London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor's Gallery, Vol. 9- Grzegorz Fitelberg, Wilhelm Furtwängler (2023) [24/48]

The Decca Conductor's Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

Spanning almost twenty years, the unique story of this set begins in May 1929 with Decca’s first major recording, Delius’s Sea Drift – a performance whose merits were obscured at the time by surface noise, but which the latest technology reveals to be a gloriously sympathetic reading of Delius’s poignant elegy. Back then, the conductor (Anthony Bernard) was not even printed on the 78 labels; yet, for a later recording in the set, a suite of Handel, the name of Erich Kleiber stands out: a sign of how far the label travelled in its first twenty years, through some choppy commercial waters, to become a byword for technological excellence and world-class musical artistry drawn from around the globe.

TRACKLIST

1. London Philharmonic Orchestra - Polovtsian Dances
2. London Philharmonic Orchestra - I. The Tsar's Farewell and Departure
3. London Philharmonic Orchestra - II. The Tsarina in a Barrel at Sea
4. London Philharmonic Orchestra - III. The Three Wonders
5. London Philharmonic Orchestra - I. Allegro non troppo
6. London Philharmonic Orchestra - II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso
7. London Philharmonic Orchestra - III. Allegretto grazioso. Quasi andantino - Presto ma non assai
8. London Philharmonic Orchestra - 4. Allegro con spirito



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