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The Decca Sound in Hamburg and Paris: a trio of 1950s Tchaikovsky albums, including a pair of symphony recordings previously unpublished on CD.
This supple and beautifully proportioned 1952 mono account of the Fifth Symphony marked the debut on disc of the NDR Sinfonieorchester under its founding conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, the focus of two other recent Eloquence releases (symphonies by Mozart, 484 0353, and Dvořák, 484 0366). ‘Like most of the great European conductors,’ wrote the critic Harold C Schonberg, ‘[Schmidt-Isserstedt] has been brought up in a tradition that insists on selflessness before great music. The aim of conducting, as he sees it, is to bring out the message of the composer and not the skill.’
The other performances on this compilation have a French accent which particularly suits the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s orchestration. Albert Wolff (1884-1970) had begun recording for Decca in 1951 – Massenet’s Manon with the Opéra Comique – and he continued to make albums of French and Russian music throughout the 50s, with this combustible stereo account of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth being his envoi to the label. Carl Schuricht (1880-1967) was a no less welcome guest to the podium of the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra at that time. For EMI they made an admirably unfussy cycle of Beethoven symphonies, preserving the French Beethoven tradition at its most fleet and balletic, while their Decca recordings displayed the same virtues in the music of Schumann, Wagner and Tchaikovsky. These mono recordings of the Capriccio Italien and the Theme and Variations finale of the Third Orchestral Suite have only previously been available on CD as part of a larger box; their extrovert temperament makes them a fine complement to Wolff in the Fourth Symphony. (© Decca Music Group Limited / Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.)
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Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36, TH 27 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Albert Wolff, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Michael Williamson, Recording Producer - Ray Minshull, Recording Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer - James Timms, Recording Engineer
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Albert Wolff, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Michael Williamson, Recording Producer - Ray Minshull, Recording Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer - James Timms, Recording Engineer
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Albert Wolff, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Michael Williamson, Recording Producer - Ray Minshull, Recording Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer - James Timms, Recording Engineer
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Albert Wolff, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Michael Williamson, Recording Producer - Ray Minshull, Recording Producer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Recording Engineer - James Timms, Recording Engineer
℗ 1959 Decca Music Group Limited
Capriccio italien, Op. 45, TH 47 (Live) (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Carl Schuricht, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - John Culshaw, Recording Producer
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55, TH 33 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Carl Schuricht, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - John Culshaw, Recording Producer
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, TH 29 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - John Culshaw, Recording Producer
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - John Culshaw, Recording Producer
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - John Culshaw, Recording Producer
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Conductor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - John Culshaw, Recording Producer
℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited
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The Decca Sound in Hamburg and Paris: a trio of 1950s Tchaikovsky albums, including a pair of symphony recordings previously unpublished on CD.
This supple and beautifully proportioned 1952 mono account of the Fifth Symphony marked the debut on disc of the NDR Sinfonieorchester under its founding conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, the focus of two other recent Eloquence releases (symphonies by Mozart, 484 0353, and Dvořák, 484 0366). ‘Like most of the great European conductors,’ wrote the critic Harold C Schonberg, ‘[Schmidt-Isserstedt] has been brought up in a tradition that insists on selflessness before great music. The aim of conducting, as he sees it, is to bring out the message of the composer and not the skill.’
The other performances on this compilation have a French accent which particularly suits the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s orchestration. Albert Wolff (1884-1970) had begun recording for Decca in 1951 – Massenet’s Manon with the Opéra Comique – and he continued to make albums of French and Russian music throughout the 50s, with this combustible stereo account of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth being his envoi to the label. Carl Schuricht (1880-1967) was a no less welcome guest to the podium of the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra at that time. For EMI they made an admirably unfussy cycle of Beethoven symphonies, preserving the French Beethoven tradition at its most fleet and balletic, while their Decca recordings displayed the same virtues in the music of Schumann, Wagner and Tchaikovsky. These mono recordings of the Capriccio Italien and the Theme and Variations finale of the Third Orchestral Suite have only previously been available on CD as part of a larger box; their extrovert temperament makes them a fine complement to Wolff in the Fourth Symphony. (© Decca Music Group Limited / Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd.)
Details of original recording : La Maison de la Chimie, Paris, France, 5–6 May 1959 (Symphony No. 4); La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, 16–30 June 1952 (Capriccio italien, Suite No. 3); Hamburg, September/October 1952 (Symphony No. 5)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 02:03:03
- Main artists: Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Albert Wolff Carl Schuricht
- Composer: Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski
- Label: Decca
- Area: Russie
- Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek Symfonieën
- Period: Romantic Music
© 2020 Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd. ℗ 2020 Decca Music Group Limited
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