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ICA Classics

Sir Thomas Beecham (Live)

$44.99

Details

Composer
HAYDN MOZART BEETHOVEN
Artist
Beecham
Format
CD
Label
ICA Classics
Released
Apr 06, 2018
Catalog #
ICAC5148
UPC
5060244551480

About

Sir Thomas Beecham caught ‘live’ often showed the mercurial side of his character, and no performance was the same either in the studio or in the concert hall. ‘What Beecham sought at all times was freshness, and his unpredictability was a way to achieve this’ (David Patmore). All the performances included here from the Edinburgh Festival, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and the BBC Studios are from Beecham’s final years, from 1954 when he had fully established the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and himself as central figures in England’s musical life, to 1959 when he conducted an extraordinarily memorable account of Brahms’s Symphony No.2. Every broadcast is captured here in exemplary sound for the time, and apart from the Liszt and Haydn Symphony No.101, none of the performances in this set have appeared on an album before, which makes it extremely important for all collectors of the conductor.

Tracklist 31 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Adagio - Vivace assai 07:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Vivace assai
    Duration
    07:44
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  3. 2 II. Adagio 07:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  4. 3 III. Menuet: Allegretto 06:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuet: Allegretto
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  5. 4 IV. Finale: Vivace 04:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  6. 5 I. Adagio - Presto 06:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Adagio - Presto
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  7. 6 II. Andante 08:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  8. 7 III. Menuett: Allegro 07:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuett: Allegro
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  9. 8 IV. Finale: Vivace 04:31
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  10. 9 Symphony in D Major, Op. 43, G. 521 08:06
    Track
    9
    Title
    Symphony in D Major, Op. 43, G. 521
    Duration
    08:06
    Composer
    Luigi Boccherini
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3 12:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3
    Duration
    12:43
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  13. 2 I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso 08:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  14. 3 II. Poco adagio 08:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Poco adagio
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  15. 4 III. Menuetto 03:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Menuetto
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  16. 5 IV. Presto 05:16
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  17. 6 I. Adagio - Allegro 08:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  18. 7 II. Andante con moto 07:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  19. 8 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 04:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  20. 9 IV. Finale: Allegro 04:00
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  21. Disc 3
  22. 1 I. Adagio molto - Allegro molto 09:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio molto - Allegro molto
    Duration
    09:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  23. 2 II. Larghetto 11:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    11:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  24. 3 III. Scherzo 04:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  25. 4 IV. Allegro molto 06:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  26. 5 I. Allegro non troppo 14:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    14:39
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  27. 6 II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso 08:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  28. 7 III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai 05:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  29. 8 IV. Allegro con spirito 08:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  30. Disc 4
  31. 1 Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture 09:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture
    Duration
    09:59
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  32. 2 I. Faust 26:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Faust
    Duration
    26:34
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  33. 3 II. Gretchen 19:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Gretchen
    Duration
    19:56
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  34. 4 III. Mephistopheles 17:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Mephistopheles
    Duration
    17:18
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham
  35. 5 IV. Final Chorus 05:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Final Chorus
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Alexander Young
    Ensemble
    Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Thomas Beecham