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Originally Posted by Stlukesguild

Massenet is one composer I have only recently come to myself...
albeit in the form of his opera arias. I was seduced by the packaging
of this CD and had to own it:



It seems that Massenet has been under-appreciated for quite
some time. He was dismissed by his native French critics and
the Germans. The Italians... who have always known the value of
a great melody... were among the first to recognize his merits.
As late as the 1950s the entry in the Grove Dictionary of
Music would suggest that Massenet's operas were "fit only for
a public which regards music as an agreeable after-dinner entertainment."
It took the French writer, Romain Rolland
to recognize a slumbering Massenet in the heart of every
subsequent French composer. Massenet must be credited
with bringing the French language and song together in a
masterful manner not seen since Rameau... acting, as such, as
a model for the flowering of French song by subsequent
composers such as Faure, Debussy, Ravel, etc...

I'm surprised I'm just coming to Massenet now, because I absolutely love French composers (Ravel, Debussy, Berlioz, Faure, Saint-Saens, Roussel, Chausson, Chabrier, Poulenc, d'Indy, Magnard, Delibes, Bizet, Adam). I guess it was just hard for me to find anything by Massenet that wasn't an opera. I'm glad I finally took the time to deeply explore what was available.

From the sound samples I heard, his music sounds very beautiful.

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Bought this for my Dad:



Here is my Dad's Mahler collection:

- Symphony No. 1 "Titan" And Symphony No. 10 "Adagio"
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

- The Complete Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

- Symphony No. 4 (Hybrid SACD)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Fritz Reiner
Label: RCA

-Symphonies 1-10 (10-CD set)
Orch: Bavarian Radio Symphony
Cond: Rafael Kubelik
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Robert Shaw
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 2/Symphony No. 10 (2-CD set)
Orch: Atlanta Symphony
Cond: Yoel Levi
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Zubin Mehta
Label: Decca

-The Complete Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond: Klaus Tennstedt
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond; Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Czech Philharmonic
Cond: Karel Ancerl
Label: Supraphon

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 1/Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels
Orch: Czech Philharmonic
Cond: Karel Ancerl
Label: Supraphon

-Symphony No. 1; Songs of the Wayfarer
Orch: Bavarian Radio Symphony
Cond: Rafael Kubelik
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 6; Zemlinsky: 6 Maeter Link
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Cincinnati Symphony
Cond: Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: James Levine
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 3 (2-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphonies 1 & 9
Orch: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic
Cond; Andrew Litton, Libor Pesek
Label: Virgin Classics

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond; Lorin Maazel
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Bournemouth Symphony
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 1; Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: Kurt Masur
Label: Teldec

-10 Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG


-The Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Bernard Haitink
Label: Philips

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-The Symphonies (12-CD set)
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphonies 1-10 (15-CD set)
Orch: Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Cond: Eliahu Inbal
Label: Brilliant Classics

-Symphony Nos. 1-10 (14-CD set)
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Lorin Maazel
Label: Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: London Symphony
Cond: Michael Tilson Thomas
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 1. Blumine
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Cond: David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 5; Lieder aus Des Kraben
Orch: Finnish Radio Symphony
Cond: Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Andrew Litton, Charles Mackerras
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Cond: David Zinman
Label: Apex

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Georg Solti
Label; Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Cond: Riccardo Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond; Daniel Barenboim
Label: Teldec

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Dresden Staatskapelle
Cond; Sinopoli
Label: Profil

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: London Symphony
Cond: Harold Farberman
Label: Vox

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Philadelphia Orchestra
Cond: Eugene Ormandy
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Carlo Maria Giulini
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 3
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle
Cond; David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Adagio Mahler
Orch: Polish Radio Symphony
Cond; Antoni Wit
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond: Eugene Ormandy
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; Riccard Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: London Philharmonic
Cond; Jascha Horenstein
Label: Classics for Pleasure (EMI)

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio
Cond; Antoni Wit
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Riccard Chailly
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: London Symphony
Cond; Harold Farberman
Label: Vox

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: St. Louis Symphony
Cond: L. Slatkin
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond; Zubin Mehta
Label: Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Florida Philharmonic
Cond: James Judd
Label: Hmf

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond; L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: London Symphony
Cond: Valery Gergiev
Label: LSO

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Cleveland Orchestra
Cond: George Szell
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Philadelphia Orchestra
Cond; James Levine
Label: RCA

-Symphony No 7
Orch: Netherlands Philharmonic
Cond: Hartmut Haenchen
Label: Laserlight

