Since you are interested in String Quartets (rec 1956), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 9 & 19 (recorded 1952-56) Clara Haskil (piano) / Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra / Otto Ackermann / Ferenc Fricsay [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Listening to the Bucharest-born Clara Haskil (1895-1960) always brings much joy. Her playing exudes musicality, whether it is Mozart, Falla or Hindemith...A very recommendable release." (Colin Clarke classicalsource.com) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 6 / Violin Concerto (Rec 1955/60) David Oistrakh (violin) / Stockholm Festival Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Kletzki [ Medici Masters / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] "Another fine entrant in this increasingly useful series, this Tchaikovsky release is a testament to Kletzki's under-sung symphonic eloquence and adds the absorbing Oistrakh performance." (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 Pathetique (rec 1955) (with works by Mozart & Weber) Kalner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Erich Kleiber [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "...an account of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony..it's amazing, it's devastating...it's preceded by Weber's Euryanthe Overture, exploding like a rocket, amd Mozart's Symphony No.33, in which Kleiber sets a standard for his son Carlos to match." (BBC... |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.5 in C minor / Symphony No.6 in F major, Pastoral (recorded 1956) Kolner Rudnfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Erich Kleiber [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "The Fifth is fiery and lucid...Nothing is taken for granted, and that freshness is even more apparent in the Sixth, which moves briskly, but with extraordinarily sweet-toned strings...one might think this was a performance given recently by a major... |
W.A. MOZART
Symphony No 39 / Oboe Concerto / German Dances / etc (recorded 1955/56) Lothar Faber (oboe) / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Erich Kleiber [ Medici Masters / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] Erich Kleiber (1890-1956) was born in Vienna and studied at the Prague Conservatory. His first major appointment was General Music Director at the Berlin State Opera in 1923 where he remained until 1934. |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: Towards Silence Medici String Quartet / Court Lane Quartet / Finzi Quartet / Cavaleri Quartet [ Signum / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] "This must count as one of Tavener's most powerful and sublime achievements." (The Sunday Times) |
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No.5 in B flat major, Op.100 (with works by Rossini & Vivaldi) (Recorded 1955/57/74) Philharmonia Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti / Thomas Schippers [ Medici Masters / CD - released 26/Oct/2007 ] "Overall this is a fascinating memento of a talent cut short too soon. Impossible to say how Schippers' career would have developed, but there is sufficient evidence of real musicality and real individuality on this disc to make us regret what might... |
PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor / Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra and Trumpet No.1 in C (rec 1955/56) Shura Cherkassky (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Menges [ Medici Masters / CD - released 24/Oct/2007 ] Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995) was a pupil of the legendary pianist Josef Hofman at the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Cherkassky was considered to be one of the greatest romantic virtuosos of the 20th Century and apart from the playing the major... |