Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Fritz Reiner

Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Fritz Reiner

Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Fritz Reiner
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Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Composer: Bela Bartok / Richard Wagner
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer: Richard Strauss / Johannes Brahms
Composer: Maurice Ravel / Manuel de Falla
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-07-13
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Coriolan Overture, Op.62 - Emil Gilels
  2. I Allegro Non Troppo - Emil Gilels
  3. II Allegro Appassionato - Emil Gilels
  4. III Andante - Piu Adagio - Emil Gilels
  5. IV Allegretto Grazioso - Un Poco Piu Presto - Emil Gilels
  6. I Adagio - Allegro Spiritoso - Fritz Reiner
  7. II Andante - Fritz Reiner
  8. III Menuetto - Trio - Fritz Reiner
  9. IV Presto - Fritz Reiner
  10. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo - Emil Gilels
Music CD 2
  1. Tragic Overture, Op.81 - Fritz Reiner
  2. Gotterdammerung: Morgendammerung Und Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt - Fritz Reiner
  3. Swineherd's Dance - Fritz Reiner
  4. Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Op.28 - Fritz Reiner
  5. I Prelude. Vif - Fritz Reiner
  6. II Forlane. Allegretto - Fritz Reiner
  7. III Menuet. Allegro Moderato - Fritz Reiner
  8. IV Rigaudon. Assez Vif - Fritz Reiner
  9. I Introduccion Y Escena - Carol Brice
  10. II En La Cueva: La Noche - Carol Brice
  11. III Cancion Del Amor Dolido - Carol Brice
  12. IV El Aparecido - Carol Brice
  13. V Danza Del Terror - Carol Brice
  14. VI El Circulo Magico: Romance Del Pescador - Carol Brice
  15. VII A Media Noche: Los Sortilegios - Carol Brice
  16. VIII Danza Ritual Del Fuego: Para Ahuyentar Los Malos Espiritus - Carol Brice
  17. IX Escena - Carol Brice
  18. X Cancion Del Fuego Fatuo - Carol Brice
  19. XI Pantomima - Carol Brice
  20. XII Danza Del Juego De Amor - Carol Brice
  21. XIII Final. Las Campanas Del Amanecer - Carol Brice

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Rating: 5 Stars

"Great Conductors of the 20th Century" has proven to be a fascinating, revealing series of recordings, and perhaps no volume in the series has shown itself to be more revealing than this one.
While Toscanini is generally given credit for being a literally faithful interpreter of scores, he made minor adjustments even to the scores of composers he revered, like Beethoven and Brahms. The legendary conductor who came the closest to being a literal interpreter was Fritz Reiner.
This is not to say the Reiner's performances were dry or lacked character. Far from it! Like Szell, Solti, and to a lesser extant, Toscanini, Reiner sought to sublimate his ego in the service of the composer's intent, as indicated in the score. Reiner's achievement was to inject less of his personality into his performances than those of the other Apollonarians. When we listen to a Reiner recording, therefore, we don't find out a lot about Fritz Reiner. We do discover a lot about Beethoven, or Brahms, or Wagner, or Ravel, or Bartok, or whoever else's music he's conducting. It's sort of like watching a production of Shakespeare, mounted by a great director, who shapes the overall vision of the play, and lets the actors play their parts with as little editorial comment but as much faithfullness as possible.
Reiner's object is to mount a performance which gets the audience to love the composer's work as much as he does. He doesn't seem to really care what you think about him.
I bought this set on a recommedation from a friend about the Brahms 2nd Piano Concerto with Emil Gilels. I was not disappointed. Gilels delivers his usual robust, muscular performance and Reiner and the Chicago Symphony are right there with him, every step of the way. The Andante - piu adagio is as gentle and refined as the other movements are strong and confident. This is one extraodinary performance.
Beethoven's "Coriolan Overture," which preceeds the Brahms, is, if anything, even better. It hits you like a stiff left jab in the nose, and once it has your attention, it doesn't let go of it. The Brahms "Tragic Overture" is equally impressive.
"Dawn and Siegfried's Ride" from Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" reveals just how beautiful Wagner's music can sound when given a lean and disciplined approach.
Perhaps one reason Reiner is so hard to pin down as a conductor is that he was a true cosmopolitan, who appreciated the differences in flavors, feelings and aromas of different cultures. Thus, he is equally at home presenting the shining, delicate surfaces, and underlying subtelties, of Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin," or the firey passion and mysticism of de Falla's "El Amor Brujo" as he is with the German repertoire. In fact, this particular version of "El Amor Brujo" is to die for. Carol Brice may not be able to match Leontyne Price in terms of glorious tone, but she more than makes up for it in an idiomatically correct performance, full of that Iberian fire that Price, for all her talent, just couldn't fathom.
By the way, the other selections, by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Bartok
and Richard Strauss, are all up to the same high standards.
This CD is a special musical treat, and, at the price, a real FIND!
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