Eduard Van Beinum: Complete Recordings on Decca & Philips
Eduard Van Beinum
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US$120.00
- Release Date 06 January 2023
- In Stock
- Product code
- 4851387
- Format
- Box Set
- Label
- Decca
The eminent Dutch conductor Eduard van Beinum described his relationship with orchestral musicians as ‘first among equals’. He said of his work ‘One must certainly not by tyrannical. A conductor must immerse himself in the possibilities of each and every orchestra member and bring everything out of them.’ It was a huge shock, when during a rehearsal of Brahms’ First Symphony on 13 April 1959, van Beinum suffered a fatal heart attack on the podium in the Concertgebouw at the age of just 58. His qualities as a musician had perhaps not been fully appreciated during his lifetime, but after his death, his recordings allow us to re-evaluate his impeccable musical intuition, his good taste and the spontaneity of his music-making. Collected here in one edition that predominately features the two orchestras he was Principal Conductor of — the Concertgebouworkest & London Philharmonic Orchestra — are the complete recordings he made for both Decca and Philips.
Highlights include:
- A sparkling interpretation of Beethoven’s ballet music to The Creature of Prometheus with the LPO
- Brahms’ Symphony cycle recorded with the Concertgebouworkest – a radically modern approach for the time they were made
- Lauded recordings of Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole (1946) ‘Without question, this is the best recording we have had of this pungently evocative work.’ — Gramophone; Boléro and La Valse and Debussy’s La Mer, Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (1946) ‘A truly brilliant recording, bringing out more of the score than I should have thought possible’ — Gramophone
- Berlioz’ Symphonie fantastique (one of his most celebrated recordings full of incisive precision and spontaneous explosive abandon)
- Reference recordings of Bruckner’s 7, 8 & 9th Symphonies – “Bruckner is my bread and butter” said Van Beinum
- Diapason d’Or award-winning recordings of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.4 & A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CO) & Hebrides Overture (LPO)
- A series of 78rpm recordings made for ‘Dutch Decca’, Telefunken & Deutsche Grammophon, including many works van Beinum never recorded commercially, such as Richard Strauss’s Don Juan and Smetana’s Vltava – all released for the first time in nearly 70 years, in new hi-res transfers made especially for this collection
- Bonus Audio documentary feature produced by Jon Tolansky, with commentary by a number of musicians who worked with Eduard van Beinum
- 102pp book (English/Dutch/French/German) with essays by music historian Niek Nelissen and Jon Tolansky
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| CD 1 | ||
| 1 | J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos.1–4 Concertgebouworkest | |
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| CD 2 | ||
| 1 | Clark: Trumpet Voluntary ∙ Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks Suite; Water Music Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| 2 | J.C. Bach: Symphonies Nos.2 & 4, Op.18 CO | |
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| CD 3 | ||
| 1 | Handel: Water Music CO | |
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| CD 4 | ||
| 1 | Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp Hubert Barwahser, Phia Berghout; Symphonies Nos.29 & 33 CO | |
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| CD 5 | ||
| 1 | Mozart: Symphony No.35 ‘Haffner’; Piano Concerto No.24 Kathleen Long, LPO | |
| 2 | Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Bram de Wilde, CO | |
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| CD 6 | ||
| 1 | Mozart: Serenade in D, K.320 ‘Posthorn’ | |
| 2 | Reger: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Mozart CO | |
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| CD 7 | ||
| 1 | Haydn: Symphonies Nos.94, 96 (1952 rec.) & 97 CO | |
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| CD 8 | ||
| 1 | Haydn: Symphony No.96 (1947 rec.) CO | |
| 2 | Haydn: Symphony No.100 ∙ Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus LPO | |
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| CD 9 | ||
| 1 | Beethoven: Overtures LPO | |
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| CD 10 | ||
| 1 | Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op.61 Arthur Grumiaux; Symphony No.2 CO | |
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| CD 11 | ||
| 1 | Schubert: Symphonies Nos.4 & 5; Rosamunde CO | |
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| CD 12 | ||
| 1 | Schubert Symphonies Nos.3, 6 & 8 ‘Unfinished’ CO | |
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| CD 13 | ||
| 1 | Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture; Violin Concerto Alfredo Campoli, LPO | |
| 2 | Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1946 rec.) | |
| 3 | Beethoven: Leonore Overture No.2 ∙ Rossini: Overture to La scala di seta CO | |
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| CD 14 | ||
| 1 | Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1952 rec.); Symphony No.4 ∙ Rossini: Overtures CO | |
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| CD 15 | ||
| 1 | Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (1946 rec.); | |
| 2 | La Damnation de Faust (excerpts: 1946 rec.); | |
| 3 | Marche troyenne; Le Carnaval Romain Ouverture (1956 rec.) CO | |
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| CD 16 | ||
| 1 | Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (1951 rec.); | |
