Sokolov plays Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 (DVD5)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Grigory Sokolov, piano

Sorry, I am new to Mr. Sokolov. I don't have the conductor info either. My source DVD doesn't provide any info about this recording. I fell in like with Sokolov by listening to his Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 posted by PANOVNIK (http://panovnik.blogspot.com/2011/07/grigory-sokolov-yritemirkanov.html). Thanks, PANOVNIK. He also posted a Sokolov recording of Rach 3 from radio Petersburg. The conductor is Victor Dubrovsky. Not sure if it's the same performance.

Bernstein - The Last Message (Sapporo, 07/03/1990, MKV-Video)

Robert Schumann

Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

Leonard Bernstein

Pacific Music Festival Orchestra

Recorded: Sapporo, 07/03/1990

Bernstein and Tilson Thomas founded the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan in the summer of 1990. He was already suffering from the lung disease at that time. Bernstein died 3 months later after this first Festival rehearsal and performance.

Thielemann conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 8 (Berlin, 12/13/2008)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Christian Thielemann

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: Berlin, 12/13/2008

Celibidache conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 6 (Munich, 11/1991, MKV-Video)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 6 in A major

Sergiu Celibidache

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: Munich, 11/26, 27, 29, 30/1991

While digitalizing my collections, I found this source material is not playable anymore. Fortunately, I still can make a lossless MKV from the original DVD-R. Thanks God! This DVD is recorded from Sky A broadcast dated as 11/1991. I didn't compare this with my Sony LD and am not sure if they are the same performance or not. Once I convert the Sony LD to digital file, it would be easier for me to compare them. Depending on response to this post, the Sony LD-to-DVD Bruckner 6th & 8th will be forthcoming. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. Enjoy!

Horestein conducts Beethoven Fidelio (Athens, 1957)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Fidelio

Evangelos Markelos, Don Fernando

Costantino Ego, Don Pizarro

Giuseppe Zampieri, Florestan

Martha Modl, Leonore

Dezso Ernster, Rocco

Zoe Vlachopoulou, Marzelline

Aristos Pantazinakos, Jaquino

Jascha Horenstein

Orchestra of the Athen's Festival

Recorded: Athens, 09/06/1957

Brahms/Beethoven: Piano Concertos (Arrau / Kletzki / Markevitch / Schuricht)

Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Paul Kletzki

Orchestre National de France

Recorded: Montreux, 09/13/1959

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83

Igor Markevitch

Concertgebouw Orchestra

Recorded: Montreux, 09/25/1956

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Carl Schuricht

Orchestre National de France

Recorded: Paris, 03/24/1959

Claudio Arrau, piano

Rosbaud conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 8 (Baden-Baden, 11/17/1955)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Hans Rosbaud

SWR Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: Baden-Baden, 11/17/1955

This CD was produced in Milan, Italy. The liner notes tell of the important contribution that this CD makes to the Rosbaud discography. They state that the recording was made in 1951. The timings of the individual movements are 13'35" 13'24" 18'05" and 19'29". However, the tape in the SWR archives gives the date as November 17, 1955. The timings of this recording are 13'39" 13'28" 26'11" and 19'20". So, the big question here is - What happened to eight minutes of the Adagio? The edit is smooth and hard to find but why was it ever cut? Even in its full length, the recording clocks in at under 74 minutes, so there is no problem fitting this performance onto one CD. Hopefully, the full recording will be available someday!

~abruckner.com

Glazunov/Bruch/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos / Morini, Fricsay, Rodzinski

Alexander Glazunov (1)

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 26

Max Bruch (2)

Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 82

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (3)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Erica Morini, violin

Ferenc Fricsay (1/2)

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (1/2)

Artur Rodzinski (3)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (3)

Recorded: Berlin, 10/1958 (1/2); London, 09/1956

Horenstein in Paris : Tchaikovsky/Prokofiev (1956/1957)

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Erica Morini, violin

Sergei Prokofiev

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100

Jascha Horenstein

Orchestre National de Paris

Recorded: Paris, 12/19/1957 (Tchaikovsky), 11/22/1956

Jochum conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 9 (Berlin, 12/18/1983, DVD-Video)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Eugen Jochum

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: Berlin, 12/18/1983

Post per request. Enjoy!

