{"product_id":"beecham-in-seattle-vol-3-beethoven-bizet-massenet-rossini-saint-saens-sibelius-1943-pasc277","title":"BEECHAM in Seattle Vol. 3: Beethoven, Bizet, Massenet, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius (1943) - PASC277","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eShorter works by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBizet, Massenet, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1943\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 74:32 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSeattle Symphony\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSir Thomas Beecham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fWill no doubt give pleasure to those who enjoy his work, particularly in live performances578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eHere is the third and final volume of Andrew\nRose’s transfers of live material from Thomas Beecham’s final season in\nSeattle. Those who have acquired the first two CDs—and who, presumably,\nare Beecham fans—have no big surprises in store here. As Rose mentions\nin his producer’s note, the quality of the playing is somewhat stronger\nhere than in earlier volumes, and the sound, while still fairly dim, is\nfor the most part a bit of an improvement. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBeecham collectors will surely know that Sir\nThomas recorded all these works in the studio, over half of them more\nthan once. But, in his commercial recording of the Beethoven Eighth, for\ninstance, the first movement doesn’t have the vigor of this reading,\ncomplete with Beecham’s audible exhortations to the orchestra.\nUncharacteristically, Beecham does take the exposition repeat in this\nmovement, something also true of the 1951 studio version. Despite the\nfact that, as Rose says, the orchestra is “on firmer ground” here than\nin the works on the first two volumes, the principal horn and clarinet\nplayers stumble in the notorious Trio of the Menuetto; also, the opening\nof this movement is missing, no doubt because the recordist was too\nslow in changing discs. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBeecham also provides a vocal obbligato in the Alla marcia from Sibelius’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eKarelia Suite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e, which is very lively here, with a huge \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eritenuto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e at the end. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eValse triste\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nis perhaps more languorous than the studio versions, the first of which\nwas on a single 78 side and couldn’t be extended to the 5:11 duration\nof this reading. Saint-Saëns’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eLe Rouet d’Omphale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e, like the Beethoven, betrays the lack of polish of the Seattle woodwinds. Rossini’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eWilliam Tell \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eOverture features some fine solo cello playing at the opening and a spirited final section. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eWhile this CD doesn’t add a great deal to our\nknowledge of Beecham, it will no doubt give pleasure to those who enjoy\nhis work, particularly in live performances. With the caveat about the\nlimited sound quality, and the missing bars of the Beethoven, it is\nrecommended to them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eRichard A. Kaplan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 35:4 (Mar\/Apr 2012) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC277.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeecham in Seattle, 1943 - more previously unissued recordings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBeecham's proof to the doubters that he could fashion a world-class ensemble\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWe are lucky to have any recordings whatsoever of Beecham in Seattle - union disputes precluded any commercial recordings during Beecham's time with the orchestra. To the best of our knowledge there remain three CDs-worth of live material, captured at the start of the 1943 season and preserved first on acetate discs (since melted down), then open-reel tape (since lost), backed up onto more open reel tape (now almost unplayable) and cassette tape. Thus the humble cassette proves the best remaining source of these historic recordings, and it is from excellent transfers of these, supplied by a collector who wishes to remain anonymous, that I have worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eSince our first volume was issued, and the recording credited to a local radio station, further information has come to light which suggests that it was Beecham himself who commissioned the recordings in order to silence his critics locally. This probably accounts for a short section missing from the beginning of the third movement of the Beethoven, where a disc side change was apparently not achieved in good enough time. Other than that, and thanks largely to the preponderance of shorter works in this volume, the other works here are complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003eI have overall been particularly pleased with the sound quality achieved on this volume, with the Karelia Suite movement being a particularly good example of what was achieved in these recordings. It's also noticeable that, by comparison to the two previous issues in this series, the orchestra appears to be on much firmer ground and plays with considerably more style and accomplishment. If Sir Thomas Beecham had needed a compilation to demonstrate the abilities of his Seattle Symphony, then of the three volumes we have assembled this would surely be the one he would have chosen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/b\u003eKarelia Suite, Op. 11 - 3. 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