{"product_id":"cantelli-us-debut-concert-haydn-hindemith-1949-pasc084","title":"CANTELLI US Debut Concert: Haydn \u0026 Hindemith (1949) - PASC084","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eHAYDN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 93\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eHINDEMITH \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMathis der Maler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded live in 1949\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 56:34\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eNBC 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;\"\u003eGuido Cantelli \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fHis absolutely luminous reading of Paul Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler symphony obviously held the audience spellbound578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eGuido Cantelli’s debut concert with the NBC\nSymphony, preserved here in this rare transcription disc, was a surprise\nto both New Yorkers in particular and the world in general. After\nhearing how Toscanini touted him as “sounding like me,” listeners no\ndoubt expected super-intense, emotionally tumultuous readings with the\nsame kind of extreme x-ray clarity. What they heard, however, is\nevidenced on this album: equal part balance yet within a softer tonal\npalette, a tendency to round off phrases that other conductors often\nslighted or drove too hard, and a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ecantabile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e quality that can still delight in spite of the dated sound. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe Haydn 93rd, so much lighter and more lyrical\nthan his mentor’s approach to this composer, is greeted with polite\napplause, but his absolutely luminous reading of Paul Hindemith’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eMathis der Maler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nsymphony obviously held the audience spellbound. All of the deep\nhumanity of the music is there, and Cantelli even manages to imbue the\nsomewhat sour passages with elegance and great depth of inner feeling.\nToscanini is said to have understood this music for the first time after\nhearing Cantelli conduct it. I think that this audience on a chilly\nJanuary night felt the glow, as well. Following the final peroration,\nthey burst into a frenzy of applause to equal some of the ovations they\ngave Toscanini himself. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eOn the heels of his concert, RCA Victor rushed\nCantelli and the orchestra into the recording studio to make commercial\nrecordings of both works, and those recordings have been highly regarded\nby collectors since. (They were issued on a multi-disc set of\nCantelli’s NBC recordings by Testament.) Yet there remains a shade more\ncommitment, a shade more relaxation, in these live performances than\nthere is on the RCA discs. It’s a close call; if you have the commercial\nrecordings, you may choose to bypass this issue; but Cantelli\ncompletists will insist on it, and for those of us who do not own the\nTestament set, it is a fine souvenir of two of the conductor’s greatest\nachievements. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAndrew Rose of Pristine Classical had his work cut\nout for him in restoring this concert, particularly the Hindemith,\nwhich was recorded at a much softer volume, resulting in greater hiss\nand far less clarity. The mere fact that he was able to extract a\nlistenable sound from these discs is wonder enough, but the highest\ncompliment I can pay them is that they sound very much like the\ncommercial recordings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eLynn René Bayley \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"dateBlockDiv\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 31:4 (Mar\/Apr 2008) of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFanfare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC084.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eCantelli's American Debut Concert, January 15th, 1949\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybig\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe source material for these restorations appears to have been assembled from at least two different disc recordings - it was presented to me as tape dubs of these discs. Of these, the second half of the concert (Hindemith) was of noticeably lower frequency range and fidelity than the first - I have done what I can to try and alleviate this, but the difference will remain apparent to the listener.\n\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eDuring the restoration of the Hindemith I became somewhat concerned by the apparent absence of coughing and other audience noises (something I'd worked on reducing or removing from the Haydn). However, other aspects of regular disc surface noise which could be heard towards the end of the final movement and which continued unabated into the immediate, spontaneous and ecstatic applause and final announcements convinced me of the likely authenticity of this part of the recording.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybig\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCantelli with the NBC Symphony Orchestra \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eGuido Cantelli's debut with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, on 15th January 1949, was the first of four guest concerts the 28-year-old conducted with the orchestra that year - a number later expanded to eight concerts per year. Toscanini had been searching for a younger conductor to take over the orchestra created for him by NBC in 1938 during his absences (he was now into his eighties), and during an off-season concert at La Scala conducted by Cantelli, his is said to have commented, partway through, \"\u003cem\u003ethat is me directing this concert\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThe reception to this first concert can be heard at the end of the Hindemith - rapturous applause, cheering, whistles - something not then regularly associated with New York audiences. Similarly the press response was glowing, likening the young conductor physically to Frank Sinatra and musically to Toscanini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThere is little doubt that Cantelli was being groomed to take over Toscanini's mantle in due course. However the tragic death of the younger conductor in a plane crash in 1956, just two months before Toscanini's own death, put paid to an astonishing early career. Much of what is preserved of Cantelli's work is in the form of broadcast recordings such as those presented here, often in less than perfect condition. But it is a remarkable legacy of superb musicianship that surely deserves wider exposure and recognition.\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\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHAYDN \u003c\/b\u003eSymphony No. 93 in D major\u003c\/span\u003e Hob.I:93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHINDEMITH \u003c\/b\u003eMathis der Maler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNBC Symphony Orchestra \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003econducted by \u003cb\u003eGuido Cantelli \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003eBroadcast from Studio 8H, New York, 15th January, 1949\u003cbr\u003e\nNote that there was some variation in sound quality throughout the\nsource material, particularly during the second half of this concert. \u003cbr\u003e Pristine Audio XR remastering by Andrew Rose, July 2007\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTotal duration: 56:34\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PASC084.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PASC084.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f","brand":"Pristine Classical","offers":[{"title":"Ambient Stereo 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":54932296630611,"sku":"ubw1789301768979","price":8.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Mono 16-bit FLAC","offer_id":54932296663379,"sku":"nhi1789301768980","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/1833\/9155\/files\/cantelli-us-debut-concert-haydn-hindemith-1949---pasc084_1.jpg?v=1789301776","url":"https:\/\/vendnora.com\/products\/cantelli-us-debut-concert-haydn-hindemith-1949-pasc084","provider":"luckagni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}