9 February 2012

RT 030 Mozart - Die Zauberflöte - Salzburg 1937





MOZART
Die Zauberflöte K.620


Tamino............... Helge Rosvaenge
Pamina............... Jarmila Novotna
Queen of the Night... Julia Osvath
Sarastro............. Alexander Kipnis
Papageno............. Willi Dormgraf-Fassbaender
Papagena............. Dora Komarek
Monostatos........... William Wernigk
First priest......... Alfred Jerger

Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
ARTURO TOSCANINI

Live, Salzburg - July 30, 1937

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6 February 2012

Leopold Stokowski conducts Harrison, Weber, Goeb (reup)







LOU SILVER HARRISON (1917-2003)
Suite for Violin, Piano and Small Orchestra (17')

I. Overture: Allegro
II. Elegy: Adagio
III. First Gamelan: Allegro
IV. Aria: Lento espressivo
V. Second Gamelan: Allegro moderato
VI. Chorale: Andante
Anahid Ajemian, violin - Maro Ajemian, piano
Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
October 29, 1952


BEN WEBER (1916-1979)
Symphony on Poems of William Blake, Op. 33 (28')

I. To Autumn II. Never Seek To Tell Thy Love
III. Mad Song IV. To Spring
Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
October 30 & 31, 1952


ROGER GOEB (1914-1997)
Symphony No. 3 (24')

I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Vivace

CBS Symphony Orchestra
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
April 29, 1952

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5 February 2012

Rare Toscanini 029 - Verdi Falstaff act I + Beethoven 4 NYPO 1936







BEETHOVEN
Symphony No4 in B-flat major, op.60

New York Philharmonic
ARTURO TOSCANINI
NY, Carnegie Hall - February 2, 1936



VERDI
Falstaff - Act I

Falstaff: Mariano Stabile
Mrs. Ford: Franca Somigli
Mrs. Meg Page: Mita Vasari
Mrs. Quickly: Angelica Cravcenco
Ford: Piero Biasini
Nannetta: Augusta Oltrabella
Fenton: Dino Borgioli
Dr. Cajus: Alfredo Tedeschi
Bardolfo: Giuseppi Nessi
Pistola: Virgilio Lazzari

Wiener Philharmoniker
ARTURO TOSCANINI

LIVE - Festspielhaus, Salzburg - August 20, 1936
(shortwave broadcast)


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2 February 2012

RT 028 Verdi - Falstaff - Toscanini Salzburg 1937




Dear friends, I'm here again.
Thanks a lot for all your kind & encouraging messages!!


Here the link for Rare Toscanini 028, the awesome Falstaff performed in Salzburg (1937) -  Upcoming the 1st act recorded in 1936.



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https://mega.nz/#!DH4yzaaQ!z2Uq-dYsb6BvkTCOQCPaUGbDJLYzHmlynKGCX-s5gws

12 January 2012

Sir Thomas Beecham live in Helsinki 1954 (reup)





Partially published on a Ondine CD (Tapiola & Symphony no7),
here - from a radio broadcast source - the complete concert conducted by Beecham in Helsinki - Sibelius Festival june 17, 1954.

As a "Bonus" - to fill the second CD - again two Sibelius 7 by Sir Thomas: the New York 1942 and above all the 1955 version, one of the best recordings ever made of this work (with Mravinsky and Barbirolli, of course) and Finlandia (LPO, 1938). NYPO Seventh and Finlandia are not taken from Dutton & Naxos CDs but from 78rpm.



SIBELIUS

Symphony No. 6 (27.55)
Tapiola (17.40)
The Tempest, Incidental Music (27.56)
Symphony No. 7 (19.36)

Helsinki City Symphony Orchestra
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM

Concert of June 17, 1954 - Sibelius Festival


+ SIBELIUS
Symphony no. 7 (19.04)
New York Philharmonic
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
Studio, 1942 - from Columbia 78rpm set XO 32946-60

Symphony no. 7 (20.27)
Royal Philharmonic
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
Studio, november 1955 - EMI

Finlandia (8.56)
London Philharmonic
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
Studio, 1938 - from 78rpm


reup 2019 (see comments)