This is the latest release in our on-going series of recordings by the legendary German conductor Fritz Busch, earlier issues of which have drawn exceptional reviews from the international classical press.

The disc is made up of mainly overtures and orchestral preludes from the 19th-century, with Hugo Alfven's ever-delightful Swedish Rhapsody No.1, one of the most tuneful and popular of all 20th-century short orchestral favourites. The repertoire, therefore, is surprisingly wide, and contains the conductor's own orchestral version of a suite of dances compiled from Schubert's music.

With outstanding orchestral playing from orchestras in Winterthur, Los Angeles and Malmo, this CD offers another unique conspectus of the mastery of this great conductor.

Contents:
Felix Mendelssohn
- Overture: Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine (The Beautiful Melusine) Op.32
- Scherzo from Octet in E-flat major, Op.20 (Orchestral version)
Sinfonie-Orchester Winterthur / Fritz Busch

Ludwig van Beethoven
- Overture to Egmont, Op.84
Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles / Fritz Busch
 
Franz Schubert, arr. Fritz Busch
- Dance Suite for Orchestra - Polonaise F-dur Op.75 No.4 / D.599 No.4
- Dance Suite for Orchestra - Ecossaisen D.145 No.1-6
- Dance Suite for Orchestra - Trio in E major D.610
- Dance Suite for Orchestra - Valses nobles Op.77, Zwölf Walzer D.969
Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles / Fritz Busch

Richard Wagner
- Prelude and Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
- Prelude and Interlude from Act III - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles / Fritz Busch

Hugo Alfvén
- Midsommarvaka, Swedish Rhapsody No.1, Op.19
Konserthus Stiftelsens Orkester Malmö / Fritz Busch

Recorded 1946 and 1949.