Here is a coda to the short series of recordings that George Enescu (Enesco) made for Remington circa 1950. This is not an Enescu recording, rather an LP made by the Bucharest Philharmonic, the orchestra renamed in the composer's honor after his death.
On the program for the venerable conductor George Georgescu are Enescu's first and second Romanian Rhapsodies. These performances are considered authentic and who am I to disagree. The sound is vivid as well. And I love the cover. Nice package.
ADDENDUM: the online Georgescu discography suggests that the conductor recorded these works only once, in 1942.
Buster: I download these Georgescu performances and put them on the same CD as the 78 set I posted. They are quite wonderful, very -- what? -- slavic maybe. Thanks for posting them. I have Georgescu doing the Enesco 1st Symphony. If after searching around I find it is not available on CD or for download elsewhere, I'll put it up. Eventually. Thanks again for these. I'll be back to this page to download Enesco's own performances.
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ReplyDeleteI never did thank you for this and Enescu's own conducting of these two gems. Larry's own posting of the Ormandy/Kindler made me realize this. As far as I'm concerned, one cannot get enough Enescu..I know that you'll agree!
While I'm here...any recordings of Jose Iturbi comducting the Rochester PO? Thanks!
Hi guys - thanks for the comments. Fred - I do have a few Iturbi recordings; possibly one with Rochester PO - but I haven't any recollection of what it might be, so the chances of finding it would be slim!
ReplyDeleteA re-up perhaps Buster?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks,
Cheers,
Douglas (UK)
Remastered version (Apple lossless):
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Always a sucker for Romanian music of whatever genre.
ReplyDeleteMuch obliged.
Cheers,
Douglas (UK)