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Release Date: 28th Sep 2018
Catalogue No: ICAC5150
Label: ica classics
Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

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Debussy: Images for orchestra, L. 122

Work length34:24

$9.00

$11.70

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 11 May 1956
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, United Kingdom

No. 1, Gigues

Track length7:01

$2.00

$2.60

No. 3, Rondes de printemps

Track length7:45

$2.00

$2.60

No. 2, Ibéria. A. Par les rues et par les chemins

Track length7:00

$2.00

$2.60

No. 2, Ibéria. B. Les parfums de la nuit

Track length7:50

$2.00

$2.60

No. 2, Ibéria. C. Le matin d'un jour de fête

Track length4:48

$1.00

$1.30

Chausson: Symphony in B flat major, Op. 20

Work length34:07

$8.00

$10.30

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 11 May 1956
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, United Kingdom

I. Lento - Allegro vivo

Track length13:09

$3.00

$3.85

II. Très lent

Track length8:47

$2.00

$2.60

III. Animé

Track length12:11

$3.00

$3.85

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Work length33:25

$8.00

$10.35

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 29 August 1956
Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto

Track length10:05

$3.00

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II. Andante

Track length7:55

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III. Poco allegretto

Track length6:02

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IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto

Track length9:23

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$2.60

Franck, C: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46

Work length14:22

$3.00

$3.85

Robert Casadesus (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux

Haydn: Symphony No. 102 in B flat major

Work length22:26

$5.00

$6.50

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch
Recorded: 26 August 1956
Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I. Largo - Vivace

Track length8:00

$2.00

$2.60

II. Adagio

Track length5:58

$1.00

$1.30

III. Menuet - Trio. Allegro

Track length4:27

$1.00

$1.30

IV. Finale. Presto

Track length4:01

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Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102

Work length33:52

$8.00

$10.35

Zino Francescatti (violin), Pierre Fournier (cello)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 28 April 1955
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, United Kingdom

I. Allegro

Track length16:54

$4.00

$5.15

II. Andante

Track length7:57

$2.00

$2.60

III. Vivace ma non troppo

Track length9:01

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Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Work length39:39

Album only

Zino Francescatti (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 26 April 1955
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, United Kingdom

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length22:12

Album only

II. Adagio

Track length9:23

$2.00

$2.60

III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Track length8:04

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Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard, Op. 25

Work length26:25

$6.00

$7.75

Valerie Tryon (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 16 October 1961
Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, United Kingdom

I. Assez lent - Modérément animé

Track length11:36

$3.00

$3.85

II. Assez modéré, mais sans lenteur

Track length6:21

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III. Animé

Track length8:28

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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17, Pt. 3

Work length34:50

$10.00

$13.00

André Vessières (bass)
BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded: 22 May 1961
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, United Kingdom

V. Convoi funèbre de Juliette - Jetez des fleurs pour la vierge expirée

Track length9:19

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VIa. Roméo au tombeau des Capulets

Track length1:08

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VIb. Invocation - Réveil de Juliette

Track length3:24

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VIc. Joie délirante, désespoir

Track length0:57

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VId. Dernières angoisses et mort des deux amants

Track length1:34

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VIIa. La foule accourt au cimetière - Quoi! Roméo de retour - Je vais dévoiler le mystère

Track length4:33

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VIIb. Air. Pauvres enfants que je pleure

Track length9:02

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VIIc. Jurez donc, par l'auguste symbole

Track length4:53

$1.00

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This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive of ‘live’ recordings. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Following the archive’s launch in October 2017 with releases featuring Beecham, Böhm, Cantelli, Karajan, du Pré, Klemperer and Rostropovich, it has received universal praise from both the classical media and record collectors for the excellent sound and performances.

The great French conductor Pierre Monteux (1875-1964) was naturally considered a specialist of his native country’s music, though he would never allow this to restrict him. This new set of previously unpublished recordings seeks to set the record straight, with a strong representation of German repertoire, notably Brahms’ Symphony No.3 with the Boston Symphony, which he never recorded commercially, in a rare ‘live’ performance from the 1956 Edinburgh Festival. More Brahms featuring two celebrated virtuosos –the Violin Concerto with the French violinist Zino Francescatti, and the Double Concerto where he is joined by his compatriot Pierre Fournier, both ‘live’ recordings from the Royal Festival Hall in 1955. Both are previously unpublished.

French music is represented by Franck’s Symphonic Variations with the great French pianist Robert Casadesus, a long term friend of Monteux. This rare broadcast from the Edinburgh Festival with the Boston Symphony in 1956 is the first recording of Monteux conducting this work ever to be published.

The complete Debussy Images and Chausson’s Symphony with the BBCSO from the Royal Festival Hall in 1956 is the only account that exists of Monteux conducting this score ‘live’. His only studio recording of the Chausson dates back to 1950.

Likewise, d’Indy’s Symphony on a French Mountain Air with the pianist Valerie Tyron and the BBCSO from 1961 is the only ‘live’ account with Monteux while his only studio account dates back to 1941. The ‘live’ LSO recording from 1961 from the Royal Festival Hall of Part 3 of Berlioz’s dramatic symphony, Romeo et Juliette with André Vessières (bass) has also never been published until now.

A significant bonus has been added featuring Charles Munch conducting the Boston Symphony in Haydn’s Symphony No.102 from the 1956 Edinburgh Festival.

Very rare, it is Munch’s only recorded performance of the symphony. This set brings together the BSO’s two distinguished music directors and two of France’s greatest conductors.

Pierre Monteux - Richard Itter Collection

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