Various Artists - John Culshaw Early Years 1948-1955 The Art Of The Producer - Import 12 CD

Credits:Various Artists Description:John Culshaw/The Art of the Producer (Early Years 1948-1955) Scheduled to be recorded CD 1] [The First Year, 1948-49 1) Grace Williams: Fantasy on Welsh Lullaby*, 2-8) English Folk Songs (My Fellow / Rowing / Blow, South Wind / Like Swollen White Lily Buds / Song of the Willows / Down by the Sally Gardens / I Curse You), 9-12) Copeland:4 Piano Blues (1. Freely Poetic/2. Soft and Languid/3. Muted and Sensuous/4. With Bounce)*, 13) Rossini:Dances*, 14) Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp minor*, 15) Verdi: Overture to "La Forza del Destino", 16) Chopin: Fantasy in F minor, Op.49, 17-19) Bloch: From Jewish Life (Prayer, Lament, Jewish Song), 20) Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op.11*. [Performed by] Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) (2-8),Erna Sack, soprano (13), Phyllis Sparr (2-8), Aaron Copland (9-12), Clifford Curzon (14), Julius Katchen (16), Ernesto Bloch (17-19), piano, Zara Nersova, cello (17-19), Mansell Thomas(conductor), London Symphony Orchestra(1), Royalton Kish(conductor), London New Symphony Orchestra(13), Georg Solti(conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra(15), Boyd Neill(conductor), Boyd Neill String Ensemble(20). Recordings] October 1948 (1), February 1949 (2-8), May 1949 (9-13), August 1949 (15), October 1949 (16-19), December 1951 (14), January 1950 (20), London/ CD 2] [Birth of the LP, 1950]. 1) Smetana: Overture to the opera "The Sold Bride "*, 2-6) Don Gillis: Portrait of a Frontier Town (1. Chamber of Commerce/2. Where the West Begins/3. Ranch House Party/4. Prairie Sunset/5. Main Street Saturday Night)*, 7-15) Negro Spirituals (I Stood on de Ribber ob. Jordan/Plenty Good Room/Were You There?/Oh, What a Beautiful City/Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen/ Good News/On My Journey/I'm a Travelling to the Grave/My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord)*, 16-23) Schumann: Fantasy Pieces, Op.12 (Piece 1: In the Evening/ Piece 2: Flight/ Piece 3: Why/ Piece 4: Caprice/ Piece 5: In the Night/ Piece 6: Fable/ Piece 7: Tangled Dreams/ Piece 8: The End of Song)*. [Performed by] Ellabel Davis (soprano) (7-15),Hubert Greenslade (11-15), Jacqueline Blanchard (16-23) (piano), Royalton Kish (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra (1), Don Gillis (conductor), London New Symphony Orchestra (2-6), Victor Orloff (conductor) Orchestra (7-10) Recordings] January (1-6), February (7-15), April (16-23), 1950, London/. CD 3][Barber conducts Barber, 1950]. Barber: 1-3) Cello Concerto 1-3) Cello Concerto Op.22, 4-10) Ballet Suite "Medea" Op.23(1. Parodos/2. Choros. Medea and Jason/3. The Young Princess. Jason/4. Choros/5. Medea/6. Kantikos Agonias/7. Exodos)*, 11-13) Symphony No.2, Op.19*. Zara Nersova cello (1-3), Samuel Barber conductor, London New Symphony Orchestra [Recorded] December 1950,London/ CD 4] [Bayreuth, 1951 & 1953]. Wagner:Lohengrin 1-2) From Act 1 (Prelude / Sorrowful days)*, 3-6) from Act 3 (Prelude / To the far-off land / The earth shakes! What darkness! /O beloved swan!) *, Parsifal, a sacred celebration of the stage 7-8) from Act 1 (The King returns from his bath - music for change of scene / To partake of the Last Supper), 9-10) from Act 2 (Parsifal! Stay! /I saw him clinging to his mother's breast), 11-12) from Act 3 (This is what was promised to us - music for Good Friday / Midday: the time has come - music for the change of scene) Performed by] Eleanor Stieber (2, 5, 6), Astrid Varnai (6), Marta Mett (9, 10), Lore Wissmann (9), Erika Zimmermann (9), Hannah Ludwig (9), Paula Briffkarne (9), Maria Lacon (9), Elfriede Wirth (9)(soprano), Josef Greindl (2, 4-6),Ludwig