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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Philharmonia Orchestra, Guido Cantelli
In contrast with lithe, clean recordings by modern maestros, this Brahms First Symphony comes with dirt under the fingernails and an undeniable halo of majesty. From the apocalyptic opening...
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Philharmonia Orchestra, Guido Cantelli
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In contrast with lithe, clean recordings by modern maestros, this Brahms First Symphony comes with dirt under the fingernails and an undeniable halo of majesty. From the apocalyptic opening...
About
Guido Cantelli's live recordings with the Philharmonia Orchestra are exceptionally rare because the BBC seldom broadcast any of his concerts. ICA Classics released Cantellis live concert from the Edinburgh Festival in September 1954 on ICAC 5081 but there has been nothing else. Toscanini was Cantellis mentor and there is no doubt that he would have continued in the great conductors footsteps had he not been tragically killed in an air accident in Paris on the 24th November 1956. He was 36 years old. The Royal Albert Hall recording made by Richard Itter in May 1953 is very well recorded for the period and preserves the palpable excitement of the whole concert.
Contents and tracklist
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Guido Cantelli
- Recorded: 11 May 1953
- Recording Venue: The Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Guido Cantelli
- Recorded: 11 May 1953
- Recording Venue: The Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Guido Cantelli
- Recorded: 11 May 1953
- Recording Venue: The Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
Awards and reviews
February 2018
In contrast with lithe, clean recordings by modern maestros, this Brahms First Symphony comes with dirt under the fingernails and an undeniable halo of majesty. From the apocalyptic opening timpani, there’s a real sense of occasion and mystery that no amount of interference can mask…Cantelli also gives us something all too often missing from today’s urbane, athletic readings: passion.
January 2018
The Rossini is graced with some exceptional playing from the Philharmonia winds and brass...Of the various Schumann Fourths we have from Cantelli, this is in some respects the most impressive...the excellent balance allows us to appreciate some sensitive dovetailing and interconnecting detail that helps make the performance so cogent and memorable.
January 2018
The performance is highly presentable.
10th December 2017
A Christmas solution for historic recordings fans, but any music lover should be pleased: a rare live recording of a complete Philharmonia Orchestra concert at the Royal Albert Hall...Once your ears adjust, these performances of Rossini, Schumann and Brahms have engrossing flair and fizzing energy.
10th March 2018
It’s incandescent stuff, Cantelli’s electricity more than compensating for the hiss...Plus, Cantelli has Dennis Brain on first horn: his big solo in Brahms’s last movement is glorious.
