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Nicolai Malko conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1957-1960)
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Nicolai Malko conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1957-1960)

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Composer
BRUCKNER HAYDN KODALY
Artist
Malko
Format
CD
Label
Lyrita
Released
Mar 11, 2016
Catalog #
REAM2120
UPC
5020926212023

About

Ukrainian-born conductor Nicolai Malko studied music in St. Petersburg. He eventually began teaching at the Moscow and Leningrad Conservatories. Malko had a sporadic relationship with the BBC, and although he was never a staff conductor, he visited, taught, and conducted occasionally from 1929 until his passing in 1962. This 4-disc set contains some of Malko’s best conducting for BBC broadcast, including works by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Haydn, Mussorgsky, Bruckner, and more.

"This well-transferred collection of BBC broadcasts has to be one of the most significant "historical" orchestral releases in recent years. There are of course various commercial discs with Malko; here, though, we have the Russian-born conductor captured in full flight.

The principle novelty is The Kodaly's one-act theater piece The Spinning Room, sung in English, and thoroughly enjoyable. The remainder of the set is purely orchestral.

Minor tape imperfections and playing fluffs notwithstanding, this is a musically enriching set and our experience of the conductor is duly extended." – Gramophone

Tracklist 41 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo 10:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo
    Duration
    10:54
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  3. 2 II. Andantino marziale, quasi moderato 07:25
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino marziale, quasi moderato
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  4. 3 III. Scherzo and Trio: Allegro molto vivace 04:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo and Trio: Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  5. 4 IV. Finale: Moderato assai - Allegro vivo 11:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Moderato assai - Allegro vivo
    Duration
    11:21
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  6. 5 I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo 09:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegretto - Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    09:26
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Peatfield
  7. 6 II. Allegro 04:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Peatfield
  8. 7 III. Lento 08:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Lento
    Duration
    08:46
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Peatfield
  9. 8 IV. Allegro molto 09:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Peatfield
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1 I. Allegro spiritoso 06:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro spiritoso
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  12. 2 II. Andante 07:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  13. 3 III. Menuet - Trio: Allegretto 03:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuet - Trio: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  14. 4 IV. Finale: Vivace 30:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    30:09
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  15. 5 Khovanshchina: Overture 05:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    Khovanshchina: Overture
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  16. 6 Tsarskaya nevesta (The Tsar's Bride), Op. 4: Overture 06:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tsarskaya nevesta (The Tsar's Bride), Op. 4: Overture
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  17. 7 I. Largo - Allegro - Allegretto - Largo 11:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Largo - Allegro - Allegretto - Largo
    Duration
    11:56
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  18. 8 II. Allegro 04:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  19. 9 III. Allegro risoluto 05:36
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro risoluto
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  20. 10 IV. Allegretto - Adagio 11:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Allegretto - Adagio
    Duration
    11:14
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  21. Disc 3
  22. 1 I. Allegro moderato 20:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    20:49
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  23. 2 II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam 22:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
    Duration
    22:54
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  24. 3 III. Scherzo: Sehr schnell 09:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Sehr schnell
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  25. 4 IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht schnell 11:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht schnell
    Duration
    11:58
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Nikolai Malko
  26. Disc 4
  27. 1 Scene 1: Prelude - Far away I'm going (Lover, Housewife) 05:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 1: Prelude - Far away I'm going (Lover, Housewife)
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Owen Brannigan, Norma Proctor
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  28. 2 Scene 1: We must part, my dearest love (Lover, Housewife) 02:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 1: We must part, my dearest love (Lover, Housewife)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Owen Brannigan, Norma Proctor
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  29. 3 Scene 2: Mother, when so thenderly you nourished me (Housewife) 01:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 2: Mother, when so thenderly you nourished me (Housewife)
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Norma Proctor
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  30. 4 Scene 3: Oh I want a young and handsome husband (Women) 01:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 3: Oh I want a young and handsome husband (Women)
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Ensemble
    BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  31. 5 Scene 3: Empty the chest, nothing doing (Women) 02:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 3: Empty the chest, nothing doing (Women)
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Ensemble
    BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  32. 6 Scene 3: See the weeping willows (Housewife) 03:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 3: See the weeping willows (Housewife)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Norma Proctor
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  33. 7 Scene 3: Once I went to market (Housewife) 03:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 3: Once I went to market (Housewife)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Norma Proctor
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  34. 8 Scene 4: Every girl is good and charming (Youth, Girl) 02:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 4: Every girl is good and charming (Youth, Girl)
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Duncan Robertson, Elizabeth Simon
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  35. 9 Scene 5: I am dying mother, surely (All) 12:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 5: I am dying mother, surely (All)
    Duration
    12:28
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Elizabeth Simon, Norma Proctor, Kathleen Joyce, Duncan Robertson, Dennis Dowling, Owen Brannigan
    Ensemble
    BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  36. 10 Scene 5: Shoo, shoo, buzzing fly (Women, Youth) 01:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    Scene 5: Shoo, shoo, buzzing fly (Women, Youth)
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Duncan Robertson
    Ensemble
    BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  37. 11 Scene 6: I have but just arrived (Mummer Flea) 01:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    Scene 6: I have but just arrived (Mummer Flea)
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Dennis Dowling
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  38. 12 Scene 6: Long Nose comes a-calling (Chorus) 01:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scene 6: Long Nose comes a-calling (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Ensemble
    BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  39. 13 Scene 6: From far distant snow-capped mountains (Girl, Youth) 06:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    Scene 6: From far distant snow-capped mountains (Girl, Youth)
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Elizabeth Simon, Duncan Robertson
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  40. 14 Scene 6: Wise it were and timely (Mummer Flea) 03:02
    Track
    14
    Title
    Scene 6: Wise it were and timely (Mummer Flea)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Dennis Dowling
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  41. 15 Scene 6: Come home quickly, mother dearest (Housewife) 04:22
    Track
    15
    Title
    Scene 6: Come home quickly, mother dearest (Housewife)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Norma Proctor
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  42. 16 Scene 6: I rove, I look around (Lover) 03:08
    Track
    16
    Title
    Scene 6: I rove, I look around (Lover)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Owen Brannigan
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  43. 17 Scene 6: Ah! (Chorus) 01:52
    Track
    17
    Title
    Scene 6: Ah! (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Ensemble
    BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  44. 18 Scene 7: Shades of eve are slowly falling (Housewife, Chorus) 03:50
    Track
    18
    Title
    Scene 7: Shades of eve are slowly falling (Housewife, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Norma Proctor
    Ensemble
    BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard
  45. 19 Scene 7: Softly chime the leaves together - Tell me dearest are you still my true love (All) 08:59
    Track
    19
    Title
    Scene 7: Softly chime the leaves together - Tell me dearest are you still my true love (All)
    Duration
    08:59
    Composer
    Zoltán Kodály
    Performer
    Elizabeth Simon, Norma Proctor, Kathleen Joyce, Duncan Robertson, Dennis Dowling, Owen Brannigan
    Ensemble
    BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Paul Beard