{"product_id":"1281404","title":"Rafael Kubelik - Rafael Kubelik: Complete Decca Recordings [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRafael Kubelik, the Czech conductor, was in every way a big man: tall and robust in physique, he was the most generous of human beings and he inspired devoted affection among his friends and colleagues. This complete Decca collection finds Kubelik working with the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Israel Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, and for a single operatic extract, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eORIGINAL JACKETS LIMITED EDITION. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRafael Kubelik had made his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic at the 1950 Salzburg Festival, and together they made a series of recordings during the late 1950s which have long been prized for their warmth and spontaneous-sounding expression. The Mahler First introduced countless listeners to the composer for the first time, as did the Janacek Sinfonietta. After the spectacular success of Kubel\\xedk\\u2019s first Ma Vlast recording, made in Chicago, the Vienna remake is softer edged but no less scored with the nationalistic fervour and colour that made the conductor synonymous with the piece until his death in 1996. Cast in the same mould as the Smetana are the Brahms symphonies and Tchaikovsky\\u2019s Romeo and Juliet.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fact few other label-focused anthologies of Kubelik\\u2019s recordings survey so wide a span: a quarter of a century from the Dvorak Cello Concerto with Pierre Fournier in 1954 to the 1979 recording of Der Freischutz, Weber\\u2019s foundational work of German Romantic opera, strongly cast in the Decca tradition and led by the radiantly sung Agathe of Hildegard Behrens, then at the start of a career that would soon establish her as the leading Wagnerian soprano of her generation. In this Bavarian Radio appendix to his Decca career, Kubelik made a no less attractive recording of Nicolai\\u2019s Merry Wives of Windsor, likewise transferring the atmosphere of the stage into the studio with the experience of decades behind him. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTowards the end of Kubelik\\u2019s Vienna years with Decca, he also performed and recorded in Israel. The Decca sessions in a cinema outside Tel Aviv yielded an account of Dvorak\\u2019s Serenade for Strings in which critics had no trouble hearing the authentic voice of the Czech nation in exile, embodied in the figure of Kubelik for half a century. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe booklet includes a full contextual account by Peter Quantrill of Kubelik\\u2019s Decca career. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\u201cA first-class version, which may be highly recommended\\u2026 The recording is brilliant, with a richness equal to Decca\\u2019s best.\\u201d Gramophone, March 1955 (Dvorak: Cello Concerto)\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\u201cKubelik gets an extremely good performance from the Vienna Philharmonic, and conductor, players and Decca engineers have seen to it that the colours and lines are kept sharp, bright and clear. Every instrument sounds quintessentially itself.\\u201d Gramophone, February 1956 (Janacek)\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\u201cA beautifully warm, sane performance from beginning to end\\u2026 the Vienna Philharmonic is in its best form.\\u201d High Fidelity, August 1960 (Brahms, Symphony No. 4)\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\\u201cKubelik avoids Kleiber\\u2019s tendency to over-emphasise detail \\u2026 [he] also has the slightly stronger, more consistent cast. Behrens is the most convincing Agathe.\\u201d Opera, February 1981 (Weber, Der Freischutz)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCDs 1\\u20132 JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphonies Nos. 1\\u20134\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANTONIN DVORAK: Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANTONIN DVORAK: Symphonies Nos. 7 \u0026amp; 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANTONIN DVORAK: Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 \u0026amp; 72\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBEDRICH SMETANA: Ma Vlast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 In D Major\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLEOS JANACEK: Sinfonietta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCDs 9 - 10: OTTO NICOLAI: Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCDs 11-12 CARL MARIA VON WEBER: Der Freischutz, Op. 77, J. 277\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePIOTR TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo And Juliet \\u2013 Fantasy-Overture After Shakespeare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerenade For Strings In E Major Op. 22\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHECTOR BERLIOZ: Ah ! Ah ! Je Vais Mourir ! \\u2026 Adieu, Fiere Cite (Les Troyens)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55342251377025,"sku":"1281404","price":55.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51DBK_OGNYS._SL1500.jpg?v=1771100357","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1281404","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}