London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 10: Carlo Zecchi, Piero Coppola (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

London Philharmonic Orchestra – Conductor’s Gallery, Vol. 10: Carlo Zecchi, Piero Coppola (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:13:21 minutes | 676 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Decca Conductor’s Gallery series presents an A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensive set features several new digital releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

Spanning almost twenty years, the unique story of this set begins in May 1929 with Decca’s first major recording, Delius’s Sea Drift – a performance whose merits were obscured at the time by surface noise, but which the latest technology reveals to be a gloriously sympathetic reading of Delius’s poignant elegy. Back then, the conductor (Anthony Bernard) was not even printed on the 78 labels; yet, for a later recording in the set, a suite of Handel, the name of Erich Kleiber stands out: a sign of how far the label travelled in its first twenty years, through some choppy commercial waters, to become a byword for technological excellence and world-class musical artistry drawn from around the globe.

Tracklist:
1-1. London Philharmonic Orchestra – Rossini: La scala di seta: Overture (06:15)
1-2. London Philharmonic Orchestra – Prelude to Act I (03:34)
1-3. London Philharmonic Orchestra – Prelude to Act III (04:39)
1-4. London Philharmonic Orchestra – La danza bassa dello sparviero (07:39)
1-5. Clara Haskil – I. Allegro moderato (17:43)
1-6. Clara Haskil – II. Andante con moto (04:55)
1-7. Clara Haskil – III. Rondo. Vivace (09:50)
1-8. London Symphony Orchestra – No. 1 in G Major. Allegro moderato e marcato (04:37)
1-9. London Symphony Orchestra – No. 2 in A Major. Allegretto grazioso (04:36)
1-10. London Symphony Orchestra – No. 4 in A Minor. Andante – Allegro molto e risoluto (09:28)

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