Nikolai Sokoloff and the Cleveland Orchestra - 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) (1926)

Описание: Despite their obvious imperfections, the Brunswick recordings of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra made in May 1926 are some of the most amazing, wonder-compelling orchestral discs I have ever heard. Even Brunswick's flawed 'light ray' recording system performs tolerably well! We are obviously dealing with a large orchestra recorded in an acoustically fine venue - presumably the Cleveland Masonic Hall - under a conductor whose trademarks are romance, panache and excitement.

Recorded on 1 May 1926, this abbreviated version of Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture' - the 2 sides of which play for a total of just over 10 minutes - is a truly electrifying performance.

From Wikipedia: Nikolai Grigoryevich Sokoloff (28 May 1886–25 September 1965) was a Russian-American conductor and violinist. He was born in Kiev, and studied music at Yale. From 1916 to 1917 he was musical director of the San Francisco People's Philharmonic Orchestra, where he insisted on including women in his orchestra and paying them the same as men. Sokoloff was the founding conductor and music director of the Cleveland Orchestra in 1918 where he remained until 1932. Between 1935 and 1938 he directed the Federal Music Project, a New Deal program that employed musicians to perform and educate the public about music. From 1938 to 1941 he directed the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. When he was a conductor he gave a violin to then nine-year-old violin prodigy Yehudi Menuhin.