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
FLAC, with details & tracklist included in the folder
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
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
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
MAHLER
Symphony no. 9
Boston Symphony Orchestra
LEONARD BERSTEIN
Live in Tanglewood
July 29, 1979
FLAC (4 Separated tracks)
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)
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
BRUCKNER
Symphony no. 7
Berliner Philharmoniker
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Live - Roma, Auditorium del Foro Italico
May 1, 1951
FLAC (separated tracks)
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)
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
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
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
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
BERG
Wozzeck, drei fragmente
DALLAPICCOLA
Due pezzi per orchestra
HARTMANN
Symphony No. 6
BRSO
ERICH KLEIBER
1955
FLAC & Scans
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
MAHLER
Symphony no. 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
PIERRE BOULEZ
Live BBC Proms 4 august 1970
FLAC with scans
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
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
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)
Smetana, Dvorák & Musorgkskij/Ravel
Czech Philharmonic
KAREL ANCERL
Live recording
Ascona, Switzerland - 10 october 1958
FLAC
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony no. 9 (First american performance)
August 10, 1946
Symphony no. 5
March 16, 1948
Boston Symphony Orchestra
SERGEI KOUSSEVITZKY
FLAC (scans included)
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)
