Conductor: Guido Cantelli
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 6790432
Release: 2012
Size: 1.97 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Mozart: Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Menuetto. Maestoso
03. III. Adagio cantabile
04. IV. Presto
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Andante
07. III. Menuetto
08. IV. Allegro con spirito
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
09. II. Andante con moto
10. III. Allegro –
11. IV. Allegro – Presto
CD 02
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
01. I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Presto – Assai meno presto
04. IV. Allegro con brio
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Andante con moto
Rossini: Overture
07. La gazza ladra
Rossini: L’assedio di Corinto
08. Sinfonia
CD 03
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 “Italian”
01. I. Allegro vivace
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Con modo moderato
04. IV. Saltarello. Presto
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120
05. I. Ziemlich langsam – Lebhaft
06. II. Romanze. Ziemlich langsam
07. III. Scherzo. Lebhaft
08. IV. Langsam – Presto
Casella: Paganiniana, Op. 65
09. I. Allegro agitato
10. II. Polachetta
11. III. Romanza
12. IV. Tarantella
CD 04
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
01. I. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro
02. II. Andante sostenuto
03. III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
04. IV. Finale. Adagio
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
05. I. Allegro con brio
06. II. Andante
07. III. Poco allegretto
08. IV. Allegro
CD 05
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
01. Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
02. I. Andante – Allegro con anima
03. II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
04. III. Valse. Allegro moderato
05. IV. Finale. Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace
CD 06
01. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”
02. I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo
03. II. Allegro con grazia
04. III. Allegro molto vivace
05. IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso
CD 07
01. Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, CD 87, L. 86
Debussy: Nocturnes, CD 98, L. 91
02. No. 1, Nuages
03. No. 2, Fêtes
Debussy: La Mer, CD 111, L. 109
04. I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer
05. II. Jeux de vagues
06. III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, CD 130, L. 124
07. I. La cour des lys (Instrumental Version)
08. II. Danse extatique (Instrumental Version)
09. III. La passion (Instrumental Version)
10. IV. Le bon pasteur (Instrumental Version)
11. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
CD 08
01. Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier
Falla: Suite No. 2 from El sombrero de tres picos
02. I. Los vecinos
03. II. Danza del molinero. Farruca
04. III. Danza final. Jota
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57
05. I. Lever du jour
06. II. Pantomime
07. III. Danse générale
Franck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48
08. I. Lento – Allegro non troppo
09. II. Allegretto
10. III. Allegro non troppo
CD 09
Remembering
01. Introduction: Beethoven Symphony No. 5: Finale
02. Introduction: first recordings
03. Cantelli’s impact on the Philharmonia – Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
04. Cantelli’s uncompromising perfectionism
05. Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 ‘Italian’: Finale
06. Recording sessions – Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 in rehearsal
07. The Philharmonia’s relationship with Cantelli – Debussy: La Mer: Jeux de Vagues
08. Cantelli’s method at recording sessions – Brahms Symphony No. 3: Finale
09. Cantelli’s impact on the audience – Beethoven Symphony No. 5: Scherzo in rehearsal
10. Cantelli’s final recording and death – Beethoven Symphony No. 5: Finale
This fine collection includes many exceptional Cantelli recordings of Cantelli’s remastered to perfection. Including 8 CDs of music and a new 60 minute audio documentary about Cantelli’s life this is the ultimate tribute to the great Italian conductor.
Among these recordings his Schumann’s Symphony no.4 (1953) and Brahms’s Symphony no.3 (1955) testify to the vitality of spirit and clarity of orchestral texture that were hallmarks of his performances. He was considered a conductor of characteristic Italianate verve, tempered by a sensibility to expressive nuance and balance of timbre. Cantelli was an advocate of rehearsing as well as performing without a score. He also liked to record in long takes, with the minimum of later correction. Widely regarded as Toscanini’s successor he came to a tragic end only a few days after being appointed principal conductor at La Scala when he died in a plane crash aged only 36.
Guido Cantelli’s meteoric impact in his tragically cut-short life is recalled here from the perspectives of musicians, the audience and also a never before heard recording of a rehearsal. Former Philharmonia Orchestra members reincarnate their experiences with Cantelli, whose fanaticism can be heard as he repeats passages in the EMI recording session of Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe (Second Suite), which is preserved in stereo. The effect Cantelli had on his public is also brought to life in audience memories of his performances in the concert hall. As well as the music of Ravel, there are extracts from EMI recordings of Cantelli conducting works of Beethoven, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Franck, Debussy and Casella.