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Is 100 years old 1924 was a long time ago

I was working at the Phoenix Symphony in the late 90s - early 2000s when they put on a program initially titled Death, Grief and Transfiguration, with this piece as the obvious centerpiece. The orchestra members - in their own puckish way - referred to it as Death and Asphyxiation. Weirdly, although the concert title had been vetted, approved and published in the series catalogue as Death, Grief and Transfiguration, certain "friends of the Symphony" (read: major donors) didn't like the title and said it was "too depressing." So, the Box Office and Marketing team had to scramble to come up with a new title that wouldn't "creep out" our "friends." The title we eventually decided on was "Passages," because it was neutral, descriptive and tied into musical vocabulary.

Interesting that the tempo is slower than often done. Even more interesting is that at least in the opening, the cellos and basses pizzicato are always rushing on count 3, despite what the snare drum is doing. Which is 100% evidence that it is being conducted by a non-conductor.

An excellent reading by a great conductor. Sounds terrific. Thanks, Paul. Abendroth was a teacher at the Leipzig Academy during the time the outstanding German conductor Klaus Tennstedt was a student there. He often acknowledged Abendroth as an influence on his own interpretive style.

Possibly the best of the nearly forgotten conductors of the past. An original mind who knew what he wanted interpretatively and how to get it.

After my dad passed I was looking through his45's and ninety percent were negro groups from the forties, fifties and sixties. I was always under the impression that he was a country guy of the sixties and seventies. I think alot of them were from Korea. Talk about great music. Soul and blues. Doesn't get any better.

One of the original crossroads masterpieces

Just wonderful to hear Prokofiev play this concerto. In my opinion the greatest piano concerto of the 20th Century.

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Toscanini’s command of Wagner & Richard Strauss is uncanny.

Se credo di poter dire che la Landowska sia stata l'interprete ideale di Bach, non posso dire la medesima cosa per Couperin! Certi atteggiamenti nel fraseggio, nei tempi soprattutto, non mostrano il medesimo afflato intimo ed inimitabile!... Tuttavia, con parecchie riserve, anche dovute alla sonorità impropria del magnifico strumento (Pleyel mi sembra ne fosse il costruttore) quando ascolto queste registrazioni, mi pare d'intendere assai più la poetica originalissima e veramente Grande di questo Francois, che appunto Grand fu soprannominato!... Moltissime grazie!

Großartig - die Interpretation und das Remastering!

I'd be more glad if folks realized Edison stole ideas from the folks who actually invented stuff. I'm not inclined to believe Edison made the first sounds when we know he stole stuff from Nikola Tesla.

A great performance of the Strauss masterwork, beautifully restored. Thanks, Paul.

The bass is just not sufficiently present. Drum rolls nearly inaudible at the climax of the Transfiguration. Perhaps it's the sound engineering which to my ears is wan in all AT's Philadelphia recordings. (Jascha Horenstein gets the palm in this work.)

This wonderful performance has never sounded better, to my ears. Thanks so much, Paul, for the early Christmas present!

Listening to this masterpiece 100 years later

Is it me not being able to hear something, or does the opening differ from that from the recording by Barbirolli and Cortot? This one omits several bars, right? I'm talking about the recording on your channel Thank you very much for publishing!

5:05

Over 115 years old (getting on for 120!) and what a great performance, how cleanly the voice come through. Priceless recording. Thanks so much for the restoration!

Tuesday December 3 (2024)

This is the heart and soul of the South. By the grace of God I was born in the South.

After almost 90 years have elapsed, this performance remains the GOLD STANDARD by which all others should be compared. Unfortunately, the majority of them fall short in one way or another, and none can match Cortot’s “jeu perle” singing and scintillating touch at 22:48. It’s no wonder that Vladimir Horowitz wanted to study with Cortot - a perfect technique is one thing, but consistently producing a rich, beautiful, and magical sound/tone is incredibly rare.

An excellent D9, with which I was not familiar. Beautiful restoration, as always. Thanks, Paul

Unfortunately, I think in intro, the word "Danish" was Spelled as "Vanish".

Beautiful. We can only imagine what more Kapell might have given us had he lived longer. I've read that prior to his death he had been advised to stop touring due to serious respiratory issues. Thanks for the polish.

Thank you very much for posting it!! Although I am precisely lucky enough to own it in its best format (vinyl LP) and in its best version, the 1960 Deutsche Grammophon recording, performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

Thank you! Can you please also remaster Landon Ronald’s version?

Thank you very much for posting this, I won't ask for you to upload anymore videos, you can just upload whatever you want, pal.

It is a true gift to hear this as it was originally written with Gershwin himself playing. It certainly has a very special personality here, definitely jauntier than most modern versions. But that doesn't make the newer recordings incorrect. Music is meant to be interpreted and reinterpreted. And if he'd lived longer, Gershwin also may have been playing it differently in later years, just as Duke Ellington adjusted his most important pieces over the decades. "Rhapsody in Blue" is a beautiful piece in any number of musical arrangements.

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At the time the first voice recording, slavery was still legal in some US States.

Recorded 28 days before his death in a plane crash in California...

This recording has character. A lot modern musicians use fancy effects to try and get this sound intentionally. No need to be self-conscious.

Who cares about the quality? This is a major musical statement ❤

Great restoration of this outstanding performance. Thank you for sharing!

i learned more awesome info in your description than i ever knew before thanks!

I agree with Steve. Great work, Paul. Thanks.

Thank you, this recording is really wonderfully beautiful!

Transcendental.

Hofmann's prodigious technique right up there with Art Tatum's as the greatest of the 20th century, IMHO. And the best sounding restoration of this heavenly performance I've heard to date. Thanks so much for this!

Awesome, thank you so so much for uploading this great recording of Franck's symphony in d minor, sorry to ask again, but can you make a video of Nicolai Malko's recording of Dvorak's New World Symphony with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1948? Thank you so much.

In the future, everyone will have a phonograph, instead of mailing paper letters we'll be sending wax cylinders with recordings of our own voices. Imagine being able to hear the voice of a loved one from across the continent! Crazy

Laying in bed at 2am watching this in a house that was built in 1892 is a little unsettling

WAGNER Y FURTWANGLER: ¡MARAVILLOSO! QUÉ BUENOS INTÉRPRETES Y QUE BUENA GRABACION. GRACIAS POR HABER SUBIDO ESTA GRABACION.

I performed Rhapsody In Blue on piano accompanied by my high school orchestra many years ago. Brings back fond memories.

wow fantastic audio!

Superb sound. Legendary supreme performance by two of the greatest musical masters of all time.

Btw how this was recorded? Any extra info? How this is different from caruso's recordings on same year? (Because here all sound very nice)