Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
KHCD-2011-061 (MONO) – Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35; Respighi: Pines of Rome – Vienna State Opera Orchestra/Argeo Quadri – Argeo Quadri (1911-2004) was for most of his career an opera “house” conductor and his career was centered Europe and based in Vienna. His discography is small but compelling, consisting of a few orchestral issues, full length operas and recital accompaniment albums. Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterpiece Scheherazade, is truly outstanding, brilliantly interpreted and played . In Quadri’s hands, the work comes alive and one can sense that the VSOO musicians are playing on the edge of their seats. This transcription recording is coupled with a magnificent “Pines of Rome”. Both pieces were well-recorded in Westminster”s “Natural Balance” mono in 1953, and restored very nicely from excellent source LPs. This CD was produced by customer request, a service offered by Klassic Haus (see “Requests” tab on page header).
July is going to be a busy “request” month – I already have 8 LPs scheduled for transcription resulting from customer “wish lists”. I you have a rquest for a specific historic/special interest recording, let me know!
Cheers – Curt Timmons
This post updated 8-24-2017