Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 & 7 / Belshazzar's Feast - Serge Koussevitsky & Robert Kajanus / Lemminkäinen Suite - Eugene Ormandy

Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

I. Andante ma non troppo

II. Andante (ma non troppo lento)

III. Scherzo (Allegro ma non troppo)

IV. Finale (quasi una Fantasia)

Karelia Suite, Op. 11

Alla marcia

Symphony Orchestra / Robert Kajanus

(78 rpm transfers; Columbia, recorded May 1930)

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

I. Allegretto

II. Tempo - andante ma rubato

(performed without break)

III. Vivacissimo - Largo e suave

IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

Boston Symphony Orchestra / Serge Koussevitsky

(78 rpm transfers; HMV; recorded 1935 by Victor)

Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andantino con moto, quasi allegretto

III. Moderato - Allegro ma non tanto

London Symphony Orchestra / Robert Kajanus

(78 rpm transfers; HMV, recorded June 1932)

Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82

I. Tempo molto moderato - Largamente - Allegro moderato

II. Andante mosso, quasi allegretto

III. Allegro molto - Largamente assai

The Maiden with the Roses

from "Swanwhite", Op. 54

The Maiden with the Roses

from "Swanwhite", Op. 54

Boston Symphony Orchestra / Serge Koussevitsky

(78 rpm transfers; HMV; recorded 1936 by Victor)

Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105

Adagio - Un pochett meno adagio - Vivacissimo -

Adagio - Allegro molto moderato - Vivace - Presto -

Adagio - Largamente

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Serge Koussevitsky

(78 rpm transfers; HMV, live recording, 1933)

Belshazzar's Feast - Suite, Op. 51

I. Oriental Procession
2. Solitude
3. Night Music
4. Khadra's Dance 

London Symphony Orchestra / Robert Kajanus

(78 rpm transfers; recorded June 1932)

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Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22

1. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari

2. The Swan of Tuonela

3. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela

4. Lemminkäinen's Homecoming

Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy

(Columbia, issued 1953)

(LP transfers)

Opening of the Entartete Kunst exhibition at the Schulausstellungsgebaude, Hamburg, 1938

(See: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/art-between-wars/neue-sachlichkeit/a/art-in-nazi-germany)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat (original edition,1874)

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Symphony No. 4 in E flat

(original edition, 1874)

First Performance and Recording

I. Allegro

II. Andante quasi allegretto

III. Sehr schnell - Trio.

In gleichem Tempo

IV. Allegro moderato

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Wöss

(Recorded live, September 20, 1975;

International Bruckner Festival;

Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic"

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic"

(Robert Haas edition, Leipzig, 1944)

I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell

II. Andante quasi Allegretto

III. Scherzo. Bewegt

IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Otto Klemperer

(LP transfers; Vox, 1959; recorded between 19 and 23 May, 1951)

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Few symphonies have been recorded as frequently as Bruckner's most popular work as incorporated by this advanced reworking of his original 1874 conception. But this particular recording – found in junk store during the 1970's (and which has gone through many editions since it was first issued) – is the only one which continues to occupy this listener's attention (outside, perhaps, of two recordings of Bruckner's original conception – one of which appears above in its first performance and recording – and which, on the other hand, is a completely different work from the reworked version).

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor

Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Willem Mengelberg

Peter Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 54

I. Andante - Allegro con anima

II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza -

Moderato con anima

III. Valse: Allegro moderato

IV. Finale: Andante maestoso -

Allegro vivace

Valse from Serenade for String

Orchestra in C major, Op. 48

Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam

Willem Mengelberg

(78 rpm transfers; Columbia, recorded May, 1928)

Malevich - The Suprematist Mirror (1923)

From: Kazimir Malevich, "The Suprematist Mirror", 1923; from Essays on Art 1915-1933, trans. Xenia Glowacki-Prus; ed. Troels Andersen; Copenhagen: Borgen, 1971, p. 224.

Schubert: Divertissement à la hongroise - Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat

Divertissement à la hongroise in G minor, Op. 54, D. 818 (1824) 
for Piano Four-Hands

I. Andante; Un poco più mosso

II. Marcia: Andante con moto; Trio

III. Allegretto

Variations on an Original Theme in A-flat, Op. 33, D. 813 (1824) 
for Piano Four-Hands

Jörg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda

Hammerflügel of Johann Michael Schweighofer, Vienna, c.1845

(LP transfers; recorded c. 1963, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

(Deutsche Harmonia Mundi; issued 1968; RCA / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)

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No. 3 from the series "Claviermusik auf Instrumenten der Meister", an RCA reissue appearing in 1968. The original LP pressings of this DHM series from the early 1960s are extremely difficult to find (even in Germany). Fortunately, a photo of the Hammerflügel from the famous maker Michael Schweighofer appears on the RCA cover. This instrument, as beautiful to see as it is to hear, sits in the vicinity of the Schumann-Piano in the instrument collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.