Since you are interested in Symphonies Nos 3 & 5 (recorded 1957 & 1960), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 9 & 19 (recorded 1952-56) Clara Haskil (piano) / Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra / Otto Ackermann / Ferenc Fricsay [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Listening to the Bucharest-born Clara Haskil (1895-1960) always brings much joy. Her playing exudes musicality, whether it is Mozart, Falla or Hindemith...A very recommendable release." (Colin Clarke classicalsource.com) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 6 / Violin Concerto (Rec 1955/60) David Oistrakh (violin) / Stockholm Festival Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Kletzki [ Medici Masters / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] "Another fine entrant in this increasingly useful series, this Tchaikovsky release is a testament to Kletzki's under-sung symphonic eloquence and adds the absorbing Oistrakh performance." (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
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... |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.5 in C minor / Symphony No.6 in F major, Pastoral (recorded 1956) Kolner Rudnfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Erich Kleiber [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "The Fifth is fiery and lucid...Nothing is taken for granted, and that freshness is even more apparent in the Sixth, which moves briskly, but with extraordinarily sweet-toned strings...one might think this was a performance given recently by a major... |
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. |