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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. |
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... |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 27 (recorded 1958/60) Robert Casadesus (piano) / Kalner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / George Szell [ Medici Masters / CD - released 25/Oct/2007 ] Robert Casadesus (1899-1972) was a highly distinguished French pianist along with Alfred Cortot though both were opposites from a musical point of view. Casadesus, like his mentor Ravel, was a classical pianist, believing in absolute fidelity to the... |
VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI
Orchestral works (Rec.1959-61 ) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Tullio Serafin [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This Serafin release, in excellent stereo, demonstrates his long and celebrated association with Italian opera, and represents the first of some carefully selected artists and titles for the future. |
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... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 Emperor / Piano Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein (Rec 1956-1959) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Georg Solti [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] Backhaus was probably a finer pianist live than in the confines of the studio as his style became much freer and less analytical. The superb live concert performance of Beethoven's "Waldstein" Sonata from the Beethovenhalle in Bonn in 1959 supports... |
