The Complete Decca Recordings

This compilation ℗ & © 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited. A Decca Classics Release. All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance, distribution, broadcasting and making available or communication to the public prohibited. Booklet enclosed - Brochure incluse - Mit Beiheft Made in the EU. LIMITED EDITION 485 4683 40 CDs DECCA Regd. Trade Mark Decca Music Group Limited A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY Universal International Music B.V. 's-Gravelandseweg 80 1217 EW Hilversum, Netherlands With special thanks to Dominic Fyfe, Paul Moseley, Edward Taylor and Cyrus Meher-Homji OAM and to The Cleveland Orchestra's Michael GandImayr, Christophe Abi-Nassif and Amanda Angel Introductory Note © 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited Original Decca cover art courtesy of the EMI Archive Trust Pollard Collection, with special thanks to Archivist Gary Pietronave. Photos courtesy of Decca Archives and The Cleveland Orchestra Archive, with special thanks to Archivist Andria Hoy. We have made every effort to identify and credit the creators of all images that appear in this release. We apologise for any omissions. ® [see years in tracklist] Universal Music Operations Limited. This compilation ® & © 2024 Universal Music Operations Limited. A Decca Classics Release. Editor's Note: Used the | character to separate parts or acts that ordinarily call for a Header, but is not used here, to keep complete works under a single Index Track. Editor's Note: Some tracks are divided into separate subtracks as clearly presented on disc sleeves or booklet, to manage multipart tracks. Track position is as printed or by using #.# convention. The printed track timing is entered as the [b]first[/b] Sub-track's duration. CD 1 53.33 | CD 2 59.48 | CD 63:26 | Total timing: 178.48 First release: 436 421-2 ℗ 1993 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 11 (Nos. 38, 40), 17 (No.41) February 1990; Severance Hall, Cleveland, 21-22 October (Nos. 35, 36, 39) 1990 CD 4 78.29 First release: 443 175-2 ℗ 1995 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 19, 20 May (K.364), 18 August (K.525) 1991 & 6 June 1993 (K.299) CD 5 69.26 First release: 443 176-2 ℗ 1995 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 6 October 1991 (K.622) & 26 January 1992 (K.314) & 1 June 1993 (K.191) CD 6 63.36 First release: 430 201-2 ℗ 1990 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 29 October 1989 CD 7 70.42 First release: 421 439-2 ℗ 1988 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 2 November 1987 (No.1) & 15 February 1988 (No.2) CD 8 58.43 First release: 421 643-2 ℗ 1989 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 2 November 1987 (No.3) & 15 February 1988 (No.4) CD 9 68.00 First release: 444 811-2 ℗ 1996 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 29 May (Brahms) & 17 October (Schumann) 1994 CD 10 57.41 First release: 443 753-2 ℗ 1996 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 30 May, 1 June 1993 CD 11 63:11 First release: 430 099-2 ℗ 1991 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 8, 10 October 1989 CD 12 74.04 First release: 433 318-2 ℗ 1993 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 20, 21 January 1991 CD 13 55.48 First release: 436 153-2 ℗ 1994 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 7 October 1991 CD 14 84.07 First release: 430 841-2 ℗ 1992 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 20, 21 August 1990 CD 15 82.17 First release: 443 753-2 ℗ 1996 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 6, 7 February 1994 CD 16 57.59 First release: 425 405-2 ℗ 1989 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 3 October 1988 CD 17 71.16 | CD 18 76.01 | Total timing: 147.18 First release: 443 690-2 ℗ 1995 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 6-9 December 1993 CD 19 64.32 | CD 20 64.03 | CD 21 27.36 | CD 22 69.14 | Total timing: 225.25 First release: 440 371-2 ℗ 1997 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 9-15 November 1992 (Wotan tracking sessions in 1993) CD 23 61.21 First release: 436 444-2 ℗ 1993 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 18 August 1991 (TrV 171) & 27 January 1992 (TrV 190) CD 24 54.47 First