Beecham in Toronto
CBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
the performances still pulsate with the old energy. At times, he makes the CBC Symphony play like a Beecham orchestra in its élan and phrasing. —
4 CDs
$41.50Downloads
Audio formats guideContents
Haydn: Symphony No. 102 in B flat major
- CBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 3 April 1960
- Recording Venue: Toronto
I. Largo - Vivace
II. Adagio
III. Menuet - Trio: Allegro
IV. Finale: Presto
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'
- CBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 3 April 1960
- Recording Venue: Toronto
I. Adagio - Allegro
II. Andante
III. Presto
Beecham: Love in Bath
- CBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 3 April 1960
- Recording Venue: Toronto
XVIII. March
X. The Exquisites (after Handel's Parnasso in festa)
VIII. The Plot
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'
- CBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 7 April 1960
- Recording Venue: Toronto
I. Adagio cantabile - Vivace assai
II. Andante
III. Menuetto
IV. Finale: Allegro di molto
Excerpt,
- CBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 7 April 1960
- Recording Venue: Toronto
Feuersnot, Op. 50, TrV 203: Love Scene
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
- CBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 7 April 1960
- Recording Venue: Toronto
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso
III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai
IV. Allegro con spirito
Introduction by Sir Thomas Beecham
- Sir Thomas Beecham (narrator)
- Recorded: 5 April 1960
- Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast
Suppe: Ein Morgen, Mittag und Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna)
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 5 April 1960
- Recording Venue: Toronto
Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31
- Sir Thomas Beecham (narrator)
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Recorded: 5 April 1960
- Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast
Introduction by Sir Thomas
Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31
Excerpt,
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 5 April 1960
- Recording Venue: CBC Television Broadcast
Karelia Suite, Op. 11: III. Alla marcia: Moderato