Weber(7, 11, 12)(bass), Wolfgang Windgassen(tenor)(4, 5-7, 9, 11), Bayreuth Festival Chorus(4-6, 8), Josef Kaibert(1-6) & Hans Knappertsbusch(7-12)(conductor) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Recordings] August 1953 (1-6), August 1951 (7-12), Bayreuth/. CD 5] [Amsterdam, 1951 & Hamburg, 1953 1-4) Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90, 5-8) Dvorak: Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70*. George Sell (conductor), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1-4), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor), North German Radio Symphony Orchestra (5-8) Recorded in Amsterdam, September 1951 (1-4); London, March 1953 (5-8)/. CD 6] [Copenhagen, 1952 & 1953 Haydn: Symphonies No. 48 (1-4) 1-4) Symphony No.48 in C major, Hob.I:48 "Maria Theresa "*, 5-8) Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob, 9-12) Nielsen: Symphony No.1 in G minor, Op.7*. Mogens Verdike(1-8) & Thomas Jensen(9-12)(conductor) Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Recorded in Copenhagen, May 1953 (1-8), June 1952 (9-12) CD 7] [Paris, 1952 & 1953]. Lully: 1) Opera "Alceste 1) "Il faut passer" from the opera "Alceste "*, 2) "Belle Hermione" from the opera "Cadmus et Hermione "*, 3) Gluck: "C'est un torrent impétueux" from "Unexpected Encounter 4) Rameau: "Nature, amour" from the opera "Castor et Polix 5) Donizetti: "Madness" from "Lucia di Lammermoor 6) Thomas: "Scene of the Madness "* from "Hamlet", Bizet: "The Pearl Harvester 7) Deep in the Sacred Temple (Act 1), 8) On a night as dark as one day (Act 2), from "The Pearl Harvester" (Bizet: Opera "The Pearl Harvester") 9) I tremble, I stagger (Act 3), 10) Rimsky=Korsakov: "Song of the Merchant Varyag" from the opera "Satko",Mussorgsky:From the opera "Boris Godunov 11) Monologue (Act 2), 12) Varlaam's Song (Act 1), 13-17) Khachaturian:Suite from "The Masked Ball"(Piece 1: Waltz, Piece 2: Nocturne, Piece 3: Mazurka, Piece 4: Romance, Piece 5: Gallop) Performed by] Gérard Souzay (1-4), Jean Voltaire (7, 9)(baritone), Mads Robin (5, 6), Janine Michaud (8, 9)(soprano), Rivero de Luca (tenor) (7), Rafael Allier (bass) (10-12), Robert Korman (1-4), Richard Brarault(5, 6, 13-17) & Alberto Herrede(7-12)(conductor) Orchestre de la Conservatoire de Paris Recordings] July (1-4), June (5, 6), October (7-9), June & October (10-17), 1952, Paris/. CD 8] [Coronation Year, 1953 1) Walton: March, "The Treasure and the False Cane", 2) Bax: Coronation March, Elgar: "The Crowning March", Bax: "The Crowning March 3) March in D major, Op.39 No.1, 4) Imperial March, Op.32, 5) March in G major, Op.39 No.4, 6) Author unknown: Rye Still My Dear*, Purcell: The Nymphs and the Shepherds 7) The Nymph and the Shepherd*, 8) The Beautiful Island*, 9) Maury: The Time is May, the Festival of Flowers*, 10) Author Unknown: Give an Apple to Your Lover*, ANN: The Time is May of the Flower Festival*, 10) Author unknown 11) The Honey that the Bees Suck*, 12) O Loving Delight*, 13) Author unknown: Bobby Shafto*, 14-24) Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, Op.10 (1. Introduction and Theme/2. Adagio/3. March/4. Romance/5. Aria Italiana/6. Waltzer/8. Moto Perpetuo/9. Funeral March/10. Chant/11. Fugue & Finale)*, 25-30) Warlock: Capriole Suite (1. Basse-Danse/2. Pavane/3. Tordion/4. Bransles/5. Pieds-en-l'air/6. Mattachins [danse de l' épée])* Jennifer Vivian (soprano) (6-13), Ernest Rush (piano) (6-13), Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) London Symphony Orchestra (1-5), Boyd Neill (conductor) Boyd Neill String Orchestra (14-30) [Recorded] April (1-5, 14-30), May (6-13), 1953, London/. CD 9][Britten & Aldeburgh , 1953]. "Opening concert of the Oldborough Music Festival, June 1953." 