Eduard van Beinum – Decca recordings

remembering Eduard van Beinum on his birthday

(September 3, 1901 – April 13, 1959)

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), ballet, Op. 43
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

CD 2:
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Symphonie Fantastique
Le Carnaval Romain
La Damnation de Faust (extracts)

CD 3:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 127
Willem Pijper (1894-1947):
Symphony No. 3, K. 71 with Piano obbligato *
Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921):
Marsyas, suite from the incidental music

Clifford Curzon - piano *

CD 4:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner", K. 385
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Die Zauberharfe, D. 644 - Overture
Symphony No. 4 in C minor "Tragic", D. 417
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Overture & Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op.21 & op.61

CD 5:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Overture to Guillaume Tell
Overture to La scala di seta
Overture to Semiramide
Overture to La gazza ladra
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892):
Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra in D minor, Op. 21 *

Alfredo Campoli - violin *


London Philharmonic Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum - conductor

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