Notes and Editorial Reviews
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Spanning the years between 1928 and 1970, this 109-disc set comprises all the recordings Barbirolli made for the HMV and PYE labels.
Spanning over 40 years, these recordings trace the career of Sir John Barbirolli, a conductor of proverbial warmth and generosity, a transformative force in British music and a legendary figure who collaborated with the greatest artists of his time. Shortly before his death in 1970 he completed a Sibelius cycle with the Hallé Orchestra, whose fortunes he had steered for nearly three
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decades, and among other composers closely linked with his name are Elgar, Delius, Brahms, Mozart, Mahler and Puccini. The wide-ranging contents of this landmark 109-disc set, which comprises all the recordings Barbirolli made for HMV and PYE, include previously unpublished items and documentary material. Everything has been remastered in high definition, LP-era recordings from the original tapes, and 78-era recordings from the best available sources.
29th July 2020 marks the 50th anniversary Sir John Barbirolli’s passing. He died at the age of 70, having been born in 1899 in London to parents of Italian and French origin.
This 109-disc Warner Classics set comprises all the recordings Barbirolli made for the HMV and PYE labels. Spanning the years between 1928 and 1970, they were made with a variety of orchestras, including the Hallé, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia/New Philharmonia, Berliner Philharmoniker and Wiener Philharmoniker.
All the recordings originally released on LP have been remastered in high definition from the original tapes. Material from the 78 rpm era has been remastered – also in high definition – from the best sources available.
The set, assembled with the help of the Barbirolli Society, also includes previously unpublished items and a CD of rehearsal material and interviews (marked with * in the index below) - some of which have not been previously released.
As a bonus the box also includes an audio documentary presented by Jon Tolansky, John Barbirolli – A Memoir, which features conversations with Barbirolli and recollections by distinguished figures.
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Tolerate the imperfections in playing and production, though, and there is still a special spirit in the records Barbirolli made with the Hallé. Especially the earlier ones: Schubert’s Ninth and Vaughan Williams’s “A London Symphony” have more flair in their 1950s takes than in ones from the ’60s, and Viennese bonbons from Lehar and the Strausses have an extra sprinkling of sugar. Compare the mezzo-soprano Janet Baker’s two accounts of Mahler’s “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen”: The eyes dampen from the New Philharmonia (1969) but weep from the Hallé (1967).
– New York Times (David Allen)
It soon transpires that there isn’t just one Barbirolli but many. Vaughan Williams is represented by a bold performance of the highly inventive Eighth Symphony. Those who like to explore beyond the relative audio comfort of digital, stereo, and mono tape are served by 26 discs’ worth of transfers from shellac. For the most part Studio Art et Son have done a fabulous job with the transfers. Warner Classics’ 109 CDs will offer you a lifetime’s worth of musical joy and stimulation.
– Gramophone
A consistent pleasure is discovering how decent the Hallé’s playing is – especially in the newly remastered stereo recordings made when Barbirolli temporarily jumped ship from EMI to Pye. The best-sounding ones are those produced by Mercury Living Presence’s Wilma Cozart and Harold Lawrence. Dvo?ák’s Symphonies 7 and 8 receive terrific performances, full of energy, and the Mercury team were also behind reference versions of Vaughan Williams’s 2nd and 8th Symphonies. The latter, dedicated to Barbirolli, is a treat, the finale’s gongs and bells incredibly vivid. Strings can sound stretched and the Hallé brass weren’t the last word in refinement (try the blistering first movement climax of Tchaikovsky’s 6th) but there’s never any sense of routine, of going through the motions. There's a refreshing, unhomogenised edge to the orchestra's sound. Barbirolli liked long takes, content to leave minor flubs in situ rather than correct them and disrupt the flow. The best of the Hallé recordings demonstrate the strength of their relationship.
