Mahler - Symphony No.1 / Purcell - Suite
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Label: Barbirolli Society
Cat No: SJB1015
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 12th October 2009
Contents
Artists
Halle OrchestraConductor
John BarbirolliWorks
Symphony no.1 in D major 'Titan'Suite for Strings, Woodwind and Horns (arr. Barbirolli)
Artists
Halle OrchestraConductor
John BarbirolliAbout
This recording of the First Symphony was made for Pye in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester in June 1957 – issued in stereo for the first time. He first conducted the First Symphony in Manchester in November 1955. Michael Kennedy remembers the occasion well because it was an outstanding example of JB’s “I’ll show ‘em” style.
The story is well known of the bad blood which existed between him and Sir Thomas Beecham after Beecham’s disgraceful written attempts to undermine him in New York in 1936. As a result, JB refused to sanction an invitation to Beecham to guest conduct the Hallé after 1943. But in 1955 he relented enough to allow Beecham to bring his own Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to Manchester to give two concerts in the Hallé series. It was a memorable programme ending with Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. The critics wrote glowing notices. So when a fortnight later the Hallé played in the hall, the atmosphere of gladiatorial contest was unavoidable.
This was meat and drink to JB and the performance of the Mahler symphony was geared to eclipse memories of Beecham! The audience were the winners: they heard two magnificent performances by two great orchestras under two great conductors. Who cared which was “the better”, if indeed such a judgement could reasonably have been made?
Contents:
Mahler: Symphony No.1
Recorded 11 & 12 June 1957 Free Trade Hall, Manchester
First Stereo Release
Purcell: Suite for Strings, Woodwind & Horns (arr. Barbirolli)
Recorded 27 May 1969 Kingsway Hall, London
First CD Release
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