Enescu - Complete Columbia recordings 1924-29

The previous post dedicated to Enescu was very well received, so I'll add this. 

A very rare OOP CD.

Enescu - Complete Columbia Recordings (EMI/Shellman, Japan, 1995)

FLAC - Scans, tracklist & infos included

Beethoven 2 and Brahms 4 - Knappertsbusch 1952

 

A long time OOP CD which contains a 1952 concert 

(with extremely good sound for the period).

Kna's severe and "massive" style is perfectly recognizable even on the podium of an orchestra that is certainly not among the most famous; indeed, these are more energetic and "focused" interpretations than many others left by the german conductor. So I would recommend the listening even if this repertoire offers hundreds (if not thousands, by now) of alternatives: in particular for the powerful overhang given to the Passacaglia that closes Brahms' Fourth.

Beethoven 2 and Brahms 4

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Bremen

HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH

Live -  12 XII 1952 - Grosser Glockensaal

FLAC

 

Bruckner 2 - Giulini, BSO Live 1974

 

The studio recording of the Second with Giulini on the podium 

of the Wiener Symphoniker is generally considered one of the best in the catalogue: 

very interesting, therefore, also listening to a live version in good sound like this one.

Bruckner Symphony no. 2

Boston Symphony Orchestra

CARLO MARIA GIULINI

Live recording - Boston, 29 march 1974

FLAC

Shostakovich 5 (Yuri Temirkanov) & Prokofiev 3 ( Gennadi Rozhdesvensky)

Another album in the series (one of the last at my disposal) 

also in homage to Temirkanov, recently passed away. 

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony no. 5

URSS State Symphony Orchestra

YURI TEMIRKANOV

14 june 1981

PROKOFIEV

Symphony no. 3

URSS State Symphony Orchestra

GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY

6 january 1961

FLAC + complete scans

I'm really sorry, but I don't have time to restore old posts at the moment. The Toscanini series, at the time, was very popular, with many downloads. Those who were already here know this. There's also a problem with hosting sites: I don't have the slightest intention of asking you for money, but on the other hand, it's not fair that I spend it. The Blog was born to share great music with an "invisible pact", not to put money in the way. I have done and will do what I can, I hope to choose and make available in the future interesting recordings, little known and so on... many times I avoid because I see that they are already somewhere, they are on the market, or they are too recent, or my source is not better. The only thing I can tell you is that even if you see moments of "stasis", I'try to continue. Sometimes I make a mistake believing that something is unwelcome or vice versa...  For this reason Your feedback is always very important!
 

Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony - Rozhdestvensky

TCHAIKOVSKY

Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture

Orchestra of the Leningrad Kirov Theatre

YURI TEMIRKANOV

recording 6 apr 1983

"Manfred" Symphony, op. 58

Grand Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television

GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY

recording 10 oct 1965

FLAC - Separated tracks

 

Klemperer in Budapest - live 1948-50

 

Bach - Magnificat & Brandenburg Concerto no. 5

Wagner - Lohengrin Preludes I-III, Meistersinger Preludes I-III

Budapest Symphony Orchestra

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

OTTO KLEMPERER

Budapest 1948-50

FLAC + Complete scans & Details

Mahler 6 - Abbado, WS 1967

A little late (but the last few weeks have been very busy), 

a small tribute on the tenth anniversary of his death (20 January 2014). 

CD Hunt, of course OOP.

MAHLER

Symphony no. 6

Wiener Symphoniker

CLAUDIO ABBADO

Live - Wien. May 24, 1967

FLAC (separated tracks) + complete scans

Rachmaninoff 3 & The Rock - Rozhdestvensky

And another one: 

RACHMANINOFF

 

The Rock, Symphonic Poem, Op. 7  

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44  

State Symphony Orchestra

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Recording: 12 March 1991.

FLAC - Scans

 

Rozhdestvensky conducts Rimski, Taneyev, Arensky

 

I continue with this series of CDs, this time "escaping" from the more usual repertoire. Even Rimski-Korsakov's Third is hardly ever performed, but at least there are some versions on record. I listened to the other two works here for the first time... but I admit that for me these were not great "revelations" :)

RIMSKI-KORSAKOV

Symphony no. 3, op. 32 (revised edition 1886)

TANEYEV

Overture to "Oresteya", op. 6

ARENSKY

March in memory of Suvorov

Grand Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio and Television

GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY

recordings 1962-1973 (further details in the booklet)

FLAC + Scans

Shostakovich 8 - Alexander Gauk (1959)

 

Returning to the Russia Revelations series to start this year posts, 

here you can find an important DSCH 8 recorded in 1959: 

plus the Festive Overture, composed only five years earlier.

SHOSTAKOVICH

Festive Overture

Symphony no. 8

Grand Symphony Orchestra of  State Radio

ALEXANDER GAUK

October 7, 1959 

FLAC & Scans