| 2 | Le Carnaval Romain Ouverture (1951 rec.); | |
| 3 | La Damnation de Faust (excerpts: 1947 rec.) | |
| 4 | Brahms: St Anthony Variations (1952 rec.) CO | |
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| CD 17 | ||
| 1 | Brahms: Symphony No.1 (1947 rec.); St Anthony Variations (1949 rec.) CO | |
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| CD 18 | ||
| 1 | Brahms: Symphony No.1 (1951 rec.) CO | |
| 2 | Brahms: Symphony No.3 (1946 rec.) LPO | |
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| CD 19 | ||
| 1 | Brahms: Symphonies Nos.2 & 4 CO | |
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| CD 20 | ||
| 1 | Brahms: Symphonies Nos.1 (1958 rec.) & 3 (1958 rec.) CO | |
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| CD 21 | ||
| 1 | Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 Clifford Curzon; Tragic Overture (1952 rec.); | |
| 2 | Academic Festival Overture (1952 rec.); Alto Rhapsody CO | |
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| CD 22 | ||
| 1 | Brahms: Violin Concerto Arthur Grumiaux; St Anthony Variations (1958 rec.); | |
| 2 | Tragic Overture (1958 rec.); | |
| 3 | Academic Festival Overture (1958 rec.) CO | |
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| CD 23 | ||
| 1 | Bruckner: Symphony No.5 in B flat CO | |
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| CD 24 | ||
| 1 | Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E (1947 rec.) CO | |
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| CD 25 | ||
| 1 | Bruckner: Symphony No.7 in E (1953 rec.) CO | |
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| CD 26 | ||
| 1 | Bruckner: Symphony No.8 in C minor CO | |
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| CD 27 | ||
| 1 | Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor CO | |
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| CD 28 | ||
| 1 | Mahler: Symphony No.4 in G CO | |
| 2 | Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gessellen (1946 rec.) LPO | |
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| CD 29 | ||
| 1 | Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Lieder Eines fahrenden Gesellen (1956 rec.) CO | |
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| CD 30 | ||
| 1 | Lalo: Symphonie espagnole Alfredo Campoli, LPO | |
| 2 | Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Andante cantabile for cello & strings; Nutcracker Suite CO | |
| 3 | Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture–Fantasia | |
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| CD 31 | ||
| 1 | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade CO | |
| 2 | Borodin: Polovtsian Dances ∙ Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suites (excerpts: 1950 rec.) LPO | |
| 3 | Debussy: Danses pour harpe et orchestre Chamber Music Society of Amsterdam | |
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| CD 32 | ||
| 1 | Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Le Chant du Rossignol ∙ Kodaly: Háry János Suite CO | |
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| CD 33 | ||
| 1 | Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite CO | |
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| CD 34 | ||
| 1 | Sibelius: Violin Concerto Jan Damen; Tone Poems LPO | |
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| CD 35 | ||
| 1 | Franck: Psyché; Variations symphoniques Géza Anda | |
| 2 | Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Boléro; La Valse CO | |
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| CD 36 | ||
| 1 | Debussy: Nocturnes; La Mer; Images (Set 3) CO | |
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| CD 37 | ||
| 1 | Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; Cello Concerto Anthony Pini; Elegy for Strings; The Wand of Youth Suites 1 & 2 LPO | |
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| CD 38 | ||
| 1 | Britten: Spring Symphony ∙ Pijper: Symphony No.3 CO | |
| 2 | Britten Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes (1947 rec.). | |
| 3 | Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt LPO | |
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| CD 39 | ||
| 1 | Britten: Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes (1953 rec.); The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | |
| 2 | Debussy: Berceuse héroïque; Marche écossaise ∙ Thomas: Overture to Mignon ∙ Grieg: Two Elegiac Melodies | |
| 3 | Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Overture ∙ Sousa: The Stars & Stripes Forever CO | |
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| CD 40 | ||
| 1 | Pijper: Six Epigrams; Concerto for Piano & Orchestra Hans Henkemans ∙ Henkemans: Violin Concerto Theo Olof | |
| 2 | Diepenbrock: Marsyas, of De betooverde bron RC 101 Incidental music excerpts CO | |
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| CD 41 | ||
| 1 | ‘Eduard van Beinum – 78 Rarities I’ | |
| 2 | Brahms: St Anthony Variations ∙ Bizet: L’Arlésienne ∙ Reger: Valse d’amour (Ballet Suite Op.130) ∙ Smetana: Vltava (Má vlast) CO | |
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| CD 42 | ||
| 1 | ‘Eduard van Beinum – 78 Rarities II’ | |
| 2 | Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture ∙ Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin Act III ∙ Beethoven: Egmont Overture | |
| 3 | J.S. Bach: Suite No.2 in B minor BWV 1067 (excerpts); Suite No.3 in D BWV 1068 | |
| 4 | R. Strauss: Don Juan ∙ Sibelius: Finlandia CO | |
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| CD 43 | ||
| 1 | ‘Eduard van Beinum – Memories’ | |
| 2 | Audio documentary feature produced by Jon Tolansky, with commentary by a number of musicians who worked with Eduard van Beinum | |