Schubert - Schubert No.4 / Sibelius - Symphony No.2 / Britten - Serenade
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Label: ICA Classics
Cat No: ICAC5096
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 25th February 2013
Contents
Works
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31Symphony no.4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43
Artists
Gerald English (tenor)Hermann Baumann (horn)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester
Conductor
John BarbirolliWorks
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31Symphony no.4 in C minor, D417 'Tragic'
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43
Artists
Gerald English (tenor)Hermann Baumann (horn)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester
Conductor
John BarbirolliAbout
Sir John Barbirolli (1899–1970), born in London of Italian and French parentage, is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini’s successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings.
Both in the concert hall and on record, Barbirolli was particularly associated with the music of English composers such as Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams. His interpretations of other late-Romantic composers, such as Mahler and Sibelius, as well as of Classical and early-Romantic composers, including Schubert, are also very much admired.
These recordings have never been released on CD before. They represent live accounts of music by composers with whom Barbirolli was very much associated, notably Schubert and Sibelius.
Barbirolli never recorded Britten’s Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, so the present release represents a new addition to his large discography. It features the wonderful singing of Gerald English, who was closely associated with Britten, and the great horn-playing of the German master Hermann Baumann.
The only other recording Barbirolli made of Schubert’s Symphony No.4 was with the New York Philharmonic in 1939, so this 1969 live performance with the Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester in excellent stereo is essential for any collector in this great conductor’s work.
Even though Barbirolli made four studio recordings of the Sibelius Symphony No.2, this performance in Cologne is live and has extra adrenalin and excitement.
Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 7 February 1969
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