Showing posts with label MENDELSSOHN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MENDELSSOHN. Show all posts

29 September 2025

"A Concert At The White House" - Casals / Horszowski / Schneider - CBS 1961

Felix Mendelssohn:  Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.49
I
: Molto allegro agitato ~ II: Andante con moto tranquillo ~ III: Scherzo. Leggiero e vivace ~ IV: Finale; Allegro assai appassionato
Francois Couperin
:  "Concert Pieces" - arr: Paul Bazelire 
I
: Prelude ~ II: Siciliene ~ III: La Trombe ~ IV: Plainte ~ V: Air de Diable
Robert Schumann
:  Adagio & Allegro in A-flat major, op.90 
"Song of the Birds" - Catalan Folk Songs - arr: Casals  

Pablo Casals, 'cello - Alexander Schneider, violin - Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano              4 files 16/44  FLAC  Mega Download   

CBS Classics  61489  1977 LP.  Recorded: 13 November 1961 - The White House, Washington D.C. 

CD-RW transfer (ADC XLM-II / SME Series 3).  Electronic stereo > mono + <1dB treble.  No auto de-click.  Sleeve-note / Colour picture  >>>

27 November 2016

Robert Irving / Royal Opera House - Sadler's Wells Ballet Silver Jubilee - HMV 1956

Purcell  arr.Lambert:  "Comus" - Overture & Minuet
Boyce  arr.Lambert:  "Prospect Before Us" - Fugue in D major
Couperin  orch.Jacob:  "Harlequin in the Street" - Allegro
Mendelssohn  orch.Jacob:  "Lord of Burleigh" - Agitato & Allegro vivace
Auber  arr.Lambert:  "Les Rendezvous" - Allegro non troppo & Allegro
Gavin Gordon:  "The Rake's Progress" - Sarabande & Orgy
Liszt  orch.Jacob:  "Apparitions" - Consolation & Galop
Lambert:  "Horoscope" - Valse for the Gemini
Berners:  "Wedding Bouquet" - Tango & Waltz
Bliss:  "Adam Zero" - Dance of Summer
Prokofiev:  "Cinderella" - Waltz & Midnight  
11 files zip FLAC  Mega Download             11 files zip FLAC (1.2 de-click)  Mega Download     (This scarce LP was 'mint'..)   
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden  conducted by  Robert Irving  
EMI Angel  35521  (HMV CLP 1070)  1957 EMI pressing/matrices: 2XEA886/7 -2N.  Recorded: 25-26 January 1956.   HMV HQM 1078 reissue  (Lambert/Bliss/Gordon)   Sleeve-note >>>

09 September 2013

Massimo Freccia / Santa Cecilia - Haydn. Symphony 94 .. Mozart. Symphony 40 .. Mendelssohn. Symphony 4 - RCA/Readers Digest 1959

Haydn:  Symphony no.94 in G major  ('The Surprise') 
I:  Adagio cantabile - Vivace assai  ~  II:  Andante  ~  III:  Menuetto - Allegro  ~  IV:  Allegro di molto 
Mozart:  Symphony no.40 in G minor, K.550   
I:  Allegro molto  ~  II:  Andante  ~  III:  Menuetto & Trio - Allegretto  ~  IV:  Finale: Allegro assai    
Mendelssohn:  Symphony no.4 in A minor, op.90  ('The Italian')  
I:  Allegro vivace  ~  II:  Andante con moto  ~  III:  Con moto moderato  ~  IV:  Saltarello presto    
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Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome  conducted by  Massimo Freccia  
Readers Digest   RDM 2 / RDM 4  from 1959 Box-set: 'Music of the World's Great Composers'   mono only  Decca LP's/matrices: K80P 4575 -1A / K80P 4576 -1A & K80P 4574 -1A

29 March 2013

Dimitri Mitropoulos / New York Philharmonic - Mendelssohn. Symphonies 3 - 5 - CBS 1954

Felix Mendelssohn:
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56  - "Scotch"   
I: Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato  ~   II: Vivace non troppo  ~  III: Adagio  ~  IV: Allegro vivacissimo 
Symphony no.5 in D major, op.107  - "Reformation"  
I: Andante - Allegro con fuoco  ~  II: Allegro vivace  ~  III: Andante  ~  IV: Choral: Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
2 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
The Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York  conducted by  Dimitri Mitropoulos  
Philips  ABL 3082    1956 UK LP/matrices: AA01174 1L =5 / 2L =9    Recorded: 2 November 1953 - Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York  
Compare this to "Mr Pristine's" inept  '32-bit XR Transformation' (from a CD-R dubbing).  Fantastic playing - especially the 5th. 
His 320mp3 'before/after' sample  is now NLA  https://www.pristineclassical.com/products/pasc187            EMG review + Sleeve-note >>>