Since you are interested in Symphony No.5 in B flat major, Op.100 (with works by Rossini & Vivaldi) (Recorded 1955/57/74), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W.A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN
String Quartets (rec 1956) Amadeus Quartet [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "it is striking that the relatively early performances show the Amadeus achieving a combination of focused intensity, delicacy and intellectual power that may surprise those who know them only from their later appearances" Stephen Johnson |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 Pathetique (rec 1955) (with works by Mozart & Weber) Kalner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Erich Kleiber [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "...an account of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony..it's amazing, it's devastating...it's preceded by Weber's Euryanthe Overture, exploding like a rocket, amd Mozart's Symphony No.33, in which Kleiber sets a standard for his son Carlos to match." (BBC... |
W.A. MOZART
Symphony No 39 / Oboe Concerto / German Dances / etc (recorded 1955/56) Lothar Faber (oboe) / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Erich Kleiber [ Medici Masters / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] Erich Kleiber (1890-1956) was born in Vienna and studied at the Prague Conservatory. His first major appointment was General Music Director at the Berlin State Opera in 1923 where he remained until 1934. |
ANTONIO SALIERI
Overtures and Ballet Music Volume 2 Mannheim Mozart Orchestra / Thomas Fey (conductor) [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "Salieri was no pushover. Neither is Fey who, as usual, couples individuality in interpretation to dynamic, sizzling conducting and whiplash precision of ensemble...[His] grasp of extremes is a fearless re-creation of Salieri's creative invention.... |
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition & other Russian works (Recorded 1956/57) Philharmonia Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Eugene Goossens [ Medici Masters / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] Sir Eugene Goossens was the third member of the illustrious Goossens family - Leon and Sidonie being the others. After leaving the Royal College of Music (1907-1912) he became a violinist with the Queen's Hall Orchestra (1912-15) before becoming an... |
VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI
Orchestral works (Rec.1959-61 ) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Tullio Serafin [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This Serafin release, in excellent stereo, demonstrates his long and celebrated association with Italian opera, and represents the first of some carefully selected artists and titles for the future. |
PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor / Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra and Trumpet No.1 in C (rec 1955/56) Shura Cherkassky (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Menges [ Medici Masters / CD - released 24/Oct/2007 ] Shura Cherkassky (1909-1995) was a pupil of the legendary pianist Josef Hofman at the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Cherkassky was considered to be one of the greatest romantic virtuosos of the 20th Century and apart from the playing the major... |
ANTONIO SALIERI
Overtures and Ballet Music Volume 1 Thomas Fey (conductor) / Mannheim Mozart Orchestra [ Hanssler Classic / CD - released 16/Apr/2008 ] "This is not complex music. Broad effects sometimes sound remarkably modern - an Allegro brillante from the same Suite nods to Salieri's pupil Beethoven. "May the name of Salieri regain a bit of the well-deserved, dignified lustre it once had," is... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 Emperor / Piano Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53 Waldstein (Rec 1956-1959) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Georg Solti [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] Backhaus was probably a finer pianist live than in the confines of the studio as his style became much freer and less analytical. The superb live concert performance of Beethoven's "Waldstein" Sonata from the Beethovenhalle in Bonn in 1959 supports... |