Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Rafael Kubelik
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Orchestra: Rafael KubelikOrchestra: Antonin Dvorak
Orchestra: Paul Hindemith
Orchestra: Robert Schumann
Orchestra: Franz Schubert
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-07-13
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3 for orchestra in A flat major, B. 86/3 (Op. 45/3)
- Symphony No. 4, H. 305: I. Poco moderato - Poco allegro - Allegro
- Symphony No. 4, H. 305: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo - Trio. Moderato
- Symphony No. 4, H. 305: III. Largo
- Symphony No. 4, H. 305: IV. Poco allegro
- La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ('l?gende dramatique') H. 111 (Op. 24): Ballet
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21
- Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, for orchestra: I. Allegro
- Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, for orchestra: II. Turandot: Scherzo. Moderato - Lebhaft
- Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, for orchestra: III. Andantino
- Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, for orchestra: IV. Marsch
- Genoveva, opera, Op. 81: Overture
- Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200: I. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con brio
- Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200: II. Allegretto
- Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200: III. Menuetto. Vivace - Trio
- Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200: IV. Presto vivace
- Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor (incomplete)
- Sinfonietta for orchestra ('Military,' 'Sokol Festival'), JW 6/18: I. Fanfares. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso
- Sinfonietta for orchestra ('Military,' 'Sokol Festival'), JW 6/18: II. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso
- Sinfonietta for orchestra ('Military,' 'Sokol Festival'), JW 6/18: III. Moderato
- Sinfonietta for orchestra ('Military,' 'Sokol Festival'), JW 6/18: IV. Allegretto
- Sinfonietta for orchestra ('Military,' 'Sokol Festival'), JW 6/18: V. Andante con moto - Maestoso
Music reviews of Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Rafael Kubelik
Music Review: A good portrait of Kubelik's range, but nothing is compelling
Rating: 4 Stars
The Great Conductors series has unearthed few treasures in terms of unreleased performances, so the fact that this Kubelik colleciton lacks a major new release didn't bother me. It contains many things Kubelik was good at--Mahler, Schumann, and a host of Czech composers. The lovely Dvorak Slavonic Rhapsody that begins CD 1 is in excellent 1959 stereo; for those of us who don't know the work, it sounds like one of the famous Slavonic Dances extended to 11 min. We then descend into murky 1948 mono for a vigorous, idiomatic Martinu Sym. 4, a fascinating document of a now-forgotten composer (except in his native Czechoslovakia). The other major work on CD 1 is a Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphoses in clear, wide-ranging 1953 mono, recorded during Kubelik's doomed interregnum in Chicago before Reiner arrived. Here Kubelik favors a lean line and detailed inner voices, so there is a certain restrained coolness to the whole reading.
CD 2, which is mostly in stereo, starts with a lovely Schumann Genoveva Over. with the Berlin Phil., a very accomplished account. A 1960 Schubert 3rd Sym. sparkles because of the Vienna Phil. and Kubelik's animated, alert condcuting. The sonics are fairly dated, unfortunately. The Adagio from the Mahler 10th, taken from Kubelik's complete cycle on DG, is neither intense nor virtuosic; I'm not sure it holds up that well. It certainly gives us a fair portrait of his lean, sometimes understated style in Mahler. Finally, one of Kubelik's specialties, the Janacek Sinfonietta. This version from 1955 with the Vienna Phil. (soudning pretty scrappy) is in boxy mono and really doesn't show the conductor at his best--I guess it was included as the least available recording he made of the piece.
Overall, as enjoyable as this set was, one has to ask why there isn't a single great performance on it. Kubelik turned them in, and Orfeo seems tto have uncovered a batch of unreleased live performances. Too bad Great Conductors settled for average.
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Berlioz, Hector
- ( D ) > Dvor?k, Anton?n
- ( H ) > Hindemith, Paul
- ( M ) > Mahler, Gustav
- Martinu, Bohuslav
- Mendelssohn, Felix
- ( S ) > Schubert, Franz
- Schumann, Robert
- ( J ) > Jan?cek, Leos
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( B ) > Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- ( L ) > London Philharmonic Orchestra
- ( V ) > Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Forms & Genres > Symphonies > Sinfonia
- Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Forms & Genres > Symphonies
- Variations
- Romantic (c.1820-1910)
- Symphonies > Modern & 20th Century
- General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Historical Periods > Romantic (c.1820-1910)
- Languages > German
- Oratorios
- Vocal Non-Opera > Oratorios
- Berlioz, Hector - Works by Berlioz
- Mendelssohn, Felix - Works by Mendelssohn
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( D ) - Dvor?k, Anton?n - General
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