Mahler 2 - Ormandy, Cleveland

 

MAHLER

Symphony no. 2

Veronica Tyler, soprano

Helen Watts, contralto

Cleveland Orchestra & Chours

Eugene Ormandy

Cleveland, 2 november 1972

FLAC (Separated files)

Boulez in Amsterdam, 1967

 

Arnold Schönberg: Variations for Orchestra, op.31

Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto no.2, Sz.95  (Theo Bruins, pf)

Claude Debussy: Jeux

Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam 

Pierre Boulez

Amsterdam, Concertgebouw - February 5, 1967

FLAC

Schubert - Symphony no. 9 (8) "The Great" - Jochum live

One last post before some weeks of vacation. Have a good August!

SCHUBERT

Symphony no. 9 (8) "The Great"

RSO Berlin

EUGEN JOCHUM

Live - Berlin, Philharmonie

May 19, 1986

FLAC

 

All Beethoven Concert in Montreux - Backhaus & Böhm (1959)

BEETHOVEN

Egmont, overture op. 84

Piano Concerto no. 4, op. 58 (*)

Symphony no. 7, op. 92

Wilhelm Backhaus, pf (*)

Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Karl Böhm

Live in Montreux - 11 September 1959

 

FLAC

Alban Berg op. 6 - Three Live Performances - Claudio Abbado

 

ALBAN BERG

Three Orchestral Pieces, op. 6

Philharmonia Orchestra

Luzern, 4 september 1968

Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra

Budapest, 30 september 1969

London Symphony Orchestra

London, 6 december 1983

CLAUDIO ABBADO

Three unpublished live recordings. In addition to the rarity of the material, the evolution of the conductor is very impressive: the London performance shows a true "possession" of the complex score, certainly not achieved in the previous two.

FLAC

Mozart, Strauss - WP, Karl Böhm - Live 1975

MOZART

Symphony no. 34

STRAUSS

Ein Heldenleben (*)

Gerhart Hetzel, vl (*)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Karl Böhm

Live - Wien - May 4, 1975

FLAC

 

The Young Glenn Gould (1947-53)

 

Berg - Sonata op, 1

Bach - Concerto Italiano

Mozart - Fantasy In F Minor, K.594 

etc.

Material published for the first time in the second half of the '80s and reprinted in the early '90.

Detailed tracklist & recording infos included

FLAC + Scans

Mahler 8 - Georges Sébastian ORTF 1964

MAHLER

Symphony No. 8 

Liane Synek, soprano drammatico

Colette Herzog, soprano

Ruth Hesse, mezzosoprano

Helga Jenckel, mezzosoprano

William Blankenship, tenore

Hans Otto Kloose, baritono 

Gerd Nienstedt, basso

Maîtrise de l'ORTF, Orchestre National de l'ORTF, Choeurs de l'ORTF

Georges Sébastian

November 26, 1964

First Performance in France

FLAC

Bruckner 7 - Böhm, BP Live 77

BRUCKNER

Symphony no. 7

Berliner Philharmoniker

Karl Böhm

March 24, 1977

FLAC

I don't know if it's the same for you ... anyway, Böhm for me is sometimes the most boring, other times the most sensational. In particular with Mozart and Bruckner. 

For example, the 4th Decca is one of my ten favorite studio symphonic recordings ever (and maybe number 1 for recording quality). At the same time, listening to his Bruckner 7&8 DG I almost fall asleep. 

BUT in my humble opinion this Berlin 7th is REALLY good :)

Let me know, if you like. :)

Mozart - Requiem - Celibidache 1972

 

MOZART

Requiem KV. 626

Margareta Hallin, sopran.

Gurli Plesner, alt.

Claes-Hakan Ahnsjö, tenor. 

Ulrik Cold, bass.

DR Symphony Orchestra & Concert Choir

Sergiu Celibidache 

Copenhagen - Radiohusets Concert Hall, 9 novembre 1972)

Barbirolli conducts Two WP in New York (1939-41)

 

MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO

Piano Concerto n.2

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, pf

Live - November 2, 1939 - World Premiere

MISCHA PORTNOFF

Piano Concerto

Nadia Reisenberg, pf

Live - February 23, 1941 - World Premiere

NYPO - John Barbirolli

FLAC

Berlioz - Harold en Italie - Barshai, Oistrakh cond

 

BERLIOZ

Harold en Italie, op. 16

Rudolf Barshai, vla

URSS State Sympnony Orchestra

David Oistrakh

Recording 1969

FLAC - Cover & Back 

Bruckner 8 (II-IV) Karajan 1944

 

FLAC and Scans

Ansermet & OSR Live 1960

 

BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 

Arthur Grumiaux, violin

STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements

DEBUSSY Ibéria

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

ERNEST ANSERMET

LIVE - 27 January 1960

Victoria Hall, Genève

FLAC

Vaughan Williams conducts Bach

 

BACH 

St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 

Tenor [Evangelist]: Eric Greene; Bass [Jesus]: Gordon Clinton; Soprano: Pauline Brockless; Contralto: Nancy Evans; Tenor: Wilfred Brown; Bass-Baritone: John Carol Case

Eric Gritton, piano - Dr. William Cole, organ (electric).

