Blomstedt - The San Francisco Years

Herbert Blomstedt

Released to coincide with Blomstedt s return to San Francisco for concert dates in Spring 2014 (3-6th April), this limited edition set celebrates an era-defining conductor/orchestra relationship. In celebration of his return to the San Francisco this April, Decca presents 15 of the greatest of his SFS recordings, some of which have not been available for some time. Recordings of Hindemith, Nielsen, Brahms, Strauss, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Schubert that really stand out. Herbert Blomstedt, 86 years young, is now regarded as one of the last torch bearers of the great Austro-Germanic tradition. He has served as principal conductor of the two oldest great German orchestras, the Dresden Staatskapelle and the Leipzig Gewandhaus. He also is an expert in Nordic repertoire, being Swedish, though born in the USA. It is in the USA where on record he made the most impact with 10 still much-talked about years as music director of the San Francisco Symphony (1985 to 1995). With this orchestra, he and Decca made some of the most spectacular orchestral recordings to date, still prized and cited as reference versions by collectors. CD1 Bartók: Kossuth, Sz. 21 Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 CD2 Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C, Op.21 Symphony No.3 in Eb,Eroica, Op.55 CD3 Berwald: Symphony No.1 - Sinfonie sérieuse Symphony No.4 CD4 Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45 Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Soprano) Wolfgang Holzmair (Baritone) San Francisco Symphony Chorus CD5 Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op.54 Rhapsody for Alto, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op.53 Begräbnisgesang, Op.13 / Nänie, Op.82 / Gesang der Parzen, Op.89 Jard van Nes (Contralto) San Francisco Symphony Chorus CD6 Bruckner: Symphony No.4 in E flat major - Romantic CD7 Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op.23 - Incidental Music Mari-Anne Haeggander (Soprano) Urban Malmberg (Baritone) etc San Francisco Symphony Chorus CD8 Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber Trauermusik Symphonie Mathis der Maler Konzertmusik für Streichorchester und Blechbläser CD9 Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C Minor - Resurrection CD10 Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op.56 - Scottish Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 - Italian CD11 Nielsen: Symphony No.2, Op.16 - The Four Temperaments Symphony No.3, Op.27 - Espansiva Nancy Wait Kromm (Soprano) Kevin McMillan (Baritone) CD12 Orff: Carmina Burana Lynne Dawson (Soprano) John Daniecki (Tenor) Kevin McMillan (Baritone) San Francisco Symphony Chorus CD13 Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style: No.2 in C, D.591 Symphony No.9 in C, D.944 - The Great CD14 Sibelius: Symphony No.1 in E minor, Op.39 Symphony No.7 in C, Op.105 Tapiola, Op.112 CD15 R.Strauss: Don Juan, Op.20 Alpensymphonie, Op.64

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