VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRUCKNER

 

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Symphony No. 4

 

Ralph Vaughan Williams:

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Royal Festival Hall, London, 15 February 1966

 

Anton Bruckner:

Symphony No. 4

Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 13 March 1964

 

London Symphony Orchestra / István Kertész

 

Hungarian conductor István Kertész (1929-1973) succeeded Pierre Monteux as Music Director of the LSO (1965-1968) and established a major reputation with the orchestra with many fine commercial studio recordings. The live stereo performance of the Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 on 13 March 1964 first appeared on BBC Radio Classics in 1995 with no fill-up. BBC Legends have completely remastered the sound of the Bruckner from the original master tapes. It should be noted that Kertész was a life long admirer of Bruno Walter whose performances of Bruckner influenced his interpretation of the Austrian composer.

 

BBC Legends have also added Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis which Kertész never recorded. It is also in stereo dating from 1966.

 

STEREO

 

BBC Legends BBCL42642