Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
01. Francesca da Rimini. Symphonic Fantasia after Dante, op.32 [23'14]
02. Hamlet. Fantasy Overture in F minor, op.67 [19'17]
Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York (aka New York Philharmonic Orchestra) conducted by Leopold Stokowski.
Everest SDBR 3011 (recorded October 1958; this digital remaster 2008)
(digital download - flacs, cover and booklet scans)
Recording venue: Manhattan Center, New York
Recording engineers: Bert Whyte & Aaron Nathanson; Producer: Bert Whyte
Another of Countdown Media's remastered Everest issues and one of the most famous. These recordings have appeared on numerous labels over the years (usually with substantially more music added) and they remain recordings of the works against which all others are compared. These remasters sound very fine indeed.
I was surprised to see even these fairly recent reissues still using the New York Phil's contractual pseudonym which I would have thought no longer obligatory after 60 years.
As Brian Wigman in his Classical Net review writes: "This record simply crackles with character...Stokowski wrings every drop of color and passion from these scores without really altering them in any way. This is all a good thing too; by staying faithful to what Tchaikovsky wrote, the players focus solely on the music at hand, and simply catch fire."
Download from MEGA.
01. Francesca da Rimini. Symphonic Fantasia after Dante, op.32 [23'14]
02. Hamlet. Fantasy Overture in F minor, op.67 [19'17]
Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York (aka New York Philharmonic Orchestra) conducted by Leopold Stokowski.
Everest SDBR 3011 (recorded October 1958; this digital remaster 2008)
(digital download - flacs, cover and booklet scans)
Recording venue: Manhattan Center, New York
Recording engineers: Bert Whyte & Aaron Nathanson; Producer: Bert Whyte
Another of Countdown Media's remastered Everest issues and one of the most famous. These recordings have appeared on numerous labels over the years (usually with substantially more music added) and they remain recordings of the works against which all others are compared. These remasters sound very fine indeed.
I was surprised to see even these fairly recent reissues still using the New York Phil's contractual pseudonym which I would have thought no longer obligatory after 60 years.
As Brian Wigman in his Classical Net review writes: "This record simply crackles with character...Stokowski wrings every drop of color and passion from these scores without really altering them in any way. This is all a good thing too; by staying faithful to what Tchaikovsky wrote, the players focus solely on the music at hand, and simply catch fire."
Download from MEGA.
