3 May 2020

Cantelli Centenary 7 - Monteverdi, Verdi, Britten








Cantelli's interest in the "Sinfonia da Requiem" is remarkable,
especially since in Italy Britten was a composer still almost unknown. 
GC conducted this work for the first time at La Scala in 1952,
then several times in the United States.

Listening to Monteverdi's music - although "modified" -
in the concert hall was also rare at the time.
One of the many proofs of independence from Toscanini's tastes and repertoire,
whose only trace here is Verdi's "Te Deum".

As usual, FLAC with scans included





4 comments:

Guido said...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sZIHwil2NtO2KrADEz6SswTaLgUuYE-L

Sky Raven said...

Thanks for this great upload... much appreciated. I had never heard Cantelli conducting the Britten before... very nice performance. Burt

Grover Gardner said...

Thank you. The Britten is a stunning performance.

fimian said...

Guido che meraviglia questo omaggio a Cantelli con materiale quasi introvabile e desideratissimo....e che piacere aver ritrovato te e il meraviglioso blog Laureate conductors....la Musica te ne rende merito. GRAZIE!!! Giuseppe De Fusco
(possiedo alcune rarità come la prima "93" di Haydn di Cantelli a 78 giri, I quadri di Mussorgsky e il Mathis di Hindemith in LP Victor prima stampa, ecc....se dovessi aver bisogno di qualcosa sono a disposizione.... Giuseppe De Fusco