Solti conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 3 (Munich, 06/11/1993, DVD-Video)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 3 in D minor

Igor Stravinsky

Symphony in Three Moments

Sir Georg Solti

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: Munich, 06/11/1993

Converted from my LD collection. Enjoy!

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 / Kempff, Kubelik

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Wilhelm Kempff, piano

Rafael Kubelik

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

The background noise is annoying but the piano and band are clear and vivid. A very rare recording. Sorry, no recording date from my source material and I can't find any documentary for such combination either. Enjoy!  



Celibidache conducts Beethoven Violin Concerto (Munich, 04/22/1988)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Sergiu Celibidache

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Recorded: Munich, 04/22/1988

Karajan conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (Vienna, 1947)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Herbert von Karajan

Wiener Philharmoniker

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano

Elisabeth Hongen, mezzo-soprano

Julius Patzak, tenor

Hans Hotter, bass

Recorded: Vienna, 1947

Karajan in New York : Beethoven Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (11/22/1958)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Herbert von Karajan

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Westminster Choir

Leontyne Price, soprano

Maureen Forrester, alto
Leopold Simoneau, tenor

Norman Scott, bass

Recorded: New York, 11/22/1958

Carlos Kleiber conducts Verdi La Traviata (Munich, 01.1981)

Giuseppe Verdi

La Traviata

Carlos Kleiber

Bavarian State Orchestra & Chorus

Cotrubas,Linser,Jungwirth,Schicoff,Brendel,Lenz,

Wilbrink,Auer,Hillebrand,Craig,Goritzki,Sapell

Recorded: Munich, 01/1981

Here is a very rare copy of Mr. Kleiber's La Traviata performed in 01/1981. Carlos Kleiber conducted Verdi's La Traviata on January 11, 14, 26 & 30, November 28 & December 01 in 1981 (Carlos Kleiber - Opera & Concert listings from http://www.thrsw.com/cklist/la_traviata/).  My source material only specifies the date as 01/1981 with no cast listing. The cast info is also from the famous CK website thrsw.com. If someone happens to know the exact date and cast, please share such info here. Thanks and enjoy. 



Barbirolli conducts Brahms Symphony No. 2 (Coventry, 06/06/1962)

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Sir John Barbirolli

Berliner Philharmoniker

Recorded: Coventry, 06/06/1962

Celibidache conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 7 (Tokyo, 10/18/1990)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 7 in E major

Sergiu Celibidache

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: Tokyo, 10/18/1990



Celibidache conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 7 (BPO, 04/01/1992, DVD Video)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 7 in E major

Sergiu Celibidache

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: Berlin, 04/01/1992

Re-post per request. Enjoy!

Celibidache conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 4 (09/15/1983, MKV Video)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major

Sergiu Celibidache

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: Munich, 09/15/1983

Re-up per request. Enjoy!

Klemperer conducts Mahler Symphony No. 4 (02/12/1956)

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 4 in G major

Paul Hindemith

Ballet Suite "Nobilissima Visione"

Otto Klemperer

RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Elfride Trotschel, Soprano

Recorded: Berlin, 02/12/1956 (Mahler), 02/15/1954

Klemperer conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" (03/29/1958)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Overture "Egmont", Op. 84

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Otto Klemperer

RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: Berlin, 03/29/1958

Klemperer conducts Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 (RIAS)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Otto Klemperer

RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: Berlin, 03/29/1958 (No. 2), 02/15/1954

Kubelik conducts Mahler Symphony No. 5 (1951)

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Rafael Kubelik

Concertgebouw Orchestra

Recorded: 06/31/1951

This performance outshines Kubelik's another two Mahler 5th recordings (DG & Audite). Post per request. Enjoy.

