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ID: FHR05
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: OrchestreFollowing First Hand Records award winning set of Cherkassky HMV recordings, they now publish the complete HMV stereo recordings made by the London Mozart Players and Harry Blech. They are issued here for the first time on CD, most for the first time in stereo. This welcomed tribute is released in 2009 to celebrate both the 60th anniversary year of LMP and the centenary of Blech's birth. Selling at a great 3 for 2 CD price, this set comes in an attractive 4-panelled digipack.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, in 1956 & 1957, and sympathetically remastered there using the original HMV master tapes, these recordings sound magnificent for their 54 year age.
LMP are the longest established chamber orchestra in the UK and have always been greatly respected worldwide. These HMV recordings were made in the Golden Age of LMP and illustrate why the legendary LMP/Blech 35 year partnership was so successful. Once again, we are able to hear that unique ensemble sound the LMP were famous for in these, their earliest stereo recordings.
Highlights from this issue include Mozart's great 'Posthorn' Serenade and a magnificent reading of the 'Jupiter' Symphony both displaying LMP and Blech at their best.
The 1950s were the Golden Age of the London Mozart Players. Harry Blech had an incredible musical instinct which, coupled with his unfailingly musical and heartfelt performances drew faithful capacity audiences to the ten regular Royal Festival Hall concerts each season - a difficult act to follow these days! These HMV recordings were made in 1956 and 1957 at Abbey Road Studios, London and were remastered there in 2009 using the original EMI stereo source tapes which had lain undisturbed for over 50 years! |
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ID: FHR06
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: OrchestreA release that all Boult fans have been waiting for :- Cockaigne is the first release in the UK in any format.
Most works are first releases on CD of the original Westminster source masters.
First stereo release on CD & first stereo release in UK of Cockaigne, Young Person’s Guide, Soireés musicales & Matineés musicales.
First release on CD of Elgar’s Falstaff from tape source.
All recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Halls in 1956, re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios 2010. |
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ID: SIGCD271
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Subcollection: OrchestreSIGCD165, SIGCD195, SIGCD205
CD 1: SIGCD165 - Firebird - Works by Igor Stravinsky for the Ballet Russes
He music commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev for his Ballet Russes has generated some of the most inventive and popular orchestral works of the 20th Century.
Led by Principal Conductor Thierry Fischer, these recordings capture the excitement and vibrancy of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in live performance - the first recording made in their new home of BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales. This is the first release in a series of three with future repertoire including The Rite of Spring and Petrushka.
CD 2: SIGCD195 - Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky - BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Because Igor Stravinsky's "Petrushka" usually runs almost 35 minutes in duration, it either needs to be paired with a work of comparable length or presented with several short filler pieces to give reasonable value to a CD. In the case of this recording by Thierry Fischer and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the disc is filled out with three atmospheric pieces by Anatol Lyadov -- "Baba-Yaga," Enchanted Lake, and Kikimora -- which only add a little over 20 minutes to this rather brief package. Still, there are affinities between Liadov's colorful, impressionistic music and Stravinsky's brilliant ballet, not least the strong influence of both composers' orchestration teacher, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Lyadov, an older contemporary of Stravinsky, was the composer Sergei Diaghilev had originally sought to compose music for the ballet "L'oiseau de feu," before having to settle on the as-yet untried Stravinsky. Furthermore, Lyadov was practiced at composing music on fairy tale themes, so his music is a sometimes suitable match in style and content with Stravinsky's magical depiction of the folk tale of "Petrushka." Furthermore, Lyadov's selections have comparatively few recordings, so grouping these tone poems with Stravinsky's famous work gives them much needed exposure. The performances on this 2010 Signum Classics release are accurate and expressive, if a little restrained, and the audio is exceptional in its wide range of timbres, details, and dynamics.
Ë Blair Sanderson, Rovi All Music Guide
CD3: SIGCD 205 - The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky
The conclusion to a three part-series of Igor Stravinsky‘s ballets from Sergei Diaghilev,s Ballet Russes, performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer. These recordings capture the excitement and vibrancy of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in live performance at their home of BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales.
Almost no musical work has had such a powerful influence or evoked as much controversy as Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring. The work's premiere on May 29, 1913, at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, was scandalous. In addition to the outrageous costumes, unusual choreography and bizarre story of pagan sacrifice, Stravinsky's musical innovations tested the patience of the audience to the fullest.
This disc also features Francis Poulenc‘s ballet Les Biches, premiered at the Ballet Russes in 1924. Originally commissioned by Diaghilev to write a piece based on Glazunov‘s Les Sylphides, Poulenc instead chose to base his piece on the paintings of Watteau that depicted Louis XV and various women in his "Parc aux biches" |
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ID: DSPRCD050
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: OrchestreTill Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Metamorphosen,
Tod und Verklärung, Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan
Originally recorded for Denon in 1988/9, these recordings are now available on CD for the first time in 15 years and present highly acclaimed performances from one of the world’s leading conductors.
Highly acclaimed performances from one of the world’s leading conductors.
Idiomatic performances from an orchestra with a long affinity with the music of Richard Strauss. |
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ID: FHR07
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: OrchestreContains Berlioz’s complete Overtures. Released in Schumann’s 200th anniversary year. Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London in 1956.; remastered at Abbey Road Studios in 2010. Excellent sound quality: the original Westminster tapes sound remarkable.
This issue contains notes by Sir Adrian Boult originally reproduced on the sleeves of the Schumann LP releases. |
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ID: ERP5512
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Subcollection: Violin“Music has to be made with clean hands.” (Igor Bezrodny). Triple-CD, archive recordings. Will be released in November 2012.
Archive recordings 1974−1985
Recorded in Estonia Concert Hall
* Live recordings |
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ID: SIGCD360
CDs: 3
Type: CD
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Collection:
Orchestral Works
Subcollection: OrchestreCD 1 - SIGCD351
CD 2 - SIGCD352
CD 3 - SIGCD353
Lorin Maazel leads the Philharmonia Orchestra and a star-studded ensemble of performers in Mahler's first three Symphonies. This is the first set in a series that will encompass Mahler's Nine Symphonies, featuring live orchestral recordings, from London's Royal Festival Hall, of Maazel and the Philharmonia's much-lauded Mahler Cycle.
Mahler:
Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan'
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'
Sally Matthews (soprano) & Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) with BBC Symphony Chorus
Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) with Philharmonia Voices & Tiffin Boys' Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
BBC Symphony Chorus
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Michelle DeYoung
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Sally Matthews
Tiffin Boys Choir |
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