Steinberg EMI Icon Box

[arthound]

Worth picking up? Can anyone find a tracklist?

[erato]

Contents:
CD 1
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E flat, Op.55 'Eroica'
[1] I Allegro con brio
[2] II Marcia funèbre: Adagio assai
[3] III Scherzo: Allegro vivace
[4] IV Finale: Allegro molto
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 30 October 1955, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F, Op.93
[5] I Allegro vivace e con brio
[6] II Allegretto scherzando
[7] III Tempo di Minuetto
[8] IV Allegro vivace
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 15-16 April 1954, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 73.59

CD 2
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67
[1] I Allegro con brio
[2] II Andante con moto
[3] III Scherzo: Allegro
[4] IV Allegro – Presto
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 15-16 April 1954, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 'Pastorale'
[5] I Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of happy feelings on arrival in the country)
[6] II Andante molto mosso (Scene by the brook)
[7] III Allegro (Jolly gathering of country folk)
[8] IV Allegro (Thunderstorm and tempest)
[9] V Allegretto (Shepherd's song – happy and thankful feeling after the storm)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 10 February 1952, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 76.29

CD 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, Op.73 'Emperor'
[5] I Allegro
[6] II Adagio un poco mosso
[7] III Rondo: Allegro
Rudolf Firkusny (piano)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 26 October 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92
[1] I Poco sostenuto – Vivace
[2] II Allegretto
[3] III Presto – Assai meno presto
[4] IV Allegro con brio
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 26 March 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 75.48

CD 4
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op.61
[1] I Allegro ma non troppo
[2] II Larghetto
[3] III Rondo: Allegro
Nathan Milstein (violin)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 10 January 1955, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
[4] I Allegro non troppo
[5] II Adagio
[6] III Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Nathan Milstein (violin)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 29 November 1953 & 13 April 1954, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 75.19

CD 5
Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
[1] I Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
[2] II Andante sostenuto
[3] III Un poco allegretto e grazioso
[4] IV Adagio – Più andante – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 17 April 1956, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Haydn: Symphony No.94 in G, H.I/94 'Surprise'
[5] I Adagio cantabile – Vivace assai
[6] II Andante
[7] III Minuet: Allegro molto & Trio
[8] IV Allegro di molto
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 20 October 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 68.16

CD 6
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15
[1] I Maestoso
[2] II Adagio
[3] III Rondo: Allegro non troppo
Rudolf Firkusny (piano)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 14 October 1956, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Dvorák: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53
[4] I Allegro ma non troppo
[5] II Adagio ma non troppo
[6] III Finale: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
Nathan Milstein (violin)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 17 April 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 75.03

CD 7
Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1
[1] I Allegro moderato
[2] II Adagio
[3] III Finale: Allegro energico
Nathan Milstein (violin)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 28 November 1953, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
[4] I Allegro molto appassionato
[5] II Andante
[6] III Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
Nathan Milstein (violin)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 28 November 1953, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.82
[7] I Moderato
[8] II Andante sostenuto
[9] III Allegro
Nathan Milstein (violin)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 17 April 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[10] Wolf: Italian Serenade
Godfrey Layefsky (viola)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 16 April 1959, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 75.07

CD 8
Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E flat 'Romantic'
[1] I Ruhig bewegt
[2] II Andante
[3] III Scherzo & Trio
[4] IV Mässig bewegt
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 19 April 1956, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Handel: The Water Music - Suite
[5] I Allegro
[6] II Air
[7] III Bourrée
[8] IV Hornpipe
[9] V Andante espressivo
[10] VI Allegro deciso
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 20 October 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 71.37

CD 9
Elgar: Enigma Variations
[1] Theme
[2] I C.A.E.
[3] II H.D.S.-P.
[4] III R.B.T.
[5] IV W.M.B.
[6] V R.P.A.
[7] VI Ysobel
[8] VII Troyte
[9] VIII W.N.
[10] IX Nimrod
[11] X Intermezzo: Dorabella
[12] XI G.R.S.
[13] XII B.G.N.
[14] XIII Romanza: ***
[15] XIV E.D.U.
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 25 March 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[16] Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 18 April 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits
[17] I Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming
[18] II Intermezzo: My Pretty Bess
[19] III Burlesca: Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss
[20] IV Romanza: Jane Scroop (Her Lament for Philip Sparrow)
[21] V Scherzo: Jolly Rutterkin
Nell Rankin, Robert B Anderson, Mendelssohn Choir
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 30 November 1952, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 79.48

