Composer: John Barbirolli, Johannes Brahms, Edward William Elgar, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gustav Theodore Holst, Gustav Mahler, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Berl Senofsky, Richard Lewis, Maureen Forrester, Morley Meredith, William Lincer, John Corigliano, Leopold Rybb, Laszlo Varga, Westminster Choir
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: West Hill Radio Archive
Catalogue: WHRA6033
Release: 2010
Size: 993 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Part 1
04. Prelude
05. Jesu, Maria – I am near to death
06. Rouse thee, my fainting soul
07. Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus
08. I can no more; for now It comes again
09. Profiscere, anima Christiana
CD 02
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Part 2
01. Introduction
02. I went to sleep
03. My work Is done
04. Low-born clods of brute earth
05. I see not those false spirits
06. Praise to the Holiest
07. And now the threshold
08. The judgment now Is near
09. Be merciful, be gracious
10. Softly and gently
11. Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47
CD 03
Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob. I:88
01. I. Adagio – Allegro
02. II. Largo
03. III. Minuetto
04. IV. Finale
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, ‘Titan’
05. I. Langsam, schleppend – Immer sehr gemachlich
06. II. Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
07. III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen
08. IV. Sturmisch bewegt
CD 04
Barbirolli: An Elizabethan Suite
01. I. The Earl of Salisbury’s Pavane (After W. Byrd)
02. II. Irishe hoe-hoane (After the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
03. III. A Toye (After G. Farnaby)
04. IV. Giles Farnaby’s Dreame (After G. Farnaby)
05. V. The King’s Hunt (After J. Bull)
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
06. I. Mars, the Bringer of War
07. II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
08. III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
09. VI. Uranus, the Magician
10. IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 in D Minor
11. I. Fantasia (Variazioni senza tema)
12. II. Scherzo alla marcia
13. III. Cavatina
14. IV. Toccata
Barbirolli conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1936 to 1943 and returned to New York in 1959 to conduct the orchestra in a series of concerts featuring English repertoire rarely heard by Americans. Here are the best performances of Sir John’s visit, previously unissued, in state-of-the-art digital restorations. Includes “Dream of Gerontius” with Richard Lewis, a very fine Gerontius.
