John Barbirolli - Great Symphonies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. I. Introitus - Requiem 2. II. Kyrie, III. Sequenz 3. No.1 Dies Irae 4. No.2 Tuba Mirum 5. No.3 Rex Tremendae 6. No.4 Recordare 7. No.5 Confutatis 8. No.6 Lacrimosa 9. IV. Offertoruim - No.1 Domine Jesu 10. No.2 Hostias 11. V. Sanctus 12. VI. Benedictus 13. VII. Angus Dei 14. VII. Communio

In the 20th century Antonin Dvorak was essentially performed in what is now currently numbered as Symphony No. 9 which at the time was called Symphony No. 5; based on the old catalog numbering. However; it was the New World Symphony and except in rare cases; the previous symphonies were rarely recorded. However; at the end of the 1950s Barbirolli recorded the last three Symphonies; 7; 8; 9; with the new stereo technique; plus a selection of the Legends and the Scherzo capriccioso; an initiative that greatly contributed to broadening the Bohemian composer's range of discography. These recordings; made from 1957 to 1959; are of excellent sound quality and are still considered among the best by the most demanding collectors; despite all the integral editions that followed in the following years. This 2-CD box set is a reissue of the old Urania catalog code WS 121.135; which has long been sold out and has always been reordered.

The young John Barbirolli was hardly known in America when the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra chose him to be Arturo Toscanini's successor starting in 1937. The 36-year-old Londoner's first season was a triumph with both players and audiences, and although his years in New York would be increasingly marred by unfair rivalry with Toscanini - lured back to lead a specially created NBC Symphony - and by partisan hostility from two influential critics, Barbirolli's tenure can now be looked back on as a real success. From 1938 until 1943, when he returned to the UK to take over Manchester's Hallé Orchestra, Sir John made a series of recordings in New York for American Columbia and RCA Victor which are still essential for a full appreciation of this revered conductor's career, Inchperformances that are as competitive today as they were when initially releasedInch (Fanfare). Sony Classical is pleased to reissue them in a newly remastered six-album set. Album Tracks 1. Purcell (Arr. Barbirolli) Suite for Strings, Woodwind and Horns (Remastered) 2. Debussy Images Pour Orchestre, L. 122 No. 2, Iberia (Remastered) 3. Tchaikovsky Francesca Da Rimini, Op. 32 (Remastered) 4. Respighi Antiche Danze Et Arie Per Liuto, Suite No.3 (Remastered) 5. Respighi Fontane Di Roma (Remastered) 1. Schubert Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417, InchTragicInch (Remastered) 2. Schubert 5 German Dances, D. 89 (Remastered) 3. Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (Remastered) 4. Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 (Remastered) 5. Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 (Remastered) 1. Smetana The Bartered Bride, JB 1 100 Overture (Remastered) 2. Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (Remastered) with Mishel Piastro, Violin; Joseph Schuster, Cello 3. Ravel La Valse, M. 72 (Remastered) 4. Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 (Rem