Serge Koussevitsky conducts the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra | Music and Arts WHRA6049

Serge Koussevitsky conducts the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra

Label: Music and Arts

Cat No: WHRA6049

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st March 2019

Contents

About

The long-time director of the Boston Symphony appeared at Carnegie hall in early 1942 in a series of historic concerts that breathed new life into the moribund New York Philharmonic. Time Magazine had nicknamed them "The Dead End Kids", and Koussevitzky had just two weeks to whip this recalcitrant band of notorious musical delinquents into shape.
 
The orchestra had flourished under Toscanini, but Barbirolli allowed performance standards to slip precipitously, and quite a few of the younger members had been called up for military service and were replaced by new players.

This new release documents this difficult period in the New York Phil’s history.

Contents:
CD 1 (22 February, 1942 - Carnegie Hall)
Corelli-Pinelli: Suite for String Orchestra
Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suite no.2
Shostakovich: Symphony no.5 in D minor

CD 2 (1 March, 1942 - Carnegie Hall)
Debussy - La Mer
Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.5 in E minor

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