{"product_id":"horenstein-in-venezuela-vol-2-beethoven-bruckner-r-strauss-vivaldi-19571954-pasc717","title":"HORENSTEIN in Venezuela Vol. 2: Beethoven, Bruckner, R. 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STRAUSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e Death and Transfiguration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eVIVALDI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eConcerto Grosso in D minor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eLive recordings, 1957 and 1954\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e2hr 16:42\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eOrquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eJascha Horenstein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC717.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nAlthough Jascha Horenstein toured Latin America extensively starting in the\nmid-1940s, he did not make it to Venezuela until his two debut concerts in\nFebruary 1954. He returned in May 1955 when he conducted the Venezuelan\npremieres of Mahler’s First Symphony and Strauss’s \u003ci\u003eMetamorphosen\u003c\/i\u003e, and\nappeared again in Caracas in January 1957 when he stayed for a full three\nmonths. During this time, his last and longest stay, he conducted the local\npremieres of Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony (PASC 711), Bruckner’s Third,\nMahler’s Fourth and Schoenberg’s \u003ci\u003eVerklaerte Nacht\u003c\/i\u003e as well as six concerts\nof contemporary music at the Second Latin American Music Festival. In all,\nHorenstein led the OS Venezuela sixteen times and although all of those\nconcerts were recorded not all of them have survived. This collection\nreproduces some that have, taken from his first and last visits to Caracas,\nand includes his only known recording of Beethoven’s Second Symphony.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCD1:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruckner entered Horenstein’s life at an early age when he attended a\nconcert in Vienna of the Ninth Symphony conducted by Nikisch in 1912. He\noften referred to that occasion as a turning point in his life and admitted\nthat whenever he conducted Bruckner he “could not avoid” doing things that\nhe originally heard from Nikisch. During the early part of his career he\nconducted only the Ninth in public and although he also did a broadcast of\nthe Sixth and recorded the Seventh for DG (PASC 203), he never included\nthem in a concert until decades later. Following his Bruckner Ninth concert\nin Leningrad in 1932 and his exit from Germany a year later, Horenstein did\nnot touch Bruckner again until he recorded the Ninth for Vox in 1953 (PASC 429).\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe present recording of the Venezuelan premiere of Bruckner’s Third\nSymphony documents Horenstein’s first public performance of anything by\nBruckner for 25 years as well as his first attempt at the Third, a work that\nquickly became one of his favourites. Presumably it was his idea to follow\nBruckner with Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso, an unusual but strangely satisfying\nchoice and the only example of Horenstein in this repertoire. Eschewing the\nusual Vivaldi scramble, his comfortable tempi allow for some deeply\nsatisfying sequences and provide the violin solo with opportunities for\ntasteful and refined portamento playing in the Largo fourth movement.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCD2\u003c\/b\u003e: Vivaldi preceded Strauss’s \u003ci\u003eDeath and Transfiguration\u003c\/i\u003e, a Horenstein\nfavourite that ended this and many other evenings. It is one of at least\nfive recordings of the work he made over the years and, at just over 22\nminutes, is also one of the swiftest.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe \u003ci\u003eLeonore III\u003c\/i\u003e overture and Beethoven’s Second Symphony were recorded\nthree years earlier during Horenstein’s first trip to Venezuela in Feb.\n1954. The hushed opening of the \u003ci\u003eLeonore \u003c\/i\u003eOverture generates a beguiling\nsense of mystery, underlined by Horenstein’s trademark ability to make the\norchestra play really softly while maintaining intensity. This is also\nnotable in parts of the symphony, an energetic, vivacious, agile reading\nthat also leaves much space for lyricism and is his only recording of this\nwork.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cs\u003e\n\u003c\/s\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nOne might justifiably ask what possible value or interest could there be in\na series of rather average recordings with a third tier orchestra lacking\nthe refinements of sound and execution expected by today’s listeners, in\nworks of now standard repertoire that are available in dozens of better\nsounding, better played versions, including some conducted by Horenstein\nhimself? The answer is that his views of all these works, especially when\ncaptured live as here, remain engaging and highly absorbing no matter when\nor with whom he performed them. His ability to inspire an orchestra he did\nnot know well to cooperate creatively, with one mind and one heart and\nsometimes in music they did not know at all, is awe inspiring. There is a\nworld-class feel to some of these performances that would make a good\nimpression anywhere, and one readily forgives the mistakes and ragged\nexecution, both musical and technical, when so much else is of such intense\nvitality and inspiration.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisha Horenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eHORENSTEIN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003ein Venezuela Vol. 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc one\u003c\/b\u003e (65:37)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBRUCKNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 3 in D minor, WAB 103 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(1890, Schalk\/Rättig edition) - \u003ci\u003eVenezuela première\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 1st mvt. - Mäßig bewegt  (20:11)\u003cbr\u003e2. 2nd mvt. - Adagio (etwas bewegt), quasi Andante  (13:16)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3rd mvt. - Scherzo: Ziemlich schnell  (7:03)\u003cbr\u003e4. 4th mvt. - Finale: Allegro  (13:09)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVIVALDI \u003c\/b\u003eConcerto Grosso in D minor, RV.565, Op. 3, No. 11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. 1st mvt. - Allegro  (1:20)\u003cbr\u003e6. 2nd mvt. - Adagio e spiccato  (0:32)\u003cbr\u003e7. 3rd mvt. - Allegro  (3:36)\u003cbr\u003e8. 4th mvt. - Largo e spiccato  (2:20)\u003cbr\u003e9. 5th mvt. - Allegro  (4:10)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc two \u003c\/b\u003e(71:05)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. 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Allegro - Trio  (3:55)\u003cbr\u003e6. 4th mvt. - Allegro molto  (6:34)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eOrquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eJascha Horenstein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcerts recorded at Teatro Municipal, Caracas, Venezuela\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXR remastered by Andrew Rose\u003cbr\u003eArtwork based on photograph of Jascha Horenstein\u003cbr\u003eVery special thanks to Misha Horenstein for source recordings, artwork, notes and other assistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruckner, Vivaldi \u0026amp; Strauss\u003c\/b\u003e: concert of 8 February, 1957. A stereo recording.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeethoven\u003c\/b\u003e: concert of 23 February 1954. 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