Sir Thomas Beecham (Live)

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Label
ICA Classics
Release Date
April 6, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HAYDN MOZART BEETHOVEN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Beecham
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 06, 2018
    • UPC
      5060244551480
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ICAC5148
    • LABEL
      ICA Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio - Vivace assai

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    3. III. Menuet: Allegretto

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    4. IV. Finale: Vivace

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    5. I. Adagio - Presto

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    6. II. Andante

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    7. III. Menuett: Allegro

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    8. IV. Finale: Vivace

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    9. Symphony in D Major, Op. 43, G. 521

      Composer: Luigi Boccherini

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    10. A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, MWV P3

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    11. I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    12. II. Poco adagio

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    13. III. Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    14. IV. Presto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    15. I. Adagio - Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    16. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    17. III. Menuetto: Allegretto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    18. IV. Finale: Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    19. I. Adagio molto - Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    20. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    21. III. Scherzo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    22. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    23. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    24. II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    25. III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    26. IV. Allegro con spirito

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    27. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    28. I. Faust

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    29. II. Gretchen

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    30. III. Mephistopheles

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham

    31. IV. Final Chorus

      Composer: Franz Liszt

      Ensemble: Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Alexander Young

      Conductor: Thomas Beecham


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.