A precious CD, of course out of print.
Live recordings from three different concerts (1953, 1959, 1964)
ALBAN BERG
Violin Concerto - Yehudi Menuhin
Three Fragments from "Wozzeck" - Suzanne Danco
Three Orchestral Pieces, op. 6
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ERNEST ANSERMET
Live - Géneve
FLAC - Scans & details included
FLAC, with details & tracklist included in the folder
W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflöte K. 620: Overture
RICHARD STRAUSS (arr. Stokowski)
Der Rosenkavalier, suite
WERNER JOSTEN
Jungle, symphonic poem
WILLIAM MAYER
Octagon for Piano & Orchestra (1970)
William Masselos, piano (world premiere)
IGOR STRAVINSKY Petrushka, Suite
American Symphony Orchestra
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
NY, Carnegie Hall - March 21, 1971
FLAC - Separated tracks
BACH
Concerto for 2 violins BWV 1043
Edith Peinemann (Violino)
Renato Zanettovich (Violino)
Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079: nn. 2, 7 & 5 (Ricercare a 6)
SCHUBERT
Symphony n. 2
Orchestra "A. Scarlatti" di Napoli della Rai
CLAUDIO ABBADO
Napoli - April 30, 1963
Here one of the first entirely preserved Abbado concerts, in good sound:
his debut with the "Scarlatti" Rai Orchestra (april 1963).
FLAC
SCHUMAN, WILLIAM
American Festival Overture
IVES
The unanswered question
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in blue
(Bernstein pf)
COPLAND
Symphony no. 3
"Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
BERNSTEIN
Candide, overture
New York Philharmonic
LEONARD BERNSTEIN, cond & pf
Den Haag, Hourusthallen
June 1, 1976
Holland Festival
An "All-American-Program" including Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue
conducted & performed by Lenny and two encores,
in excellent stereo sound.
FLAC separated files
MAHLER
Symphony no. 9
Boston Symphony Orchestra
LEONARD BERSTEIN
Live in Tanglewood
July 29, 1979
FLAC (4 Separated tracks)
As you well know, Ostrakh's activity as conductor was very sporadic,
as well as limited to compositions he cared a lot about and knew in depth,
such as Tchaikovsky's latest symphonies or some Shostakovich's.
This No. 10 in Cleveland is certainly one of his best achievements on the podium.
Very good recording, BTW.
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony no. 10
Cleveland Orchestra
DAVID OISTRAKH
live - december 14, 1967
FLAC (separated tracks)
Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Recordings 1929-1940)
Petrushka (abridged by the composer)
The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York
Igor Stravinsky (Conductor) - Recorded 1940
Piano Rag-music
Igor Stravinsky (Piano) - Recorded 1930
Rag-time For 11 Instruments
Aldar Racz, Charmy & Volant, Ginot, Juste, Lavaillotte, Godeau, Foveau, Dvemy, Tudesq, Movel Recorded 1930
Pulcinella - Ballet after Pergolesi
Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (Conductor) - Recorded 1929
Le Sacre Du Printemps
The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York
Igor Stravinsky (Conductor) - Recorded 1940
FLAC & Scans
BRUCKNER
Symphony no. 7
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Live - Roma, Auditorium del Foro Italico
May 1, 1951
FLAC (separated tracks)
Another monument of choral literature that unfortunately
Szell never recorded in studio:
but, as always, the clarity of his musical conception
is captured very well in this 1969 live.
Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem, op. 45
Gundula Janowitz, sp
Tom Brause, bs
Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus
GEORGE SZELL
April 24, 1969
FLAC (separated tracks)
Reupload on request
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony no. 4 (NY, jan 13, 1946)
Symphony no. 5 (NY, oct 28, 1945)
New York Philharmonic
ARTUR RODZINSKI
Flac & complete scans
Two performances of the same work by Ormandy.
Perhaps not ideal in all the variations,
but rather convincing in the most intimate and delicate.
ELGAR
Enigma Variations
Philadelphia Orchestra
Live in Philadelphia - April 6, 1962
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Live in Tanglewood - July 19, 1964
EUGENE ORMANDY
FLAC
Two remarkable live performances in good audio quality.
The affinity with Prokofiev's Fifth, which will become "explosive"
in the fantastic Chandos album, is already very evident
and the selection from "Romeo" is no less interesting
PROKOFIEV
From "Romeo and Juliet"
Montagues and Capulets
Juliet as a Young Girl
Dance of the Five Couples
Romeo at Juliet's Grave
Death of Tybalt
Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della Rai
MARISS JANSONS
November 15, 1974
Symphony n. 5, op. 100
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della Rai
MARISS JANSONS
October 26, 1974
FLAC - Separated tracks
A small "diversion" from the orchestral repertoire ... perhaps not the only one, we'll see.
Remarkable is the 1962 performance of Shostakovich's Seventh,
"created" by the Beethoven Quartet in Leningrad
less than two years earlier (May 15, 1960).
Prokofiev String Quartet no. 2, op. 92
Live - March 7, 1958
Shostakovich String Quartet n. 7, op. 108
Live, Venezia - April 14, 1962
Borodin String Quartet no. 2
Live, Venezia - February 17, 1969
Quartetto Italiano
FLAC - 3 tracks
A live performance quite different from the studio version;
considerably faster tempos (77 minutes, here) and an excellent solo quartet "led" by Sena Jurinac.
Antonín Dvorák
Stabat Mater, Op. 58
Sena Jurinac
Nan Merriman
Heinz Hoppe
Franz Crass
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk
RAFAEL KUBELIK
Live Recording
Munich, Herkulessaal
March 20, 1964
Flac - Separated tracks
Another Rodzinski rarity, "filled" with the very first Heifetz.
Beethoven
Violin Concerto op. 61
Jascha Heifetz
New York Philharmonic
ARTUR RODZINSKI
Live - jan 14, 1945
+ Heifetz: The Russian Recordings 1911
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