Anatole Fistoulari
A conductor of wide-ranging authority in a varied repertory, Anatole Fistoulari is nonetheless remembered most vividly for the several ballet recordings he made for Mercury Records. The son of a noted conductor, Fistoulari maintained that he had made his debut before an orchestra at the age of seven. Beyond dispute is his broad exposure to Russian musical culture, thoroughly absorbed before he concentrated his activities in Europe and, eventually England, where he became a British subject. Fistoulari learned most of his technique and repertory from his father, Gregor Fistoulari, a student of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and Anton Rubinstein. The work allegedly conducted by the seven-year-old Anatole in Kiev was Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" Symphony, a score of enormous depth and complexity. In 1933, he leapt into the fire with an appointment to conduct for the Grand Opéra Russe in Paris, a company assembled around the famously temperamental Russian bass baritone Feodor Chaliapin. His ability to maintain a cool head there led to a 1938 engagement with Leonid Masim's Ballets Russes; with that company, Fistoulari toured the Continent and America, where his work was much admired. During WWII, Fistoulari became a popular figure in England. After conducting a 1942 production of Mussorgsky's unfinished Sorochintsï Fair, he was made principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1943. In 1954, he returned to ballet as guest conductor of the Royal Ballet and, in 1956, led the London Philharmonic in a tour of Russia that brought enthusiastic audiences to the halls of Moscow and Leningrad. Other guest engagements took Fistoulari to several other parts of the world, notably New Zealand and the Mideast, but he continued to base his activities in England. Active in the recording studio, Fistoulari built a substantial discography. In addition to his much-praised Mercury recordings of Delibes' Sylvia and Adam's Giselle, he recorded excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty; Alexandre Luigini's short, but effective Ballet Egyptien; and several works by Khachaturian. Fistoulari's direction of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies was praised, as were recorded collaborations with pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy, Earl Wild, and Shura Cherkassky, as well as violinists Nathan Milstein (Brahms) and Ruggiero Ricci (Khachaturian).
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Tchaikovsky & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Takayoshi Wanami, Anatole Fistoulari, Philharmonia Orchestra
Concertmuziek - Released by Chandos on 1 sep. 1991
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Balakirev: Thamar - Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite extraite de La Pskovitaine (Mono Version)
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1956
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Paganini: Concertos pour violon Nos. 1 & 2 (Mono Version)
Yehudi Menuhin, Anatole Fistoulari, London Symphony Orchestra
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1963
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Operatic Highlights for Orchestra, No. 1 (Mono Version)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Anatole Fistoulari
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1952
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Saint-Saëns: Havanaise & Introduction et rondo capriccioso (Mono Version)
Alfredo Campoli, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1954
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Tchaikovsky: Suite de Casse-noisette (Mono Version)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Anatole Fistoulari
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1954
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Dukas: La Péri - D'Indy: Istar & Prélude du premier acte de Fervaal (Mono Version)
Westminster Symphony Orchestra of London, Anatole Fistoulari
Klassiek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1956
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Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker, Extracts (Mono Version)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Anatole Fistoulari
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Khachaturian: Suites from Gayane, Extracts (Mono Version)
Anatole Fistoulari, London Symphony Orchestra
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1961
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Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 & 4 Danses norvégiennes, Op. 35 (Mono Version)
Anatole Fistoulari, Philharmonia Orchestra
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mono Version)
Julius Katchen, Anatole Fistoulari, The New Symphony Orchestra of London
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1952
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Mono Version)
Wilhelm Kempff, Anatole Fistoulari, London Symphony Orchestra
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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En Italie (Mono Version)
Jan Peerce, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Strauss II: Accellerationen, Op. 234 (Mono Version)
New Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
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Khatchaturian: Gayne (Ballet Suite) (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Klassiek - Released by Everest on 6 okt. 2017
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Russian Orchestral Suites
London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Klassiek - Released by Guild Music on 15 mrt. 2014
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Rimsky-Korsakov, N.: Legend / The Snow Maiden Suite (Philharmonia, Fistoulari) (1953)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Klassiek - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on 1 jan. 1953
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Gounod, Berlioz, Massenet : Arias & Duets
Írma Kolássi, Raoul Jobin, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Operafragmenten - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 jan. 1954
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婴儿甜蜜的睡眠
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Klassiek - Released by Music Manager on 9 jun. 2017
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Сладкий тихий час для младенцев
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Klassiek - Released by Music Manager on 9 jun. 2017
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Classical: Winter
Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Klassiek - Released by Music Manager on 30 okt. 2015
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