[78-L] An Orchestra Rehearsal

[Don Cox]

Hello DAVID

On 08/03/2012, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> Perhaps I didn't make myself clear; this record, a 10 inch RCA Red
> Seal 78, is not an actual rehearsal, it appears to be a production
> demonstrating a rehearsal. As I said, it's either supposed to be
> comical or just a portrayal of what happens in a rehearsal. It may or
> may not be scripted but since a composer is listed, I assume it is.
> Most likely it's along the lines of Britten's "Young Person's guide to
> the Orchestra".
> 
> But talking about actual rehearsal recordings, one of my favourites is
> Ansermet rehearsing Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. I've only seen
> this LP once, when I borrowed it from the CBC record library many
> years ago. When I more recently went to borrow it again so I could
> copy it, we found that it had disappeared from the library, along with
> its cards from the card index.
> 
A recording of Ansermet rehearsing Stravinsky's Firebird with the
Philharmonia is available on CD. The Berlioz would be interesting.

It seems to be available in a 3-CD box on the Eloquence label, with a
rather sexy mermaid on the cover.

Some others:

There is a very short recording of Elgar rehearsing in EMI's Elgar
edition. Decca included a rehearsal with a reissue of Britten's War
Requiem. 

There are long recordings of Toscanini rehearsing available in the Naxos
and Guild series, and more as bootlegs. 

And of course the Bruno Walter Mozart Linz Symphony.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox at enterprise.net