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Sir Thomas Beecham cond. CBC Symphony Orchestra Toronto, 3 & 7 April, 1960: Haydn – Symphonies, No. 102 in Bb & No. 94 in G, “Surprise”; Mozart – Symphony No. 38 in D, K. 504, “Prague”; Handel/Beecham – Love in Bath Ballet Suite; R. Strauss – Love Scene from Feuersnot, Op. 50; Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73; Beecham cond. Toronto Symphony Orchestra 5 April, 1960, CBC Television Broadcast

: “Lollipops”: works by Suppe, Sibelius, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, and Rossini, introduced by Sir Thomas; interviews with Leon Goossens & Neville Cardus. BONUS CD: Beecham cond. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Live – 25 Dec. 1958 BBC broadcast: Mozart – Symphony No. 35 in X, K. 385, “Haffner”; Live – 4 Nov. 1959 BBC broadcast: Wagner: Meistersinger – Prelude to Act I & Delius: North Country Sketches; Live – 25 Oct. 1959 BBC Broadcast: Lalo – Symphony in g. Audio restoration (2011) by Lani Spahr [discs 1-3] & Kit Higginson [disc 4]. ADD. Timings: CD 1 – 72:00; CD 2 – 69:11; CD 3 – 69:56; CD 4- 76:26. Special offer: 4 CDs priced as 3. UPC# 017685-125522.

Disc 1 Sound Clips (MP3):

 

1. I. Largo – Vivace

2. II. Adagio

3. III. Menuet – Trio- Allegro

4. IV. Finale- Presto

5. I. Adagio – Allegro

6. II. Andante

7. III. Presto

8. XVIII. March

9. X. The Exquisites (after Handel’s Parnasso in festa)

10. VIII. The Plot

11. III. The Linleys (after Handel’s Parnasso in festa)

12. IV. Hunting Dance

13. XIV. Minuet (after Handel’s Il pastor fido)

14. XI. Second Love Scene (after Handel’s Rodrigo)

15. XIX. Interlude

16. XVI. Rondeau (after Handel’s Ariodante)

17. XV. Hornpipe (after Handel’s Il pastor fido)

Disc 2 Sound Clips (MP3):

 

1. I. Adagio cantabile – Vivace assai

2. II. Andante

3. III. Menuetto

4. IV. Finale- Allegro di molto

5. Feuersnot, Op. 50, TrV 203- Love Scene

6. I. Allegro non troppo

7. II. Adagio non troppo – L’istesso tempo, ma grazioso

8. III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) – Presto ma non assai

9. IV. Allegro con spirito

Disc 3 Sound Clips (MP3):

 

1. Introduction by Sir Thomas Beecham

2. Ein Morgen, Mittag und Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna)

3. Introduction by Sir Thomas

4. Le rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31

5. Karelia Suite, Op. 11- III. Alla marcia- Moderato

6. Introduction by Sir Thomas

7. La vierge, Act IV- Prelude, Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge (The Last Sleep of the Virgin)

8. Introduction by Sir Thomas

9. Overture – Concluding Remarks

10. Introduction to the CBC Handel-Haydn Festival, June 1959

11. John Amis interviews Leon Goossens

12. John Amis interviews Neville Cardus

Disc 4 Sound Clips (MP3):

 

1. I. Allegro con spirito

2. II. Andante

3. III. Menuetto

4. IV. Finale- Presto

5. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg)- Act I- Prelude

6. No. 1. Autumn, the Wind Soughs in the Trees

7. No. 3. Dance

8. No. 2. Winter Landscape

9. No. 4. The March of the Spring

10. I. Andante – Allegro non troppo

11. II. Vivace

12. III. Adagio

13. IV. Allegro