Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony

Silvestri: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Date: 22 Feb 1963 Broadcast
Location: Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Manfred Symphony (1885)
1. Lento lugubre (00:00)
2. Vivace con spirito (15:58)
3. Andante con moto (25:03)
4. Allegro con fuoco (36:05)
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Metamorphosis: The Transformation of the Bournemouth Symphony
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This documentary tells the story of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s rise to international acclaim while under the baton of Maestro Constantin Silvestri. Ray Carpenter (1922-2017), the symphony's principal clarinet, shares his memories along with historic materials-photographs, excerpts of musical recordings, newspaper clippings, and programs. Ray provides insight into his own musical coming-of-age as well as musical life during the Silvestri (1961-1969) years. Despite his short tenure with the symphony, Maestro Silvestri managed to transform a provincial band to an orchestra whose performances were praised in and beyond London.
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[@Egobaldo]

That's the way to play the organ at the finale!

[@constantinsilvestrigar]

I don't know if I can even imagine what it would have been like to be in the audience hearing this piece for the first time. What an experience it must have been!

[@leestamm3187]

A really excellent interpretation and performance of this sometimes problematic composition. Thanks very much.

[@constantinsilvestrigar]

I really can't decide whether I like this performance or his ORTF performance better. Well I guess they are both the best.

[@TheFergyme]

He did one with the Philadelphia SO too.@@constantinsilvestrigar

[@constantinsilvestrigar]

@@TheFergymeThe Philadelphia broadcast is on Pristine. I find this and the ORTF performances superior. There is also the Royal Albert Hall Promenade Concert performance on my channel.
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[@samuelariasramos6082]

Una grabación aceptable de esta compleja partitura. A pesar de la antigüedad de la grabación, el registro sonoro es bueno para la época. La dirección de Silvestri no está mal, aunque con la perspectiva de más de 60 años, se notan demasiadas inseguridades, inconsistencias, y, sobre todo, la diferencia con los mejores registros actuales, fundamentalmente por la gran revalorización que ha tenido la gran música sinfónica de Tchaikovsky en las últimas décadas .Hay que pensar que hace 50 años todavía se le veía como un compositor de ballets, y no se tomaba muy en serio su música sinfónica, hasta que algunos directores rusos (Mravinsky, Svetlanov), las abismales interpretaciones (y lecciones) del gran Celibidache, y la labor de parte de la crítica anglosajona, fueron cambiando poco a poco la forma de oir, de entender y de tocar la música del mayor compositor ruso de todos los tiempos.