release: 425 718-2 ℗ 1990 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 19 March 1989 CD 25 57.14 First release: 440 315-2 ℗ 1994 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 12 May 1992 CD 26 65.21 First release: 425 438-2 ℗ 1989 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 25 July 1988 CD 27 80.08 First release: 436 240-2 ℗ 1992 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 19, 20 May 1991 CD 28 84.35 First release: 458 902-2 ℗ 1999 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 18, 19 May 1997 CD 29 56.59 First release: 444 867-2 ℗ 1995 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 6 June 1993 (JB 1:100) & 23, 24 January (JB 1:102, 112/2, 108-Overture), 16 October (JB 1:104, 108-Polka) 1994 CD 30 66.11 First release: 430 204-2 ℗ 1991 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 13 March (Dvořák), 30 October (Janáček) 1989 CD 31 73.08 | CD 32 53:43 | Total timing: 126.51 First releases: 414 422-2 (No.8, Scherzo capriccioso) · 414 421-2 (No.9) ℗ 1986; 417 564-2 (No.7) ℗1987 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 26 October 1984 (Nos. 8, 9, Scherzo capriccioso) & 28 October 1985 (No.7) CD 33 74.52 First release: 430 171-2 ℗ 1990 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 21, 27 August 1989 CD 34 Total timing: 70.17 First release: 443 173-2 ℗1995 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 26 January (Bartók), 4 May (Martinů) 1992 & 31 May 1993 (Janáček) CD 35 Total timing: 65.34 First release: 425 694-2 ℗ 1990 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 1 August 1988 (Bartók) & 19 March 1989 (Lutosławski) Publishers: Chester Music (a); Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (b) (Lutosławski) (a) worldwide, except (b) Poland, Albania, Bulgaria, China, Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, territories of former Yugoslavia, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Romania, Hungary and territories of former USSR CD 36 Total timing: 64.45 First release: 430 844-2 ℗ 1992 Recording: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, 12 February 1990 (Shostakovich); Severance Hall, Cleveland, 20, 21 August 1990 (Lutosławski) Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski (a); Le Chant du Monde (b); G Schirmer Inc. (c) (Shostakovich); Chester Music(d); Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (e) (Lutosławski) (a) UK, British Commonwealth ex. Canada, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Israel; (b) France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Andorra, Afrique francophone (c) North America; (d) worldwide, except (e) Poland, Albania, Bulgaria, China, Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, territories of former Yugoslavia, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Romania, Hungary and territories of former USSR CD 37 Total timing: 68.35 First releases: 436 240-2 (Im Sommerwind) ℗ 1992; 436 421-2 (Opp. 1, 6a, 10, 21, 30) ℗ 1993; 436 153-2 (Bach/Webern) ℗ 1994 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 19, 20 May (Op.21), 18 August (Im Sommerwind), 6 October (Opp. 10, 30) 1991 & 27 January (Op.1), 5 May (Op.6a) 1992 & 1 June 1993 (Bach/Webern) CD 38 Total timing: 61.34 First release: 443 172-2 ℗ 1994 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland, 18 August 1991 (Varèse) & 4 May 1992 (Ives No.4) & 7 February 1994 (Ives The Unanswered Question) Publishers: Ricordi Milan (Varèse); Associated Music Publishers Inc. (Ives No.4); Peermusic (Ives The Unanswered Question) CD 39 Total timing: 63.28 First release: 443 776-2 ℗ 1995 Recording: Severance Hall, Cleveland 1 June 1993 (Ives No.1) & 23, 24 January (Ives Set No.2 · Ruggles), 16 October (Crawford Seeger) 1994 Publishers: Mercury Music Corporation (Ives Set No.1); Peermusic (Ives Set No.2); Theodore Presser Company (Ruggles); Merion Music, Inc. (Crawford Seeger) CD 40 Total timing: 68.45 First releases: 436 240-2 (Schoenberg) ℗ 1992; 452 104-2 (Birtwistle) ℗ 1996; 458 902-2 (Hartmann) ℗ 1999 Error Note: Misprint. Spine of sleeve for CD 25 incorrectly identifies the content of the disc as Mahler Symphony No.2. The CD included is actually Mahler Symphony No.4, which is correctly identified on the front and back of the sleeve as well as on the disc face.