William Steinberg: Complete Command Classics Recordings
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Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat No: 4864442
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 17
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 15th March 2024
Contents
Works
Leonore Overture no.3 in C major, op.72bSymphonies 1-9 (complete)
La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
Tragic Overture, op.81
Overture in G minor, WAB98
Symphony no.7 in E major
Appalachian Spring: Suite
Billy the Kid: Ballet Suite
Scherzo capriccioso in D flat major, op.66
An American in Paris
Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
My Fair Lady: A Symphonic Picture
Symphony no.2 in E minor, op.27
Valses nobles et sentimentales (arr. for orchestra)
The Sound of Music: A Symphonic Picture
Suite algerienne, op.60
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.1 in F minor, op.10
Perpetuum mobile, op.257
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, op.214
Petrushka
Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
The Nutcracker: Suite, op.71a
String Quartet in E minor (orch W Steinberg)
Das Rheingold
Gotterdammerung
Artists
Ella Lee (soprano)Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano)
Richard Knees (tenor)
Thomas Paul (bass)
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
William SteinbergWorks
Leonore Overture no.3 in C major, op.72bSymphonies 1-9 (complete)
La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
Tragic Overture, op.81
Overture in G minor, WAB98
Symphony no.7 in E major
Appalachian Spring: Suite
Billy the Kid: Ballet Suite
Scherzo capriccioso in D flat major, op.66
An American in Paris
Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
My Fair Lady: A Symphonic Picture
Symphony no.2 in E minor, op.27
Valses nobles et sentimentales (arr. for orchestra)
The Sound of Music: A Symphonic Picture
Suite algerienne, op.60
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.1 in F minor, op.10
Perpetuum mobile, op.257
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, op.214
Petrushka
Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
The Nutcracker: Suite, op.71a
String Quartet in E minor (orch W Steinberg)
Das Rheingold
Gotterdammerung
Artists
Ella Lee (soprano)Joanna Simon (mezzo-soprano)
Richard Knees (tenor)
Thomas Paul (bass)
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
William SteinbergAbout
Dealing with a small budget and diminishing interest from the community Steinberg immediately started to reinforce the musicians’ morale and within a few seasons he made good musicians into excellent musicians and the interest in the Orchestra grew far beyond the limits of Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh he set down a core Austro-German and Russian repertoire as well as 20th-century masters.
Steinberg was recognised as one of the world’s greatest interpreters of the Brahms Symphonies and his recordings of these masterpieces for the COMMAND label have been acclaimed by critics as among the finest recorded interpretations of these great works; while his sober, self-effacing approach to Beethoven was warmly received by critics who praised the conductor for allowing the works to speak entirely for themselves. At the helm of his Pittsburgh ensemble, Steinberg produced an impressive discography, including the complete symphonies of Beethoven and Brahms as well as works by Schubert, Wagner, Bruckner and Johann Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and 20th-century masters including Ravel, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Gershwin and Copland.
From 1952 to 1959, the PSO’s recordings were made for Capitol Records but in 1960, Steinberg and the orchestra recorded briefly for the new Everest label, which introduced the expensive but sonically advantageous process of recording on 35mm magnetic film. However, Everest soon ran into financial straits and its studio and equipment were bought by the engineer C. Robert Fine, to be used for his sonic-standard-setting Mercury’s “Living Presence” recordings.
Meanwhile, the classically trained record executive Enoch Light, about to launch another new label, Command Classics, heard and was deeply impressed by a concert given by Steinberg and the PSO. Aware of Everest’s imminent demise and Fine’s acquisition of Everest’s studio, he signed Steinberg as conductor and Bob Fine as engineer for a series of 35mm Command recordings, recorded at Pittsburgh’s iconic Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.
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