BBC Legends: BBCL42292
Schumann - Symphony No.1 / Brahms - Symphony No.2
Locke: Music for his Majesty’s Sackbutts & Cornetts
Schumann: Symphony No.1 in B flat major, Op.38 “Spring”
Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73
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Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Artist(s): London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor(s): Istvan Kertesz
Release Date: 3rd March 2008
More Details on Schumann - Symphony No.1 / Brahms - Symphony No.2
István Kertész (1929 – 1973) was a conductor with an outstanding future who died prematurely aged 43 while swimming on holiday in Israel. He was music director of the LSO and continuously in demand with all the major orchestras – Berlin PO, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra.
The short Locke opened the Royal Festival Hall programme containing the Brahms Symphony No. 2 on 15 February 1966. It is a new addition to Kertész’s discography and is given a lean and dynamic performance, again caught live in the Royal Festival hall.
The Brahms Symphony No. 2 was recorded by Decca with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1964, but only released in 1966 around the time of this Royal Festival Hall performance. However, the live recording here in London’s Royal Festival Hall is exceptionally exciting and well recorded in stereo. It appears that the Decca recording of the Brahms studio recording may be no longer available.
Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, 15 February 1966 (Locke, Brahms); 30 November 1965 (Schumann).
The short Locke opened the Royal Festival Hall programme containing the Brahms Symphony No. 2 on 15 February 1966. It is a new addition to Kertész’s discography and is given a lean and dynamic performance, again caught live in the Royal Festival hall.
The Brahms Symphony No. 2 was recorded by Decca with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1964, but only released in 1966 around the time of this Royal Festival Hall performance. However, the live recording here in London’s Royal Festival Hall is exceptionally exciting and well recorded in stereo. It appears that the Decca recording of the Brahms studio recording may be no longer available.
Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, 15 February 1966 (Locke, Brahms); 30 November 1965 (Schumann).
