Another reupload on request
FLAC with scans
29 March 2021
26 March 2021
Shostakovich 10 - Oistrakh - Live, 1967
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)
22 March 2021
Stravinsky - Sacre & Petrushka NYPO 1940 (and other recordings)
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
15 March 2021
The Ravel Recordings - Krauss
RAVEL
Alborada del Gracioso
Daphnis et Chloé, suite n. 2 (*)
(*) Damenchor der Konzervereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
March 1945
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RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
June 4, 1953
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MUSORGSKIJ-RAVEL
Pictures at an Exhibition
Clemens Krauss
Wiener Philharmoniker
December 6, 1947
FLAC (separated tracks)
13 March 2021
Bruckner 7 Furtwängler - live Roma 1951
BRUCKNER
Symphony no. 7
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Live - Roma, Auditorium del Foro Italico
May 1, 1951
FLAC (separated tracks)
Brahms EDR Szell, Cleveland (live 1969)
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)
3 March 2021
Elgar - Enigma Variations - Ormandy (two live performances)
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
20 February 2021
Prokofiev - Romeo & Symphony no. 5 - Jansons
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
19 February 2021
Prokofiev - Shostakovich - Borodin - Quartetto Italiano (live)
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
16 February 2021
Dvorak - Stabat Mater BRSO Kubelik 1964 Live
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
6 February 2021
Wagner NYPO Mitropoulos Live 1955
Reupload on request
WAGNER
Forest Murmurs
and Götterdämmerung act III
New York Philharmonic
DIMITRI MITROPOULOS
live 30 october 1955
FLAC and scans
31 January 2021
Berg, Dallapiccola, Hartmann - BRSO Erich Kleiber
BERG
Wozzeck, drei fragmente
DALLAPICCOLA
Due pezzi per orchestra
HARTMANN
Symphony No. 6
BRSO
ERICH KLEIBER
1955
FLAC & Scans
27 January 2021
Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini etc - Zemlinsky
A selection of short orchestral works
conducted by Alexander von Zemlinsky
MOZART
Don Giovanni, Overture
Polydor 1928
Così fan tutte, Overture
Polydor 1928
The Abduction from the Seraglio, Overture
Polydor 1928
BEETHOVEN
Fidelio, Overture
Polydor 1929
ROSSINI
The Thieving Magpie, Overture
Polydor 1929
FLOTOW
Alessandro Stradella, Overture
Polydor 1928
MAILLART
Das Glöckchen des Eremiten, Overture
Polydor 1928
SMETANA
The Moldau
Ultraphon E-465/6, 1930
WEINBERGER
Schwanda the Bagpiper, Polka
Ultraphon E-466, 1930
FLAC & scans
23 January 2021
Beethoven and Schubert - Krauss
Beethoven
Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II
Choral Fantasy op. 80
Schubert
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern
Wiener Symphoniker
CLEMENS KRAUSS
1950
FLAC
13 January 2021
Mahler 5 Boulez live 1970
MAHLER
Symphony no. 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
PIERRE BOULEZ
Live BBC Proms 4 august 1970
FLAC with scans
5 January 2021
Wagner LPO Tennstedt - live 1981
I didn't know what to choose to start this 2021... well, why not this one?
Another live recording with Kollo, Bundschum & Thomlinson is available on a LPO CD.
But here we have Jessye Norman as Sieglinde.
All the best for this New Year.
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre, Act One
Jessye Norman, Robert Schunk, Marius Rintzler
London Philharmonic
KLAUS TENNSTEDT
LIVE - October 25, 1981
FLAC
27 December 2020
Reiner conducts Bartók - 1957 & 1946
Still a bit in trouble, but just to show that I'm still here,
I propose the last post of the year.
Greetings to all!
See you in 2021
Béla Bartók
Violin Concerto n.2
Yehudi Menuhin, vl
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
FRITZ REINER
Chicago, Symphony Hall 24 october 1957
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Concerto per Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh, 4&5 Februrary 1946
10 December 2020
Alban Berg - Hermann Scherchen live
Hello everyone, I'm back.
For two months I was busy renovating an apartment and moving house.
Never do it, if you can!
It's all messed up, but I'll slowly start over with a few posts
over the next weeks, then pick up next year...
ALBAN BERG
Lulu Suite
BRSO 20 feb 1953
Der Wein
BRSO 8 mar 1957
Lyrische Suite, 3 stücke (string orchestra)
NDR SO 1959
HERMANN SCHERCHEN
FLAC
scans & info included
6 October 2020
Karajan and Czech PO Live 1971
A complete concert from the 1971 Salzburg Festival,
and a rare opportunity to listen to Karajan on the piano...
as long as you spot him :)
Seriously, I don't know if he has conducted this orchestra on other occasions
and if this document has already been published on some phantom CD.
Anyway, tell me your opinion.
BTW, In those days the orchestra was also conducted in Salzburg
by Böhm, Abbado and Neumann.
BACH Konzert für vier Klaviere und Streicher a-Moll BWV 1065
DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 – “From the New World”
Walter Klien, Piano
Justus Frantz, Piano
Jean Bernard Pommier, Piano
Herbert von Karajan, Piano
Czech Philharmonic
HERBERT VON KARAJAN
15 August 1971
Salzburg, Grosses Festspielhaus
FLAC (5 files)
27 September 2020
Karel Ancerl & Czech PO Live 1958
Smetana, Dvorák & Musorgkskij/Ravel
Czech Philharmonic
KAREL ANCERL
Live recording
Ascona, Switzerland - 10 october 1958
FLAC
9 September 2020
Shostakovich BSO Koussevitzky - live
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony no. 9 (First american performance)
August 10, 1946
Symphony no. 5
March 16, 1948
Boston Symphony Orchestra
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY
FLAC (scans included)
21 August 2020
Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev - NBC, Stokowski
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Tempest, op. 18
PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
Jennie Tourel, contralto
Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
NY, 7 march 1943
First performance in America
(sung in english)
FLAC (separated tracks)
15 August 2020
Bartók PC2 & Britten PC - Richter
It is difficult to imagine a discography as rich and important
and at the same time as disordered as that of Sviatoslav Richter,
scattered on dozens of labels,
moreover with frequent mistakes in the dates :/
As in this case.
Misdated on the cover, Bartók PC2 is the same (may 6, 1967)
published on Brilliant, Russian Revelation and Yedang.
The true rarity is Britten, live in Aldeburgh (june 18, 1967)
with the composer on the podium:
this should be the only CD release.
FLAC (with scans)
1 August 2020
Strauss BSO Koussevitzky
Don Juan
Till Eulenspiegel
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY
Live 1946/1947
FLAC (3 separated tracks)
Scan & details included
Mozart Piano Concertos 21&27 Gulda, Swarowsky
Piano Concerto No 21 in C-dur, KV 467
Piano Concerto No 27 in B-dur, KV 595
FRIEDRICH GULDA, Klavier
Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper
HANS SWAROWSKY
Recording 1963, from LP Concert Hall M-2319
Reupload on request.
FLAC (separated tracks)
24 July 2020
Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss - BSO 1945
Salomes Tanz
Symphonia Domestica
Boston Symphony Orchestra
FRITZ REINER
Live, Boston - 22 december 1945
FLAC
IMPORTANT NOTE:
On request, a new upload of Musorgskij/Ravel Pictures
by Dorati (RCO) & Reiner (live NYPO)
is available here:
https://laureateconductor.blogspot.com/2011/09/pictures-at-exhibition-2-rare-versions.html
(If you have reup requests, please write them in a comment on the most recent post!)
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
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)
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