CD 10
[1] Glinka: Kamarinskaya
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 18 March 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Borodin: Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
[2] Dance No.8
[3] Dance No.17
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 18 March 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel – suite
[4] I King Dodon in his Palace
[5] II King Dodon on the Battlefield
[6] III King Dodon and Queen of Shemakha
[7] IV Marriage Feast and Lamentable End of King Dodon
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 21 October 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Prokofiev: The Love of Three Oranges – suite
[8] Les ridicules
[9] Scène infernale 338
[10] Marche
[11] Scherzo
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 21 October 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[12] Mussorgsky: Night On Bald Mountain (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 18 March 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Prokofiev: Symphony No.1, Op.25 'Classical'
[13] I Allegro
[14] II Larghetto
[15] III Gavotte: Non troppo allegro
[16] IV Finale: Molto vivace
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 30 November 1953, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 77.28

CD 11
Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D 'The Titan'
[1] I Langsam. Schleppend – Im Anfang sehr gemächlich
[2] II Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
[3] III Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
[4] IV Stürmisch bewegt
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 10 February 1953, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[5] Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 18 April 1956, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Mozart: Serenade in G K525, 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'
[6] I Allegro
[7] II Romanze
[8] III Menuetto: Allegretto
[9] IV Rondo: Allegro
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 28 October 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 78.59

CD 12
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 'Scottish'
[1] I Andante con moto – Allegro in poco agitato
[2] II Scherzo: Vivace non troppo
[3] III Adagio
[4] IV Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 17 November 1952, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 'Italian'
[5] I Allegro vivace
[6] II Andante con moto
[7] III Con moto moderato
[8] IV Salterello: Presto
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 4 April 1959, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[9] J Strauss II: Accelerationen – Waltzer, Op.234
[10] J Strauss II: Pizzicato Polka
[11] J Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile, Op.257
[12] J Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch – Polka, Op.214
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 11 February 1953, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 77.44

CD 13
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, K.550
[1] I Allegro Molto
[2] II Andante
[3] III Menuetto & Trio
[4] IV Finale: Allegro assai
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 29 October 1957, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Schubert: Symphony No.2 in B flat, D125
[5] I Largo – Allegro vivace
[6] II Andante
[7] III Menuetto: Allegro vivace
[8] IV Presto: Vivace
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 9 February 1952, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
[9] I Allegro moderato
[10] II Andante con moto
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
(Steinberg's first Capitol recording)
Recorded: 9 February 1952, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 72.30

CD 14
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27
[1] I Largo
[2] II Allegro molto
[3] III Adagio
[4] IV Allegro vivace
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 25 January 1954, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op.48
[5] I Pezzo in forma di sonatina
[6] II Waltz
[7] III Elegy
[8] IV Finale: Tema russo
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 30 November 1953 & 14 April 1954, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 76.34

CD 15
[1] Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante defunte
Recorded: 29 October 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[2] Ravel: La Valse
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 29 October 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[3] Ravel: Boléro
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 29 October 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Part I: Adoration of the Earth
[4] Introduction
[5] The Augurs of Spring – Dance of the Maidens
[6] Ritual of Abduction
[7] Spring Rounds
[8] Ritual of the Rival Tribes
[9] Procession of the Sage
[10] Adoration of the Earth
[11] Dance of the Earth
Part II: The Sacrifice
[12] Introduction
[13] Mystic Circles of the Maidens
[14] Glorification of the Chosen One
[15] Evocation of the Ancestors
[16] Ritual of the Ancestors
[17] Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1 December 1953, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 67.30

CD 16
[1] R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 26 January 1954, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[2] R Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op.24
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 26 January 1954, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[3] R Strauss: Don Juan
Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 16-17 June 1957, Kingsway Hall, London

R Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite ed. Steinberg
[4] Introduction to Act I
[5] Arrival of the Rose-Cavalier and Presentation of the Rose (from Act II)
[6] Introduction to Act III and Pantomime
[7] Terzett from Act III and Duet: Denouement and Grand Waltz (from Act III) Coda
Philharmonia Orchestra
Recorded: 16-17 June 1957, Kingsway Hall, London

