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Beecham in Toronto : previously unissued concerts from 1960
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Title
Beecham in Toronto : previously unissued concerts from 1960 [sound recording].
Published
Kensington, Calif. : Music & Arts, p2011.
Physical Description
4 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Compact discs.
Program notes about Beecham (27 p. : ports.) laid in container.
Recorded from live performances in 1960 in Toronto: Apr. 3 (cd. 1), Apr. 7 (cd. 2), Apr. 5 (CBC television broadcast, cd. 3), and Dec. 25, 1958 and Oct. 25 & Nov. 4, 1959 (BBC broadcast, cd. 4).
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 12, 2013
Performers
CBC Symphony Orchestra (cd. 1-2) ; Toronto Symphony Orchestra (cd. 3) ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (cd. 4) ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor.
Contents
[cd. 1 : Apr. 3]. Symphony no 102 in B♭/ Haydn
Symphony no 38 in D, K 504 : "Prague" / Mozart
Love in Bath : ballet suite / Handel ; [compiled & arr.] Beecham.
[cd. 2 : Apr. 7]. Symphony no 94 in G : "Surprise" / Haydn
Feuersnot, op. 50. Love scene / Richard Strauss
Symphony no 2 in D, op. 73 / Brahms.
[cd. 3 : Apr. 5]. "Lollipops" : spoken introduction by Sit Thomas ; Morning, noon and night in Vienna / Suppé
Introduction by Sit Thomas ; Le rouet d'Omphale, op. 31 / Saint-Saëns
Karelia suite, op. 11. Alla marcia / Sibelius
Introduction by Sit Thomas ; La vierge. Act IV. Prelude : The last sleep of the Virgin / Massenet
Introduction by Sit Thomas ; La gazza ladra. Overture / Rossini
Introduction to the CBC Handel-Haydn Festival by Sir Thomas
John Amis interviews Léon Goossens
John Amis interviews Neville Cardus.
[cd. 4 : Dec. 1958, Oct.-Nov. 1959] : Symphony no. 35 in D, K. 385 : "Haffner" / Mozart
Meistersinger. Prelude to Act I / Wagner
North Country sketches / Delius
Symphony in G minor / Lalo.
Issue number
CD-1255 Music & Arts
Subjects
Also listed under
CBC Symphony Orchestra.
Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
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