Guido Cantelli Conducts Rossini, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
On this CD:
1. Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Guido Cantelli
2. Symphony No. 4 in A major ("Italian"), Op. 90
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Guido Cantelli
3. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate") Op. 67
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Guido Cantelli
Guido Cantelli Conducts Rossini, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn, Gioachino Rossini, Guido Cantelli, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Classical, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera, Orchestral, Romantic Overture for Orchestra, Romantic Symphony, Symphonic
Average customer rating:
- A collection up to Cantelli's high standards
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Guido Cantelli Conducts Rossini, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
Manufacturer: Testament
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 All Works by Beethoven
| Beethoven, Ludwig van
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| Classical
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All Works by Mendelssohn
| Mendelssohn, Felix
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| Classical
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All Works by Rossini
| Rossini, Gioacchino
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| Classical
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Romantic
| Symphonies
| Forms & Genres
| Classical
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Overtures
| Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music
| Forms & Genres
| Classical
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| Music
General
| Classical (c.1770-1830)
| Historical Periods
| Classical
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| Music
General
| Symphonies
| Classical
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| Music
General
| Classical
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| Music
General
| Opera & Vocal
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Romantic (c.1820-1910)
| Historical Periods
| Opera & Vocal
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Italian
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ASIN: B000024W6L
Release Date: 1994-06-28 |
Customer Reviews:
A collection up to Cantelli's high standards.......2006-02-21
The notes to this Testament reissue speak of Cantelli in the following moods during the recording sessions: distraught, volatile, demanding, irritated, and frustrated. Not an easy customer. Because he died at 36 we'll never know if Cantelli might have grown out of the role of short-tempered little dictator, but in any case I rarely hear a smile in his conducting, and yet as with George Szell, who exhibited the same moods, Cantelli's recordings are often relaxed, even serene.
The main work here is a Mendelssohn 4th Sym. recorded by EMI in good mono sound in 1955. It's broader and less frenetic than the one by his mentor Toscanini and exhibits a lot of patience in phrasing the second movement and finale. I don't hear a lot of perosnality, but the playing is alive and musical in eery bar.
The opening item is a La Gazza Ladra Over. from 1952, in somewhat dimmer, boxy sound, which I expected to be fast and tense. It is, if not to Toscanini's degree, but Cantelli was good at high-energy perforamnces, as he is here. The last item is not complete. It consists of the last three movements of the Beethoven Fifth. Completion of the recording was halted because of construction noise next door to the studio. The date was May, 1956, and Cantelli died that November in a plane crash before he could return to London and lay down the first movement. The mono sound is quite good, if a bit distant. Tempos are the same as on classic recordings by Bernstein, Karajan, and Carlos Kleiber, and Cantelli's version is certainly comparable to theirs. In all, this is one of Testament's best reissues of EMI material that was out of print or, in the case of the Beethoven, never released to begin with.
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Guido Cantelli Conducts Rossini, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
Manufacturer: Testament
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
All Works by Beethoven
| Beethoven, Ludwig van
| ( B )
| Featured Composers, A-Z
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
All Works by Mendelssohn
| Mendelssohn, Felix
| ( M )
| Featured Composers, A-Z
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
All Works by Rossini
| Rossini, Gioacchino
| ( R )
| Featured Composers, A-Z
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
Romantic
| Symphonies
| Forms & Genres
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
Overtures
| Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music
| Forms & Genres
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Classical (c.1770-1830)
| Historical Periods
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Symphonies
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Opera & Vocal
| Styles
| Music
Romantic (c.1820-1910)
| Historical Periods
| Opera & Vocal
| Styles
| Music
Italian
| Languages
| Opera & Vocal
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B000003XIG
Release Date: 1994-01-01 |
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