Les admirateurs ( j'ai les noms ) du grand chef grec vont être heureux d'apprendre que Music and Arts, vient d'éditer deux coffrets tout plein de merveilles ( à part un ou deux trucs ) Depuis le temps qu'on me vante les 4ème de Vaughan williams, et la 6ème de Mahler à New-York ( celle de Cologne, sublime, était régulièrement rééditée )
CD-1213(4) THE ART OF DIMITRI MITROPOULOS, VOL. 1 OF 2: BROADCAST PERFORMANCES, 1941-1957.
CD 1: BERG: Violin Concerto, Joseph Szigeti, Violin, NBC Symphony Orchestra on December 11, 1945.
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto #3 in C minor, Op. 37, Jean Casadesus, Piano, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on February 23, 1957 (Binghampton, New York) (57:35).
CD 2: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis.
CHAUSSON: Symphony in Bb, Op. 20.
STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Firebird, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on August 29, 1943 (Carnegie Hall) (70:53).
CD 3: SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, "Spring", Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on November 15, 1953 (Carnegie Hall).
R. STRAUSS: Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on November 23, 1947 (Carnegie Hall) (77:32).
CD 4: In Honor of Ferruccio Busoni. MOZART: (arr Busoni) Overture to Idomeneo. BUSONI: Indian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, Egon Petri, Piano. Two Sketches for Doktor Faustus - Sarabande; Cortége. Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35a, Joseph Szigeti, Violin. Szigeti recalls Busoni (3:43) (from a talk given in 1965 at Harvard University). Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on December 28, 1941 (Carnegie Hall) (72:54). Liner notes by William Trotter and James Miller. Audio restoration (2008) by Lani Spahr. [AAD] UPC# 017685-12132 6.
CD-1214(4) THE ART OF DIMITRI MITROPOULOS VOL 2 OF 2: BROADCAST PERFORMANCES, 1945-1955.
CD 1: MAHLER: Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic", Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on April 10, 1955 (Carnegie Hall) (74:07).
CD 2: BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050, Carmine Coppola, Flute, Mischa Mishakoff, Violin, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Piano & Conductor.
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Piano & Conductor, NBC Symphony Orchestra December 16, 1945.
LALO: Symphonie Espagnole, Zino Francescatti, Violin, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on April 3, 1955 (Carnegie Hall) (76:46).
CD 3: PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16, Pietro Scarpini, Piano, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on November 7, 1954 (Carnegie Hall).
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on April 5, 1953 (Carnegie Hall) (64:35).
CD 4: SCHOENBERG: String Quartet No. 2 in F# minor, Op. 10, orch. Schoenberg, Astrid Varnay, Soprano, Strings of the NBC Symphony Orchestra on December 13, 1945. Erwartung, Op. 17, Dorothy Dow, Soprano, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on November 18, 1951 (Carnegie Hall) (57:34). Liner notes by William Trotter and James Miller. Audio restoration (2008) by Lani Spahr. [AAD] UPC# 017685-121425.
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