This vast collection of orchestral works provides a valuable portrait of van Beinum
The set includes a wide-ranging selection of his Decca, Philips, and live recordings
Van Beinum was especially renowned for valuing the mental health of his orchestra, encouraging a cheerful and friendly atmosphere amongst the musicians who adored him for this different and humble style
His nurturing approach to conducting, combined with his solid musicianship, reaps tangible rewards to delight the listener
Andriessen
Symphony No.4
Arnold
Beckus the Dandipratt
Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Beethoven
Symphonies No.2 (1954 & 1958), No.7),
No.3 “Eroica”; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus; Overtures: Die
Geschöpfe des Prometheus; Leonore No.1 and No.3; Fidelio;
Egmont (1952 & 1954); Coriolan; Die Weihe des Hauses
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique; La Damnation de Faust
Le Carnaval Romain overture
Borodin
Polovtsian Dances
Brahms
Saint Anthony Variations (1949 & 1952); Symphonies
No.1 (1958, 09/1951 & 10/1951), No.2 (1954 & 1955), No.3,
No.4; Academic Festival Overture; Tragic Overture
Britten
Four Sea Interludes (1947 & 1953), Passacaglia
Spring Symphony; The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Bruckner
Symphonies No.5, No.7, No.8 (04/1955)
No.8 (06/1955), No.9
Debussy
Images pour orchestra (1948 & 1954)
La Mer (1941 & 1957); Printemps; Nocturnes; 3 Esquisses
symphoniques; Marche Ecossaise; Berceuse Héroïque
Elgar
The Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & No.2
Cockaigne “In London Town”
Escher
Musique pour l'esprit en deuil
Franck
Psyché (1941 & 1951)
Handel
Water Music (Chrysander version)
Haydn
Symphonies: No.94 “Surprise”, No.96 “The Miracle”,
No.97, No.100 “Military”
J.C. Bach
Symphonies Op.18 No.2 and No.4
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suites Nos.1-4
Kodály
Háry János Suite
Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Symphonies No.4 and No.6
Mendelssohn
Symphony No.4 “Italian”; The Hebrides
Overture and incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mozart
Serenade “Posthorn”; Symphony No.29,
No.35 “Haffner”, No.40 (rehearsal)
Nicolai
The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Pijper
Symphony No.3
R. Strauss
Don Juan
Ravel
Boléro; La Valse; Daphnis and Chloé Suite No.2
Reger
Ballet Suite
Respighi
Fontane di Roma
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Schönberg
Fünf Orchesterstücke
Schubert
Overture Rosamunde; Symphonies No.3, No.4
“Tragic”, No.6, No.8 “Unfinished”, No.9; Rosamunde
Sibelius
En Saga; Tapiola; Valse triste; Finlandia
Stravinsky
Firebird Suite (1951 & 1956); The Rite of Spring
The Song of the Nightingale
Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite; Symphony No.4
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (1940 & 1950)
Thomas
Mignon Overtur