Willem van Otterloo: The Original Recordings 1950-1960

Willem van Otterloo专辑介绍：Willem van Otterloo was by no means a dictatorial conductor, nor was he a glamour-seeker or showman. The music itself had the highest priority. His thorough knowledge of each and every score was legendary, and he conducted nearly all the larger works from memory. But above all he was a true orchestral trainer. From this legendary conductor we now have an unique document in our hands. It consists of 38 works (from a total of 125) which where recorded for Philips in the years 1950-60 with the Residency Orchestra The Hague. Also there are two DGG recordings of Haydn symphonies from 1962. The 13 cd’s are all digitally remasterd and a 100-page booklet is written by Otto Ketting. This box is a real event: here musical history is written ánd immortalized. CD 1 Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Symphonie fantastique Op. 14 (1830) [48:18] rec. 10-12 July 1959* Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826) orch. BERLIOZ Aufforderung zum Tanz (1841) [8:22] rec. 23 January 1951 Johan WAGENAAR (1862-1941) De Getemde Feeks Op. 25 (Overture) (1906) [6:12] rec. 3 April 1954 Johan WAGENAAR (1862-1941) Cyrano de Bergerac Op. 23 (1905) (Overture) [12:15] rec. 3 April 1954 CD 2 Max REGER (1873-1916) Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart (1914) [30:12] rec. 26-27 March 1957 Max REGER (1873-1916) Eine romantische Suite (1912) [28:19] rec. 9-10 March 1956 Alphons DIEPENBROCK (1862-1921) Music to Sophocles’ Tragedy Electra (1919-20) (Symphonic Suite edited by Eduard Reeser (1952) [17:36] rec. 8 May 1953 CD 3 Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911) [14:46] rec. 1-2 April 1954 Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Daphnis et Chloé (1911/1913) Suites 1 and 2 [11:11 + 15:58] Nederlands Kamerkoor rec. 4-5 May 1953 Modest MOUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) orch. RAVEL (1874/1922) Pictures at an Exhibition [32:11] rec. 26-27 March 1957 CD 4 Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony No. 45 in F Sharp minor ‘Farewell’ (1772) [22:19] rec. 16-17 May 1962* Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony No. 55 in E Flat major, ‘The Schoolmaster’ (1774) [18:45] rec. 16 May 1962* Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Symphony No. 92 in G major (1789) [25:02] rec. 28-29 December 1950 Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Overture Manfred Op. 115 (1848-1849) [11: 04] rec. 23 October 1954 CD 5 Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’, D 759 (1822) [26:33] rec. June 1959* Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) From: Rosamunde, D 797 (1823) Entr’acte No. 3 [7:26]; Balletmusic No. 2 [5:42] rec. 25 January 1951 Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Kindertotenlieder (1901-1904) [24:06] Herman Schey (baritone) rec. 24-25 January 1951 CD 6 Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 4 in G major (1892-1910) [52:48] Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano) rec. 7-9 May 1956 Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43 (1934) [22:33] Abbey Simon (piano) rec. 12-15 February 1955 CD 7 Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony No. 4 in E Flat major, ‘Romantic’ (1874-1880) [63:51] rec. 6-7 May 1953 Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Overture in G minor (1862-1863) [10:26] rec. 23 October 1954 CD 8 Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937) Pavane pour une infante défunte (1910) [6:35] rec. 5 January 1952 Manuel DE FALLA (1876-1946) Three dances from El sombrero de tres picos (1919): The Neighbours’ dance [3:01]; Dance of the miller [2:39]; Final dance [5:53] rec. 1 April 1954 Morton GOULD (1913-1996) Interplay ‘American Concertette’ (1943) [14:27] rec. 13 September 1951 Morton GOULD (1913-1996) Spirituals (1941) [16:12] rec. 13 September 1951 Sergey PROKOFIEV (1891-1953) Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra in C major (1917-1922) [26:36] Alexander Uninsky (piano) rec. 8 April 1953 CD 9 Léon ORTHEL (1905-1985) Symphony No. 2 ‘Piccola sinfonia’ Op. 18 (1940) [15:33] rec. Scheveningen, Kurhaus, October 1959* Sem DRESDEN (1881-1957) Dansflitsen (1951) [14:17] rec. 8 May 1953 Hendrik ANDRIESSEN (1892-1981) Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Kuhnau (1935) [11:46] rec. 26 February 1952 Hendrik ANDRIESSEN (1892-1981) Ricercare (1949) [9:26] rec. 5 June 1951 Henk BADINGS (1907-1987) Symphony No. 3 (1934) [27:30] rec. 28-30 November 1955 CD 10 Edvard GRIEG (1943-1907) 4 Norwegische Tänze Op. 35 (1881) [14:29] rec. July 1960* Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Der Geschöpfe des Prometheus Op. 43 (complete) (1800-01) [60:11] rec. 14-15 May 1956 CD 11 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No. 8 in F major Op. 93 (1812-14) [27:08] rec. June 1959* Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Overture: Die Weihe des Hauses Op. 124 (1822) [9:57] rec. 31 January 1956 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 (1876) [43:44] rec. 4 December 1953 CD 12 Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) Tragische Ouvertüre (1880) [12:42] rec. 12 December 1952 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 (1822-24) [66:24] Erna Spoorenberg (soprano); Maria von Ilosvay (alto); Frans Vroons (tenor); Herman Schey (bass); Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam rec. 3-4 May 1952 CD 13 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No 4 in B flat major Op. 60 (1806-07) [32:09] rec. 23-24 April 1957 Pyotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Symphony No 4 in F minor Op. 36 (1877-78) [39:28] rec. 7-8 June 1950 Residentie Orkest, The Hague/Willem van Otterloo All recordings made in Amsterdam, Concertgebouw unless otherwise stated. Mono/*Stereo