1-7) Oldham/Tippett/Berklee/Britten/Sarle/Walton: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (on a theme from William Byrd's "Selinger's Round")*, Arn:. 8) Rule Britannia*, 9) "Now All the Air Shall Ring" from the masque "The Fairy Prince "*, 10) Purcell: Anthem, "O Lord, Long Life to Our King "*, Britten: "The King's Song" from The Fairy Prince, Op.4*, "The King's Song" from The Fairy Prince, Op.4 11-14) Simple Symphony Op.4*, 15-22) Serenade Op.31(Prologue/Pastoral/Nocturne/Elegy/Grind/Hymn/Sonnet/Epilogue)*. [Performed by] Arda Mandikian (9), Gladys Whittard (9)(soprano), Peter Peers (tenor) (8, 10, 15-22), Alfred Deller (countertenor) (10), Norman Lumsden (bass) (10), Dennis Blaine (horn) (15 -Oldborough Festival Chorus (8-10), Benjamin Britten (1-7) & Imogen Holst (8-10) (conductor) Oldborough Festival Orchestra, Eugene Goossens (conductor) New Symphony Orchestra of London (11-22). [Recorded] Oldborough, June 1953 (1-10), November 1953,london (11-22)/ CD 10][Ein deutsches Requiem, 1954 1-7) Brahms: German Requiem Op.45*. Performed by] Lore Wissmann (soprano), Theo Adam (baritone), Georg Solti (conductor), Frankfurt Opera Orchestra and Chorus Recorded in Frankfurt, November 1954. CD 11] [Return to Decca, 1955]. 1-6) J.S.Bach: Partita No.3 in E major, BWV1006*, Mozart: BWV1006*, Mozart: BWV1007 7-9) Piano Concerto No.13 in C major, K.415, 10-12) Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 Emil Telmany (violin) (1-6), Julius Katchen (piano) (7-12), Peter Mark (conductor) and the New Symphony Orchestra of London (7-12) [Recordings] September 1953 (1-6), August 1955 (7-12),London/ CD 12][Culshaw in his own words 1960 & 1980]. 1-11) "The Birth of an Opera" Rehearsal scenes from Georg Solti's production of Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" (narrated by John Culshaw), 12) John Culshaw, narrating Wagner's opera "Götterdämmerung "*. John Culshaw (narration), Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (1-11), Regina Resnick (mezzo-soprano) (1-11), Fritz Uhl (tenor) (1-11), Tom Krause (bass-baritone) (1-11), Vienna Musikverein Chorus (1-11), Georg Schorg (soprano) (1-11) Georg Solti(conductor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra(1-11) Recorded in Vienna, September 1960 (1-11), London, January 1980 (12) World premiere on CD by *DECCA Producer: John Culshaw John Culshaw, the most influential Decca recording producer of the 20th century, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth in May with a 12-CD box set.This is a unique project that celebrates the producer as an artist. Culshaw was the man behind Sholty's Ring of Fire and Britten's War Requiem, and he also predicted music streaming decades before the advent of iTunes and Spotify. The set begins in early 1948, when Culshaw began his career as a producer for Decca. It includes many long-lost artists and many recordings that have not been released on CD or reissued since the original LP. Copland's own compositions, the first studio recording of Barber's Adagio for Strings, recordings from the Bayreuth Festival in 1951 and 1953, from Clifford Curzon's lost tapes, Culshaw's 1954 recording for Capital Records by Georg Solti The collection includes very rare recordings, including the world premiere of Brahms' "German Requiem" by Georg Schorty, recorded by Culshaw for Capital Records. There is also a recording of a rehearsal scene from Scholty's Tristan und Isolde narrated by Culshaw and Culshaw talking about Götterdämmerung.All are newly mastered at 24bit/192kHz from the original sources. The 52-page booklet is a must-have for collectors and includes an essay by Decca Classics label director and Grammy Award-winning producer Dominic Fife, who selected and edited the music for this set, as well as many previously unpublished photos and recorded materials. (UNIVERSAL MUSIC/IMS)