8111290 Various: Great Conductors · Koussevitzky - Eleanor Roosevelt, narrator; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

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Castle Classics > Classical CD > Collections & Various Composers > Conductor Portraits & Collections > Koussevitzky > 8111290 Various: Great Conductors · Koussevitzky - Eleanor Roosevelt, narrator; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

8111290 Various: Great Conductors · Koussevitzky - Eleanor Roosevelt, narrator; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Serge Koussevitzky, conductor

Label - Naxos Historical

Cat. No. - 8111290

Including PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 - Recorded 11th August, 1950 in the Theatre-Concert Hall, Tanglewood; SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 - Recorded 29th November, 1950 in Symphony Hall, Boston; GRIEG The Last Spring (Elegiac Melody, Op. 34, No. 2) - Recorded 29th November, 1950 in Symphony Hall, Boston

This disc restores to the catalogue, after an absence of more than 50 years, Koussevitzky's second recording of Peter and the Wolf, with Eleanor Roosevelt as narrator.

Taped during his last recording sessions on 29th November, 1950, Koussevitzky's performance of Sibelius's Symphony No. 2 is given with an electricity that transcends studio conditions, yet it is not without light, shade and emotional retreat.

The final such example of Koussevitzky's art, which pertinently concludes this disc, is a rapt and expressive account of Grieg's The Last Spring, notable for the warmth and intensity of the Boston strings.
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