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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Khachaturian: Piano Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Moura Lympany, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Jean Martinon
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 17 ago. 2018
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1973
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Adam: Giselle
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Beeping Classics el 29 mar. 2024
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Concerto In Brazilian Forms
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Felicja Blumental
Música concertante - Editado por Brana Records el 23 may. 2006
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Hated by Hanslick
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Rias Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Music Manager el 27 ene. 2016
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Lumbye and Strauss
Lavard Frisholm, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Editions Audiovisuel Beulah el 7 oct. 2016
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Tchaikovsky & Bruch: Violin Concertos
Takayoshi Wanami, Anatole Fistoulari, Philharmonia Orchestra
Música concertante - Editado por Chandos el 1 sep. 1991
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Khatchaturian: Gayne (Ballet Suite) (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Everest el 6 oct. 2017
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Russian Orchestral Suites
London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Guild Music el 15 mar. 2014
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Rimsky-Korsakov, N.: Legend / The Snow Maiden Suite (Philharmonia, Fistoulari) (1953)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 1953
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Gounod, Berlioz, Massenet : Arias & Duets
Írma Kolássi, Raoul Jobin, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Fragmentos de ópera - Editado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. el 1 ene. 1954
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Encore, Vol. 2
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Blue Pie Records USA el 1 ene. 1979
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Indy: Istar - Fervaal - Dukas: La Peri
Westminster Symphony Orchestra of London, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 mar. 2013
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Dohnanyi, E.: Variations On A Nursery Theme / Strauss, R.: Burleske (Jacquinot, Philharmonia, Fistoulari) (1952)
Fabienne Jacquinot, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 2000
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Debussy, C.: Fantaisie / Honegger, A.: Piano Concertino / Milhaud, D.: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Jacquinot, Fistoulari) (1951, 1953)
Fabienne Jacquinot, Westminster Symphony Orchestra of London, Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 2000
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Saint-Saens, C.: Introduction Et Rondo Capriccioso / Havanaise / Sarasate, P.: Zigeunerweisen / Wieniawski, H.: Legende (Campoli) (1953, 1956)
Alfredo Campoli, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Pierino Gamba
Clásica - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 2000
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Poulenc, F.: Biches (Les) / Aubade (Jacquinot, Fistoulari) (1953-1954)
London Symphony Orchestra, Fabienne Jacquinot, Anatole Fistoulari, Westminster Symphony Orchestra of London
Clásica - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 2000
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Indy, V.: Symphonie Sur Un Chant Montagnard Francais / Saint-Saens, C.: Piano Concerto No. 5, "Egyptian" (Jacquinot, Fistoulari) (1953)
Westminster Symphony Orchestra of London, Fabienne Jacquinot, Anatole Fistoulari
Clásica - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 2000
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Vocal Recital (Bass): Arie, Raphael - Mussorgsky, M.P. / Glinka, M.I. / Lishin, G. / Grechaninov, A.T. (Recital of Russian Songs) (1953)
Raffaele Arié, Wilfred Parry, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 1953
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Vocal Recital: Robin, Mado - Bellini, V. / Arditi, L. / Proch, H. / Dell'Acqua, E. / Alabiev, A. (1956)
Mado Robin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 1 ene. 2000
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Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Sibelius: Violin Concerto (Menuhin) (1955)
Yehudi Menuhin, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Sir Adrian Boult
Clásica - Editado por Naxos Classical Archives el 7 ago. 2007
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