Beecham Archive
STRAVINSKY:The Firebird Suite; Petrushka; Les cinq droits; Valse and Polka; Valse pour les infants – fragment; The Rite of Spring – Part I; MOZART: Fugue in c – Beecham Sym. Orch./ Sir Thomas Beecham/ Royal Albert Hall Orch./ Sir Eugene Goossens/ Berlin State Opera Orch./ Oskar Fried/ The Philadelphia Orch./ Stokowski – Igor Stravinsky, Soulima Stravinsky, pianos – Pristine Audio
Pristine completes its survey of the acoustic Stravinsky legacy and simultaneously accords us access to a special sound world. STRAVINSKY: Rarities (1916 – 1938) = The Firebird – Suite excerpts (1911); Petrushka – Complete Ballet; The Firebird – Suite (1919); 7 Pieces from Les cinq droits; Valse and Polka from Three Easy Pieces; Valse pour […]
Beecham ABC, Vol. 4 – Pristine Audio
The last of the Beecham ABC Network concerts evokes thunderous applause at every piece. Beecham – The ABC Blue Network Concerts, Vol. 4 = HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major; MOZART: The Impreasario – Ov., K. 486; SAINT-SAENS: Omphale’s Spinning Wheel, Op. 31; BERLIOZ: Les Troyens: Royal Hunt and Storm; Hungarian March from La […]
SIBELIUS: Historic Recordings and Rarities, 1928-1945 – feat. Boult, Beecham, Koussevitzky etc. – Warner Classics (7 CDs)
For his 150th birthday, Sibelius has his classic inscriptions restored for a grand pageant by many of his favored interpreters. SIBELIUS: Historic Recordings and Rarities, 1928-1945 = The Seven Symphonies; Karelia Suite; Andante festive; Pohjola’s Daughter; Belshazzar’s Feast; Tapiola; Night Ride and Sunrise; The Oceanides; Romance in C Major; The Bard; The Tempest; Pelleas and […]
Beecham conducts Mozart Symphonies, Vol. 2 = MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, “Prague”; Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major; Divertimento No. 2 in D Major – Royal Philharmonic Orch. – Pristine Audio
Vigor of style and athletic, tasteful exuberance mark the Beecham Mozart recordings expertly restored by Andrew Rose.
Sir Malcolm Sargent conducts TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slav; Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture; Waltz; Theme and Variations from Suite No. 3; 1812 Overture – Royal Philharmonic Orch./ Sir Malcolm Sargent – Guild
The colorful Malcolm Sargent delivers an equally colorful series of Tchaikovsky performances from vintage appearances with the Royal Philharmonic.
Beecham conducts R. STRAUSS and BLOCH = R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote; BLOCH: Violin Concerto – Alfred Wallenstein, cello/ Rene Pollain, viola/ Mishel Piastro, v./ Philharmonic Sym. of New York/ Joseph Szigeti, v./ London Philharmonic Orch. (Bloch) – Pristine Audio
Sir Thomas Beecham leads two historic performances of music by Strauss and Bloch; the latter he never inscribed formally for posterity.
BIZET: L’Arlésienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2; FAURE: Masques et Bergamasques; GOUNOD: Faust – Ballet Music – Orch. de la Suisse Romande/ Kazuki Yamada – PentaTone
A most enjoyable collection of dance-influenced music by Bizet, Gounod & Faure.
HANDEL: Messiah – Karina Gauvin, sop./ Robin Blaze, countertenor/ Rufus Müller, tenor/ Brett Polegato, bar./ Tafelmusik Baroque Orch. and Ch. Choir/ Ivars Taurins – Tafelmusik (2 CDs)
Ho hum Handel? Not now, not hardly…
Lili Kraus plays MOZART Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 18 – Goehr & Susskind, cond. – Dutton
The homogeneity of lightness and balanced phraseology sets a high mark for No. 18.
Golovanov Vol. 3 = Works of BALAKIREV; MUSSORGSY; GLINKA; GLAZUNOV; TCHAIKOVSKY – Moscow Radio Sym. Orch./Nicolai Golovanov – Historic-Recordings
I must assume Neal Kurz to be the source for these fine transfers of inscriptions, 1944-1952, from the Soviet conductor Nicolai Golovanov (1891-1953).
Beecham in Seattle, Vol. 2 = DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 “Scottish” – Mischel Cherniavsky, cello/Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham – Pristine Audio
Two more significant–albeit they are cut-additions to the Beecham legacy, each new to his discography and led with feral passion, with a twinkle in the eye.
Andre Cluytens conducts DEBUSSY: The Prodigal Son; HONEGGER: Sym. No. 3 (Arts Archives)
The French conductor in 1962 recordings from the RAI archives
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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