Sunday, March 5, 2017


Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 54

Cleveland Orchestra / Artur Rodzinski







I. Andante - Allegro con anima
II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza -
    Moderato con anima






III. Valse: Allegro moderato
IV. Finale: Andante maestoso -
     Allegro vivace

Cleveland Orchestra / Artur Rodzinski

(LP transfers; Columbia, c. 1950; recorded 1940's)



Thursday, March 2, 2017


Camille Saint-Saëns

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

W. A. Mozart

Piano Sonata No. 16 in B flat major, KV 570


Emil Gilels, Piano








Camille Saint-Saëns

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22




I. Andante sostenuto
II. Allegretto scherzando
III. Presto

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W. A. Mozart

Piano Sonata No. 16 in B flat major, KV 570




I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto

Emil Gilels, Piano
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire / Andre Cluytens

(LP transfers; Angel / EMI, recorded 1954)


Wednesday, March 1, 2017


Leos Janáček

Sinfonietta for Orchestra (1926)
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Preludes to Operas






Sinfonietta for Orchestra (1926)

I. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso
II. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso
III. Moderato - con moto - Tempo Primo - Prestissimo - Moderato
IV. Allegretto
V. Andante con moto - Maestoso - Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso - Adagio






Prelude, Act I - The Makropoulos Affair 
Prelude - Katya Kabanova 
Prelude - The House of the Dead
Prelude - Jealousy (Jenufa)

The Pro Arte Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras

(LP transfer; Vanguard, 1963)


Tuesday, February 28, 2017


Mozart

Symphony No. 41 in C Major, KV 551 "Jupiter"
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Schubert 

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"








Mozart

Symphony No. 41 in C Major, KV 551 "Jupiter"




I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante cantabile
III. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio
IV. Finale (Allegro molto)

New York Philharmonic / Bruno Walter

(LP transfer; Columbia, issued 1954; recorded Jan. 23, 1945; Carnegie Hall, New York)
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Schubert 

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"




I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto

Philadelphia Orchestra / Bruno Walter

(LP transfer; Columbia, issued 1954; recorded March 2, 1947; Academy of Music, Philadelphia)



Schubert

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"







I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante con moto

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Erich Kleiber
(78 rpm transfer; Telefunken, recorded Jan. 28, 1935)



Sergei Prokofiev

Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1952)


Overture Russe, Op. 72 (1936)






Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1952)




I. Moderato 
II. Allegretto
III. Andante espressivo




IV. Vivace
Overture Russe, Op. 72 (1936)

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Jean Martinon

(LP transfer; RCA, 1959; recorded by Decca, 1957)


Monday, February 27, 2017


Mahler

Symphony No. 1 in D Major








I. Langsam
II. Kräftig bewegt




III. Feierlich und gemessen
IV. Stürmish bewegt

New York Philharmonic / Bruno Walter

(LP transfer; Columbia, recorded 1954).