What of the later, canonical EMI recordings? The Elgar symphonies, taped with the Philharmonia and the Hallé, sound sumptuous but the swifter 1950s Manchester accounts have more bite. We get one of the best Falstaffs on record, and the aforementioned Janet Baker/Jacqueline du Pré best seller, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. There’s a ripe account of Bax’s Tintagel, also with the LSO, and I’d forgotten how much fun Ireland’s A London Overture is. Barbirolli’s iconic anthology of English String Music remains a stunner, his passionate account of Vaughan Williams’s Tallis Fantasia still unequalled. A celebrated Mahler 9 made with the Berlin Philharmonic has a luminous finale but the orchestra, then unfamiliar with Mahler, sounds uncomfortable in the earlier movements. Much better are Barbirolli’s epic, expansive versions of Mahler 5 and 6, both with the New Philharmonia. Earlier Hallé versions of Brahms 3 and 4 have more personality and soul than the leisurely Vienna Philharmonic remakes. But the Hallé’s underrated 1967 remake of Vaughan Williams’s London Symphony is glorious, as is an epic schlep through Beethoven 3 made with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The Hallé’s Sibelius cycle also contains wonderful things; Barbirolli’s idiosyncratic versions of Symphonies 3 and 6 are gorgeous, despite some fallible playing.
There’s loads more: superb accounts of the Brahms Piano Concertos with a young Daniel Barenboim, two enjoyable Schubert 9s and an idiosyncratic, starrily cast Verdi Requiem. Plus Rubbra, Strauss, Schoenberg, Debussy, Puccini, and a pioneering account of Nielsen 4. Barbirolli’s final recording is an apt epilogue, an affectionate Delius selection with the Hallé taped just days before his death in July 1970.
The box itself is surprisingly compact considering how much it contains, though it’s heavy – you might need to reinforce those shelves. If you buy just a single box set this year, save up and buy this one.
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Works on This Recording
6.
Sardana by Pablo Casals
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Violincello School
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; Spain
7.
Faust: Excerpt(s) by Charles Gounod
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
8.
Carmen: Excerpt(s) by Georges Bizet
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
9.
Tannhäuser: Excerpt(s) by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845/1861; Germany
10.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
13.
Ballet russe, Op. 23 by Alexandre Luigini
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
14.
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Italy
15.
Sylvia: Excerpt(s) by Léo Delibes
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; France
16.
Merchant of Venice: Suite by Frederick Rosse
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
John Barbirolli Chamber Orchestra
17.
Maritana: Overture by William Vincent Wallace
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; London, England
18.
Bohemian Girl: Overture by Michael Balfe
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
John Barbirolli Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Ireland
19.
A Song Before Sunrise by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; France
20.
A Children's Overture, Op. 17 by Roger Quilter
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919; England
23.
Fra Diavolo: Overture by Daniel-François Auber
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; France
24.
Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46 by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875/1888; Norway
27.
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Excerpt(s) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Antonio Brosa (Violin)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Russia
29.
Praeludium by Armas Järnefelt
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Finland
30.
Berceuse by Armas Järnefelt
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904
32.
Rienzi: Overture by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1843; Germany
33.
Rosen aus dem Süden by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Vienna, Austria
34.
Symphony no 3 by Arnold Bax
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929; England
35.
Symphony no 5 in D major by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938-1943; England
39.
Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1807-1808; Vienna, Austria
40.
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; France
Date of Recording: 1946
41.
Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81: Overture by Carl Maria von Weber
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1822-1823; Dresden, Germany
42.
Lohengrin: Act 1 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
43.
Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
44.
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
45.
La gazza ladra: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Augusteo Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Italy
47.
Hänsel und Gretel: Overture by Engelbert Humperdinck
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Germany
50.
Elegy for Strings, Op. 58 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909; England
54.
Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; England
56.
Aquarelles (2) by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
59.
Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46 by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875/1888; Norway
60.
Sylvia: Excerpt(s) by Léo Delibes
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; France
62.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
63.
Egmont, Op. 84: Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1810; Vienna, Austria
65.
Die Zauberharfe, D 644: Overture by Franz Schubert
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1820; Vienna, Austria
70.
Dream Children, Op. 43: Andante by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; England
71.
A Song of Summer by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929-1930; France
73.
Symphony no 5 in in Bb, Op. 63 by Edmund Rubbra
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1947-1948; England
78.
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Excerpt(s) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Laurence Turner (Violin)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Russia
79.
Mai-Dun by John Ireland
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920-1921; England
80.
The Forgotten Rite by John Ireland
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; England
81.
Der Freischütz, J 277: Overture by Carl Maria von Weber
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817-1821; Dresden, Germany
85.
Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901-1902; Finland
86.
Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 by Joaquin Turina
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920; Spain
87.
Don Pasquale: Overture by Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Italy
88.
