conductor Igor Markevitch cover, photography by Michelangelo Durazzo design WLP Ltd. tracks 5-1, 5-2, 6-1 to 6-4, 7-1 to 7-7, 7-14, 7-16, 8-4 to 8-7, 10-1 to 10-15, 10-16 (1952) engineer [balance engineer] Douglas Larter tracks 5-3, 5-4 (february), 6-16 to 6-13 engineer [balance engineer] Harold Davidson tracks 18-1 to 18-3 engineer [balance engineer] Oswaldo Varesco tracks 19-1 to 19-3 engineer [balance engineer] Oswaldo Varesco tracks 15-5, 15-6 engineer [balance engineer] Paul Vavasseur tracks 6-5. 6-14 to 6-21, 7-8 to 7-13, 7-15, 7-17, 8-1 to 8-3, 8-8 to 8-15, 9-8 to 9-11, 13-12 to 13-14, 14-17 to 14-19 engineer [balance engineer] Robert Beckett tracks 5-3, 5-4 (january) engineer [balance engineer] Robert Gooch tracks 1-1 to 1-10, 2-1 to 2-24, 3-1 to 3-11, 4-1 to 4-8, 11-1 to 11-10, 12-1 to 12-13, 13-1 to 13-11, 14-1 to 14-16, 16-1 to 16-31, 17-1 to 17-14 engineer [balance engineer] Walter Ruhlmann liner notes Jon Tolansky liner notes [traduction] Daniel Fesquet liner notes [Übersetzung] Leandra Rhoese tracks 5-3, 5-4, 6-16 to 6-13 producer Eric Macleod tracks 15-5, 15-6 producer Greco Casadesus tracks 1-1 to 1-10, 2-1 to 2-24, 3-1 to 3-11, 4-1 to 4-8, 11-1 to 11-10, 12-1 to 12-13, 13-1 to 13-11, 14-1 to 14-16, 16-1 to 16-21, 17-1 to 17-14 producer René Challan tracks 6-14 to 6-21, 8-2, 8-3, 8-8 to 8-15, 9-10 to 9-10 (may), 13-12 to 13-14, 14-17 to 14-19 producer Walter Jellinek tracks 5-1, 5-2, 6-1 to 6-4, 7-1 to 7-17, 8-1, 8-4 to 8-7, 9-1 to 9-8, 9-9 to 9-10 (march), 10-1 to 10-16, 17-15 to 17-30 producer Walter Legge Record Company Warner Music Group Phonographic Copyright (p) Parlophone Records Ltd. Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Music France Phonographic Copyright (p) Testament Copyright (c) Parlophone Records Ltd. Copyright (c) Michelangelo Durazzo Made By Optimal Media GmbH Recorded At Salle de la Mutualité, Paris Recorded At Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Recorded At Abbey Road Studios Recorded At Kingsway Hall Recorded At Salle Wagram, Paris Recorded At Santa Cecilia, Rome This compilation ℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. ℗ as shown except where otherwise stated Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. *Digital remastering ℗ as shown except where otherwise stated Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company.
Warner Classics is most grateful to the British Library for supplying their source material so that we can issue these recordings Thanks to the EMI Archive Trust
18 disc box of Igor Markevitch's [l37150] recordings in generic sleeves. Included is a 36-page booklet with full track listing, photographs, recording information and an essay in English, translated into French and German.
