Symphony no.3 "Collages" - for electronic tape & orchestra (1960)
Allegro moderato ~ Lento ~ Allegro con brio ~ Moderato ~ Vivace ~ Allegretto ~ Calmo.
http://www.mediafire.com/?tv29lrcosuloa8w
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederik Prausnitz
EMI / HMV ASD 2427 Matrix: 2YEA 3553 -1G (first edition pressing, 1968)
Concerto for Orchestra (1965)
http://www.mediafire.com/?bq276umsvu1mhpf
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar
Argo ZRG 553 Matrix: ZRG 2986 -2G (first edition pressing, 1968). Recorded: 4 April 1967, Kingsway Hall
Symphony no.4 "New York" (1967)
http://www.mediafire.com/?xs6qkls4ihewegh
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Colin Davis UK premiere - Royal Festival Hall. 4 December 1968.
BBC Radio 3 FM Stereo Re-broadcast: 24 September 2007. JVC T-X900 JVC -DV711 Cassette - TDK SA tape: High-quality sound...
STEREO FLAC files The EMI/Argo recordings are not on CD - the couplings are issued as EMI / LYRITA CD's.
MusicWeb's Gerhard analysis - LINK Above LP files re-edited from the WAV's - January 2012 Sleeve-notes >>>
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Thank you very much for these! Can you please post the companion pieces on these discs also? I would love to hear them (and have the CDs in complete form).
ReplyDeleteIt would be rather unfair on the Record Companies to upload the Rawsthorne/Davies - as they are available on CD.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this unexpected treat. I am a big fan of Gerhard's symphonies and have only heard them in the (very good) digital performances on Montaigne CD. I am also a big fan of late 60s Argo and Emi recordings, so this is a double pleasure. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI think you might like these performances (and recording-quality..). Have seen a few negative comments re: Davis's commercial 4th (missing that one..) but can't see that applies to the RFH broadcast. I may 're-focus' this blog to more post-1960 LP material otherwise not on CD. Next could be unreissued [?] Rodney-Bennett (ie; Sym.1/Jazz Calendar/Aubade) when other tracks are on CD, as with the Gerhard 'flip-sides'...and there are some other ARGO's worth considering.
ReplyDeleteWonderful performances! Thanks for making these available. All my LPs were damaged in a flood, these among them. I am so thrilled to be able to hear them again.
ReplyDeleteHello Don. Might upload some more 'in that line' (if not on CD..) ie HMV 'Music Today' ASD's of Weill Sym.1/2 (BBC) Koechlin/Boulez (BBC) + the Prausnitz/del Mar albums. The BBC SO were, 'post Sargent', truly excellent in such repertoire - which is why I wish the BBC would re-broadcast any retained concerts - and the sound quality -'BBC balance'- was so excellent in that era. [BTW: am also uploading WAV's of the Gerhard]
ReplyDeleteMany thanks especially for this issue of the Concerto which I've been wanting to hear for ages.....
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Thanks for the welcome. I have enjoyed several of your downloads, most notably the wonderful Dorati Hary Janos.
ReplyDeleteAs for Gerhard, the 3rd Symphony is in my opinion the most successful synthesis of electronic sound and orchestra. A wonderful work, sadly never heard.
Thank you so very much for all these gems, especially Gerhard and Bennett!
ReplyDeleteHad two unreissued Argo LP's ('chamber music') containing Gerhard/Bennett in the lengthy 'to do' list..but have currently 'lost the urge' to continue editing these darned LP's... The Gerhard's were especially fine as recordings/performances/compositions: hence rather surprising they hadn't appeared on CD.
ReplyDeleteReally Great ...thanks again on your help.
ReplyDeleteHave just been listening to this FLAC of the BBC Radio broadcast of Symphony 4 - and it sounds excellent: in fact it sounded better via this FM transmisson (JVC T-X900L tuner & JVC TD-V711 cassette) - than the DAB/Digital version (Sony STDB-900 tuner/ Sony JA20ES MiniDisc deck) - so no longer bothered about finding the Argo LP (which may not be as good a performance; same conductor/orchestra).
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