Fritz Busch
Fritz Busch (1890-1951) was a German conductor, one of the most important operatic and symphonic conductors of the twentieth century. Exiled from Germany in 1933, he later became central to Glyndebourne’s early history.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mozart, Berwald and Scandinavian repertory, with recordings from Europe and the United States.
Busch’s conducting was clear, disciplined and drama...
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
BRAHMS Nänie
Live and studio recordings, 1942-1950
Total duration: 2hr 25:36
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Busch
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto - Live & Studio recordings
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 - Scherzo (bonus track)
Live and studio recordings, 1919-1950
Total duration: 2hr 28:56
Adolf Busch, violin
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchester des Württembergischen Landes-Theaters (bonus track)
conducted by Fritz Busch
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
HAYDN Symphony No. 101 'Clock'
Studio and live recordings, 1950
Total duration: 2hr 14:24
Niederösterreichisches Tonkünstlerorchester
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Busch
HAYDN Symphony No. 88
HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante
HAYDN The Creation - excerpts
HAYDN The Seasons - rehearsal
Live & studio recordings, 1934-1951
Total duration: 79:28
Erna Berger, Irmgard Seefried soprano
Julius Patzak, Erik Sjöberg tenor
Einar Nørby baritone
Alexander Kipnis bass
Statsradiofoniens Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'
BEETHOVEN Overtures: Leonore 2 & 3
movements from:
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Live and Studio Recordings, 1933-1950
Total duration: 2hr 28:13
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind, Erika Rokyta, soprano
Else Jena, Ingeborg Steffensen, contralto
Erik Sjøberg, Koloman Von Pátaky, tenor
Holger Byrding, Alexander Kipnis, bass
Statsradiofoniens Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch
BERWALD Symphony No. 1 "Symphonie sérieuse"
R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs
BERWALD Estrella de Soria - Overture
ERLING Intermezzo
LARSSON Ostinato
Live and studio recordings, 1939-1951
Total duration: 68:30
Sena Jurinac, soprano
William Damme, violin
Carl Thelin, violoncello
Konsertförenings Orkester
Kungliga Orkester
Stockholm Radiotjaensts Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch
BERLIOZ Benvenuto Cellini Overture
REGER Hiller Variations*
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
Live concert recordings, 1951
Total duration: 79:30
Sinfonie-Orchester Des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg
conducted by Fritz Busch
(*part section: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Paul van Kempen)
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 'Great' [mvts 1-3]
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 'Italian'
ROSSINI Overture to Semiramide
Live recordings, 1950/51
Total duration: 76:02
Statsradiofoniens Symfoniorkester
conducted by Fritz Busch
