{"product_id":"various-artists-forgotten-recordings","title":"Various Artists: Forgotten Recordings - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eForgotten Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eVarious Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eSomm Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e748871501126\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2021-02-05\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e2\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eAdditional Details: \u003c\/b\u003e2 PACK\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first release of never before available performances by one of the defining partnerships of modern American music in the specially priced two-album set George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings. Long considered one of America's \"Big Five\" orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra entered it's second century in 2018 and earlier this year was hailed by The New York Times as \"America's finest [orchestra] still\". The Forgotten Recordings features eight historic performances made for the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1954 and 1955 - seven of which are first releases - that have been restored and remastered by the multi-award-winning audio restoration engineer Lani Spahr, who also provides extensive and informative booklet notes. Three works - Bach's Third Orchestral Suite (BWV 1068), a revealing engagement by Szell with a composer he is not usually associated with, Smetana's The Moldau and Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel (with an early spotlight on legendary horn player Myron Bloom) were recorded in mono in a remarkably productive session on Christmas Eve, 1954. From October 1955 in stereo recordings are two works by Brahms - his Haydn Variations and the Academic Festival Overture, two symphonies - Mozart's No. 39 and Schumann's Fourth - and a Stravinsky Firebird Suite that \"crackles with energy\". \"Here\", says Spahr, \"we can appreciate that the orchestra was well on it's way to becoming, in Szell's words, 'this glorious instrument... that perfectly reflects my musical ideals'. \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068~Ouverture \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068~Air \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068~Gavotte I\/II \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068~Bourrée \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068~Gigue \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast No. 2) \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K543~Adagio - Allegro \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K543~Andante con moto \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K543~Menuetto \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Symphony No. 39 in E flat, K543~Allegro \u003cbr\u003e2.1 Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 \u003cbr\u003e2.2 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Thema - Chorale St. Antoni - Andante \u003cbr\u003e2.3 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Variation I: Poco più animato \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Variation II: Più vivace \u003cbr\u003e2.5 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Variation III: Con moto \u003cbr\u003e2.6 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Variation IV: Andante con moto \u003cbr\u003e2.7 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Variation V: Vivace \u003cbr\u003e2.8 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Variation VI: Vivace \u003cbr\u003e2.9 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Variation VII: Grazioso \u003cbr\u003e2.10 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Variation VIII: Presto non troppo \u003cbr\u003e2.11 Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a~Finale - Andante \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120~Ziemlich langsam-Lebhaft \u003cbr\u003e2.13 Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120~Romanze: Ziemlich langsam \u003cbr\u003e2.14 Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120~Scherzo: Lebhaft \u003cbr\u003e2.15 Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120~Langsam - Lebhaft \u003cbr\u003e2.16 Firebird Suite~Introduction \u003cbr\u003e2.17 Firebird Suite~The Firebird and its Dance \u003cbr\u003e2.18 Firebird Suite~Variation of the Firebird \u003cbr\u003e2.19 Firebird Suite~Round of the Princesses \u003cbr\u003e2.20 Firebird Suite~Infernal Dance of King Kastchei \u003cbr\u003e2.21 Firebird Suite~Lullaby \u003cbr\u003e2.22 Firebird Suite~Finale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. 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