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Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Dimitri Mitropoulos [Original recording remastered]

~ Hector Berlioz (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Gustav Mahler (Composer), Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Dimitri Mitropoulos (Conductor), et al.
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  • Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, WDR Sinfonie Orchester Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
  • Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos
  • Composer: Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Gustav Mahler, Richard [1] Strauss
  • Audio CD (2 Sep 2002)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: EMI Classics
  • ASIN: B00006J3L9
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 211,674 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' (2003 Digital Remaster): I. Allegro energico, ma non troppoDimitri Mitropoulos/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester18:51£2.89
Listen  2. Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' (2003 Digital Remaster): II. Scherzo (Wuchtig)Dimitri Mitropoulos/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester11:40£1.89
Listen  3. Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' (2003 Digital Remaster): III. AndanteDimitri Mitropoulos/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester14:30£2.89
Listen  4. Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' (2003 Digital Remaster): IV. Finale (Allegro moderato)Dimitri Mitropoulos/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester29:38£4.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Roméo et Juliette Op. 17 (2003 Digital Remaster): Introduction (Combat and Tumult - Intervention of the Prince)Dimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra 4:11£0.69
Listen  2. Roméo et Juliette Op. 17 (2003 Digital Remaster): Romeo alone - Melancholy - Concert and Ball at the Capulets' Palace (Sonata-Rondo)Dimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra12:49£1.89
Listen  3. Roméo et Juliette Op. 17 (2003 Digital Remaster): Love Scene (Adagio)Dimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra15:16£2.89
Listen  4. Roméo et Juliette Op. 17 (2003 Digital Remaster): Queen Mab, The Dream Fairy (Scherzo)Dimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra 7:38£1.89
Listen  5. Roméo et Juliette Op. 17 (2003 Digital Remaster): Romeo at the Tomb of the CapuletsDimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra 6:44£0.69
Listen  6. La Mer Trois esquisses symphoniques (2003 Digital Remaster): I - De l'aube à midi sur la merDimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra 8:28£1.89
Listen  7. La Mer Trois esquisses symphoniques (2003 Digital Remaster): II - Jeux de vaguesDimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra 6:07£0.69
Listen  8. La Mer Trois esquisses symphoniques (2003 Digital Remaster): III - Dialogue du vent et de la merDimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra 8:10£1.89
Listen  9. Salome (2003 Digital Remaster): Tanz der Sieben Schleier/Dance of the Seven VeilsDimitri Mitropoulos/New York Philharmonic Orchestra 8:50£1.89

On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 6 in A minor
    Composed by Gustav Mahler
    Performed by West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos

  2. Roméo et Juliette
    Composed by Hector Berlioz
    Performed by New York Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos

  3. (La) Mer
    Composed by Claude Debussy
    Performed by New York Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos

  4. Salome
    Composed by Richard Strauss
    Performed by New York Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Stunning Mahler 6., 14 Sep 2003
By Steve (Huddersfield, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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This set consists of two discs; the first with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's 6th. Symphony; the second the New York Philharmonic in Berlioz,Debussy and Richard Strauss. All recordings are in mono and date from the 1950's.

The New York performances are very well played. The Berlioz Romeo and Juliet music is given an account both beautiful and stirring. The Debussy La Mer is also given a fine if idiosyncratic performance, and this disc ends with Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils. I think the Berlioz shows Mitropoulos at his best here. However the sound in all these New York recordings is shrill and I found it difficult to return to them.

The Mahler is another matter altogether. By no means is the Cologne orchestra in the same league technically as the NYPO. But they are utterly committed, cleary inspired and driven by their conductor. I have heard very little Mitropoulos, who seems to be one of those great conductors mysteriously left aside by the marketing machine. Certainly I was shocked in the first movement of the Mahler to hear sudden, unmarked, changes in tempo. At one point I nearly stopped listening. And yet.... Mitropoulos is clearly feeling the music like all great Mahler interpreters, e.g. Bernstein, and the second and third movements carry you forward to that astonishing, concluding movement. The strange opening-which doesn't seem to know what key it's in, the ensuing battle with three enormous hammer blows of fate, are delivered with staggering intensity. The occasional orchestral slip is overlooked as you are carried on by the sheer momentum to the devastating end...

Yes this may sound melodramatic, but I believe this is one of the great Mahler Sixth's. It wouldn't be a first choice (my own favourite is Barbirolli on EMI), but at this price it should be snapped up. There is a fascinating sleeve note on the conductor which makes you want to learn, and hear, more...

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Introduction To Mitropoulos, 5 Feb 2005
By PhilsterNo1 (England) - See all my reviews
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This is great value for money. Vivid, pungently characterised music from New York on Disc 2. The Strauss and Berlioz are particularly fine; the Debussy, as the booklet says, "more fire than water", is the least convincing perhaps, unless Mitropoulos' Sea is treated as a psychological portrait of mental turbulence.

The Mahler 6th is worth the money alone. Swift enough to fit on one disc, lively without the audience noise and a performance where the psyche of the conductor seems perfectly attuned to that of the composer. Nervous, intense and truly harrowing in the finale, yet it was aspects of the middle movements that struck me, especially when compared with my other recording, the Karajan one.

A vital entry in an interesting series.

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