Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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.

Monday, November 21, 2011

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

Thursday, November 17, 2011

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



Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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

Sunday, November 13, 2011

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

Friday, November 11, 2011

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

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Kubelik conducts Bruckner Symphony No. 6 (1977)

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 6 in A major, WAB106

Rafael Kubelik
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded: 1977


Friday, November 4, 2011

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

Thursday, November 3, 2011

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