{"product_id":"beecham-tchaikovsky-symphonies-5-6-francesca-da-rimini-193940-1915-pasc571","title":"BEECHAM Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 5 \u0026 6, Francesca da Rimini (1939\/40, 1915) - PASC571","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFrancesca da Rimini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 6 'Pathétique' (2nd \u0026amp; 3rd mvts)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1939\/40 \u0026amp; 1915\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 76:15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLondon Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBeecham Symphony Orchestra\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_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC571.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nThe present release restores to circulation Beecham’s only recordings of\ntwo Tchaikovsky masterworks: the Fifth Symphony and the tone poem, \u003cem\u003eFrancesca da Rimini\u003c\/em\u003e. They were previously coupled on an EMI CD in\n1992 as part of their “Beecham Edition” series. When many recordings from\nthat series were reissued in box sets in 2011, these were omitted, and thus\nhave not had an “official” reissue in nearly three decades. Filling out\nthis release are two acoustically-recorded abridged movements from the \u003cem\u003ePathétique\u003c\/em\u003e Symphony, the sole surviving evidence of Beecham’s\napproach to this work.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe Fifth Symphony has seemed to invite extremes of interpretive\nsubjectivity among conductors, particularly in the prewar years. Prior to\nBeecham’s recording, there had been examples of this in the sets from\nMengelberg, Stokowski, Stock, Kitschin and others. Whether it was his\nintent or not, Beecham’s version was initially greeted as something of an\nantidote to that trend by \u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e in a 1940 review by W.R.A.:\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nIn general, is it not true that the more obvious the drama (or melodrama,\nas it is with this composer) the less obvious should be any glosses,\npullings out, pushings in or other conductorial demonstrations of (usually)\nmisplaced affection – for either the composer or himself? Hence Beecham’s\nstraightforward paces, his steadiness, solidity without much weight, and a\ngeneral tone of simple sincerity. If that be judged the right tone for the\nwork, how well are he and Tchaikovsky met!\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nForty years later, Mortimer H. Frank, reviewing for \u003cem\u003eFanfare\u003c\/em\u003e an LP\nset which reissued this symphony along with others Beecham recorded in the\n1930s, came to a similar conclusion:\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\nBoth the Tchaikovsky and the Franck interpretations fascinate: free of the\nexcesses that often infected performances of this repertory during the\n‘30s, they also seem a bit dispassionate. Many listeners, however, may find\ntheir occasional understatement attractive.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nYet, the interpretive objectivity attributed by the reviewers does not\ntranslate into a dull performance. As he did with \u003cem\u003eFrancesca da Rimini\u003c\/em\u003e, Beecham conjures up plenty of fire, along\nwith a modicum of targeted string portamenti and, despite the critics’\nconclusions, no little flexibility of tempi.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nBeecham made commercial recordings of only four Tchaikovsky symphonies –\nthe Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth. Of these, only the Fifth was\nprogrammed by him with any frequency (and not at all after the war). The\nTchaikovsky symphony which actually saw the most Beecham performances was\nthe \u003cem\u003ePathétique\u003c\/em\u003e; yet, he never recorded it complete, nor have any\nlive performances surfaced, to my knowledge.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe only surviving examples of his way with the work seem to be two\nabridged movements recorded acoustically in 1915. (A further four\nunidentified sides were recorded by Columbia three years later – perhaps\nthe first and fourth movements truncated to two sides each – but never\nreleased and are presumed lost.) In them, we hear not only the vast\nadvances made by technology over the two dozen years which separate them\nfrom the Fifth Symphony and \u003cem\u003eFrancesca\u003c\/em\u003e, but also the relatively\nhigh standard of playing by two orchestras created and trained by Beecham.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe sources for the transfers were first edition American Columbia copies\nfor the symphony and \u003cem\u003eFrancesca\u003c\/em\u003e, supplemented by an Australian\nColumbia for the symphony, and a British pressing of the acoustic disc. The\nlast two movements of the Fifth Symphony were played without pause on the\noriginal recording.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_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\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eBEECHAM conducts TCHAIKOVSKY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eFrancesca da Rimini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudio Recordings ∙ 1939\/40\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 6, “Pathétique” -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e 2nd \u0026amp; 3rd Movements\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBeecham Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eStudio Recordings ∙ 1915\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(23:57)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymphonic Fantasia after Dante, Op. 32\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 7 \u0026amp; 19 December 1939 in Kingsway Hall, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrices: CAX 8676-1, 8677-1, 8678-1, 8679-1, 8680-3 \u0026amp; 8681-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFirst issued on Columbia LX 887\/9\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. 1st Mvt.: Andante – Allegro con anima (14:00)\u003cbr\u003e3. 2nd Mvt.: Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza (12:42)\u003cbr\u003e4. 3rd Mvt.: Valse (Allegro moderato) (5:57)\u003cbr\u003e5. 4th Mvt.: Finale (Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace) (12:19)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 18 December 1939 \u0026amp; 4 January 1940 in Kingsway Hall, London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrices: CAX 8690-1, 8685-1, 8691-1, 8687-1, 8688-1, 8689-1, 8686-3,\n8682-1, 8683-1 \u0026amp; 8684-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFirst issued on Columbia LX 869\/73\n\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. 2nd. 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