- Fritz Reiner Conducts, 1953-1954
VAI DVD 4287, $34.95
Maestro Fritz Reiner leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in two concerts originally televised on WGN’s “Hour of Music”. Nov. 18, 1953: Mozart's Symphony No. 39; Debussy: Petite Suite; Tchaikovsky: Waltzes. Feb. 17, 1954: Bach-Weiner: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. 100 min.
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Chicago
Symphony Orchestra Historic Telecasts:
- In Performance with Nathan Milstein, 1962-1963
VAI
DVD 4279, $34.95
VAI observes the centenary of Nathan Milstein with a release from our celebrated Chicago Symphony Orchestra series. Milstein performs the Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky concerti with conductor Walter Hendl. He also plays the Prelude from Bach’s Violin Sonata in E for Solo Violin. These live performances (1962-63) display the violinist at his patrician best. 75 min., B & W, Mono.
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VAI DVD 4222, $29.95
George Szell
The1961-62 season marked the fifth of six seasons in which Szell (1897-1970) appeared as guest conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9. 40 min. b&w. December 17, 1961.
George Szell and Erica Morini
This program features the legendary violinist Erica Morini. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture and the Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 ("Turkish"), and Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b. 53 min., b&w. December 10, 1961.
VAI DVD 4226, $29.95
Pierre Monteux:
Monteux (1875-1964) appeared as guest conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in two separate seasons, first in 1948, and then in 1961. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93; Wagner: Prelude to Act III of Die Meistersinger; Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9. 42 min. January 1, 1961
Charles Munch:
Munch (1891-1968) is best remembered for his illustrious tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1949-62). Program features Ravel: La Valse and Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Rameau/D’Indy: Dardanus Suite; Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens. 52 min. February 27, 1963
Chicago
Symphony Orchestra Historic Telecasts: Triple
Program!
VAI
DVD 4237, $34.95
Fritz
Reiner:
Under
the leadership of Fritz Reiner
(1888 - 1963), the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra attained an enviable
status among world orchestras.
This televised concert from 1954
includes Beethoven: Symphony
No. 7 in A major, Op. 92; Handel:
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
from Solomon; Beethoven: Egmont
Overture, Op. 84. 49
min. 1954.
Leopold
Stokowski:
Stokowski
(1882-1977) appeared
with
the
Chicago
Symphony
Orchestra
in
six
seasons
between
1958
and
1968.
Stokowski/Bach:
Toccata & Fugue
in
D
minor;
Brahms:
Variations
on
a
Theme
by
Haydn,
Op.
56a;
Rimsky-Korsakov:
Capriccio
Espagnol,
Op.
34.
41
min. January
3,
1962.
Paul
Hindemith:
A rare opportunity to see Hindemith (1895-1963) conducting his own music
as well as music of the masters who inspired him. Hindemith: Concert
Music for Strings and Brass; Bruckner: Symphony No. 7, First movement;
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture. 48
min. April
7, 1963.
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