50 Years of Vox [BOX SET]

David Glazer (Performer), Hugo Alfven (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Ferruccio Busoni (Composer), Carlos [1] Chavez (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Paul Hindemith (Composer), Charles Ives (Composer), Franz Liszt (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Niccolo Paganini (Composer), Phillipp (Composer), Maurice Ravel (Composer)

Product Details

• Performer: David Glazer
• Composer: Hugo Alfven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Ferruccio Busoni, et al.
• Audio CD (October 24, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Vox (Classical)
• ASIN: B000001K6U
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #118,046 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Symphony No. 4 In C Minor, D.417: 'Tragic'

2. Caprice No. 20 In D Major for Violin And Piano, Op.1

3. Donizetti's Opera: 'Lucia di Lammermoor'

4. Lyric Pieces, Op. 54: Nocturne

5. Symphony No. 29 In A Major, K.201: Allegro moderato

6. Piano Concerto No. 19 In F Major, K.459: Allegro

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. La Cenerentola

2. Royal Fireworks: Overture

3. 2-Piano Concerto In E Flat Major, K.365: Allegro

4. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Dona Nobis Pacem

5. Night on Bald Mountain

6. Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op.19: 'Midsommarvaka'

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Disc: 3

1. Two Studies for Doktor Faust: Cortege

2. Etude No. 7 In E Minor

3. Flute Suite No. 2 In B Minor

4. Piano Sonata No. 21 In C Major, Op.53: 'Waldstein'

5. Variations serieuses, Op.54

6. Trio No. 1 In B Major, Op.8: Allegro

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Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, celebratory collection, September 26, 2003

By	DJ Rix (NJ USA) - See all my reviews

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As many of the old Vox single CDs & boxes disappear or are reshuffled into deceptively "premium" packaging, this wonderful, celebratory collection remembers the glory years with a wide-ranging selection of great music, from the post-war mono recordings that, among other achievements, resuscitated Otto Klemperer's career & sent him on to settle some old scores, to pristine sessions from the Eighties engineered by the team of Marc Aubert & Joanna Nickrenz. Along the way there are some delightful surprises; pianists Novaes, Philipp, Haebler; Alfgren's lovely "Swedish Rhapsody" superbly played by the Baltimore Symphony as something more than a light classic; the under-rated Donald Johannos & Dallas Orchestra challenging Lenny Bernstein in 1967, the height of the Charles Ives revival, with a remarkable "Fourth of July;" Ravel's "Habanera" performed by violinist Elmar Oliveira. Included is a colorful 40 page booklet, written by frequent Vox liner note contributor, Richard Freed, outlining the Vox history with special attention to its visionary founder, George H. de Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (a collateral descendent of Felix & Fanny). My set also came with a "complete listing" insert of Vox Boxes, so many of which have been discontinued since 1995. One could only wish for a fourth CD devoted to the avant garde music Vox issued on the Turnabout & Candide labels, proudly mentioned in the booklet, but alas, tapes apparently buried in a secret vault somewhere.

Bob Rixon

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vox clamante in foro, January 30, 2009

By	pclaudel (New York City) - See all my reviews

Everything written more than five years ago by the other reviewer, Mr. Rixon, can be heartily seconded today; this is a truly wonderful set, and the fact that Marketplace copies are available for less than five bucks makes it more wonderful still.

It is worth noting that these CDs contain more complete works (that is, rather than merely snippets) than is customary in a sampler. Mr. Rixon mentions Hugo Alfvén's Swedish Rhapsody no. 1, but there are others: Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain, conducted by Leonard Slatkin; Mendelssohn's Variations sérieuses, op. 54, played by Abbey Simon; a brief but startling piece by Carl Ruggles called Angels, conducted by Lukas Foss; and most significant of all, Carlos Chávez's Symphony no. 2 (Sinfonia India), conducted by Eduardo Mata. Most of the remaining selections (there are 39 in all) are movements from larger works; one of the best is a sizzling opening movement of Mozart's two-piano Concerto no. 10, played by Rudolf Firkusny and Alan Weiss. Some few selections are not as well performed as one might wish, but there are no duds, no disasters.

Anything missing? Tastes will differ, of course, but one listener regrets the absence, from both recordings and accompanying text, of the French-born, now American pianist Evelyne Crochet, whose set of Fauré's piano music was one of the best in recorded history. It should have been transferred to silver disc decades ago. Crochet plays this music at least as sensitively as Collard and notably better than Crossley, who is still very, very good. Surely she has other fans! (Need one's name start with C if one is to be allowed to perform Fauré's oeuvres complčtes pour piano?)

It would be foolish to suggest that this set is self-recommending or that a man would go to his grave with an unquiet heart if he never heard it. Yet once purchased and once heard, Fifty Years of Vox Recordings is unlikely ever to spur a moment's regret.