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	Raphael Kubelik The Munich Symphonic Recordings Orfeo • 15 CD • 0min Order No.: C 981 115

Composers/Works:
W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 g minor K 550 W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 C major K 551 (Jupiter) L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 d minor op. 125 (with final chorus on verses of Schiller's "Hymn to the Joy") J. Brahms: Symphony No. 1 c minor op. 68 J. Brahms: Symphony No. 2 D major op. 73 J. Brahms: Symphony No. 3 F major op. 90 J. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 e minor op. 98 A. Dvořák: Symphony No. 6 D major op. 60 A. Dvořák: Serenade E major op. 22 B. 52 A. Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 d minor op. 70 A. Dvořák: Serenade d minor op. 44 B. 77 A. Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 G major op. 88 A. Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 e minor op. 95 (From the New World) A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 c minor WAB 108 A. Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 d minor WAB 109 (Dem lieben Gott) H. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique op. 14 (Episodes from the life of an artist) H. Berlioz: Le Corsaire op. 21 B. Smetana: Mein Vaterland (Mà Vlast) L. Janáček: Symphonytta op. 60 K.A. Hartmann: Symphonische Hymnen for large Orchestra B. Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106 BB 114 B. Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra BB 123 Sz 116
Artists:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Orchester) Rafael Kubelík (Dirigent) Helen Donath (Sopran) Brigitte Fassbaender (Alt) Horst Laubenthal (Tenor) Hans Sotin (Bass) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Chor)

Raphael Kubelik, The Munich Symphonic Recordings

From 1961–79, Kubelík was principal conductor of the
C 981 115 Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio in Munich. He had found there his new musical home. He led the BR Symphony Orchestra to new heights, developing a unique sound and performance culture in a perfect diversity of repertoire from Baroque music up to free tonal Expressionism and to Karl Amadeus Hartmann and Benjamin Britten. As a musician, his prime directive was lyrical phrasing as well as clear and conscious articulation of the harmonic tensions and the vitality of the rhythmical and metric flow. He always had all these elements in mind, seeking to balance them. And Kubelík loved the gorgeous, lush sound, but never at the price of diaphanousness.
This CD Edition gives us a detailed overview about his legendary interpretations and is also a time document of his long time working period in the city of Munich.