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond; Lorin Maazel
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Gran Canaria Philharmonic
Cond; Adrian Leaper
Label: Arte Nova

-Symphony No. 3
Orch: Gran Canaria Philharmonic
Cond: Adrian Leaper
Label: Arte Nove

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: National Symphony Orch. Of Polish Radio and Television
Cond; Michael Halasz
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle Orch.
Cond; David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch; Zurich Tonhalle Orch.
Cond; David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 5
Orch; Zurich Tonhalle Orch.
Cond; David Zinman
Label; RCA

-Symphonies 1-10 (11-CD set)
Orch: Cologne Radio Symphony
Cond; Gary Bertini
Label; EMI

-The Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Sir Georg Solti
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: London Symphony
Cond; Mariss Jansons
Label: LSO

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Cleveland Orchestra
Cond; Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-10 Symphonies (15-CD set)
Orch: Sofia Philharmonic
Cond: Emil Tabakov
Label: Capriccio

-Symphony No. 2
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; Otto Klemperer
Label: Miesterwerke

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Berliner Staatskapelle
Cond: Daniel Barenboim
Label; Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television
Cond; Michael Halasz
Label; Naxos

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television
Cond: Antoni Wit
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Gerwandhausorchester Leipzig
Cond; Vaclav Neumann
Label: Brilliant Classics

-Symphony Nos. 1 & 3 (2-CD set)
Orch: Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Cond; Zubin Mehta
Label; Decca

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond; Zubin Mehta
Label: Teldec

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: London Symphony
Cond; Gilbert Kaplan
Label: MCA

-Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 10 (2-CD set)
Orch: Israel Philharmonic
Cond: Zubin Mehta
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond; Karajan
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 10
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond; Daniel Harding
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Utah Symphony Orch.
Cond; Maurice de Abravanel
Label: Silverline

-Symphony No. 6; Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (2-CD set)
Orch: New Philharmonia, London Symphony
Cond: Sir John Barbirolli
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 7 (2-CD set)
Orch: Philharmonia Orch.
Cond; Sinopoli
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 4
Orch; Netherlands Philharmonic
Cond: Hartmut Haenchen
Label: Brilliant Classics


-Symphony No. 4
Orch; Los Angeles Philharmonic
Cond; Esa-Pekka Salonen
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: New Philharmonia Orch.
Cond: Sir John Barbirolli
Label; EMI

-Symphony No. 1
Orch; Dresden Philharmonic
Cond; Herbert Kegel
Label: Berlin Classics

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond; Bruno Walter
Label; Classica D’oro

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Royal Philharmonic
Cond; Yuri Simonov
Label: RPO

-Symphony No. 1; Reger: Ballet Suite
Orch: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Cond; Armin Jordan
Label; Apex

-5 fruhe Lieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Orch: Philharmonia Orchestra
Cond; Luciano Berio
Label: Elektra

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: London Symphony
Cond: Rudolf Schwarz
Label: Everest Records

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: New Philharmonia
Cond; Sir John Barbirollio
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Cond: Zubin Mehta
Label: Decca

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony
Cond; Sakari Oramo
Label: Warner Classics

-Symphonies 1 & 5 (2-CD set)
Orch: Philharmonia Orchestra
Cond: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Radio Symphonicorchester Ljublijana
Cond; Anton Nanut
Label: Platinum Disc Corporation

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Royal Philharmonic
Cond; Frank Shipway
Label; RPO

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker
Cond; James Conlon
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Minnesota Orchestra
Cond; Edo de Waart
Label: Virigin Classics

-Mahler III: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (5-CD set)
Orch: Veinna Philharmonic
Cond; L. Bernstein
Label: DG

-Mahler II: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (5-CD set)
Orch: NY Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic
Cond; L. Bernstein
Label: DG

-Mahler I: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (6-CD set)
Orch: NY Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw
Cond; L. Bernstein
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond; Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 6; Strauss: Ein Heidenleben (2-CD set)
Orch: London Symphony, New Philharmonia
Cond: Sir John Barbirolli
Label: EMI

-Symphonies Nos. 8 & 10 (2-CD set)
Orch: Philadelphia Orch.
Cond: Sinopoli
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 1; Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Orfeo D'or

-Symphony No. 9
Orch: Kyoto Symphony
Cond: Uwe Mund
Label: Arte Nova

-Symphony No. 10 (Reconstructed by Joe Wheeler)
Orch: Polish National Radio Symphony
Cond: Robert Olson
Label: Naxos

