Hindemith
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was a German composer, violist, conductor and teacher, one of the central musical figures of the twentieth century. Born in Hanau, he first achieved prominence as a performer and as a bold modern composer in Weimar Germany.
His works include operas, symphonies, concertos, chamber music, sonatas for many instruments, choral works and theoretical writings. Mathis der Maler and the Symphonic Metamo...
STRAVINSKY Jeu de Cartes
BETTINELLI Invenzione No. 1
HINDEMITH Konzertmusik für Streichorchester und Blechbläser
RAVEL La Valse
Recorded 1949-54
Total duration: 59:45
Boston Symphony Orchestra
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1; Alto Rhapsody
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21
HAYDN Symphony No. 93
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
VIVALDI L'Estro Armonico: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in D minor, RV565 (1955 and 1956 performances)
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
FALLA El Sombrero des Tres Picos, Suite No. 2
PISTON Toccata
COPLAND El Salón México
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
CRESTON Dance Overture
WAGNER Parsifal – Good Friday Spell
VERDI Te Deum
MONTEVERDI Magnificat (arr. Ghedini)
HANDEL Xerxes – Largo
HINDEMITH Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Six live CBS broadcast concerts, Carnegie Hall, New York, 6 March 1955–8 April 1956
Total duration: 7:06:07, including radio commentary by Jim Fassett
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Guido Cantelli
Walter Gieseking, piano (Mozart No. 21; Beethoven No. 5)
Rudolf Firkušný, piano (Beethoven No. 3; Brahms No. 1)
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano (Beethoven No. 4)
Martha Lipton, alto
Westminster Choir, directed by John Finlay Williamson
WAGNER Parsifal - Good Friday Spell
VERDI Te Deum
BRAHMS Alto Rhapsody
MONTEVERDI Magnificat
HANDEL Xerxes - Largo
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
HINDEMITH Concert Music For Strings And Brass
Live broadcast concerts, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 15:36
Martha Lipton, alto
Rudolf Firkušný, piano
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Guido Cantelli
HAYDN Symphony No. 93
HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler
Recorded live in 1949
Total duration: 56:34
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Guido Cantelli
HINDEMITH Nobilissima Visione
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Live broadcast recording, 1957
Total duration: 79:41
Otto Klemperer, conductor
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus - Excerpts
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
RAVEL La Valse
MILHAUD Prelude from Eumenides
HINDEMITH Nobilissima Visione
Live stereo recordings, 1958
Total duration: 2hr 15:06
Pierre Monteux, conductor
Berl Senofsky, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
