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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Khatchaturian: Gayne (Ballet Suite) (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
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Károly Goldmark: Violin Concerto No. 1 - Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto
Nathan Milstein, The Philharmonia, Harry Blech, Anatole Fistoulari
Concertos - Released by Praga Digitals on Nov 1, 2013
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Khachaturian: Piano Concerto/Violin Concerto, etc.
Aram Ilyitch Khatchaturian, Anatole Fistoulari, Stanley Black, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Feb 5, 1996
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos.2 & 3
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1999
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Giselle : un ballet d'Adolphe Adam
Natalie Dessay, Orchestre Symphonique de Londres, Anatole Fistoulari
Stories and Nursery Rhymes - Released by Didier Jeunesse on Oct 25, 2019
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Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky & Bruch: Concertos for Violin
Nathan Milstein, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, William Steinberg, Anatole Fistoulari, Leon Barzin
Classical - Released by Urania Records on May 27, 2016
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1973
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Leo Delibes : Coppélia & Sylvia
Minnesota Orchestra, Antal Doráti, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Ballets - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1992
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Adam: Giselle/Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne; Strauss, J. II: Graduation Ball
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Minnesota Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1996
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Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Sérénade mélancolique; Souvenir d'un lieu cher (Ruggiero Ricci: Complete Decca Recordings, Vol. 3)
Ruggiero Ricci, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Oivin Fjeldstad, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Oct 8, 2021
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Tchaikovsky : Ballet Suites - Serenade
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca on Mar 6, 2020
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Wilhelm Kempff: Complete Decca Recordings, Vol. 9)
Wilhelm Kempff, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on May 13, 2022
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Swan Lake (Ruggiero Ricci: Complete Decca Recordings, Vol. 8)
Ruggiero Ricci, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Oct 8, 2021
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; The Nutcracker
Anatole Fistoulari, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Oct 26, 2018
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Tchaikovsky : Sleeping Beauty - Symphony No. 4
Anatole Fistoulari, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca on Jan 11, 2019
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; The Sleeping Beauty - highlights
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1994
The Qobuz Essential Discography16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58: I. Andante (Live)
Rohan de Saram, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by First Hand Records on May 7, 2021
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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust; Massenet: Werther – Excerpts (Opera Gala – Volume 2)
Írma Kolássi, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Nov 13, 2020
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Tchaikovsky Ballet Music
John Hollingsworth, Efrem Kurtz, Anatole Fistoulari
Ballets - Released by Editions Audiovisuel Beulah on Jan 12, 2024
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Khachaturian: Piano Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Moura Lympany, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Jean Martinon
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Aug 17, 2018
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Concerto In Brazilian Forms
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari, Felicja Blumental
Concertos - Released by Brana Records on May 23, 2006
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