Pierre Monteux: Milestones of a Legendary Conductor
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Label: Documents
Cat No: 600543
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 10
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 8th November 2019
Contents
Works
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV1043Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'
Benvenuto Cellini, op.23 H76a
Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.73
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
La Mer
Nocturnes (3)
Symphony no.7 in D minor, op.70
Enigma Variations, op.36
Symphony in D minor, op.48
Escales
Piano Concerto no.18 in B flat major, K456
La Valse
Havanaise, op.83
Le Poeme de l'Extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), op.54
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)
The Sleeping Beauty, op.66 (highlights)
Artists
George Enescu (violin)Julius Katchen (piano)
Leonid Kogan (violin)
Lili Kraus (piano)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Women of the Berkshire Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique de Paris
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor
Pierre MonteuxWorks
Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV1043Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'
Benvenuto Cellini, op.23 H76a
Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor, op.15
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.73
Variations on a theme by Haydn, op.56a 'St Anthony Variations'
Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
La Mer
Nocturnes (3)
Symphony no.7 in D minor, op.70
Enigma Variations, op.36
Symphony in D minor, op.48
Escales
Piano Concerto no.18 in B flat major, K456
La Valse
Havanaise, op.83
Le Poeme de l'Extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), op.54
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)
The Sleeping Beauty, op.66 (highlights)
Artists
George Enescu (violin)Julius Katchen (piano)
Leonid Kogan (violin)
Lili Kraus (piano)
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Women of the Berkshire Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique de Paris
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor
Pierre MonteuxAbout
Legendary conductor Pierre Monteux - musical director of numerous world premieres and influential mentor for many influential bandmasters of the 20th and 21st century - is best known for his recordings of French and Russian music. This selection of 12 original albums and bonus tracks from the years 1941 to 1962 includes important recordings of his mature oeuvre, including three albums that the renowned British magazine Gramophone lists among the 250 best recordings of all time (Elgar’s Enigma Variations, Bach's Double Concerto with Menuhin and Enescu, Brahms’s Piano Concerto no.1 with Katchen).
Monteux’s artistic ideals were clarity, precision and structural listenability, his aspiration was unobtrusive eloquence and pure beauty of sound. Rather small in stature, he made little fuss about his person and, as far as possible, disappeared behind the work. He did not need any big conducting moves; during the often tedious and long rehearsal work he prepared his orchestras – over one hundred, including his work as a guest conductor - so well that only minor gestures were needed to realize his ideas in the actual concerts.
He gave his signals with charm, wit, and a certain belligerence. Monteux took on musical challenges even in old age. He was already 86 years old when he was appointed director of the London Symphony Orchestra and retained his phenomenal comprehension of musical structures and his keen ear until the very end.
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