"...As you listen to them, I think you will understand why the Philharmonic snatched him up to succeed Barbirolli. Rodziński whips up tremendous excitement coupled with flexible tempi; and his Cleveland recordings are particularly graced by the precision of ensemble he was able to develop during his decade there, as well as Columbia’s ahead-of-its-time recording onto wide-frequency range lacquer discs. (Just listen to our sample track, the 1812 Overture, and see if it doesn’t sound like a much later recording than 1941!) I found it all a very satisfying experience, and I hope you will, too." - Mark Obert-Thorn, producer
Our final release of 2020 features Artur Rodziński conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra in recordings made from 1939 to 1941. Works include symphonies from Tchaikovsky (4th), Franck and Sibelius (5th) as well as shorter overtures by Tchaikovsky.