Performance Practice on Record
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Performance Practice on Record Lecture examples 6 |
| Week 6 27 October |
Orchestras |
| Overviews | Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 5, 1st mvt, Cortot (piano), Thibaut (violin), Cortet (flute), Ecole Normale Chamber Orchestra, cond. Alfred Cortot: HMV DB 1783, side 1 (32-3048, 2L411 II) |
| Bach, Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 - Boyd Neel Chamber Orchestra, cond. Boyd Neel, Concert Hall Record Club M 940 (rec. c1960, issued 1961) - The English Concert, cond. Trevor Pinnock, DG Archiv 2742 003, record 2, side 4 (rec. 1982) |
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| Beethoven, 5th Symphony - Berlin Philharmonic O., cond. Artur Nikisch (1913): EMI Centenary Edition, disc 2, track 19 (from HMV 040784 (mat. 1249s), Berlin, xi.1913) - Philarmonia O., cond. Otto Klemperer (1955): EMI Centenary Edition, disc 6, track 15 (from Columbia 33C 1051, London, x.1955) - The London Classical Players, cond. Roger Norrington (1988): EMI Reflexe 7 49656 1, (London, iv.1988) |
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| Vitalism | Bach, St Matthew Passion: aria 'Buss und Reu' - Willem Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra; Ilona Durigo (alto): Philips 462 092-2, disc 1, track 10 (concert rec. Amsterdam, 2 April 1939) |
| Mozart, Symphony in E-flat K.453 - Bruno Walter, BBC Symphony Orchestra: HMV DB2258, side 2 (32-4617) |
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| Mahler, 4th Symphony, last movement - Gustav Mahler, Welte-Mignon piano roll, 1905: GLRS 101, track 3 - Philharmonic Symphony of New York, Desi Halban (sop), cond. Bruno Walter: Columbia LX 954 (XCO 34707) |
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| Karajan | Bruckner 8th Symphony, Adagio - Radio-Sinfonie-O. Frankfurt, cond. Eliahu Inbal (c1982): Telefunken 6.35642 GK, record 4, side 7 (Frankfurt, issued 1983) - Berlin Philharmonic O., cond. Herbert von Karajan (c1975): DG 2707 085, record 2, side 1 (issued 1976) |
| Russian brass | Khachaturian, Sabre Dance from Gayne: Leningrad Philharmonic O., cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (c1960); 'The Great Russian Composers' DG 644 120, side 1, band 1 (first issued 1961) |
| Vienna brass | Wagner, (overture) Die Meistersinger, Vienna Philharmonic O., cond. Georg Solti (1975); Decca D13D5, record 1, side 1 (Vienna, ix.1975) |
| Chicago brass | Tippett, 4th Symphony, Chicago Symphony O., cond. Sir Georg Solti (issued 1981) |
| Changing faces of modernist performance style | Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire - Domaine Musicale, Helga Pilarczyk, cond. Pierre Boulez: Everest SDBR(D) 3171, record 1, side 1 (issued 1971) - Ensemble Intercontemporain, Christine Schäfer, cond. Pierre Boulez: DG 457 630-2 (rec. Paris, 1997) |
| Boulez, Pli selon pli - BBCSO, cond. Pierre Boulez: CBS DC 40173 (first issued 1970) - BBCSO, cond. Pierre Boulez: Erato NUM 75050 (rec. 1981) |
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| BBCSO 1936 | Berg, Violin concerto: Louis Krasner, BBCSO, cond. Anton von Webern; Continuum SBT 1004 (concert, 1.v.1936) |
| Messiah in England | Let us break our bonds asunder (Crystal Palace1926), Handel Festival Choir & Orchestra, cond. Sir Henry Wood: Koch 3-7703-2Y6x2, disc 1, track 21 (from Columbia L 1769 (AX 1600 6274)) |
| For unto us a child is born (1930), Philharmonic Choir, cond. Charles Kennedy Scott: Koch 3-7703-2Y6x2, disc 1, track 22 (from HMV D 1876 (CR 2515 32-1640)) | |
| Thou shalt break them in pieces (1959), Jon Vickers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham: RCA 09026-61266-2, disc 2, tracks 17-19 | |
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