Carnegie Hall Archive
Cantelli Conducts = CHERUBINI: Symphony in D; R. STRAUSS: Tod und Verklaerung; BUSONI: Berceuse elegiaque; Tanzwalzer – NY Philharmonic/ Guido Cantelli – Pristine Audio
Pristine restores another colorfully virtuosic concert from the New York Philharmonic under its gifted but short lived, brilliant maestro, Guido Cantelli.
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Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (1957) – Jazzland/Fantasy Thelonious Monk – Something Blue (1971) – Black Lion/Pure Pleasure
Two great Monk sessions on vinyl.
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Arrau with Szell Live from Carnegie Hall = Works of BEETHOVEN; CHOPIN; R. STRAUSS; WEBER; LISZT- Arrau, p./NY Phil./George Szell – West Hill Radio
A series of superheated musical moments, each informed by the intellectual and digital bravado Arrau could produce, especially when accompanied by an expert orchestral interpreter on the scale of a George Szell.
Arturo Toscanini = Works of VIVALDI; MOZART; BRAHMS; WAGNER – NBC Sym. – Guild
The Alpha and Omega of Toscanini’s NBC tenure, demonstrating the visceral authority of his musical conceptions that mesmerized generations of audiophiles.
Isaac Stern: Keeping the Doors Open = MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in e; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A Minor: Pezzo elegiaco – Isaac Stern, v./ Mstislav Rostropovich, cello/Vladimir Horowitz, p./ Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein – Sony
Whatever Isaac Stern’s flaws as an individual, we honor him his valiant energy in behalf of this cultural landmark.
Ella Fitzgerald = Ella Fitzgerald, Newport Jazz Festival Live At Carnegie Hall July 5, 1973 – Columbia Records/ Pure Pleasure (2 LPs)
The re-mastered LPs capture both the intimacy and sonic detail of this concert.