Arnold Schoenberg & Vaughan Williams conducted by Mitropoulos

Despite some sonic deficiencies in the early Columbia stereo release, Mitropoulos delivers another magnificent performance, showcasing why he is one of the most underrated conductors in history. It is a great loss that he passed away early, as he could have left us with even more incredible recordings.
Titles: Arnold Schoenberg Transfigured Night (Verklarte Nacht) Op.
Vaughan Williams Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Artist(s): Conductor – Dimitri Mitropoulos
Ensemble – The Strings Of The New York Philharmonic
Recording Info: Released 1958
Sourced from a Columbia 6-eyes Original pressing
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1 Transfigured Night (Verklarte Nacht) Op. 4 25:08
2 Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis 12:40
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Mitropoulos captures "Verklarte Nacht" perfectly
Little classical music is more intense and thought provoking than Shoenberg's "Verklarte Nacht" (Transfigured Night). Mitropoulos captures the work perfectly, in my opinion, with all the intensity and emotion that it can convey in a great performance such as this. Schoenberg's dense and intricate part-writing more clearly articulated here than in any other recording of this piece that I have in my collection. The massed cellos are awe inspiring. The sound quality has the strengths I've come to anticipate and appreciate from HDTT. A very clean, detailed and open-sounding transfer from the original LP. As HDTT acknowledges on their web page for this release, there are some sonic deficiencies in the early Columbia stereo release which are faithfully captured in the high resolution digital transfer, but the magnificence of the performance is to be treasured.
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