          Mazeppa, symphonic poem No. 6, S100

          Hunnenschlacht, symphonic poem No. 11, S105

          Mephisto Waltz No. 1V

          Hungarian Rhapsodies, S359 Nos. 1-6

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan' Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

             Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Mimi Coertse (soprano), Lucretia West (mezzo-soprano), Vienna Academy Chamber Choir Vienna State Opera Orchestra

             Symphony No. 5

             Symphony No. 7

             Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major - Adagio

Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626Sena Jurinac (soprano), Lucretia West (contralto), Hans Leffler (tenor), Frederick Guthrie (bass) , Vienna Academy Choir Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Orff: Entrata Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20: The Evil God and the Dance of the Pagan Monsters Vienna Symphony Orchestra

                  Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60

Ravel: Boléro Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 Vienna State Opera Orchestra

                             Flight of the Bumble Bee

Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

                   The Firebird Suite

Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture Vienna State Opera Orchestra

                      1812 Overture, Op. 49

                      Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

This set highlights the vast repertoire of the great conductor and features Scherchen's highly influential recordings of Mahler's Symphonies 1, 2, 5, 7 and 10 (Adagio).
With remarkably good sound and exceptional conducting, these Westminster recordings are a must for any collector of Scherchen's works and discerning classical music lovers in general. They feature some of the best interpretations of classic and more adventurous masterpieces from Bach to Honegger, from Beethoven to Stravinsky, from Gabrieli to Khachaturian.