Beecham's recording of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique with L'Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion France has been a classic recording since it was released. Beecham's interpretation was full of charm, wit, energy, passion, laughs, and terror, all of it presented with utmost drama and excitement. The Orchestre National's performance is tart, ...
When Thomas Beecham died and went to heaven, he no doubt took God aside and said to Him, "Look here Old Boy, You have done a dashed fine job of creating time and space and so on and so forth. But, I say, listen to my recording of The Seasons: nearly as fine as the real thing, don't you think?" And no doubt the Almighty agreed with Beecham: his The ...
Back in its day, Thomas Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's 1958 recordings of Liszt's "Faust" Symphony and tone poem Orpheus were greeted with heartfelt gratitude by the listening public. Here were performances of tremendous power but wonderful delicacy, of terrific sophistication but marvelous tenderness, of high-minded idealism and ...
The performances in this box constitute the highest achievement of Thomas Beecham with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Though his many EMI/Columbia recordings of the standard and not so standard repertoire were among the finest of their time, Beecham's Haydn was and remains special. All Beecham's best qualities are in his Haydn -- suave phrasing ...
Beecham was in love -- deeply, passionately, recklessly in love -- with Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. His recordings of the Viennese classical masters are testimonies to his love: affectionate, powerful, persuasive, and often affecting performances that love neither too wisely nor too well but with unrestrained enthusiasm and unrelenting energy. ...
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