07 April 2021

Sir Thomas Beecham / Royal Philharmonic - Richard Strauss. Bourgeois Gentilhomme ~ Intermezzo ~ Feuersnot ~ Ariadne auf Naxos - HMV 1947-8

Richard Strauss:
"Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", op 60 - 7 excerpts 
"Intermezzo" - Interlude
"Feuersnot" - Love Scene
"Ariadne auf Naxos" - overture **         4 files zip 16/44 FLAC  Mega Download         

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham

EMI World Records  SH 378 (1980)  -&-  ** RCA  RL 42821 (1979).  Transfers by Keith Hardwick  -&-  ** Ralph Mace (+3db Treble added).
Recorded: February, March, October, November 1947 & March 1948 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road (15 Oct 1947 - Ariadne) . 
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5 comments:

  1. Thank you very much for your wonderful uploads. You are a beacon for music lovers who value recordings of historic importance.

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    1. Thanks for the kind comment!
      Beecham was well-served on World Records so have a bit more (Delius boxes, etc). Have been told the LP's are rather superior to the CD issues.
      Happen to have a new 78 set of B.Gentilhomme (6) but Hardwick's transfer from Vinyls is rather quieter.. (tho' over-bright for the other side). I'd be interested if the BBC 'Elektra' was on the 'net as it's almost 40 years since hearing it on BBC Radio 3.

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    2. Many thanks for this - WRC did a great job for Beecham.

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    3. Vague suspicion the CD had something extra in the Strauss-line?
      Had intended uploading, quite some time back, Bantock Fifine from the better 1981 SXLP (c/w stereo Songs of Sunset) + the HQM of Fand + maybe Delius Contry Sketches / Arnell - all around 1949-ish.

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