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2021-01-25 15:13:27
Calendar, 2020
[…] Pré and Lynn Harrell, who unfortunately left us last year, were also born this week. And just to top it off, she decided that Wilhelm Furtwängler, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, should also be born this week. There is not much we could say about this cornucopia, but we can play some music. Here is one pair: the 1961 recording of Arthur Rubinstein playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 20 with Alfred Wallenstein conducting the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. And here is another: Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Schubert’s "Unfinished" symphony. The recording, with Furtwängler’s Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, was made live in 1953. We would’ve loved to play Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in C minor, D.958 in John Ogdon’s performance – we know that he made that recording in 1972 – but we don’t have access to it. We’d love to share it with you some day.
2020-12-12 00:00:00
The BNF Collection part 2
[…] Concerto for two violins No. 8 Ludwig van Beethoven Romances opp. 40 and 50 David and Igor Oistrakh violin Royal PO Eugene Goosens Recorded 1961 Johannes Brahms Horn Trio Violin Sonata No. 2 Adolf Busch violin Aubrey Brian horn Rudolf Serkin piano Recorded 1932 and 1933 Karol Szymanowski Symphony No. 4 "Concertante" Sergei Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody Artur Rubinstein piano Los Angeles PO Alfred Wallenstein Recorded 1953 Robert Schumann Etudes Symphoniques Johannes Brahms Paganini Variations Geza Anda piano Recorded 1954 Jeno Hubay Csardajelenet Pablo de Sarasate Airs bohemiens Alexander Borodin Polovtsian Dances Hemut Zacharias violin RSO Berlin Ferenc Fricsay Recorded 1957 J. S.Bach Concerto Italiano Toccata and Fuge BWV 914 Partita No. 2 Robert […]
2020-01-16 06:32:00
Chesky Gold (CD reviews)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2. Sir John Barbirolli, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Chesky Gold CG903.Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D; Capriccio Italien; Andante Cantabile; Marche slav. Itzhak Perlman, violin; Alfred Wallenstein, London Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Gibson, New Symphony Orchestra of London; Massimo Freccia, London Philharmonic Orchestra. Chesky Gold CG9012.Somewhere in the mid 1990's, Chesky Records decided to remaster several of their better-sounding classical albums on gold discs, the gold plating presumably offering a cleaner reading of digital pits. Be that what it may, the results were impressive, with first-rate performances in first-rate sound. Unfortunately, a quick check of Chesky's Web site indicates they no longer offer the product. Fortunately, both of the discs reviewed here are still available on-line, albeit at fairly high prices.Anyway, Sir John Barbirolli's Sibelius Second Symphony, from 1962, has been a consensus choice of critics almost since its release, but more particularly since its CD debut on Chesky Records over […]
2019-12-12 17:16:00
How streaming failed to create a classical music long tail
[…] on disc; it was transferred to CD in 2010 but seems now to be deleted. In the era of the long playing record Korngold's music had other high profile advocates. In his day Jascha Heifetz's media profile equated to that of Sheku Kanneh-Mason in 2019. Heifetz made what is still considered to be the definitive recording of the Violin Concerto in 1953 with the Los Angles Philharmonic conducted by Alfred Wallenstein. While in the same year that Kempe recorded the Symphony in F sharp, Charles Gerhardt conducted a session orchestra comprising free-lancing musicians from the top London orchestras to record 'The Sea Hawk: The Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold'. This remains one of the most endearing discs of the composer's music; again the CD transfer is deleted, and second-hand copies command a significant premium. In the early days of the digital economy […]
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