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Beecham in Toronto

CBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

the performances still pulsate with the old energy. At times, he makes the CBC Symphony play like a Beecham orchestra in its élan and phrasing. — Sunday Times, 30th October 2011
  • Release Date: 17th Oct 2011
  • Catalogue No: MACD1255
  • Label: Music & Arts
  • Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

4 CDs

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Contents

Haydn: Symphony No. 102 in B flat major

Work length24:08
$5.00
$6.50
  • CBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 3 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: Toronto

I. Largo - Vivace

Track length7:34
$2.00
$2.60

II. Adagio

Track length5:49
$1.00
$1.30

III. Menuet - Trio: Allegro

Track length6:10
$1.00
$1.30

IV. Finale: Presto

Track length4:35
$1.00
$1.30

Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'

Work length25:19
$7.00
$9.00
  • CBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 3 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: Toronto

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length10:40
$3.00
$3.85

II. Andante

Track length10:13
$3.00
$3.85

III. Presto

Track length4:26
$1.00
$1.30

Beecham: Love in Bath

Work length22:26
$10.00
$13.00
  • CBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 3 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: Toronto

XVIII. March

Track length1:07
$1.00
$1.30

X. The Exquisites (after Handel's Parnasso in festa)

Track length4:07
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VIII. The Plot

Track length1:41
$1.00
$1.30

III. The Linleys (after Handel's Parnasso in festa)

Track length1:46
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IV. Hunting Dance

Track length1:26
$1.00
$1.30

XIV. Minuet (after Handel's Il pastor fido)

Track length3:58
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XI. Second Love Scene (after Handel's Rodrigo)

Track length2:42
$1.00
$1.30

XIX. Interlude

Track length2:30
$1.00
$1.30

XVI. Rondeau (after Handel's Ariodante)

Track length1:49
$1.00
$1.30

XV. Hornpipe (after Handel's Il pastor fido)

Track length1:20
$1.00
$1.30

Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'

Work length23:39
$5.00
$6.50
  • CBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 7 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: Toronto

I. Adagio cantabile - Vivace assai

Track length6:44
$1.00
$1.30

II. Andante

Track length7:59
$2.00
$2.60

III. Menuetto

Track length4:58
$1.00
$1.30

IV. Finale: Allegro di molto

Track length3:58
$1.00
$1.30

Excerpt, Strauss, R: Feuersnot

Work length6:43
$1.00
$1.30
  • CBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 7 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: Toronto

Feuersnot, Op. 50, TrV 203: Love Scene

Track length6:43
$1.00
$1.30

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Work length38:45
$9.00
$11.65
  • CBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 7 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: Toronto

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length15:12
$4.00
$5.15

II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso

Track length8:32
$2.00
$2.60

III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai

Track length5:55
$1.00
$1.30

IV. Allegro con spirito

Track length9:06
$2.00
$2.60

Introduction by Sir Thomas Beecham

Work length4:47
$1.00
$1.30
  • Sir Thomas Beecham (narrator)
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast

Suppe: Ein Morgen, Mittag und Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna)

Work length8:10
$2.00
$2.60
  • Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: Toronto

Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

Work length11:50
$3.00
$3.90
  • Sir Thomas Beecham (narrator)
  • Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast

Introduction by Sir Thomas

Track length1:53
$1.00
$1.30

Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

Track length9:57
$2.00
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Excerpt, Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11

Work length4:17
$1.00
$1.30
  • Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast

Karelia Suite, Op. 11: III. Alla marcia: Moderato

Track length4:17
$1.00
$1.30

Massenet: La Vierge

Work length8:22
$2.00
$2.60
  • Sir Thomas Beecham (narrator)
  • Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast

Introduction by Sir Thomas

Track length2:47
$1.00
$1.30

La vierge, Act IV: Prelude, "Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge" (The Last Sleep of the Virgin)

Track length5:35
$1.00
$1.30

Excerpt, Rossini: La gazza ladra

Work length13:21
$4.00
$5.15
  • Sir Thomas Beecham (narrator)
  • Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast

Introduction by Sir Thomas

Track length2:00
$1.00
$1.30

Overture - Concluding Remarks

Track length11:21
$3.00
$3.85

Beecham: Introduction to the CBC Handel-Haydn Festival, June 1959

Work length11:10
$3.00
$3.85
  • Sir Thomas Beecham (narrator)
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast

John Amis interviews Leon Goossens

Work length3:30
$1.00
$1.30
  • Léon Goossens (narrator), John Amis (narrator)
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast

John Amis interviews Neville Cardus

Work length4:22
$1.00
$1.30
  • Neville Cardus (narrator), John Amis (narrator)
  • Recorded: 5 April 1960
  • Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Work length18:15
$4.00
$5.20
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 25 December 1958
  • Recording Venue: BBC Broadcast

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length5:42
$1.00
$1.30

II. Andante

Track length5:04
$1.00
$1.30

III. Menuetto

Track length3:37
$1.00
$1.30

IV. Finale: Presto

Track length3:52
$1.00
$1.30

Excerpt, Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Work length9:05
$2.00
$2.60
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 4 November 1959
  • Recording Venue: BBC Broadcast

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg): Act I: Prelude

Track length9:05
$2.00
$2.60

Delius: North Country Sketches

Work length22:17
$5.00
$6.50
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 4 November 1959
  • Recording Venue: BBC Broadcast

No. 1. Autumn, the Wind Soughs in the Trees

Track length5:50
$1.00
$1.30

No. 3. Dance

Track length5:33
$1.00
$1.30

No. 2. Winter Landscape

Track length3:42
$1.00
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No. 4. The March of the Spring

Track length7:12
$2.00
$2.60

Lalo: Symphony in G minor

Work length26:44
$6.00
$7.80
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Recorded: 25 October 1959
  • Recording Venue: BBC Broadcast

I. Andante - Allegro non troppo

Track length8:21
$2.00
$2.60

II. Vivace

Track length5:37
$1.00
$1.30

III. Adagio

Track length7:00
$2.00
$2.60

IV. Allegro

Track length5:46
$1.00
$1.30

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