Kubelik conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Paris, 1956)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Rafael Kubelik

Orchestre National de France

Recorded: Paris, 02/29/1956

Blech conducts Chopin & Schubert

Frederic Chopin

Piano: Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Franz Schubert

Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 "The Great"

Leo Blech

RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester

Julian von Karolyi, piano

Recorded: Berlin, 1950

Haitink conducts Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Amsterdam, 04/1993)

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 9 in D major

Bernard Haitink

European Community Youth Orchestra

Recorded: Amsterdam, 04/1993





Schuricht conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 9 (Hamburg, 1960)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 9 in D minor

Carl Schuricht

NDR Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: Hamburg, 01/31~02/01/1960

Sinopoli conducts Verdi Otello (Berlin, 1991)

Giuseppe Verdi

Otello

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra & Chorus

Vladimir Atlantov - Otello

Julia Varady - Desdemona

Robert McFarland - Iago

Richard Karczykowski - Cassio

Uwe Peper - Rodrigo

Victor von Halem - Lodovico

Ivan Sardi - Montano

Ute Walther - Emilia

Rolf Kuhne - Un Araldo

Recorded: Berlin, 04/04/1991

Thielemann conducts R. Strauss Elektra (Covent Garden, 03/31/1997)

Richard Strauss

Elektra

Christian Thielemann

Royal Opera Orchestra & Chorus

Hildegard Behrens - Elektra

Nadine Secunde - Chrysothemis

Jane Henschel - Clytemnestra

Robert Tear - Aegisth

Alan Held - Orest

Grant Dickson - Ein alter Diener

Barry Ryan - Ein junger Diener

Andrea Hazell - Die Schlepptragerin

Patricia Cameron - Die Vertraute

Jeremy White - Der Pfleger des Orest

Elizabeth Vaughan - Die Aufseherin

Recorded: Covent Garden, 03/31/1997

Levine conducts Mahler Symphony No. 2 (Vienna, 1989)

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 2 in C minor

James Levine

Wiener Philharmoniker

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor

Christa Ludwig - Mezzo-Soprano

Kathleen Battle - Soprano

Recorded: Vienna, 08/19/1989

Kubelik conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 6 (1977)

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB106

Rafael Kubelik

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: 1977



Knappertsbusch conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 5

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major

Hans Knappertsbusch

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded: Munich, 05/19/1959

Knappertsbusch conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 4

Anton Bruckner

Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major "Romantic"

Richard Strauss

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Hans Knappertsbusch

Berliner Philharmoniker (Bruckner)/Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Recorded: Baden-Baden, 09/08/1944 (Bruckner); Berlin, 09/04/1928

Carlos Kleiber First Recordings

Georg Philipp Telemann

Suite in B-flat major (Tafelmusik)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Cello Concerto in B-flat major, Wq. 171

Interview Carlos Kleiber

Carlos Kleiber

Hamburger Rundfunkorchester

Recorded: Hamburg, 12/1960

Not for the repertoires, but for its documentary value. :)

Kubelik conducts Verdi Don Carlos (Hamburg, 03/21/1978)

Giuseppe Verdi

Don Carlos

Don Carlo(s) - Vasile Moldoveanu
Filippo II - Simon Estes
Rodrigo - Bernd Weikl
Il Grande Inquisitore - Kurt Moll
Elisabetta di Valois - Sylvia Sass
La principessa Eboli - Grace Bumbry

Rafael Kubelik

Hamburg State Opera Orchestra & Choir

Recorded: Hamburg, 03/21/1978

Carlos Kleiber conducts R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (Tokyo, 10/07/1994)

Richard Strauss

Der Rosenkavalier

Marschallin - Felicity Lott
Baron Ochs - Kurt Moll
Octavian - Anne Sopie von Otter
Faninal - Gottfried Hornik
Sopie - Barbar Bonney

Carlos Kleiber

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Vieanna State Opera Chorus

Recorded: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 10/07/1994



Carlos Kleiber conducts Verdi Falstaff

Giuseppe Verdi

Falstaff

Sir.John Falstaff - Norman Mittelmann
Ford - William Justus
Fenton - Ernst-August Steinhoff
Dr. Cajus - Paul Späni
Bardolfo - Richard van Vrooman
Mrs. Ford (Alice) - Gerry de Groot
Nannetta - Lucille Kailer
Mrs. Quickly - Erika Wien
Mrs. Page (Meg) - Ellen Kunz
Pistola - Heiz Borst

Carlos Kleiber

Zurich Opera Orchestra & Chorus

Recorded: Zurich, 03/04/1965

The sound quality of these recordings are poor, but the documentary value is priceless.

