On the occasion of conductor Georges Prêtre's 100th birthday in August, the label SWRmusic will release an 8CD box-set containing a wonderful collection of representative orchestral works by eleven composers, thus showing the fruitful collaboration between the French conductor and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO). Most of the recordings are being released for the first time, with the exception of the works by Maurice Ravel and Richard Strauss, which have previously been released by this label. The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 and has developed into one of Germany's most important musical ambassadors over the following seven decades. World-renowned conductors, as well as some of the world's greatest soloists, have been guests of the Stuttgart RSO, including Carlos Kleiber, Ferenc Fricsay, Karl Böhm, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hans Knappertsbusch, Sir Georg Solti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Kurt Sanderling, Gary Bertini, and Herbert Blomstedt, as well as Maria Callas, Mstislaw Rostropowitsch, Maurizio Pollini, Yehudi Menuhin, Alfred Brendel, Hélène Grimaud, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Elina Garanca, Rolando Villazon, Hilary Hahn, Sol Gabetta, and Lang Lang, to name just a few.

Track List

1. * Beethoven Ludwig Van - Classical Composer
2. Egmont Op. 84: Overture
3. * Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major Op. 55 "Eroica"
4. I. Allegro Con Brio
5. II. Marcia Funebre: Adagio Assai
6. III. Scherzo: Allegro Vivace
7. IV. Finale: Allegro Molto
8. * Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68
9. I. Un Poco Sostenuto - Allegro
10. II. Andante Sostenuto
11. III. Un Poco Allegretto E Grazioso
12. IV. Adagio - Più Andante - Allegro Non Troppo Ma Con Brio
13. * 21 Hungarian Dances Woo 1 (Version for Orchestra) (Excerpts)
14. Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor (Orch. J. Brahms)
15. Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F Major (Orch. J. Brahms)
16. Hungarian Dance No. 4 in F minor (Orch. P. Juon)
17. Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-Sharp minor (Orch. A. Parlow)
18. * Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major Wab 104 "Romantic" (1886 Version Ed. L. Nowak)
19. I. Bewegt Nicht Zu Schnell
20. II. Andante Quasi Allegretto
21. III. Scherzo: Bewegt
22. IV. Finale: Bewegt Doch Nicht Zu Schnell
23. * Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14
24. I. Rêveries: Largo - Passions: Allegro Agitato E Appassionato Assai
25. II. Un Bal (Valse): Allegro Non Troppo
26. III. Scène Aux Champs: Adagio
27. IV. Marche Au Supplice: Allegretto Non Troppo
28. V. Songe D'une Nuit Du Sabbat: Larghetto - Allegro
29. La Damnation de Faust Op. 24 Part II: Scene 7: Ballet Des Sylphes (Dance of the Spirits)
30. La Damnation de Faust Op. 24 Part I: Hungarian March "Rákóczy March"
31. Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2
32. La Valse (Version for Orchestra)
33. * Symphony in C Major
34. I. Allegro Vivo
35. II. Adagio
36. III. Allegro Vivace
37. IV. Allegro Vivace
38. * Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 B. 178 "From the New World"
39. I. Adagio - Allegro Molto
40. II. Largo
41. III. Scherzo: Molto Vivace
42. IV. Allegro Con Fuoco
43. Totenfeier
44. * Fontane Di Roma (Fountains of Rome) P. 106
45. I. La Fontana Di Valle Giulia All'alba
46. II. La Fontana Del Tritone Al Mattino
47. III. La Fontana Di Trevi Al Meriggio
48. IV. La Fontana Di Villa Medici Al Tramonto
49. * Pini Di Roma (Pines of Rome) P. 141
50. I. I Pini Di Villa Borghese (The Pines of the Villa Borghese)
51. II. Pini Presso Una Catacomba (Pines Near a Catacomb)
52. III. I Pini Del Gianicolo (The Pines of the Janiculum)
53. IV. I Pini Della Via Appia (The Pines of the Appian Way)
54. * the Firebird Suite (1919 Version)
55. I. Introduction - II. the Firebird and It's Dance - III. Variation of the Firebird
56. IV. Ring Dance of the Princesses
57. V. Infernal Dance of King Kashchey
58. VI. Lullaby
59. VII. Finale
60. Rosenkavalier Suite Op. 59 TRV 227D
61. Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks) Op. 28 TRV 171
62. Don Juan Op. 20 TRV 156