Total approximate duration: 75.29

CD 17
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' Op.74
[1] I Adagio-Allegro non troppo
[2] II Allegro con grazia
[3] III Allegro molto vivace
[4] IV Adagio lamentoso – Andante
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded 30 November 1953 & 14 April 1954, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[5] Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op.45
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 4 April 1959, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[6] Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op.31
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 11 March 1958, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 74.17

CD 18
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major Op.35
[1] I Allegro moderato
[2] II Canzonetta: Andante
[3] III Finale: Allegro vivacissimo
Nathan Milstein (violin)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 6 April 1959, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op.35
[4] I The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
[5] II The Story of the Kalandar Prince
[6] III The Young Prince and the Young Princess
[7] IV Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – The Ship goes to Pieces on a Rock – Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior – Conclusion
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 11 January 1955, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 76.11

CD 19
Toch: Symphony No.3
[1] I Molto adagio
[2] II Andante tranquillo – Allegro
[3] III Allegro impetuoso – Scherzando
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 16 October 1956, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Hindemith: Symphonie: Mathis der Maler
[4] I Engelkonzert
[5] II Grablebung
[6] III Versuchung des heiligen Antonius
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 15 October 1956, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Bloch: Concerto grosso No.1 for string orchestra with piano obbligato
[7] Prelude
[8] Dirge
[9] Pastorale and Rustic Dances
[10] Fugue
Harry Franklin (piano)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded live at the first Pittsburgh International Contemporary Music Festival: 24 November 1952, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 75.41

CD 20
[1] Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Act I Prelude
[2] Wagner: Parsifal – Act I Prelude
[3] Wagner: Parsifal – Act III Good Friday Music
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 18 April 1956, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

[4] Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
[5] Wagner: Götterdämmerung – Trauermusik
[6] Wagner: Tristan und Isolde – Prelude & Liebestod
Recorded: 17 November 1952, Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA

Total approximate duration: 65.02

[John F]

Some of those are very good indeed, especially the concertos with Nathan Milstein. Others I don't know, but I expect they're at least honest and well played. Well recorded too. But who would buy 20 CDs of mostly standard repertoire just because it's conducted by William Steinberg?

[arthound]

Some of those are very good indeed, especially the concertos with Nathan Milstein. Others I don't know, but I expect they're at least honest and well played. Well recorded too. But who would buy 20 CDs of mostly standard repertoire just because it's conducted by William Steinberg?

I would - especially if I could get it for 13.19 pounds with free shipping from Amazon UK. [That price has now changed last time I checked].

At around $1 a disc I will not be too dissapointed if there is the odd recording that doesn't grab me.

[arthound]

Thanks for that list Erato - are you thinking of picking it up?

[erato]

No, too much standard repertoire. The Handley/Mackerras boxes seems more interesting.

[karlhenning]

Some of those are very good indeed, especially the concertos with Nathan Milstein. Others I don't know, but I expect they're at least honest and well played. Well recorded too. But who would buy 20 CDs of mostly standard repertoire just because it's conducted by William Steinberg?

I would - especially if I could get it for 13.19 pounds with free shipping from Amazon UK. [That price has now changed last time I checked].

Agreed that at that price point I'd check it out (the Beethoven/Brahms vn concerti disc would be a duplicate for me).

At Amazon US it's yet to be released, and prices at northward of $90. So I shall pass.

Cheers,
~Karl

[maestrob]

Don't be fooled by the early recording dates listed: these are stereo recordings made on 35mm magnetic film made on the same recorders used by Mercury and Everest in the same period and released on Command Classics: very fine indeed. Steinberg/Pittsburgh were a first-rate ensemble of the era: some of that orchestra's best-ever recordings are included here (Remember, Steinberg briefly took over Boston before his untimely demise.).

Stoutly recommended, especially at the bargain price.

[Lance]

This looks like a great box for a much neglected conductor, especially since his death. Several of the original Capitol recordings have been reissued previously on CD. I had the pleasure of hearing Steinberg conduct the Pittsburgh on several occasions. He was a man whose conductorial gestures were not flamboyant but who had superb control over his orchestra. This will be a great Icon box to have. I note EMI/Icon has just added new boxes for Vernon Handley and Charles Mackerras as well.

[stenka razin]

I saw Steinberg with both the Boston and Pittsburgh Orchestras. He was a very fine maestro who deserves this belated tribute. Highly recommended.

P.S. I have most of those Icon recordings on older CDs. So, I know his discography, too. The Icon box is a steal. Get it, my friend.


Regards,
Mel