忘却とは忘れ去ることなりき・・・

以前ブログに、 Pristine Classical - World's Leading Historic Recordings Download Site  のことを書いたのですが、久しぶりにぞいたら 2枚 増えていましたので、ちょっとまとめ直してみましたた・・・

Pristine Classical から、Performer index をクリックして、Listed by Artist で Ormandy（頭文字O) で検索すると探しやすいようです。またはホームから Main Homepage をクリックして Full Catalog(PDFファイル）をダウンロード探すのも良いかと。今のところ下記のCD8枚分が出ているようです。

●PACO030 - J.Strauss:Die Fledermaus (in English)
  Ljuba Welitsch, Lily Pons, Martha Lipton, Richard Tucker
  Charles Kullman, John Brownlee
  Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy
  Recorded December 24 and 29, 1950 and January 7, 1951 at the Columbia 30th Street Studios, New York City
  First issued on Columbia SL-108
  Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn

●PASC070
  Gershwin:Rhapsody in Blue, Preludes 2 & 3
  Oscar Levant(P)
  Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra
  Recorded in May 1945,issued as Columbia Masterworks set mx-251
  Disc numbers 12126-D, 12127-D,Matrix numbers XCO 34781-4
  Transfer and Natural Sound remastering by Andrew Rose, March 2007

●PASC151
 Mozart
   Symphonies Nos.35 & 40,Piano Concerto No.20
   Symphony No 35(Eduard van Beinum & LSO)
   Symphony No 40(Erich Kleiber & LPO)
   Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
   Rudolf Serkin
   Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra
   Recorded 11th February 1951
   Transfer and XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, March 2009

●PASC168 Feuermann in Philadelphia
  BLOCH: Schelomo
  Emanuel Feuermann(Cello)
  Leopold Stokowski/The Philadelphia Orchestra
  Recorded 27th March, 1940 in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
  R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote Op. 35
  Emanuel Feuermann(Cello),Samuel Lifschey,(viola)
  Alexander Hilsberg(violin)
  Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra
  Recorded 24th February, 1940 in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
  Recorded by Victor in 1940
  Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn

●PASC177 - Ormandy conducts the music of Sibelius
  Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63
  Recorded 28th November, 1954
  Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82
  Recorded 19th December 1954
  The Swan of Tuolena, Op. 22 No. 2
  Finlandia, Op. 26
  Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra
  Recorded 2nd April, 1950 Transfer from US Columbia ML2158
Transfers from the collection of Edward Johnson

●PASC183 - Ormandy conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninov
 Stravinsky - Petrushka Suite
  Recorded 7th November, 1954
  Transfer from Columbia LP ML5030
 Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  Recorded 24th April and 14th May, 1955
  Transfer from Columbia LP ML5030
 Rachmaninov - Preludes (orch. Cailliet):
  Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2
  Prelude in G major, Op. 32 No. 5
  Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5
  Recorded 4th February 1950
  Transfer from Columbia LP ML2158
  Transfers from vinyl by Edward Johnson
  Restoration and XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, August 2009

●PASC204 - Sibelius - A 78rpm Anthology
  The Swan of Tuonela, Op.22, No.2
  Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra
  October 20, 1940
  HMV DB.5832, Matrices 2A.047823-4
78回転盤のシベリウス演奏を集めたアンソロジーで、オーマンディ・フィラデルフィア管弦楽団の演奏は1曲だけです。

●PASC205 - Ormandy conducts Sibelius and Aflvén
  SIBELIUS En Saga, Op.9
  SIBELIUS Pohjola's Daughter, Op.49
  SIBELIUS Oceanides, Op.73
  SIBELIUS Tapiola, Op.112
  ALFVÉN Swedish Rhapsody No.1, Op.19 ("Midsommarvaka")
  Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra
  Recorded 10th March, 1955 (1, 2)
  and 24th December, 1955 (3, 4)
  and 15th February, 1953 (5) in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
  First issued on AL-35 (Alfvén) and ML-5249 (Sibelius)
オーマンディ・フィラデルフィア管弦楽団によるシベリウス作品集です。

