THE ART OF DIMITRI MITROPOULOS Vol.1 (4CD)

THE ART OF DIMITRI MITROPOULOS Vol. 1 (4CD)
Broadcast Performances, 1941-1957

Few great conductors can be classified by just a few characteristics. Although this cautionary remark applies to Dimitri Mitropoulos, it seems safe to say that, among other things, he was renowned for (1) performances of intensity and animation, (2) his willingness, even eagerness, to explore unfamiliar repertory, and (3) his photographic memory.
Ample evidence of the first two characteristics can be heard in this collection of live performances, many previously unreleased, with the Philharmonic-Symphony and the NBC Symphony Orchestra in repertoire with which his career was closely associated.
2008 digital restorations utilizing the revolutionary "harmonic balancing" technique". (Music and Arts)

CD 1
BERG: Violin Concerto
Joseph Szigeti, Violin
NBC Symphony Orchestra
on December 11, 1945

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Jean Casadesus, Piano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra (New York Philharmonic)
on February 23, 1957, Binghampton, New York

CD 2
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis.
CHAUSSON: Symphony in Bb, Op. 20.
STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Firebird
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra (New York Philharmonic)
on August 29, 1943

CD 3
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, “Spring”,
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra (New York Philharmonic)
on November 15, 1953, Carnegie Hall

R. STRAUSS: Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony), Op. 64,
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra (New York Philharmonic)
on November 23, 1947, Carnegie Hall

CD 4: In Honor of Ferruccio Busoni
MOZART, arr Busoni: Overture to Idomeneo
BUSONI: Indian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Two Sketches for Doktor Faustus - Sarabande, Cortege
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35a
Joseph Szigeti, Violin
Egon Petri, Piano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra (New York Philharmonic)
on December 28, 1941, Carnegie Hall

Szigeti recalls Busoni (3:43)
from a talk given in 1965 at Harvard University