{"product_id":"kempen-conducts-sibelius-and-grieg-1939-50-pasc514","title":"KEMPEN conducts Sibelius and Grieg (1939-50) - PASC514","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eGRIEG \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePeer Gynt Suite No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eGRIEG \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePeer Gynt Suite No. 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \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;\"\u003eSIBELIUS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1939-1950\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 72:43\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDresden Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eConcertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eHilversum Radio Philharmonic 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;\"\u003e Paul van Kempen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC514.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nDutch conductor Paul van Kempen was born in\n\nZoeterwoude\n\n,\n\nNetherlands\n\nin 1893. His studies at the Amsterdam conservatory from 1910 to 1913\nincluded composition and conducting with\n\nJulius Roentgen\n\nand\n\nBernard Zweers\n\n, as well as violin with Louis Zimmerman. From 1913, he was a second\nviolinist with the\n\nConcertgebouw Orchestra\n\n. A year later, he was in the first violin section. After 1916, he began to\nmake his career more in Germany\n, and served as concertmaster in orchestras in Posen, Bad Nauheim und\n\nDortmund\n\n.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn 1932, Van Kempen became a German citizen. He was music director in\nOberhausen for two years. From 1934 to 1942, he was principal conductor of\nthe\n\nDresden Philharmonic\n\n. In 1942, he succeeded\n\nHerbert von Karajan\n\nas Kapellmeister in Aachen,\nserving through 1944. Several years after\n\nWorld War II\n\n, in 1953, Van Kempen became general music director of the city of Bremen.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn 1949, Van Kempen returned to the Netherlands as principal conductor of\nthe\n\nHilversum Radio Philharmonic Orchestra\n\n. His activities during\n\nWorld War II\n\n, which included conducting concerts for the\n\nWehrmacht\n\n, made him a controversial figure in the Netherlands. On one occasion, in\n1951, Van Kempen was engaged as a substitute conductor at the Concertgebouw\nOrchestra in place of the ill\n\nEduard van Beinum\n\n. During the first night, audience members protested strongly, but the\nconcert took place. On the second night, the audience disruptions were so\nsevere that 62 musicians left the stage and refused to continue. Van Kempen\ndied in\n\nAmsterdam\n\nin 1955 at age 62.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e(Biographical notes adapted from Wikipedia)\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer’s Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe present release brings together all but one of van Kempen’s recordings\nof Scandinavian works (he also recorded Grieg’s \u003cem\u003eSymphonic Dances\u003c\/em\u003e)\nand includes one particular rarity: his Sibelius Seventh Symphony.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nGrieg’s \u003cem\u003ePeer Gynt\u003c\/em\u003e Suites were recorded with van Kempen’s own\nDresden Philharmonic, with whom he made many memorable recordings for\nGrammophon\/Polydor from the late 1930s through the early ‘40s (including a\nBeethoven Fifth reissued on Pristine PASC 327). They were pressed on\nwartime shellac with a higher-than-usual level of surface noise.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe Sibelius Fifth was one of three recordings van Kempen made with the\nConcertgebouw Orchestra (the other two being Haydn’s “London” Symphony and\nSchubert’s Ninth) at a time when Grammophon was spotlighting guest\nconductors, including Karajan and van Beinum, appearing with Mengelberg’s\nensemble for the first time on disc. A postwar yellow-label DGG pressing\nwith relatively quieter surfaces than wartime pressings was located for\nthis transfer.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe Sibelius Seventh was one of three recordings van Kempen made with the\nHilversum Radio Philharmonic for Telefunken, which included the Mahler\nFourth reissued on Pristine PASC 466. It appeared on a pair of 78s and also\nas the filler side to a two-LP version of the Bruckner Fourth with the same\norchestra. I have transferred it from the LP due to its quieter source\nmaterial, fixing the awkward side joins on the original LP as well as\nattempting to smooth out the frequent volume fluctuations on that rather\nrare release. Clocking in at a little over 16 minutes, it remains one of\nthe fastest – and most exciting – accounts of the work ever committed to\ndisc.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\u003c\/strong\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: 16px;\"\u003eGRIEG: Peer Gynt – Suite No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n1. Morning Mood (3:18)\u003cbr\u003e2. The Death of Åse (3:16)\u003cbr\u003e3. Anitra’s Dance (3:26)\u003cbr\u003e4. In the Hall of the Mountain King (2:30)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDresden Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nRecorded May 1939\u003cbr\u003eMatrix nos.: 8579\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e, 8580\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e, 8581\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e \u0026amp;\n8582\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e GR 9\u003cbr\u003eFirst issued on Grammophon 11383\/4\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\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;\"\u003eGRIEG: Peer Gynt – Suite No. 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n5. 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