Jascha Horenstein: Reference Recordings

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Mahler: Symphony No. 3

Helen Watts (contralto), London Symphony Orchestra, Highgate School Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Orpington Junior Singers – Jascha Horenstein

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Titan’ /Pro Musica Orchester Wien

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor /Pro Musica Orchester Wien – Jascha Horenstein

Hindemith: Symphony ‘Mathis der Maler’ /Orchestre Radio-Symphonique Paris – Jascha Horenstein

Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20 /Jascha Horenstein – Bamberger Symphoniker

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 /London Symphony Orchestra – Jascha Horenstein

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite /Südwestfunk-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Jascha Horenstein

Schoenberg:

Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 /Südwestfunk-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Jascha Horenstein

Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9 /Südwestfunk-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Jascha Horenstein

Ravel:

Piano Concerto in G major /Vlado Perlemuter (piano), Orchestre Colonne – Jascha Horenstein

Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand) /Vlado Perlemuter (piano), Orchestre Colonne – Jascha Horenstein

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz 112 /Pro Musica Orchester Wien – Jascha Horenstein

Janáček:

Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Major, Sz. 112 :III. Allegro molto

Sinfonietta /Pro Musica Orchester Wien – Jascha Horenstein

Taras Bulba /Pro Musica Orchester Wien – Jascha Horenstein

Wagner:

Lohengrin, Prelude to Act I /Bamberger Symphoniker – Jascha Horenstein

Tristan und Isolde, Prelude to Act III /Bamberger Symphoniker – Jascha Horenstein

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Claudio Arrau (piano), Orchestre National de France – Jasche Horenstein

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

Heinrich Rehkemper (baritone), Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin – Jascha Horenstein

Wagner: Faust Overture, WWV59 /Südwestfunk-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden – Jascha Horenstein

Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108

Ferdinand Koch, Südwestfunk-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Südwestfunk-Chor Baden-Baden – Jascha Horenstein

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’ /Pro Musica Orchester Wien – Jascha Horenstein

Strauss, R: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 /Bamberger Symphonike – Jascha Horenstein

The recordings featured in this 10-album collection audibly illustrate this exceptional conductor’s life and career. Beginning with the first recording for gramophone of Gustav Mahler’s “Kindertotenlieder”, which he directed in Berlin in 1928, they continue with the interesting Paris recordings of Hindemith’s “Mathis” Symphony, the Ravel concertos with pianist Vlado Perlemuter through to his collaboration with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, a mutually appreciative relationship to which he brought his accumulated experience. The spotlight shines throughout on the studio recordings made in Vienna and Baden-Baden. Under Horenstein’s baton, the South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, first nurtured by Ernest Bour and then elevated to the highest European standard by Hans Rosbaud, plays at its very best. In Vienna, where musicians mainly from the Vienna Symphony had come together under the name Pro Musica, he recorded the great European concert repertoire – often including exceptional soloists such as Alfred Brendel and Ivry Gitlis. At the same time, he made important, early recordings of the Mahler and Bruckner symphonies. The programme is rounded off by the recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra from the early 1960s, the live recording of Mahler’s Third under the direction of Jascha Horenstein, recorded for the first time ever, representing a special highlight.