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Other noteworthy new releases: Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Egmont and Coriolanus Overtures (Joseph Keilberth conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and Bamberg Symphony Orchestras; Capitol-Telefunken); Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody (Miklos Schwalb; Academy); Mozart: Requiem (Hilde Gueden, Rosette Anday, Julius Patzak, Josef Greindl, Salzburg Dome Choir; Mozarteum Orchestra conducted by Josef Messner; Remington); Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati; Mercury) ; Schubert: A Song Recital (Herman Schey, bass-baritone; Poly music); Tchaikovsky: "Pathétique" Symphony (Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy...
Verdi: Excerpts from Falstaff (Mariano Stabile, baritone; Afro Poli, baritone; Vittoria Palombini, mezzo-soprano; Giuseppe Nessi, tenor; Luciano Donaggio, bass; La Scala Orchestra, Alberto Erede conducting; Capitol-Telefunken; 6 sides). Baritone Stabile, now 61, was the best Falstaff in the business when these recordings were originally made before World War II. Capitol's repressing job is good...
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jo-chum conducting; Capitol-Telefunken, 4 sides LP). Bruckner himself called this work his "Tragic Symphony"; the tragedy is that he did not make it a little shorter and less repetitious. Performance and recording: fair...
Brahms: Tragic Overture (Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg conducting; Capitol-Telefunken, 4 sides). The competition is tough (Beecham, Toscanini), but this performance stands with the best of them. Recording: good...
Reger: The BÖcklin Suite (German Philharmonic Orchestra of Prague, Joseph Keilberth conducting; Capitol-Telefunken, 6 sides). Max Reger, Bavarian organist and composer, was something of a musical tornado in his time (1873-1916), notable for his free & easy ways with harmony and modulation. His more ponderous scores are seldom heard, but these four sonorous tone poems deserve to be. Performance and recording: good...