Musik - Sprache der Welt - Seleted Orchestral Recordings I [1953-1956] 10 CD's

Posted By : DanseDePuck | Date : 09 Oct 2009 05:06:31 | Comments : 5 |

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From the introductory notes by David Butchart: "In February 1954, as part of a promotional campaign, Deutsche Grammophon produced a now legendary 10-inch LP titled Musik ... Sprache der Welt (Music - the Universal Language), that presented selections of its then current recordings. That LP, now a rare collector's item, consisted of extracts of works by the great composers. Each selection had a brief spoken introduction and was intended as a marketing tool for salesmen, to give - as Deutsche Grammophon wrote - "An impression of the breath and quality of our repertoire, a kind of calendar in sound". By reviving the title....we have developed this series to re-create the flavour and the spirit of those times at Deutshce Grammophon. The new 10-CD set of chronologically-ordered orchestral works - from Haydn to Bruckner - features familiar iconic recordings..."

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Deutsche Grammophon Gessellschaft
Musik - Sprache der Welt
Selected Orchestral Recordings I [1953-1956]

CD 1 [474 981-2]
JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphonie Nr. 44 e-moll "Trauersymphonie" Hob. I:44
Symphonie Nr. 95 c-moll Hob. I:95
Symphonie Nr. 98 in B-dur Hob. I:98
RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
FERENC FRICSAY
Rec. 1954, 1955 (No. 98)

CD 2 [474 982-2]
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Symphonie Nr. 36 C-dur, KV 429 "Linzer"
Symphonie Nr. 33 B-dur, KV 319
Symphonie Nr. 39 Es-dur, KV 543
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
EUGEN JOCHUM
Rec. dates: 1954, 1956 (Nos. 36 & 33)

CD 3 [474 983-2]
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphonie Nr. 2 D-dur op. 36
Leningrader Philharmonie
Klavierkonzert Nr. 3 c-moll op. 37
Sviatoslav Richter, Klavier
Wiener Symphoniker
KURT SANDERLING
Rec. dates: 1957, 1963 (Piano Concerto)

CD 4 [474 984-2]
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphonie Nr. 5 c-moll op. 67
Symphonie Nr. 7 A-dur op. 92
Berliner Philharmoniker
KARL BÖHM
Rec. dates: 1953, 1959 (Symphony No. 7)

CD 5 [474 985-2]
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Symphonie Nr. 3 D-dur D200
Symphonie Nr. 4 c-moll "Tragischer Symphonie" D417
Berliner Philharmoniker
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Rec. dates: 1955

CD 6 [474 986-2]
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Musik zum Schauspiel "Rosamunde" D797
Ouvertüre "Die Zauberharfe" D644
Ständchen (Zögernd leise) D920
Diana Eustrati, Alt
Berliner Mottetenchor (Einstudierung: Günther Arndt)
Michael Raucheisen, Klavier
Berliner Philharmoniker
FRITZ LEHMANN
Rec. dates: 1953

CD 7 [474 987-2]
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique
Berliner Philharmoniker
GEORGES BIZET
Jeux d'enfants
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Rec. dates: 1954, 1958 (Bizet)

CD 8 [474 988-2]
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Symphonie Nr.4 d-moll, op. 120
JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphonie Nr. 88 G-dur, Hob.I:88
Berliner Philharmoniker
WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER
Rec. dates: 1952, 1953 (Schumann)

CD 9 [474 989-2]
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Symphonie Nr. 2 D-dur op. 73
MAX REGER
Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Mozart op. 134
Berliner Philharmoniker
KARL BÖHM
Rec. dates: 1957

CD 10 [474 990-2]
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphonie Nr. 9 d-moll
(Originalfassung)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
EUGEN JOCHUM
Rec. dates: 1955

Thanks go to the original uploader, who did a fantastic job on the scans and rips. These were shared via Demonoid in 2006 or prior to that. I don't quite recall the exact date. But there is a Part II that will be posted here in a short while. I am sharing this with his permission.

ENJOY!

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Posted By: acaciatree Date: 09 Oct 2009 05:16:38

Thanks to you, too. This is a great piece of history and has some wonderful things on it.
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This is great. The sound quality is unbelievable. The tag names are extra long and I have to use Flash Renamer so I can see who is playing what for easier reference, but that is trivial. I can't believe that there has been no other thank yous for this. I am listening to an old recording I had on Heliodor ( A DG budget line in the U.S) - The Schumann Symphony 4. It's the only reading of any of Schumann's symphonic works that qualifies as truly excellent. That's why this Furtwangler recording from 1953 is considered the 'holy grail' of Schumann recordings.
Thanks again. (And who was the original ripper of this, anyway)? A big thank you to him/her also.

Posted By: OperaPassion Date: 10 Oct 2009 03:01:06

Thanks a lot for this great post!

Posted By: DanseDePuck Date: 10 Oct 2009 14:30:06

Hey, Acaciatree! I am so glad that you realized. Some of these I also owned on LP. An Heliodor LP here in Buenos Aires, a Beethoven 5th that is not amongst these CD's. I made a transfer from the LP, you can hear Furtwängler banging his foot on the podium to keep the beat. Remember how his hands use to fly off in all directions. Well his foot kept time.

Sorry, can't tell you whose upload it was. He is well-known in the classical community. His presentations are always incredibly good and flashy and made with expert hands and lots of care.

Frankly, I think that the most valuable in this box are the Lehmann and Fricsay recordings. I will upload Box II during the weekend. I am somewhat besotted by Fricsay and I weep and wail at the thought that he was the true legacy to Toscanini. Had he not passed away at the age of 42, there would have been a lesser Karajan. Fritz Busch also died when he was 50 and so did van Beinum [1950 I think]. These are, for me, the true legacy of The Maestro. Not even Cantelli measured up to Fricsay. [I am a FAN!! big FAN]

Posted By: opus1 Date: 17 Oct 2009 22:21:22

THANKS FOR THIS GREAT RARE SET!

Posted By: ajajaj Date: 20 Nov 2009 09:27:02

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