Carl Schuricht - Unissued Broadcast Recordings (2001) [4CD]

• Title: Unissued Broadcast Recordings
  
• Year Of Release: 1937-1951 [2001]
  
• Label: Music & Arts [CD-1094]
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: FLAC (*image + .cue, log)
  
• Total Time: 03:55:18
  
• Total Size: 499 mb (+3%rec.)
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

Carl Schuricht (1880-1967), who conducted many major orchestras all over the world but had no permanent post after the Second World War, is represented in this collection by repertoire ranging from J.C. Bach to Reger, all of it appearing here for the first time in any format.

Schuricht in a sense bridged the older generation of Romantic interpreters and the modem, objective style of conducting. His sense of balance derived from the old school, with a firm bass line and a typically layered sound. His fine ear resulted in allowing all important parts to be heard. Schuricht's tempo choices were generally on the quick side, and flexible as a rule. His rhetorical gestures were plentiful but rarely extreme, and always with a clear structural basis. The drama of Schuricht's performances resulted from the music itself, not from his podium manner. He was on one hand Felix Weingartner's heir, but undeniably also a product of the same time and culture that produced Abendroth, Furtwängler, and Knappertsbusch.

Schuricht's repertoire ranged from Bach and Handel right through to the Twentieth Century. In addition to composers mentioned above, he conducted contemporary works by Werner Egk, Gottfried von Einem, Frank Martin, Marcel Poot, Rudi Stephan, and a host of others. After the war, he was best known for his interpretations of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schumann. He would not however hesitate to program an occasional novelty in his later years, such as Alban Berg's Seven Early Songs.

This new set "features performances that are often inspired and rarely less than fine"

— Steve Holtje, CDNOW Senior Editor, Classical, March 2002


Tracks:

DISC 1
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
(Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, 29 Apr. 1950)
1. Prelude to Act I / 11:28
2. Isolde's Liebestod / 06:51
3. Mendelssohn: Athalia Overture, Op.74 / 09:23
(Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, 29 Apr. 1950)
Reger: Variations and Fuge on a Theme by Mozart, Op.132
(Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, 5 Nov. 1950)
4. Theme and 8 Variations / 22:34
5. Fugue. Allegretto grazioso / 09:21

DISC 2
Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major, Hob VIIb:2 (Op.101)
(with Enrico Mainardi, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, 5 Nov. 1950)
1. I. Allegro moderato / 13:59
2. II. Adagio / 06:54
3. III. Rondo: Allegro / 06:15
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor, D.759 'Unfinished'
(Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, 29 Feb. 1952)
4. I. Allegro moderato / 11:31
5. II. Allegro con moto / 12:00

DISC 3
Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor (Org. 1894 Version, ed. A. Orel)
(Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Nov. 1951)
1. I. Feierlich: Misterioso / 23:38
2. II. Scherzo: Bewegt, lebhaft - Trio: Schnell / 10:11
3. III. Adagio: Langsam feierlich / 22:14

DISC 4
1. Wagner: Siegfried's Death (from Götterdämmerung) / 11:00
(Grosses Berliner Rundfunkorchester, 19 Jun. 1942)
2. Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ Major, Op.55 (II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai) / 15:28
(Grosses Berliner Rundfunkorchester, 19 Jun. 1942)
J. C. Bach: Sinfonia in D Major, Op.18 No.4
(Orchester des Reichssenders Berlin, 9 Apr. 1937)
3. I. Allegro con spirito / 04:03
4. II. Andante / 03:39
5. III. Rondo: Presto / 02:24
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92
(Orchester des Reichssenders Berlin, 26 Feb. 1937)
6. I. Poco sostenuto / 11:19
7. II. Allegretto / 07:43
8. III. Presto / 06:56
9. IV. Allegro con brio / 06:27

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