"The performance was one of exceptional brilliancy and one that displayed to very marked advantage the virtuosity of the orchestra. Aside from its interpretive merits, it may be said that a presentation of this music which displays so much certainty and such high technical quality is rare. Add to this the authority and the fire of the reading." - New York Times, 1938
Artur Rodziński, who had effectively founded the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted his final concert of the orchestra's first season in music by Bach, Schreker and the Strausses Richard and Johann Jr. to rapturous effect on 16 April 1938. As this fabulous XR-remastered release testifies, it was music-making of the very highest order!
We also celebrate the musicianship of Sir Adrian Boult, 136 years old this week, with a 10% discount on all his recordings at Pristine.