Leith Hill Music Festival Chorus & Orchestra

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Mar 5, 1958 - Recorded at Dorking Halls, Leith Hill, England.

Many numbers omitted, sung in english, a famous and admired composer but not a "great" conductor in the sense commonly given to this appellation, "old fashioned" and anti-philological (piano and electric organ for the continuo!), an obscure orchestra and singers certainly not as famous as many who recorded Bach's masterpiece... everything seems to suggest that we are in front of something "avoidable": a curiosity, at best, due to the prestige of RVW. It is just the opposite. Like the older Mengelberg recording, this one has something magnetic, absolutely unique and unrepeatable. Published on 4 LPs, then on 2 CD Pearl out of print. 

FLAC - Scans with tracklist & infos

Quartetto Italiano - Live 1951-1970

 

Following the Quartetto Italiano rarities previoulsly uploaded,

here you can find 4 unpublished live recordings:

TARTINI Sonata a Quattro in Sol Maggiore

(January 29, 1951)

BOCCHERINI Quartetto op. 6 n. 1

(March 23, 1966)

CHERUBINI Quartetto in Fa Maggiore op. posth

(April 15, 1959)

HAYDN  Streichquartett op. 76 n. 2

(March 18, 1970)

QUARTETTO ITALIANO

Paolo Borciani vl I, Elisa Pegreffi vl II

Piero Farulli vla, Franco Rossi vc

FLAC

Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Strauss - Krauss

SCHUBERT

Sinfonie No. 5 B-Dur, D.458

1. Allegro

2. Andante con moto

3. Menuetto. Allegro molto

4. Allegro vivace

Berliner Philharmoniker / Clemens Krauss

Berlin, 24 November 1944

TCHAIKOVSKY

Sinfonie No. 5 e-moll op. 64

1. Announcements

2. Andante - Allegro con anima

3. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza (incomplete)

4. Valse. Allegro moderato

5. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace (incomplete)

Berliner Philharmoniker / Clemens Krauss

Berlin, 3 October 1939

STRAUSS

Drei Lieder

1. Einkehr op. 47/2

2. Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten op. 19/4

3. Zueignung op. 10/1

Viorica Ursuleac, Sopran

Clemens Krauss, pf

June 1940

FLAC

 

Oistrakh conducts DSCH and Strauss

 

I continue with some recordings by Oistrakh as conductor... 

SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony no. 9

STRAUSS

Till Eulenspiegel

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

DAVID OISTRAKH

Live 1970

FLAC  + Cover and back

 

Mitropoulos & NYPO in Athens 1955

 

Two complete concerts

FLAC & infos

Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique - Bernstein live 1968

An exciting performance in very good sound.

 

BERLIOZ

Symphonie Fantastique

New York Philharmonic

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Live in Montreux - September 13, 1968

FLAC

Knappertsbusch - Wien 1962

 

HAYDN

Symphony no. 88 in G

STRAUSS

Tod und Verklärung

SCHUMANN

Symphony no. 4 

Wiener Philharmoniker

HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH

Live - Wien, Musikverein

16 december 1962

FLAC

Scherchen & ORTF Live 1964

 

BEETHOVEN

Symphony no. 6

SCHOENBERG

Variations for Orchestra, op. 31

Orchestre National de l'ORTF 

HERMANN SCHERCHEN

Live - Paris, January 20, 1964

Flac & scans

Prokofiev 6, Romeo - Mravinsky in Wien

 

An unpublished concert by Mravinsky in Vienna: 

no news regarding the repertoire, but extraordinary performances.

PROKOFIEV

Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64c

(Contains: The Montagues and the Capulets; Juliet-the litle girl;  Friar Laurence; Dance; Romeo and Juliet before parting; Dance of the maids from the Antilles; Romeo at the Juliet's grave)

Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

YEVGENY MRAVINSKY

LIVE - Wien, Musikverein

June 3, 1982

FLAC (4 separated tracks)

Brahms 3 & 4 - Bruno Walter

 

Early studio recordings in great sound for the period.

BRAHMS

Symphony no. 3

Wiener Philharmoniker

May 18-19, 1936

Symphony no. 4

BBC Symphony Orchestra

May 21, 1934

BRUNO WALTER

FLAC + Scans

Beethoven 9 WP Walter (live 1955)

BEETHOVEN

Symphony no. 9

Wiener Staatsopernchor

Wiener Philharmoniker

BRUNO WALTER

Wien - November 13, 1955

FLAC + Scans with details

 

Musorgskij, Rachmaninoff - Horowitz, Koussevitzky

 

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

Mahler Symphony no. 8 - Prêtre 1971

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 

Stravinsky - Leningrad Philharmonic, Mravinsky

 

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, Britten - Rostropovich

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

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