Strauss Archive
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3; STRAUSS: Horn Concerto – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra – Reference Recordings
The “Pittsburgh Live” series continues with music of Beethoven and Strauss
Charles Munch conducts Sibelius and Strauss – BSO – Pristine Audio
Another superb re-issue of historic recordings from Pristine, Charles Munch, and the BSO!
Nikolai Sokoloff and the Cleveland Orchestra: Complete Recordings, 1924-28 – The Cleveland Orchestra. Nikolai Sokoloff – Pristine Audio
Recording and audio restoration engineer Mark Obert-Thorn has a coup in the form of the complete recordings (for the Brunswick label) of Russian-born conductor Nikolai Sokoloff (1886-1965), the first leader of the Cleveland Orchestra. Nikolai Sokoloff and the Cleveland Orchestra: Complete Recordings, 1924-28 = BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 5 […]
Furtwängler conducts Romantic Poems and Viennese Dances = Orchestral works by LISZT; WAGNER; BRAHMS; SMETANA; TCHAIKOVSKY; STRAUSS – Vienna Phil. Orch./ Berlin Phil. Orch. / Wilhelm Furtwängler – Praga Digitals
Praga Digitals restores in stunning sound Wilhelm Furtwängler’s explorations into tone-poems and orchestral works that gain his sense of Romantic ardor. Furtwängler conducts Romantic Poems and Viennese Dances = LISZT: Les Preludes; WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll; BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56a; SMETANA: The Moldau; TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz and Finale from Serenade for Strings […]
Streams and Podcasts for 8 October 2017
This week, The Music Treasury presents the noted conductor Hans Knappertsbusch. Featured will be works by Johann Strauss, Richard Wagner, concluding with Bruckner’s Symphony #3 in D Minor. The show is hosted by Dr. Gary Lemco, who has generously provided an overview of the life and music of Knappersbusch, appended below. The show can be […]
Cantelli: New York Phil. Orch. = CRESTON: Dance Overture; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4, No. 5; VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso; R. STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20 – Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)/ Walter Gieseking (piano)/ New York Philharmonic/ Guido Cantelli – Pristine
Cantelli: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Vol. 2 = CRESTON: Dance Overture; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in d minor, Op. 120; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58; VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in d minor, Op. 11, No. 3, RV 565; BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 “Emperor”; R. STRAUSS: […]
Leopold STOKOWSKI conducts BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1; WEBER: Invitaton to the Dance; STRAUSS: Blue Danube and Vienna Woods Waltzes; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 – Philadelphia Orch./ Leopold Stokowski – PASC
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 68; WEBER: Invitaton to the Dance, Op. 65 (arr. Berlioz/Stokowski); J. STRAUSS: On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314; Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz, Op. 325; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (orch. Mueller-Berghaus) – Philadelphia Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski – Pristine Audio PASC 500, 70:01 [www.pristineclassical.com] […]
NOVAK: In the Tatra Mountains; Lady Godiva; Eternal Longing – Buffalo Phil. Orch./ JoAnn Falletta – Naxos
Relatively neglected but richly colorful scores by Novak have opulent realization from the BPO under JoAnn Falletta. Vitezslav NOVAK: In the Tatra Mountains, Op. 26; Lady Godiva – Overture, Op. 41; Eternal Longing, Op. 33 – Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/ JoAnn Falletta – Naxos 8.573683, 52:47 (4/14/17) ****: I first encountered the often “shimmering” music […]
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 […]
Audio News for June 24, 2016
Portland’s Allegro Distributors Out of Business – Brothers Joe, Vince and Rico Micallef have run Allegro Media Group since 1982, specializing in indie music label CDs and DVDs. But when music streaming caught on, the bottom fell out. There used to be seven major label groups – now there are just two. The same thing […]
An Die Geliebte = Lieder of BEETHOVEN, R. STRAUSS, WEBER & WOLF – Julian Pregardien – Myrios
Julian Pregardien’s ease of delivery and unaffected performances win the day in this broad-spectrum Romantic soiree.
Audio News for May 27, 2014
Classical Music News; Sharp Greatly Reduces Prices on Aquos & UHD TVs; Screen Innovations Enlarges Selection of Ambient-Light-Rejecting Screens; Integra Adds HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 2.2 to AVRs; More UltraViolet Users Watching TV Content
Daniel Barenboim New Year’s Concert 2014 = Music by the STRAUSS family; also HELLMESBERGER: Viellebchen Polka; R. STRAUSS: Mondscheinmusik aus Capriccio; LANNER: Die Romantiker Walzer; DELIBES: Pizzicati from Sylvia – Vienna Philharmonic Orch./ Daniel Barenboim – Sony Classical (2 CDs)
The high spirits and the excellent ensemble sparkle at the 2014 New Year’s Concert, which has everything but the actual champagne.
Victor de Sabata – The Complete Berlin Philharmonic Recordings = BRAHMS, STRAUSS, RAGNER, VERDI, KODALY, RESPIGHI – Berlin Philharmonic Orch./ Victor de Sabata – Pristine
The complete 1939 Berlin Philharmonic recordings by Victor de Sabata, whom many considered the finest conductor of his generation.
MOZART: Symphony No. 40; MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder; R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar./ Michel Schwalbe, v./ Berlin Philharmonic/ Karl Boehm – Testament
Karl Boehm leads a sturdy program at Salzburg 1962 of Mozart, Mahler, and Strauss with the Berlin Philharmonic, assisted by two veterans in the music he champions.
MOZART: Symphony No. 40; MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder; R. STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra – Fischer-Dieskau, bar./ Michel Schwalbe, v./ Berlin Philharmonic/ Karl Boehm – Testament
Karl Boehm leads a sturdy program at Salzburg 1962 of Mozart, Mahler, and Strauss with the Berlin Philharmonic, assisted by two veterans in the music he champions.
Hans Knappertsbusch conducts the Vienna Philharmonic = Works of TCHAIKOVSKY, WEBER, SCHUBERT, J. STRAUSS & Others – Guild
The great Wagnerian and Brucknerian dons a light waistcoat and takes on an extended New Year’s program in flamboyant colors.
Gewandhausorchester History Edition, Vol. I = R. STRAUSS: Festival Prelude for Organ & Orch.; D’ALBERT: Cello Concerto -HUMPERDINCK: Moorish Rhapsody – Hermann Abendroth, cond. – DRA (with book)
The hard-back 50-page booklet and remastered recordings from the legacy of conductor Hermann Abendroth are an ambitious production.
New Year’s Concert 2012 = Music by J. STRAUSS I, J. STRAUSS II, JOSEF STRAUSS, EDUARD STRAUSS, C.M. ZIEHRER, J. HELLMESBERGER II, H. LUMBYE, P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY – Vienna Philharmonic/ Mariss Jansons – Sony (2 CDs)
The high spirits tumble and flow in generous figures this New Year’s Day, memorialized in blazing colors by the Vienna Philharmonic and Mariss.
Kirsten Flagstad and Georges Sebastian = WAGNER: Wesendonck-Lieder; Isoldes Erzaehlung und Fluch; Isoldes Klage und Liebestod; Bruennhildes Schlussgesang; Tristan Prelude; R. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs (3); Monolog – with Berlin State Opera Orch. – Audite
The legendary helden-soprano late in her career still possessed the power to thrill in the repertory she had consistently championed.
Edition Fricsay Vol. XII = J. STRAUSS Waltzes – RIAS Symphonie-Orchester/Ferenc Fricsay – Audite
Tales of Old Vienna by way of Johann Strauss and his fervent acolyte Ferenc Fricsay.
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Cembal d’amour
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