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Beethoven Sym. #5 Artur Rodzinski Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London & Four Great Overtures Sir Adrian Boult Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra Of London
Brahms Symphony No. 3 and Tragic Overture William Steinberg conducts The Pittsburgh Symphony Orch.
This Command release is another surprise great conducting and playing by Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Sym. also great sound like our previous Command releases.
Mahler Symphony No. 2 Vienna State Opera Orchestra Hermann Scherchen Conducting Mimi Cortese, Soprano Lucretia West, Contralto Vienna State Academy Chamber Choir
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 Eugene Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Overture Charles Munch Boston Symphony Orch.
The Rachmaninoff is from a 1961 Columbia 4-track tape the sound and performance are first rate Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Overture Munch in a mezmerizing unforgettable performance and the sound is top shelf from RCA Mohr/Layton
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 the Paris Conservatoire Orch. Durufle Organ Conducted by Georges Pretre
"Transferred from an EMI 4-track tape, Georges Pretre's version of the Organ Symphony, with composer-performer Durufle at the organ, relishes its massive textures and creamy sonorities. The shimmering gloss of the second movement, with its modal processional, makes a powerful impression, at once erotic and devotional. The organ pedal, along with its oboe stop, had my sound space floor vibrating in Technicolor." Gary Lemco Audiophile Audition
Schubert Symphony No. 2 & 8 ? Sym No. 2 Charles Munch Conducting the Boston Symphony Orch. Sym. No. 8 Artur Rodzinski Conducting Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London
Schubert Symphony No. 4 & 5 Munchinger Conducting the VPO
Transferred from a London 4-Track tape.
This music is native to the VPO and it shows, Munchinger really brings the forces together. The recording is in a warm acoustic which serves the music perfectly.
Boult besides being great with British music was also known for his interpretations of the Austro-German school.
Backhaus is great with Schumann piano interpretations
and this recording shows this off a very relaxed quality of playing is captured on this recording.
Bruckner Symphony No. 5 Hans Knappertsbusch Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Transferred from a Early 1960's London 4-track tape,
Knappertsbusch is in his element especially with the Vienna under his direction.
The sound is big and bold and fits the Brucknerian mold perfectly.
Mahler Symphony No. 4 George Szell conducting The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Szell and the Cleveland Sym. Orch. play Mahler's most approachable symphony beyond reproach this has to rank as one of the great Symphony No. 4's of all time. The Sonics are above average compared with what the Columbia engineers have afforded them in other recordings.
