An interesting Mravinsky rarity: mainly because we can listen here some of his early recordings (not much remains of him until the mid-50s) and above all because he's not on the podium, as usual, of the Leningrad Philharmonic.
WEBER
Oberon, Overture
Invitation to the Dance, op. 65
Der Freischütz, Overture
BRAHMS
Symphony no. 4
USSR Symphony Orchestra
EVGENI MRAVINSKY
Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory - December 29, 1954
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Another rare Ancerl live. A delightful Beethoven 6, in search of simplicity rather than the timbral ecstasy (in opposite ways) of Karajan and Celibidache, or Scherchen's analysis, or the "cosmic" solemnity of Bernstein, Giulini, Furtwängler, Klemperer... And it really works, perhaps because of the "Bohemian sweetness" of the conductor. It just flows so naturally... Wow.
I don't particularly like Martinu's 5 (maybe you could suggest a very "catching" version), but even here Ancerl is excellent. Really good stereo sound, by the way.
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In the RR series I forgot this: an addition that is certainly not negligible, also for Grieg! But there is another version of Tchaikovsky's Sixth conducted by Oistrakh that I prefer to this one, I will make it available as soon as I can. If you missed the other Russia Revelation take a look in the previous posts... all still available.
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony no. 6
GRIEG
Piano Concerto
Sviatoslav Richter, pf
DAVID OISTRAKH, conductor
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