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Sir John Barbirollisuccessively heldthe posts as permanentconductor ofThe Scottish Orchestrain Glasgow,The New York Philharmonic(succeed- /ing Toscanini), and11 "1l,,(,;ffl!I .... ""The Halle Orchestra. He recorded Mahler withThe Berlin Philharmonic and Brahms with TheVienna Philharmonic. His recordings have withstoodthe onslaught of later recording technologiesand EM! continues to feature his performances.Guild offers the Brahms 1st and Haydn'sThe Uninhabited Island Overture with the HalleOrchestra live from the Proms on 24 August 1954(GHCD 2320). On second hearing, "GloriousJohn," as he was dubbed, offers personally conceived,well recorded performances.Well over half a century has passed since SergeKoussevitzky left the Boston Symphony and thisworld and yet his name is still very familiar torecord collectors. And with good reason. Heraised the Boston Symphony to a level of outstandingvirtuosity which was unsurpassed on thiscontinent. It was he who commissioned the ailingand destitute Bela Bartok to compose his Concertofor Orchestra,now his best knownopus. Koussevitzky,of course, conductedthe first performancein December 1st1944 and a performancelater that monthis heard here. AlsoDon Juan, the firstKOUSSEVITZKYnH.\\'11\~KTOJi•FkfMrG\t"I11.n1U,t,"SS$rmr'->
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