Sir John Barbirolli - Complete RCA & Columbia (CD)

Details: The young John Barbirolli was hardly known in America when the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra chose him to be Arturo Toscanini's successor starting in 1937. The 36-year-old Londoner's first season was a triumph with both players and audiences, and although his years in New York would be increasingly marred by unfair rivalry with Toscanini - lured back to lead a specially created NBC Symphony - and by partisan hostility from two influential critics, Barbirolli's tenure can now be looked back on as a real success. From 1938 until 1943, when he returned to the UK to take over Manchester's Hallé Orchestra, Sir John made a series of recordings in New York for American Columbia and RCA Victor which are still essential for a full appreciation of this revered conductor's career, "performances that are as competitive today as they were when initially released" (Fanfare). Sony Classical is pleased to reissue them in a newly remastered six-album set.

Tracklist:

1. Purcell (Arr. Barbirolli): Suite for Strings Woodwind and Horns (Remastered)
2. Debussy: Images Pour Orchestre L. 122: No. 2 Iberia (Remastered)
3. Tchaikovsky: Francesca Da Rimini Op. 32 (Remastered)
4. Respighi: Antiche Danze Et Arie Per Liuto Suite No.3 (Remastered)
5. Respighi: Fontane Di Roma (Remastered)
6. Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor D. 417 "Tragic" (Remastered)
7. Schubert: 5 German Dances D. 89 (Remastered)
8. Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 73 (Remastered)
9. Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op. 39 (Remastered)
10. Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 43 (Remastered)
11. Smetana: The Bartered Bride JB 1:100: Overture (Remastered)
12. Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34 (Remastered) with Mishel Piastro Violin; Joseph Schuster Cello
13. Ravel: La Valse M. 72 (Remastered)
14. Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture Op. 9 (Remastered)
15. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 (Remastered)
16. Debussy: Petite Suite L. 65 No. 4 "Ballet" (Remastered)
17. Debussy: Première Rhapsodie L. 116 (Remastered) with Benny Goodman Clarinet
18. Bach J.S. (Arr. Barbirolli): Sheep May Safely Graze BWV 208 No. 9 (Remastered)
19. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in a Major K. 622 with Benny Goodman Clarinet
20. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major K. 595 (Remastered) with Robert Casadesus Piano
21. Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor K. 183 (Remastered)
22. Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26 (Remastered) with Nathan Milstein Violin
23. Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G Major Op. 55: IV. Tema Con Variazioni. Andante Con Moto (Remastered)
24. Various (Arr. Barbirolli): An Elizabethan Suite (Remastered)