ストコフスキとフィラデルフィア管弦楽団の演奏もありますnね・・・

●PASC011: Symphony No. 5 in E minor - Tchaikovsky     
 Leopold Stokowski/The Philadelphia Orchestra
 Recorded 12th November, 1934.
 Issued in the UK as 5 HMV 78s, D.B.2548-D.B.2853

●PASC168 Feuermann in Philadelphia
  BLOCH: Schelomo
  Emanuel Feuermann(Cello)
  Leopold Stokowski/The Philadelphia Orchestra
  Recorded 27th March, 1940 in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
  R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote Op. 35
  Emanuel Feuermann(Cello),Samuel Lifschey,(viola)
  Alexander Hilsberg(violin)
  Eugene Ormandy/The Philadelphia Orchestra
  Recorded 24th February, 1940 in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia
  Recorded by Victor in 1940
  Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn

●PASC192 - Stokowski Acoustic Recordings, Volume One
 BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
 Recorded 24/10/1917, first issued as Victor 64752, Matrix B-20888-3
 BRAHMS Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D
 Recorded 24/10/1917, first issued as Victor 64753, Matrix B-20889-2
 GRIEG Anitra's Dance from 'Peer Gynt' Suite No. 1, Op.46
 Recorded 8/11/1917, first issued as Victor 64768, Matrix B-21067-2
 MOZART 3. Menuetto, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
 Recorded 9/5/1919, first issued as Victor 74609, Matrix C-22813-6
 WEBER Invitation to the Dance, J260 (arr. Weingartner)
 Recorded 9/5/1919, first issued as Victor 74598, Matrix C-22821-2
 BEETHOVEN 2. Allegretto Scherzando, Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93
 Recorded 20/5/1920, first issued as Victor 74661, Matrix C-24127-3
 WAGNER Overture to 'Tannhäuser' (Dresden version)
 Recorded 7/11 & 5/12/1921, first issued as Victor 74758, 74759, 74768
 Matrices C-22808-10, 22814-7, 24999-2
 STRAVINSKY Fireworks, Op. 4
 Recorded 6/11/1922, first issued as Victor 1112, Matrix B-27064-2
 THOMAS Gavotte from 'Mignon' (1:54)
 Recorded 6/3/1923, first issued as Victor 66172, Matrix B-27982-1
 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dance of the Tumblers from 'Snow Maiden'
 Recorded 19/3/1923, first issued as Victor 74849, Matrix C-27938-1
 GOUNOD Waltz from 'Faust'
 Recorded 1/5/1923, first issued as Victor 66171, Matrix B-27099-8
 WAGNER Festive March from 'Tannhäuser'
 Recorded 28/4/1924 first issued as Victor 6478, Matrix C-29051-6
 STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
 Recorded 13/10/1924, first issued as Victor 6492/3
 Matrices C-30992-3, 30993-3, 30994-2, 30995-3
 LIADOV Dance of the Amazon, Op. 65
 Recorded 13/10/1924, first issued as Victor 1112, Matrix B-31263-2
 Leopold Stokowski/The Philadelphia Orchestra
Transfers by Edward Johnson
 Restoration and XR remastering by Andrew Rose, September 2009

All the acoustic recordings Stokowski made only once
Plus his first Firebird Suite - in astonishing XR-remastered sound quality

というのが売りのアルバムのようです。

さて、このPristine Classicalですが、About us の最後の方に、

2009 also saw the first full releases from renowned historic audio transfer and remastering engineers Mark Obert-Thorn and Ward Marston,・・・

とあり、確かにオーマンディの録音についても彼らが手をかけた復刻音源があり驚きました。ナクソスのNMLより音源数は少ないようですが、今後増えそうな気配もあり、今後要注目サイトですね、これは・・・

では。