L'Héritage de Willem Mengelberg

On this CD:

1. Overture to Oberon
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

2. Overture to Oberon
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber

Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

3. Oberon, opera in 3 acts, J306 Ozean! du Ungeheuer
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam with Ria Ginster
Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

4. Der Freischütz, opera in 3 acts, J. 277 Overture
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

5. Euryanthe, opera in 3 acts, Op. 81 (J291) Overture
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

6. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 Overture
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

7. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 Nocturne
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

8. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 Scherzo
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

9. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 Scherzo
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

10. Athalie, incidental music, Op. 74 Marche des Pretres
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

Conducted by Willem Mengelberg

Customer Reviews:

Slash and Burn.......2005-10-19

This live recording from 1939 repeats most of the features of Mengelberg's other Tchaikovsky Fifths, especially in the first and last movements: the finely-articulated clarinet introduction which anticipates the rhythmic motif of the first subjects in both movements; the intensity and control of forte passages; the slow-downs and accelerations for emotional impact; the unaccountable cuts in the last movement. But the symphony's not all there! The second movement begins half-way through, long after the famous horn solo, and last only six minutes. Whether the original lacquers were defective or missing or whether Dante/Lys goofed is unknown, but the omission is disastrous, and makes this CD one to avoid. It would be better to find the earlier studio Columbia recording of the Mengelberg Fifth on M & A or the later, better recorded studio Telefunken Mengelberg Fifth, also on Lys and which has all the virtues and none of the egregious defects of this issue.

L'Heritage de Willem Mengelberg - Cycle Tchaikovsky - Volume 7 - Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam) (recorded 1941); Serenade for Strings - Waltz; Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" - Scherzo & Finale (New York Philharmonic) (recorded 1923)

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L'Heritage de Willem Mengelberg - Cycle Tchaikovsky - Volume 7 - Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" (Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam) (recorded 1941); Serenade for Strings - Waltz; Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" - Scherzo & Finale (New York Philharmonic) (recorded 1923)

Manufacturer: Dante Records Lys
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000FXN4
Release Date: 1999-12-01

L'Heritage de Willem Mengelberg - Cycle Brahms Volume 2 - Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 (recorded 1938) / Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 (recorded 1930)

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L'Heritage de Willem Mengelberg - Cycle Brahms Volume 2 - Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 (recorded 1938) / Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 (recorded 1930)
Johannes Brahms , Willem Mengelberg (conductor) , and Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Manufacturer: Dante Records Lys
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000DMWY
Release Date: 1996-10-14