{"product_id":"mitropoulos-mendelssohn-symphonies-3-5-gould-philharmonic-waltzes-195053-pasc187","title":"MITROPOULOS Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 \u0026 5; Gould: Philharmonic Waltzes (1950\/53) - PASC187","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMENDELSSOHN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 3 'Scottish'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eMENDELSSOHN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSymphony No. 5 'Reformation'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eGOULD \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePhilharmonic Waltzes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1950 \u0026amp; 1953\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 68:59 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ePhilharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eDimitri Mitropoulos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC187.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eVibrant Mendelssohn Symphonies and a very rare Gould\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"bodymid\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eExcellent, well-recorded performances from Mitropoulos' New York Philharmonic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThese fine recordings came to me from the collection of Edward Johnson, who seems to have not only a superb collection but also an unerring touch when it comes to selecting fine recordings in need of XR remastering and full reissue. Although the Mendelssohn symphonies have resurfaced elsewhere in the digital era, it is unlikely that other transfers will have dealt with the harsh, boxy, unpleasantsound of the originals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThis is one of those occasions when XR remastering has made a huge difference, so much so that I've prepared a before-and-after sample which takes a 45-second section from the first movement first in its raw, straight-from-the-LP version, and then in its final, XR-remastered Ambient Stereo form - the difference in indeed dramatic! It's replayed from a 320kbps MP3 file, which can also be downloaded here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThe release was unusual in its day - Mitropoulos's brisk reading of the Symphonies (his first movement is a full four minutes shorter than a more recent release conducted by Sir Colin Davis, for example, despite there being no cuts) allowed Capitol to squeeze both recordings onto a single LP whereas other contemporary issues required two sides per work. For some this may be too brisk, or the gaps between movements too short (I've not lengthened them), but others may find them to be, in the words of Edward Johnson, \"great, panache-laden\" performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThe additional work here - three contrasting waltzes in one short piece - is a real treat and genuine rarity. It was commissioned in the late 1940s for the New York Philharmonic from American composer Morton Gould and premièred that year with Mitropoulos conducting. A review by Steve Schwartz at Classical Net of a Gould recording gives more background to this rarely-heard but delightful 9-minute work:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\"The New York Philharmonic commissioned Gould's \u003cem\u003ePhilharmonic Waltzes\u003c\/em\u003e in 1947* as an accompaniment to a fashion show, believe it or not - a fund-raising benefit for the orchestra. This is a quintessentially American idea, I think: pleasure + pleasure = more pleasure. Great music plus good-looking women in pretty clothes gives you more than merely great music. Gould came up with music that transcends its silly occasion. It celebrates movement and would make a terrific ballet. You can practically see a Balanchine corps de ballet as the music plays. I also find it an interesting example of what I call the \"Broadway waltz,\" of the kind written by Richard Rogers and Leonard Bernstein...\u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e[*Though dated 1948, the year it received its première, the commission itself would most likely have been received in 1947.]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eA later limited edition Columbia LP for the NY Phil including this piece adds:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\" style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Morton Gould wrote his Philharmonic Waltzes\u003c\/em\u003e especially for Mitropoulos and the Orchestra's 1948 Annual Ball and Pension Fund Concert. The work is in three short, contrasting sections: The first is what Gould calls \"a commentary on an old fashioned Gay-90's-type waltz\" (with echoes of a player-piano and street tunes); the second section is reflective and nostalgically romantic; and the third is a fast and highly stylised Continental-type waltz...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWe intend to return to the music of Morton Gould in greater length in a forthcoming release - in the meantime this short taster of his work offers something which manages to both contrast and complement the Mendelssohn which precedes it. 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