. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Berlin Phil. Sir Colin Davis, cond. Emil Gilels, Piano – April 4, 1980 – Part 1
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Berlin Phil. Sir Colin Davis, cond. Emil Gilels, Piano – April 4, 1980 – Part 2
Another classic concert this week. The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Sir Colin Davis and featuring the legendary Russian Pianist Emil Gilels in a program of music by Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius.
Recorded on April 4, 1980 in Philharmonie Hall and re-broadcast by NPR as part of their International Concert Hall series, the concert rundown is thus:
Berlin Philharmonic Orch.
Sir Colin Davis, cond.
Emil Gilels, Piano
Recorded April 4, 1980
Part 1:
1. Berlioz: Overture to King Lear
2. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (w/Gilels)
Part 2:
1. Sibelius: Symphony No. 1
For an Anti-Road Rage Wednesday concert, should fill the bill quite nicely.
Enjoy.
Editors note: Special thanks to Stormy Hunter for catching our goof and the speed problem with this older master. In our haste we forgot to double-check it and Stormy helped us out. Go team!
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Bravo Maestro Davis and Maestro Gilels! Many thanks for these spectacular classical concerts. And I’m thrilled to have an example of this long-gone and mostly forgotten series “International Concert Hall”. Unfortunately, whatever tape machine captured this was running 5.6% slow. The result is that all the music is pitched a semitone too high (as is the spoken commentary). I’ve re-engineered it to the correct speed/pitch and would be glad to share, if you’d like to replace this copy.
Yes! Please do! The original reels are back in the vault and it will take me forever to fish them back out again to speed-correct them.