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
3 December 2021
28 November 2021
Barber, Harris, Toch BSO Koussevitzky
Three rare Koussevitzky recordings.
The Symphony No. 2 was premiered in Boston on March 3, 1944:
not performed in april, so the date on the cover is wrong (probably is March 4).
Harris No. 6: first performance April 14. This should be the second (April 15).
BARBER
Symphony no. 2 (first recording)
HARRIS
Symphony no. 6 (first recording)
TOCH
Pinocchio Overture
Boston Symphony Orchestra
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY
FLAC + Scans
22 November 2021
Barbirolli live in Wien 1967
MOZART
Symphony no. 36 "Linz"
DEBUSSY
La Mer
BRAHMS
Symphony no. 4
Wiener Philharmoniker
SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
LIVE - Wien, Musikverein
December 17, 1967
FLAC + cover
Well, despite everything we continue:
I will try to post more often, but at the moment I cannot guarantee.
If this is to your liking, in the next period I will proceed with some CDs out of print.
For example more AS, some Grammofono 2000, Russian Revelation, etcetera.
20 September 2021
Bruckner 8 CSO, Kubelik - live 1966
BRUCKNER
Symphony no. 8
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELIK
Live - Dec 22, 1966
FLAC - 4 Separated files
4 September 2021
Mahler - Das Klagende Lied - Boulez
Here I am again. I won't be able to post continuously for a while, but I hope it will get better.
A very interesting live recording of "Das Klagende Lied" (3 mov),
conducted by Pierre Boulez in Cleveland.
A quite different version from the one made in studio (LSO, 1970)
less analytical but more theatrical and impetuous.
FLAC - 3 separated files
28 May 2021
Ansermet conducts Berg - OSR (Live)
A precious CD, of course out of print.
Live recordings from three different concerts (1953, 1959, 1964)
ALBAN BERG
Violin Concerto - Yehudi Menuhin
Three Fragments from "Wozzeck" - Suzanne Danco
Three Orchestral Pieces, op. 6
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ERNEST ANSERMET
Live - Géneve
FLAC - Scans & details included
15 May 2021
Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Schumann - Quartetto Italiano 1977
FLAC, with details & tracklist included in the folder
9 May 2021
Leopold Stokowski & ASO live 1971
W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflöte K. 620: Overture
RICHARD STRAUSS (arr. Stokowski)
Der Rosenkavalier, suite
WERNER JOSTEN
Jungle, symphonic poem
WILLIAM MAYER
Octagon for Piano & Orchestra (1970)
William Masselos, piano (world premiere)
IGOR STRAVINSKY Petrushka, Suite
American Symphony Orchestra
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
NY, Carnegie Hall - March 21, 1971
FLAC - Separated tracks
5 May 2021
Bach, Schubert - Abbado live 1963
BACH
Concerto for 2 violins BWV 1043
Edith Peinemann (Violino)
Renato Zanettovich (Violino)
Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079: nn. 2, 7 & 5 (Ricercare a 6)
SCHUBERT
Symphony n. 2
Orchestra "A. Scarlatti" di Napoli della Rai
CLAUDIO ABBADO
Napoli - April 30, 1963
Here one of the first entirely preserved Abbado concerts, in good sound:
his debut with the "Scarlatti" Rai Orchestra (april 1963).
FLAC
25 April 2021
Bernstein & NYPO live 1976
SCHUMAN, WILLIAM
American Festival Overture
IVES
The unanswered question
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in blue
(Bernstein pf)
COPLAND
Symphony no. 3
"Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
BERNSTEIN
Candide, overture
New York Philharmonic
LEONARD BERNSTEIN, cond & pf
Den Haag, Hourusthallen
June 1, 1976
Holland Festival
An "All-American-Program" including Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue
conducted & performed by Lenny and two encores,
in excellent stereo sound.
FLAC separated files
7 April 2021
Mahler 9 BSO Bernstein 1979
MAHLER
Symphony no. 9
Boston Symphony Orchestra
LEONARD BERSTEIN
Live in Tanglewood
July 29, 1979
FLAC (4 Separated tracks)
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
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