Pierre Monteux - Monteux at Tanglewood Vol. 1 (1958) [2016]

Monteux's stereo Tanglewood broadcasts part 1: 1958
"One of the loveliest, beautifully calculated renditions of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto that I have ever experienced" - Fanfare

A good number of Pierre Monteux's concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in the summers of 1958, 1959 and 1961 were broadcast in early stereo FM broadcasts and preserved on tapes that have circulated privately over the years and, occasionally, seen the light of day on commercial releases. This first volume concentrates on 1958 performances of Beethoven and more modern music by French composers Debussy, Ravel, Milhaud and the German Paul Hindemith, together providing a contrasting repertoire of music, the highlight of which will be, for many, the fine performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto of 9th August with American violinist Berl Senofsky.

The stereo imagery is good for a live recording so early in the stereo era, assisted by digital phase correction technology.


Tracks:

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus - Excerpts
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
RAVEL La Valse
MILHAUD Prelude from Eumenides
HINDEMITH Nobilissima Visione

Personnel:

Pierre Monteux, conductor
Berl Senofsky, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra