To conclude this 2021, another CD from the Koussevitzky series.
See you soon and happy new year!
MUSORGSKIJ
A night on Bald Mountain
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Live - December 30, 1944
RACHMANINOFF
Piano Concerto n. 3
Vladimir Horowitz, pf
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Live - August 31, 1950
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY
FLAC and Scans
Not exactly one of my favorite recordings of this Symphony (ahem),
but it is certainly a rarity and it's part of the series...
MAHLER
Symphony no. 5
URSS Large Symphony Orchestra of State Radio and Television
GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
December 23, 1973
FLAC & Scans
MAHLER
Symphony no. 8
Margerita RINALDI, Radmila BAKOCEVIC
Beverly WOLFF, Lucretia WEST
Lajos KOZMA, Dan JORDACHESCU
Tugomir FRANC
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Coro di Roma della RAI
Coro di voci bianche della Rai
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
Georges Prêtre
September 30, 1971
Roma, Teatro Olimpico
FLAC
Recording: January 8, 1968
Obviously not the famous version
with the USSR Ministry Of Culture Symphony Orchestra
on Olympia/Melodiya (1984)
Flac & Scans
Mravinsky left us perhaps the best Agon and a beautiful version of Apollon Musagete, but his Stravinsky discography, unfortunately, is rather limited: in particular, the two recordings that you can find here have not had many reprints; anyway, they deserve to be known.
FLAC and scans
Elgar's Cello Concerto and the world premiere of Britten's "Cello Symphony"
dedicated to Rostropovich, conducted by the composer in Moscow.
FLAC
Scans with details included
MAHLER
Symphony no. 4
DAVID OISTRAKH
Jan 22, 1967
Symphony no. 10 (Adagio)
GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
1963
Flac + Scans
