24 July 2020

Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss - BSO 1945





STRAUSS

Salomes Tanz
Symphonia Domestica

Boston Symphony Orchestra
FRITZ REINER

Live, Boston - 22 december 1945

FLAC



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by Dorati (RCO) & Reiner (live NYPO)
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17 July 2020

Berlioz Fantastique BSO Koussevitzky





BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique

Boston Symphony Orchestra
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY

Live 16 october 1943

FLAC (scans included)



10 July 2020

Scherchen conducts Berg, Skalkottas, Schönberg





ALBAN BERG
Kammerkonzert
(Paul Jacobs, pf - Wolfgang Marschner, vl)

NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Piano Concerto n. 2
(Georg Hadjinikos, pf)

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Piano Concerto
(Eduard Steuermann, pf)


HERMANN SCHERCHEN, conductor

(live 1953-1959)


FLAC (Scans & details included)






6 July 2020

Bloch, Schoenberg, Shostakovich 5 Piatigorsky NYPO Rodzinski








Bloch
Schelomo, Hebraic rhapsody for cello & orchestra
(26 November 1944)

Schoenberg
Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op 41
Mack Harrell, voice;
Edward Steuermann, piano;
New York Philharmonic;
Artur Rodzinsky, conductor
(First recording - 26 November 1944) *

Shostakovich
Symphony No 5 in D Minor, Op 47
(24 February 1946)


New York Philharmonic
Artur Rodzinsky, conductor


* The first performance, with the same interpreters, dates back to 23 november.


FLAC (cover & tracklist included)

3 July 2020

Rachmaninoff BSO Koussevitzky





Rachmaninoff

Symphony no. 3
Vocalise (orchestral version)
The Isle of the Dead, op. 29

Boston Symphony Orchestra
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY

Live 1945-47

FLAC (Scans & details included)