Glorious John

Anniversary Set

John Barbirolli (cello), Lilian Stiles-Allen, Renato Zanelli, Giovanni Inghilleri, Yvonne Arnaud, Marina de Gabarain

Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Release Date: 26th Jul 2010
Catalogue No: SJB1999
Label: Barbirolli Society

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Biene: The Broken Melody

1911
John Barbirolli (cello)
Sir John Barbirolli

Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428

1925
Sir John Barbirolli

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete o mamma

1927
Lilian Stiles-Allen
Sir John Barbirolli

Verdi: Niun mi tema (from Otello)

1928
Renato Zanelli
Sir John Barbirolli

Puccini: Tre sbirri...Una carozza...Presto 'Te Deum' (from Tosca)

1929
Giovanni Inghilleri
Sir John Barbirolli

Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus: Bruderlein und Schwesterlein

1930
Sir John Barbirolli

Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake - Valse-Caprice, Op. 76

1932
Yvonne Arnaud
Sir John Barbirolli

Balfe: The Bohemian Girl overture

1933
Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Collins, A: Sir Andrew and Sir Toby - Overture

22 March 1942, ‘live’ in Carnegie Hall, New York
Sir John Barbirolli

Weinberger, J: Christmas

24 December 1939, ‘live’ in Carnegie Hall, New York
New York Philharmonic
Sir John Barbirolli

Weber: Euryanthe Overture

Sir John Barbirolli

Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden

20 August 1947 ‘live’ in the Festspielhaus, Salzburg
Wiener Philharmoniker
Sir John Barbirolli

Stravinsky: Concerto in D for string orchestra 'Basler'

1948
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Mozart: Cassation K63

1950
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Mozart: Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K251

1952
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Grieg: Lyric Pieces Op. 57: No. 4 - Secret

(arr: Barbirolli). 1953
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 for piano or orchestra

1955
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Falla: Seguidilla murciana (No. 2 from Siete canciones populares españolas)

(arr: Halffter). 1957
Marina de Gabarain
Sir John Barbirolli

Lehár: Gold und Silber Walzer, Op. 79

1966
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

Bach, J S: Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV208

(arr: Barbirolli). 1969
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

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This 2-CD set marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970) and features recordings ranging from boy cellist in 1911 to international conductor 1969 – in both ‘live’ and studio recordings. John Barbirolli was born in Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, on 2 December 1899, a Cockney as he proudly boasted. Or, to be accurate, Giovanni Battista Barbirolli was born, son of an Italian émigré violinist and his French wife. English-born with Italo-French parentage – a wonderful pedigree for a musician. And so it proved, for he conducted Elgar, Verdi and Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Puccini and Ravel, with equal sensitivity and perception and intuition. This album of recordings forms a kind of musical biography; and Michael Kennedy’s notes (with many rare photos) trace that life alongside the recordings. A special bonus is the 1947 Austrian Radio recording of two works, Weber’s Euryanthe overture and Delius’s Walk to the Paradise Garden, from the Salzburg Festival concert on 20 August at which he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic. Was this, Michael Kenneday asks, the first time this orchestra had played the Delius? Two rare mementos of the New York period are included in this album. Anthony Collins had long been a friend of Barbirolli (they played in the LSO together) and worked in the USA from 1936 to 1945 and his Sir Toby and Sir Andrew, based on the two comic characters in Twelfth Night, is an example of his overlooked talent. Another composer almost forgotten today is the Czech-born Jaromir Weinberger whose opera Schwanda the Bagpiper enjoyed inter-war popularity. His Christmas for organ and orchestra was composed in 1929. In 1939 he dedicated his Variations and Fugue on an old English tune, ‘Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree’ to Barbirolli and the New York Philharmonic.

Glorious John

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