BSO Archive
Charles Munch conducts Sibelius and Strauss – BSO – Pristine Audio
Another superb re-issue of historic recordings from Pristine, Charles Munch, and the BSO!
“French Music” – works of CHAUSSON: Sym. in B-flat; Poeme de L’Amour; DEBUSSY: Printemps – Praga Digitals
The colorful, Symbolist scores of Ernest Chausson receive classic accounts by Munch and Barbirolli. French Music = CHAUSSON: Symphony in B-flat Major, Op. 20; Poeme de L’Amour et de la Mer, Op .19; DEBUSSY: Printemps – Symphonic Suite – Kathleen Ferrier, contr./ Halle Orch./ Sir John Barbirolli/ Boston Sym. Orch./ Charles Munch (Chausson Symphony and […]
Koussevitzky conducts Rare American Symphony Performances = HARRIS: Sym. No. 5; HILL: Sym. No. 1; DIAMOND: Sym. No. 2 – Boston Sym. Orch. – Pristine Audio
Three eminently American, powerful symphonies find their debut performances with Koussevitzky restored. Koussevitzky conducts Rare American Symphony Performances = HARRIS: Symphony No. 5; HILL: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 34; DIAMOND: Symphony No. 2 – Boston Sym. Orch. – Pristine Audio PASC 484, 77:49 [avail. in var. formats at www.pristineclassical.com] *****: Producer and […]
“Under Stalin’s Shadow” = SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos. 5 in d, 8 in c, 9 in E-flat; Suite from Hamlet – Boston SO/ Andris Nelsons – DGG (2 CDs)
A fine follow-up to the Grammified first release. “Under Stalin’s Shadow” = SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos. 5 in d, 8 in c, 9 in E-flat; Suite from Hamlet – Boston SO/ Andris Nelsons – DGG 479 5201 (2 CDs), 76:44, 80:54 [Distr. by Universal] ****: It’s very nice to hear the BSO back on DGG. It’s […]
Monteux at Tanglewood, Vol. 4 – BEETHOVEN: Sym. No. 2; R. STRAUSS: A Hero’s Life – Pristine Audio
A fourth entry into the Monteux legacy at Tanglewood delivers mirth and heroism, at once. Monteux at Tanglewood, Vol. 4 (1962) – BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36; R. STRAUSS: Ein Heledenleben, Op. 40 – Boston Sym. Orch./ Pierre Monteux – Pristine Audio PASC 481, 72:30 [avail. in various formats from www.pristineclassical.com] […]
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra; PISTON: Sym. No. 3 – Boston Sym. Orch./ Serge Koussevitzky – Pristine Audio
Two Koussevitzky commissions have their day in the sun here, in performances vibrantly restored by Andrew Rose. BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra; PISTON: Symphony No. 3 in C – Boston Sym. Orch./ Serge Koussevitzky – Pristine Audio PASC 463, 67:34 [avail. in various formats from www.pristineclassical.com] ****: Conductor Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951) commissioned the 1943 Bartok […]
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, “Emperor”; Piano Concerto No. 3 in c minor- Christoph Eschenbach, piano/ Boston Sym, Orch./ Seiji Ozawa/ London Sym. Orch./ Hans Werner Henze – PentaTone
Vintage Beethoven performances from pianist Christoph Eschenbach, but the Emperor soars brilliantly while the C Minor remains pedestrian.
WAGNER: Overture to Tannhauser; SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 – BSO/ Andris Nelsons – BSO Classics
Vibrant Wagner and Sibelius from the new conductor of the Boston Symphony, Andris Nelsons.
RAVEL: Bolero; Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2; Pavane our une infante défunte – London Sym. Orch./ André Previn – Parlophone/ Warner Classics/ Resonance Recordings/ Hi-Q xrcd24
Fantastic sonics of a great recording, playable on any CD player without special decoding.
Legendary Conductors of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (5-DVD set) (2013)
A fine historical look at one of America’s greatest orchestras.
Leonid Kogan, violin = BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D; KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto in D Minor – Leonid Kogan, v./Philharmonia Orch./ Kyril Kondrashin/ Boston Sym. Orch./ Pierre Monteux (Khachaturian) – Guild
Leonid Kogan’s patrician art finds ample representation in these two concertos, inscribed during his Western sojourn 1958-1959.
* “Profanes et Sacrées” – 20th Century French Chamber Music – Boston Symphony Chamber Players – BSO Classics
******* MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH *******
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor – Frances Yeend, sop./Eunice Alberts, con./David Lloyd, tenor/James Pease, bass/ Berkshire Music Festival Chorus/BSO /Serge Koussevitzky – Pristine Audio
A performance of varying quality and intensity this Koussevitzky Ninth, but it behooves us to hear this maestro in the music of Beethoven.
Audio News for March 4, 2011
Sonny Rollins Among Ten Recipients of National Medal of Arts for 2010; James Levine to Step Down as BSO Music Director September 1; World’s Largest Classical Box Set By a Single Performer; New Port Technology Connects Mac Laptops to HDTVs
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor – Arthur Rubinstein, piano/ Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Erich Leinsdorf – xrcd
1963 Living Stereo original now on XRCD
Charles Munch conducts Boston Symphony Orchestra = BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; DEBUSSY: La Mer; RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloe
B&W Kinescopes of live telecasts of l962 by the BSO
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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