Thursday, March 21, 2019

Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" / Boccherini (arr. Jean Françaix): Scuola di Ballo / Schubert: Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" (D. 810)



Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"





(cover of orginal 78 rpm edition)






I. Gigue
II. Menuet
III. Preghiere (Prayer)
IV. Theme and Variations
Solo Violin: John Corigliano

New York Philharmonic / Artur Rodzinski

(LP transfer; Columbia, recorded February 27, 1945)





Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Scuola di Ballo - Ballet Music

(arranged by Jean Françaix)







I. Leçon
II. Menuet
III. Larghetto
IV. Rondo
V. Dispute
VI. Presto
VII. Pastorale
VIII. Danse Allemande
IX. Scene du Notaire
X. Finale

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Antal Dorati


(78 rpm transfers; Columbia, recorded July 27, 1939)




Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" (D. 810)









I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo (Allegro molto) & Trio
IV. Presto


Busch Quartet

Adolf Busch, 1st Violin
Gösta Andreasson, 2nd Violin
Karl Doktor, Viola
Hermann Busch, Cello

(78 rpm transfers; HMV, recorded Oct. 16, 1936)




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