{"product_id":"sir-john-barbirolli-complete-rca-columbia-recordings-6-cds","title":"SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI \u0026 THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: COMPLETE RCA \u0026 COLUMBIA RECORDINGS (6 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/DESCRIPTION_WITH_WORLD_1_480x480.png?v=1585851059\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe young John Barbirolli was hardly known in America when the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra chose him to be Arturo Toscanini's successor starting in 1937. The 36-year-old Londoner's first season was a triumph with both players and audiences, and although his years in New York would be increasingly marred by unfair rivalry with Toscanini - lured back to lead a specially created NBC Symphony - and by partisan hostility from two influential critics, Barbirolli's tenure can now be looked back on as a real success. From 1938 until 1943, when he returned to the UK to take over Manchester's Hallé Orchestra, Sir John made a series of recordings in New York for American Columbia and RCA Victor which are still essential for a full appreciation of this revered conductor's career, \"performances that are as competitive today as they were when initially released\" (Fanfare). Sony Classical is pleased to reissue them in a newly remastered six-album set.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the treasures here are Debussy's Iberia and Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini and the first-ever recording of Schubert's Fourth (\"Tragic\") Symphony, together cited by Gramophone as \"a demonstration that the Philharmonic-Symphony had few rivals in the world at the time as a recording orchestra ... A forceful, high-powered reading [of the symphony] which yet has a Schubertian smile ... The crisp attack in the Tchaikovsky, even tauter than in Barbirolli's superb 1969 HMV New Philharmonia version, is thrillingly caught. The Debussy brings the most vivid sound of all, weighty and full of presence, with castanets and brass leaping out from the speakers. This is a white-hot performance, every bit as exciting as those of Toscanini, and with a moving vein of tenderness in the slow second movement.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are several works by Mozart, among them the Clarinet Concerto with Benny Goodman and the Symphony No. 25 and Piano Concerto No. 27 with Robert Casadesus. The Piano Concerto's opening Allegro \"is beautifully shaped with an almost palpable sense of wonder in the music and the pianist is definitely having a ball of time,\" said Classical Net. \"The final Allegro is also very commendable for its grand sense of pomp and majesty ... The exquisite symphony also receives wonderful attention and care from Barbirolli and the NYPSO. Here one can sense the conductor's love for Mozart's inspired melodies ... Benny Goodman is a characterful interpreter of the Clarinet Concerto.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The generous flavor of Barbirolli's Brahms comes through in the Academic Festival Overture and the Second Symphony,\" wrote Audiophile Audition's reviewer. \"The Overture is rife with ceremonial grandeur and jolly spirits. The D major Symphony has a debonair airiness and bucolic relaxation about it.\" And Sibelius's First Symphony\" should delight fans of Barbirolli's 1960s complete traversal of the symphonies ... The conductor's warmth, vision, and emotional urgency has lost none of its appeal in the more than half century that has passed\" (Fanfare).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNathan Milstein is playing the Bruch Concerto with \"the Philharmonic-Symphony in tremendous form,\" exclaimed MusicWeb International's critic. \"Barbirolli opens powerfully and Milstein responds in kind; not over emoted and with vibrato perfectly scaled to the demands of the music. He is really quite withdrawn and introspective in the Adagio, powerfully so indeed, and Barbirolli brings out the horn harmonies in a way that seems to reveal them for the first time. There is romantic fervour but also passagework clarity and digital cleanliness in the finale ... a model of concerto accompaniment and creative collaboration.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/STREAMING_BANNER_2_480x480.png?v=1585847653\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: calc(56.25% + 52px); height: 0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.song.link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falbum.link%2Fa%2FB084G946TN\u0026amp;theme=light\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/TRACK_LISTING_WITH_WORLD_1_480x480.png?v=1585851070\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Disc 1 -\u003cbr\u003e1 Purcell (Arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings, Woodwind and Horns (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e2 Debussy: Images Pour Orchestre, L. 122: No. 2, Iberia (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e3 Tchaikovsky: Francesca Da Rimini, Op. 32 (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e4 Respighi: Antiche Danze Et Arie Per Liuto, Suite No.3 (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e5 Respighi: Fontane Di Roma (Remastered)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 2 -\u003cbr\u003e1 Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417, \"Tragic\" (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e2 Schubert: 5 German Dances, D. 89 (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e3 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e4 Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e5 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 (Remastered)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 3 -\u003cbr\u003e1 Smetana: The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Overture (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e2 Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (Remastered) with Mishel Piastro, Violin; Joseph Schuster, Cello\u003cbr\u003e3 Ravel: La Valse, M. 72 (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e4 Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e5 Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e6 Debussy: Petite Suite, L. 65, No. 4 \"Ballet\" (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e7 Debussy: Première Rhapsodie, L. 116 (Remastered) with Benny Goodman, Clarinet\u003cbr\u003e8 Bach, J.S. (Arr. Barbirolli): Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208, No. 9 (Remastered)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 4 -\u003cbr\u003e1 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in a Major, K. 622 with Benny Goodman, Clarinet\u003cbr\u003e2 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595 (Remastered) with Robert Casadesus, Piano\u003cbr\u003e3 Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (Remastered)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 5 -\u003cbr\u003e1 Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (Remastered) with Nathan Milstein, Violin\u003cbr\u003e2 Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55: IV. Tema Con Variazioni. Andante Con Moto (Remastered)\u003cbr\u003e3 Various (Arr. Barbirolli): An Elizabethan Suite (Remastered)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SONY CLASSICS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31785731358807,"sku":"190759883822","price":75.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/71QUwGnRt0L._SS500.jpg?v=1587406538","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/sir-john-barbirolli-complete-rca-columbia-recordings-6-cds","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}