Barbirolli: Orchestral Works & Concertos
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Label: Barbirolli Society
Cat No: SJB103031
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 2nd August 2009
Contents
Works
Tamara: symphonic poemPurcell suite
Sir Andrew and Sir Toby
The Old Maid and the Thief
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Artists
Mishel Piastro (violin)Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
John BarbirolliWorks
Tamara: symphonic poemPurcell suite
Sir Andrew and Sir Toby
The Old Maid and the Thief
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Artists
Mishel Piastro (violin)Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
John BarbirolliAbout
The first of our two CDs in this set opens with Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, in which the soloist is Mishel Piastro. The performance comes from March 1942, and will be a revelation for many listeners. Piastro is hardly known at all these days, but he was the leader of the Philharmonic under Toscanini and, of course, under Barbirolli. He was, as we may hear, an absolutely astounding violinist – it is rumoured that someone remarked to Fritz Kreisler that ‘Piastro is so gifted but he’s lazy and doesn’t practise’, to which Kreisler replied, ‘Thank God!’
The second CD in this set of performances opens with the world premiere performance of the Piano Concerto by Mischa Portnoff. This Concerto is, as can readily be heard, a dazzlingly effective work, with extremely virtuosic writing for the soloist, composed in a style perhaps best described as a mixture of the then contemporary music of Prokofiev and Shostakovich rather than, say, that of Stravinsky. The soloist was the Lithuanian-born but American naturalised pianist Nadia Reisenberg (1904-83), whose family settled in New York after the Russian Revolution.
The works in this set receive brilliant – not to say breathtaking – performances from the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York, the members of which were clearly relishing the opportunity to display their virtuosity under a conductor who by that time had won over the hearts and minds of every musician taking part.
Contents:
CD 1
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
Mishel Piastro (violin)
Recorded 29 March, 1942
Balakirev: Tamara – symphonic poem
Recorded 24 October, 1937
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Prelude
Recorded 24 October, 1937
Wagner: Die Walküre – Ride of the Valkyries
Recorded 20 November, 1938
Barbirolli: Purcell Suite
Recorded 24 October, 1937
CD 2
Portnoff: Piano Concerto
Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
Recorded 23 February, 1941 – World premiere performance
Weinberger: Christmas
Recorded 24 December, 1939
Collins: Overture – Sir Andrew and Sir Toby
Recorded 22 March, 1942
Creston: Threnody
Recorded c.1942
Menotti: Overture – The Old Maid and the Thief
Recorded c.1942
Bonus Track:
Mozart: Symphony No.34 in C, K. 338 – Finale: Allegro vivace
Recorded c.1938
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