CD 1 75:43 Recorded 12 & 14.I.1955 (7-10), 1-4.IV.1957 (1-6), Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1955 (7-10), 1958 (1-6) Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
CD 2 74:39 CD 3 76:33 Tracks 2-1 to 2-12, 3-1 recorded 18-29.VI.1956, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1956 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Tracks 3-2 to 3-11 recorded: 3 (2-5) & 26-27 (6-9) V.1955, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris; 14 & 18.I.1955 (10-11), Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1955 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
CD 4 70:00 Recorded 4-5.I.1955 (5-8), 29-31.X & 1.XI.1956 (1-4), Salle de la Mutualité, MONO ℗ 1955 (5-8), 1957 (1-4) Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1996* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
CD 5 67:06 Tracks 5-1 & 5-2 recorded 12-13.XI.1951, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London MONO ℗ 1952/1997* Testament Tracks 5-3 & 5-4 recorded 10, 12-13.l. & 17.II.1959, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London STEREO ℗ 1960 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company/℗ 1997* Testament
CD 6 78:28 Tracks 6-1 to 6-4 recorded 14.XI.1951 and 11 & 13.IX.1952, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London MONO ℗ 1953 Track 6-5 recorded 2.III.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London MONO ℗ 1955 Tracks 6-6 to 6-13 recorded 17-18.II.1959, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London STEREO ℗ 1960 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Tracks 6-14 to 6-21 recorded 13-15.VI.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London MONO ℗ 1954 Track 6-22 recorded III.1954, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1954 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company/2015* ℗ 1997* Testament
CD 8 76:49 Track 8-1 recorded 3.III.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Track 8-2 recorded 15.V.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Track 8-3 recorded 3.VI.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Track 8-4 to 8-7 recorded 12.IX.1952, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Tracks 8-8 to 8-12 recorded 13.V.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Tracks 8-13 to 8-15 recorded 23.IV. & 3.VI.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London MONO ℗ 1953 (4-7), 1954 (1-3, 8-15)/1997* Testament
CD 9 72:54 Track 9-1 recorded 26.VI.1949, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Track 9-2 recorded 26.VI.1949, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London; 30.VI. & 8.VII.1949, Kingsway Hall, London Tracks 9-3 & 9-4 recorded: 26.I.1951, Kingsway Hall, London Track 9-5 recorded 30.VI. & 8.VII.1949, Kingsway Hall, London Track 9-6 recorded 30.VI.1949, Kingsway Hall, London Track 9-7 recorded 15.II.1950, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Tracks 9-8 & 9-11 recorded 2.III.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Tracks 9-9 & 9-10 recorded 1.III. & 15.V.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Track 9-10 recorded 1.III. & 15.V.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London MONO ℗ 1950 (7), 1951 (1-6), 1955 (8-11)/2015*
CD 10 68:38 Recorded 26.V. & 13.X.1950 (15), 11 & 13.IX.1952 and 8.VI.1954 (16), 8.I.1954 (1-14), No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (16: 1952) MONO ℗ 1951 (15), 1954 (1-14, 16)/2015*
CD 11 76:53 CD 12 78:07 Recorded 26.XI-18.XII.1957, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1959 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1988* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
CD 13 74:11 Tracks 13-1 to 13-11 recorded 11.III.1954 (1), 7.I. and 23 & 25.V.1955 (2-7), 23 & 24.V.1955 (8-11), Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1955 (2-11), 1954 (1) Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1989* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Tracks 13-12 to 13-15 recorded 27 & 29.IV.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London MONO ℗ 1954/1989* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
CD 14 71:43 Tracks 14-1 to 14-16 recorded: 12 & 13 (2-7) and 22 (8-16) III.1954, III.1954 (1), Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1954 (1-16), Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1989* (2-16), 2015* (1) Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company Tracks 14-17 to 14-19 recorded: 24, 25 & 27.IV.1954, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London ℗ 1954/1989* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
CD 15 73:09 Tracks 15-1 to 15-3 recorded 10.III.1954 (2, 3), 1 & 2.XI.1956 (1), Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1954 (2-3), 1957 (1) Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company/2002* (1), 2015* (2-3) Tracks 15-4 & 15-5 recorded 16-18 (5) and 18 & 19 (4) VI.1969, Salle Wagram, Paris STEREO ℗ 1969 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company/1990*
CD 16 62:02 CD 17 67:26 Recorded 27-30.V and 2, 18 & 21.VI.1958, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris MONO ℗ 1959 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2001* Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company
CD 18 70:45 Tracks 18-1 to 18-3 recorded: 27.V.1952, Santa Cecilia, Rome ℗ 1952 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company/2015* Recorded under the auspices of UNESCO Tracks 18-4 to 18-13 recorded: 27 & 28 (4-10), 28 & 29 (11-13) VI.1938, Belgium MONO ℗ 1938 Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company/2015*