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Oskar Fried - A Forgotten Conductor Vol.3 | Music & Arts MACD1198

Oskar Fried - A Forgotten Conductor Vol.3

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Label: Music & Arts

Cat No: MACD1198

Barcode: 0017685119828

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 31st October 2007

Contents

Works

Beethoven
Symphony No 2

Stravinsky
Firebird Suite

Weber
Euryanthe Overture

Liszt
Les Preludes

Artists

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Mitglieder der Kapelle der Staatsoper Berlin

Conductor

Oscar Fried

Works

Beethoven
Symphony No 2

Stravinsky
Firebird Suite

Weber
Euryanthe Overture

Liszt
Les Preludes

Artists

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Mitglieder der Kapelle der Staatsoper Berlin

Conductor

Oscar Fried

About

"He was a brilliant conductor, an extremely gifted composer." Otto Klemperer

Why then is he almost forgotten? Unlike Willem Mengelberg, Oscar Fried did not enjoy the lifelong leadership of an outstanding orchestra and the opportunity to record and unlike fellow refugees Bruno Walter and Otto Klemperer, Fried did not live long enough after his exile from Nazi Germany to be able to preserve important parts of his repertoire during a post-war career.

Here at least, part of his interpretative achievement survives, albeit in primitive sound. As Deutsche Grammophon began in 1923 to build up a repertoire of great classical orchestral works, Oskar Fried's collaboration was sought, and it is the era of the horn and of early electrical recordings that this series draws from for its sound-portrait of Fried.

The first two volumes in the series have received warm critical acclaim.

Contents:
Beethoven - Symphony No 2
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
~ Kapelle der Staatsoper/Oskar Fried - Berlin ca.1925

Weber - Euryanthe Overture
Liszt - Les Préludes
~ BPO/Oskar Fried - Berlin 1928

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