Steinberg conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 9 "Choral"



Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Ella Lee - Soprano

Joanna Simon - Alto

Richard Kness - Tenor

Thomas Paul - Bass

William Steinberg

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh

Carlos Kleiber conducts Verdi Otello (Covent Garden, 01/13/1987)

Giuseppe Verdi

Otello

Otello - Plácido Domingo

Desdemona - Katia Ricciarelli

Iago - Justino Díaz

Cassio - Kim Begley

Rodrigo - Christopher Gillet

Lodovico - Gwynne Howell

Montano - Geoffrey Moses

Emilia - Anne Mason

Un Araldo - Paschal Allen

Carlos Kleiber

Royal Opera Orchestra & Chorus

Recorded Coven Garden, January 13, 1987

 

Kondrashin conducts Mahler Symphony No. 6 (Baden-Baden, 1981)

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 6 in A minor

Kirill Kondrashin

SWR Symphony Orchestra

Recorded Baden-Baden, January 13-15, 1981

Furtwangler conducts Furtwangler & Beethoven

Wilhelm Furtwangler

Symphony No. 2 in E minor

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Wilhelm Furtwangler

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Recorded Stuttgart, March 30, 1954

Carlos Kleiber Live in Tokyo (09/1981)

Giacomo Puccini

La Boheme

Mimi : Mirella Freni
Rodolfo : Peter Dvorsky
Marcello : Lorenzo Saccomani
Musseta : Margherita Guglielmi
Schaunard : Antonio Salvadori
Colline : Paolo Washington
Parpignol : Saverio Porzano
Benoit : Claudio Giombi
Alcindore : Alfredo Giacomotti
Sergente dei Doganieri : Giuseppe Morresi
Un Doganiere : Carlo Meliciani
Chorus Master : Romano Gandolfi

Recorded Tokyo, September 15, 1981

Giuseppe Verdi

Otello

Otello : Placido Domingo

Desdemona : Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Jago : Silvano Carroli

Cassio : Enzio Di Cesare

Roderigo : Ermanno Lorenzi

Lodovico : Luigi Roni

Montano : Orazio Mori

Un Araldo : Giuseppe Morresi

Emilia : Stefania Malagu

Recorded Tokyo, September 02, 1981

Carlos Kleiber

La Scala Milan Orchestra & Chorus

Carlos Kleiber conducts R. Strauss Elektra (London, 05/06/1977)

Richard Strauss

Elektra

Carlos Kleiber

Royal Opera Orchestra & Chorus

Recorded May 06, 1977, London

Klytamnestra : Marta Szirmay
Elektra : Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis : Gwyneth Jones
Aegisth : Charles Craig
Orest : Donald McIntyre

Carlos Kleiber conducts Verdi La Traviata (Munich, 1985)

Giuseppe Verdi

La Traviata

Bavarian State Orchestra & Chorus

Violetta Valery, Edita Gruberova

Alfredo Germont, Neil Shicoff

Giorgio Germont, Wolfgang Brendel

 

Carlos Kleiber

Recorded 1985, Munich



Carlos Kleiber conducts R. Strauss Elektra (Stuttgart, 06/17/1971)

Richard Strauss

Elektra

Klytamnestra : Martha Modl
Elektra : Ingrid Steger
Chrysothemis : Marion Lippert
Aegisth : Wolfgang Windgassen
Orest : William Wildermann

Carlos Kleiber

Wurttemberg State Opera Orchestra & Chorus

Recorded June 17, 1971, Stuttgart