지휘자 토마스 비첨 경(Sir Thomas Beecham)은 초기 오케스트라 녹음 역사에서 레오폴드 스토코프스키(Leopold Stokowski)와 함께 가장 영향력 있는 두 선구자 중 한 명으로, 두 아티스트 모두 음반을 통한 오케스트라 재현의 새로운 가능성을 놀랍도록 보여주었습니다. 비첨 경이 1932년 자신의 엄선된 런던 필하모닉 오케스트라(London Philharmonic Orchestra, LPO)를 창단했을 때, 최고의 예술적·기교적 오케스트라 품질의 새로운 시대가 열렸다고 해도 과언이 아니며, 그는 LPO 연주의 다채로운 색채, 리듬감, 철저한 훈련을 음반에 담아내는 방법을 빠르게 발견했습니다. 1946년 로열 필하모닉 오케스트라(Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)를 창단하면서도 이 과정을 다시 반복했으며, 두 오케스트라와 함께한 그의 방대한 녹음 작업은 음반 역사상 전설적인 예술성, 기교, 음색 기준을 세웠습니다. 컬럼비아 그래포폰(Columbia Graphophone)과 히즈 마스터 보이스(His Master's Voice)를 위해 제작한 모든 모노 녹음은 이 박스 세트에 수록되어 있으며, 워너 클래식(Warner Classics)의 EMI 스테레오 전집과 함께 감상할 수 있어, 그 빛나고 활기찬 매력을 그 어느 때보다 생생하게 보여줍니다.
이 박스 세트의 많은 녹음은 원본 소스에서 HD로 특별 리마스터링 되었으며, 그중 다수는 이전에 CD로 발매된 적이 없습니다. 총 839곡 중 3분의 2인 558곡이 새롭게 HD 리마스터링 되었으며, 비첨의 뛰어난 음반 경력과 재능을 탁월하게 드러내면서도 다수의 CD 초연곡을 포함하고 있습니다. 그 밖에도 기존 리마스터링을 재작업해 음정, 잡음, 곡 간 전환 등을 보정한 트랙도 다수 수록되어 있습니다.
1.CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte – Overture KV 620; Symphony No. 34; Minuet No. 2 from Divertimento KV 131 / Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
2.CD Kurt Atterberg: Symphony No. 6 / Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream op. 61 / Alexander Borodin: Dance & March of the Russians from Prince Igor / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: March from Antar op. 9; Frederick Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden; 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra; Brigg Fair
3./4.CD Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah
5.CD Songs & Arias by Edvard Grieg, Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Giuseppe Verdi, Frederick Delius / Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème (Excerpts)
6./7.CD Charles Gounod: Faust
8.CD Georg Friedrich Händel: Larghetto from Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 3; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon; Choruses from The Israelites in Egypt / Georg Friedrich Händel: Ballet Suite "Origin of Design"; Ballet Suite "The Begging Gods" (Excerpts)
9.CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 / Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op. 64 / Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
10.CD Gioacchino Rossini: La Scala di Seta – Overture; William Tell – Overture; Die Seidenleiter, William Tell and The Thieving Magpie – Overtures; La gazza ladra – Overture / Ottorino Respighi: Rossiniana / Alexander Borodin: Dances & Marches of the Tatars from Prince Igor / Felix Mendelssohn: Orchestral Pieces from A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Hebrides – Fingal’s Cave, op. 26 / Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor – Overture
11.CD Frederick Delius: Paris, the Song of a Great City; Eventyr; Closing Scene from Koanga; Summer Night on the River; Intermezzo; Over the Hills and Far Away; In a Summer Garden
12.CD Frederick Delius: Hassan; Sea Drift; Appalachia; La Calinda
13.CD Frederick Delius: Prelude from A Mass of Life; La Calinda; Irmelin Prelude; 4 Songs; Songs of Sunset; An Arabesque / Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3; Legends No. 1 & 2
14.CD Richard Wagner: Preludes, Overtures & Arias from Operas
15.-17.CD Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
18.CD Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth – Suite; L’Arlésienne – Suite / Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival; La Damnation de Faust (Excerpts) / Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Suite / Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
19.CD Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Tragic Overture op. 81 / Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
20.CD Joseph Haydn: Symphonies No. 93, 99, 104 / Georg Friedrich Händel: The Gods go a’begging (Excerpts)
21.-23.CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphonies No. 29, 31, 34–36, 38–41; Le Nozze di Figaro – Overture; Don Giovanni – Overture
24./25.CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte; Mass in C minor KV 427 (Excerpts)
26.CD Franz Schubert: Symphonies No. 5 & 8 / Franz von Suppé: Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna – Overture / Felix Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas – Overture / Gioacchino Rossini: Semiramide – Overture / Johann Strauss II: Voices of Spring
27.CD Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto op. 47; The Tempest (Excerpts); Festivo; Lemminkäinen’s Return; The Bard
28.CD Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 4; Finlandia; In Memoriam; Luolema; En Saga; Pelleas et Melisande (Excerpts)
29.CD Georges Bizet: Carmen – Suite / Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt – Suite No. 1 / Emmanuel Chabrier: España / César Franck: Symphony in D minor / André-Modeste Grétry: Pantomime from Zémire et Azor
30.CD Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz – Overture; Oberon – Overture / Lord Berners: The Triumph of Neptune (Excerpts) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 / Georg Friedrich Händel: The Faithful Shepherd
31.CD Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Francesca da Rimini / A. Beecham: 3 Songs
32.CD Peter Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Symphony No. 3 / Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth (Excerpts)
33.CD Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2; Karelia Suite; Tapiola
34.CD Emmanuel Chabrier: Joyeuse Marche / Claude Debussy: Printemps / Arnold Bax: The Garden of Fand / Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d'Omphale / Jules Massenet: Le Dernier Sommeil de la Vierge / Hector Berlioz: Le Roi Lear / Franz Liszt: Orpheus
35.CD Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 / Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Octet; The Fair Melusine; A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Overture; 2 Songs without Words / Antonín Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel
36.CD Richard Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann; Don Quixote; Love Scene from Feuersnot; Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
37.CD Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Träumerei at the Fireplace / Frederick Delius: Violin Concerto; Dance Rhapsody No. 1
38.CD Frederick Delius: Dance Rhapsodies No. 1 & 2; The Song of the High Hills; Songs of Sunset; Marche-Caprices; Irmelin Prelude; Prelude No. 6 from A Mass of Life; 2 Songs
39.CD Frederick Delius: Piano Concerto; Brigg Fair; On the Mountains; 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra; Summer Evening; A Song before Sunrise; 2 Songs
40./41.CD Frederick Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet; Dance Rhapsody No. 1
42.CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra KV 299; Violin Concerto No. 4 / Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op. 64
43.CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento KV 131; Divertimento KV 287 (Excerpts); Die Zauberflöte – Overture / Joseph Haydn: Symphonies No. 40 & 102
44.CD Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3; Piano Concerto No. 16 (Excerpts) / Georg Friedrich Händel: Sarabande from Amaryllis Suite
45./46.CD Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
47.CD Georges Bizet: Patrie; Carnaval from Rome / Modest André Grétry: Zémire et Amor – Ballet Music
48.CD Joseph Haydn: Symphonies No. 93–95; Trial for Symphony No. 101
49.CD Joseph Haydn: Symphonies No. 96 & 97 / Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
50.CD Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Edward German: Gypsy Suite
51.CD César Franck: Symphony in D minor / Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14
52.CD Georges Bizet: Symphony in C Major; Édouard Lalo: Symphony; Emmanuel Chabrier: Gwendoline – Overture
53.CD Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 / Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 / Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Prelude