Gold und Silber, Op. 79 by Franz Lehár
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Vienna, Austria
90.
Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: circa 1787 ; Eszterhazá, Hungary
92.
La traviata: Act 1 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
93.
La traviata: Act 3 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
97.
Symphony no 7 "Sinfonia antartica" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:
Lawrence Collingwood (Organ),
Margaret Ritchie (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra,
Hallé Orchestra Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1949-1952; England
98.
The wasps: Overture by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1909; England
99.
Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus' by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:
Jean Bell (Harp)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; England
100.
Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; England
101.
An Elizabethan Suite by Sir John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; Vancouver, Canada
102.
España by Emmanuel Chabrier
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883; France
103.
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Russia
104.
The enchanted lake, Op. 62 by Anatole Liadov
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1909; Russia
105.
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1892-1894; France
107.
Divertissement by Jacques Ibert
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Halle Orchestra members
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930; France
108.
Die schöne Galatea: Overture by Franz von Suppé
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Vienna, Austria
109.
Radetzky March, Op. 228 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848; Vienna, Austria
110.
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Vienna, Austria
116.
Elegy for Strings, Op. 58 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909; England
117.
Symphony no 2 "London" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913/1920; England
118.
Symphony no 8 in D minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1956; England
121.
A Shropshire Lad by George Butterworth
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1912; England
122.
Garden of Fand by Arnold Bax
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913-1916; England
123.
Nell Gwyn: Dances (3) by Edward German
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; England
124.
Margot la rouge: Prelude by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1902; France
125.
Idyll by Frederick Delius
Performer:
Sylvia Fisher (Soprano),
Jess Walters (Baritone)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1930-1932; France
126.
Irmelin: Prelude by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890-1892; Paris, France
128.
Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908-1910; France
131.
Molly on the Shore by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
132.
Mock Morris by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; England
133.
Shepherd's Hey by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: England
134.
Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria
135.
Radetzky March, Op. 228 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848; Vienna, Austria
137.
Die Fledermaus: Overture by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria
138.
Pizzicato Polka by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870; Vienna, Austria
139.
Annen-Polka, Op. 117 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1852; Vienna, Austria
142.
Les patineurs, Op. 183 by Emil Waldteufel
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; Paris, France
143.
Gold und Silber, Op. 79 by Franz Lehár
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Vienna, Austria
147.
Romeo and Juliet Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869/1880; Russia
148.
Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1878; Russia
153.
Hänsel und Gretel: Overture by Engelbert Humperdinck
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Germany
155.
Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46 by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875/1888; Norway
157.
Symphonic Dances (4), Op. 64 by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896-1897; Norway
158.
Pohjola's daughter, Op. 49 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; Finland
160.
Guillaume Tell: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Italy
161.
Guillaume Tell: Ballet music by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Italy
162.
Semiramide: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1823; Italy
163.
La forza del destino: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
164.
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Italy
166.
Manon Lescaut: Act 3 Intermezzo by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
169.
Rodrigo, HWV 5: Suite by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Valda Aveling (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1707; Italy
170.
Serse, HWV 40: Suite by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Richard Lewis (Tenor),
Valda Aveling (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1738; London, England
173.
Die Banditenstreiche: Overture by Franz von Suppé
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Vienna, Austria
174.
Die leichte Kavallerie: Overture by Franz von Suppé
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; Vienna, Austria
175.
Die schöne Galatea: Overture by Franz von Suppé
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Vienna, Austria
176.
Dichter und Bauer: Overture by Franz von Suppé
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846; Vienna, Austria
178.
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; USA
180.
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; France
Date of Recording: 9/1959
184.
Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9 by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843-1844; France
Date of Recording: 12/31/1966
187.
La mer by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903-1905; France
188.
Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2 by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra,
Hallé Orchestra Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; France
189.
Ma mère l'oye by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: France
190.
La valse by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920; France
196.
Tannhäuser: Overture by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845/1861; Germany
203.
Lohengrin: Act 1 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
205.
Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888; Russia
206.
Marche slave, Op. 31 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia
210.
Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
211.
Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1812; Vienna, Austria
212.
Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria
213.
Oberon, J 306: Overture by Carl Maria von Weber
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825-1826; Dresden, Germany
215.
Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884-1885; Austria
216.
Symphony no 5 in D major by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938-1943; England
218.
Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; England
226.
Symphony no 9 in D major by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1908-1909; Austria
Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
Length: 77 Minutes 43 Secs.
228.
Froissart Overture, Op. 19 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; England
232.
Sospiri, Op. 70 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1914; England
233.
Elegy for Strings, Op. 58 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909; England
234.
Falstaff, Op. 68 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1913; England
239.
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Russia
240.
London Overture by John Ireland
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; England
Date of Recording: 12/28/1965
Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No.1, London, Engl
Length: 12 Minutes 21 Secs.
241.
Tintagel by Arnold Bax
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917-1919; England
Date of Recording: 12/28/1965
Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No.1, London, Engl
Length: 15 Minutes 2 Secs.
242.
A Village Romeo and Juliet: Walk to the Paradise Garden by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1900-1901; France
Date of Recording: 08/24/1965
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 9 Minutes 47 Secs.
243.
Irmelin: Prelude by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890-1892; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 07/14/1966
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 45 Secs.
244.
A Song of Summer by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1929-1930; France
Date of Recording: 07/14/1966
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 11 Minutes 13 Secs.
245.
An Elizabethan Suite by Sir John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; Vancouver, Canada
247.
Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria
248.
Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Vienna, Austria
250.
Radetzky March, Op. 228 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848; Vienna, Austria
251.
Gold und Silber, Op. 79 by Franz Lehár
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Vienna, Austria
253.
Champagner-Polka, Op. 211 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1858; Vienna, Austria
255.
La forza del destino: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
256.
Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901-1902; Finland
259.
Karelia Suite, Op. 11 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Finland
270.
Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; Finland
273.
Finlandia, Op. 26 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: Finland
274.
Pohjola's daughter, Op. 49 by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; Finland
278.
Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; Austria
279.
Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1883; Austria
280.
Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1855-1876; Austria
281.
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Austria
282.
Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884-1885; Austria
285.
Symphony no 2 "London" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913/1920; England
287.
Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 by Arnold Schoenberg
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1902-1903; Vienna, Austria
288.
Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic" by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904/1906; Austria
290.
Romeo and Juliet Overture by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869/1880; Russia
Notes: (Incomplete – the last few bars of the coda are missing.)
291.
Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Excerpt(s) by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Patricia Clark (Soprano),
Sheila Armstrong (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ambrosian Singers,
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875/1892; Norway
294.
In a Summer Garden by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908; France
Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio 1, London, England
Length: 15 Minutes 1 Secs.
295.
Hassan: Interlude, Act 1 by Frederick Delius
Performer:
Robert Tear (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920-1923; France
296.
Hassan: Intermezzo by Frederick Delius
Performer:
Robert Tear (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920-1923; France
297.
A Song Before Sunrise by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1918; France
298.
Koanga: La Calinda by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1895-1897; Paris, France
Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio 1, London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 34 Secs.
301.
Late Swallows by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: France
302.
Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907; France
303.
Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestra,
Paris Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897-1899; France
304.
La mer by Claude Debussy
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Paris Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903-1905; France
305.
Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Norway
306.
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897-1898; Germany
309.
Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria
311.
Concerto for Oboe by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Performer:
Evelyn Rothwell (Oboe)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 05/24/1957
314.
Concerto for Oboe in C major, H 7g no C1 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Evelyn Rothwell (Oboe)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: circa ?1800
Date of Recording: 08/1957
Venue: Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England
Length: 23 Minutes 0 Secs.
316.
Concerto for Oboe no 1 in B flat major, HWV 301 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Evelyn Rothwell (Oboe)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1740; London, England
Date of Recording: 09/02/1958
319.
Concerto for Oboe in D minor by Alessandro Marcello
Performer:
Evelyn Rothwell (Oboe)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Pro Arte Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1717; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/06/1959
320.
Concerto for Oboe in C major by Domenico Cimarosa
Performer:
Evelyn Rothwell (Oboe)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Pro Arte Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 06/05/1959
322.
Concerto for Oboe in D minor by Alessandro Marcello
Performer:
Evelyn Rothwell (Oboe)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1717; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/06/1969
Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London
Length: 10 Minutes 37 Secs.
326.
A Strauss Fantasy by Walter Landauer
Performer:
Walter Landauer (Piano),
Marjan Rawicz (Piano)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: by 1954; England
Date of Recording: 02/11/1954
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