Barbirolli in New York: The 1959 Concerts | Music and Arts WHRA6033

Barbirolli in New York: The 1959 Concerts

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Label: Music and Arts

Cat No: WHRA6033

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Release Date: 16th August 2010

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Barbirolli conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1936 to 1943 and returned to New York in 1959 to conduct the orchestra in a series of concerts featuring English repertoire rarely heard by Americans.

Here are the best performances of Sir John’s visit, previously unissued, in state-of-the-art digital restorations. Included is “Dream of Gerontius” with Richard Lewis, a very fine Gerontius.

Contents:
CD 1
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
Violin: Berl Senofsky
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Baritone: Morley Meredith
Tenor: Richard Lewis
Westminster Choir

CD 2
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius (cont.)
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro Op.47
Viola: William Lincer
Violin: John Corigliano / Leopold Rybb
Violoncello: Laszlo Varga

CD 3
Haydn: Symphony No.88 in G major Hob.I:88
Mahler: Symphony No.1 in D major "Titan"

CD 4
Barbirolli: An Elizabethian Suite (from The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
Vaughan William: Symphony No.8 in D minor
Holst: The Planets Op.32 (excerpts)
- Mars, the bringer of war  
- Venus, the bringer of peace  
- Mercury, the winged messenger  
- Uranus, the magician  
- Jupiter, the bringer of jollity

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