Neumann, Václav - Early Recordings 1953-1968 - Dvořák; Grieg; Mahler; Tchaikovsky; Schubert; ...

Dvorak, Antonin, Grieg, Edvard, Mahler, Gustav, Schubert, Franz, Tchaikovsky, Piotr

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Neumann, Vaclav, Prague Sinfonia Orchestra

SU 4133-2

Under his baton, the splendid Prague Symphony Orchestra made the very oldest recordings of Dvořák’s early symphonies (Nos. 1, 2 and 4), a recording of Trojan’s orchestrated version of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, while the Czech Philharmonic recorded Mahler’s enchanting song cycles and major international and Czech modern works – by Messiaen (with the composer’s wife Yvonne Loriod on the piano), Bořkovec and Sommer. This selection is symbolically rounded off by Dvořák’s Nocturne, recorded by Neumann with the Czech Philharmonic in 1968, just a few weeks after the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact forces. A number of these unique and sensitively remastered recordings are being released on CD for the very first time.

Works:

• Dvořák: Nocturne in B major for strings, Op.40 (B47):
• Dvořák: Rondo in G minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 94, B. 181:
• Dvořák: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, B9 'The Bells of Zlonice':
• Dvořák: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 4:
• Dvořák: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13:
• Grieg: Lyric Suite, Op. 54:
• Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2:
• Mahler: Kindertotenlieder:
• Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen:
• Messiaen: Le Réveil des oiseaux:
• Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques:
• Roussel: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42:
• Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D major, D200:
• Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished':
• Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37b

CD x 6

Supraphon

2014-08-19

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