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Reiner conducts Prokofiev / Shostakovich / Debussy / Tchaikovsky | Guild - Historical GHCD2333

Reiner conducts Prokofiev / Shostakovich / Debussy / Tchaikovsky

Label: Guild - Historical

Cat No: GHCD2333

Barcode: 0795754233322

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 25th February 2008

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Contents

Artists

Lauritz Melchior (narrator)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Fritz Reiner

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Fugue in G minor, BWV578 'Little'

Debussy, Claude

Nocturnes (3)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Der Schauspieldirektor, K486
» Overture

Prokofiev, Sergei

Peter and the Wolf, op.67

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.54

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Suite no.1 in D major, op.43
» IV Marche miniature

Artists

Lauritz Melchior (narrator)
NBC Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Fritz Reiner

About

This is a very important record for collectors of great orchestral interpretations in that it reveals aspects of the great Hungarian-born but naturalised American conductor, Fritz Reiner, which have rarely been made available on disc before.

There are two major highlights on this CD – Prokofiev’sPeter and the Wolf’ with the magnificent tenor Lauritz Melchior adopting a new role on disc as narrator, and an early war-time performance of Shostakovich’s epic Sixth Symphony with the Phlharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York.

This very well-filled CD is completed by a brilliant performance of Mozart’sImpresario’ Overture, and masterly accounts of the March from Tchaikovsky’s First Orchestral Suite, Debussy’s Fetes from his three Nocturnes and a beautifully transcription by Lucien Caillet of Bach’s ‘Little’ Fugue in G minor – the last three with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Excellent sound.

Contents:
Mozart: The Impressario – Overture, K.486
NBC Symphony Orchestra – Recorded ca.1947

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf – A musical tale for children, Op.67
NBC Symphony Orchestra (recorded 19 June 1949)

Shostakovich: Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.54
New York Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded 15 August 1943)

Tchaikovsky: Marche Miniature (Suite No.1, Op.43)
Debussy: Fêtes (Nocturnes)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (recorded 13 March 1957)

J S Bach (arr. Lucien Cailliet): Fugue in G minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (recorded 29 November 1957)

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