-Symphony No. 8
Orch: Royal Concertgebouw
Cond: Bernard Haitink
Label: Philips

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: St. Louis Symphony
Cond: Hans Vonk
Label: Pentatone

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Cond: Gerard Schwarz
Label: Artek

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Cleveland Orch.
Cond: George Szell
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 4 (Hybrid SACD)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Fritz Reiner
Label: RCA

-Symphonies 1 & 10
Orch: Chicago Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: Saito Kinen Orchestra
Cond: Seiji Ozawa
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead
Orch: Minnesota Orchestra
Cond: Dimitri Mitropoulos
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Philadelphia Orchestra
Cond: Riccardo Muti
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Claudio Abbado
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 2
Orch: Philharmonia Orchestra
Cond: Otto Klemperer
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Minnesota Orchestra
Cond: Dimitri Mitropoulos
Label: Magic Masters

-Symphonies 4 & 5 (2-CD set)
Orch: Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Bernard Haitink
Label: Philips

-Symphony No. 6 (Hybrid SACD, 2-CD set)
Orch: Zurich Tonhalle Orch.
Cond: David Zinman
Label: RCA

-Symphony No. 3 (2-CD set)
Orch: Dallas Symphony
Cond: Andrew Litton
Label: Delos Records

-Symphony No. 1 (2-CD set, Hybrid SACD)
Orch: Philharmonia Orch. Of London
Cond: B. Zander
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 6, Piano Quartet (2-CD set, Hybrid SACD)
Orch: Philadelphia Orchestra
Cond: Christoph Eschenbach
Label: Ondine

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set, Hybrid SACD)
Orch: Saint Louis Symphony
Cond: Leonard Slatkin
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Boston Symphony
Cond: Seiji Ozawa
Label: Philips

-Symphony No. 2 (2-CD set)
Orch: Boston Symphony
Cond: Seiji Ozawa
Label: Philips

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 8 (2-CD set)
Orch: Staatskapelle Berlin
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 2
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Pierre Boulez
Label: DG

-Symphony No. 9 (3-CD set)
Orch: Philharmonia Orch.
Cond: Benjamin Zander
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 6 (3-CD set)
Orch: Philharmonia Orch.
Cond: Benjamin Zander
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 5 (2-CD set)
Orch: Philharmonia Orch.
Cond: Benjamin Zander
Label: Telarc

-Symphony No. 8 (2-CD set)
Orch: Gothenburg Symphony
Cond: Neeme Jarvi
Label: BIS

-Symphony No. 7
Orch: Gran Canaria Philharmonic
Cond: Adrian Leaper
Label: Arte Nova

-Symphony No. 3 (2-CD set)
Orch: Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Cond: Kent Nagano
Label: Warner Classics

-Symphony No. 3 (2-CD set, The Royal Edition)
Orch: NY Philharmonic
Cond: L. Bernstein
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 3, Zemlinsky: Lyrische Sinfonie (2-CD set)
Orch: L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Cond: Armin Jordan
Label: Virgin Classics

-Symphony No. 3 (2-CD set)
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Bernard Haitink
Label: CSO

-Complete Symphonies (10-CD set)
Orch: Various
Cond: Various
Label: Brilliant Classics

-Complete Symphonies (14-CD set)
Orch: City of Birmingham Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic
Cond: Sir Simon Rattle
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Scottish National Orch.
Cond: Neeme Jarvi
Label: Chandos

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Cond: Vaclav Neumann
Label: Berlin Classics

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Sinfonie Orchester des Saarlandischer Rundfunk
Cond: Gunther Herbig
Label: Berlin Classics

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Orchestre Symphonique de Vichy
Cond: Carlo Maria Giulini
Label: EMI

-Symphony No. 1
Orch: Prague Festival Orchestra
Cond: Pavel Urbanek
Label: Laserlight

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Danish Radio Symphony
Cond: Leif Segerstam
Label: Chandos

-Symphony No. 4
Orch: Vienna Philharmonic
Cond: Lorin Maazel
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 6
Orch: Cleveland Orch.
Cond: George Szell
Label: Sony

-Symphony No. 5
Orch: Chicago Symphony
Cond: Georg Solti
Label: Decca

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It appears he likes Mahler.

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Originally Posted by Stlukesguild

I appears he likes Mahler.

Hmmm...apparently.

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Excited to get this one. I heard nothing but great things about Harnoncourt's interpretation.

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I was excited to get this one.

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Found this one for a good price and now my Bruckner collection is getting closer to being complete!

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Mendelssohn: The Complete Masterpieces - 30-CD set, RCA