New Orchestral Releases

Rob Cowan talks to Andrew McGregor about some recent reissues of orchestral music. With extracts from the following discs:

ENESCU: String Octet in C major Op. 7 (version for orchestra by Lawrence Foster); Violin Sonata No. 3 in D major Op. 25

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Lawrence Foster (conductor), Valeriy Sokolov (violin), Svetlana Kosenko (piano)

Virgin 5193122 (CD)

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DEBUSSY: La Mer; RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales; La Valse; ROUSSEL: Suite No. 2 from Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk (conductor)

Arch Media Archives PTC5186319 (CD, Mid Price)

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NIELSEN: Symphony No. 3 ‘Sinfonia espansiva’ Op. 27 (recorded March 1955)*; Symphony No. 5 Op. 50 (recorded August 1950, Edinburgh Festival) +
Ruth Guldbaek (soprano)*, Erik Sjoberg (baritone)*, Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, John Frandsen (conductor)*, Erik Tuxen (conductor) +
Guild Historical GHCD 2340 (CD, Mid Price)

 

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Storm, Op. 76; Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (recorded November 1942, New York); The Tempest, Op. 18 (recorded March 1943, New York)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold StokowskTCHAIKOVSKYi (conductor)

Guild Historical GHCD2334 (CD, Mid Price)

 

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Hungarian Dances for Orchestra (orchestrated by Brahms and Dvorak)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski (conductor)

Pentatone PTC5186 309 (Hybrid SACD)

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Reissues

Stokowski – The Eternal Magician

(c/w ENSCO: Rumanian Rhapsodies; DEBUSSY: Nocturnes; STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite; WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries*)

All-American Youth Orchestra*, Leopold Stokowski (conductor)*, The Robert Shaw Chorale of Women’s Voices, Robert Shaw (conductor), Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra

Cala CACD0549 (CD) [recordings from 1941, 1950 and 1953]

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Richard Farrell – Volume 1 of the Complete Recordings

(GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16; BRAHMS: 4 Ballades Op. 10; 16 Waltzes Op. 39; GRIEG: Ballade in G minor Op. 24; Popular Norwegian Melodies Op. 66 Nos. 14, 17; 9 Lyric Pieces; LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat S.124)

Richard Farrell (piano)

Atoll ACD208 (2 CDs) [recordings 1956-58]

 

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14; Sonata in B flat Op. 106; Variations serieuses Op. 54; Trois Fantasies ou Caprices Op. 16

Ilse von Alpenheim (piano)

Pentatone PTC5186152 (Hybrid SACD) [recordings 1975]

 

David Oistrakh plays Schumann, Franck, Szymanowski and Ravel

(SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op. 131; FRANCK: Sonata in A; SZYMANOWSKI: Myths Op. 30; RAVEL: Tzigane)

David Oistrakh (violin), Vladimir Yampolsky (piano)

Testament SBT 1442 (CD, Mid Price) [concert performance Bucharest 20th September 1958]

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Richard Strauss – The Last Concerts

(R. STRAUSS: Don Juan Op. 20; Burleske in D minor; Sinfonia domestica Op. 53; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28; Don Juan Op. 20)

Alfred Blumen (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Strauss (conductor)

SBT2 1441 (2 CDs, Mid Price) [London 1947]