Sir John Barbirolli - Potpourri (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Sir John Barbirolli (né Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo Toscanini's successor as music director of the New York Philharmonic, serving from 1936 to 1943. He was also chief conductor of the Houston Symphony from 1961 to 1967, and was a guest conductor of many other orchestras, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, with all of which he made recordings.

Born in London of Italian and French parentage, Barbirolli grew up in a family of professional musicians. After starting out as a cellist, he was given the chance to conduct, from 1926 with the British National Opera Company, and then with Covent Garden's touring company. On taking up the conductorship of the Hallé he had less opportunity to work in the opera house, but in the 1950s he conducted productions of works by Verdi, Wagner, Gluck, and Puccini at Covent Garden with such success that he was invited to become the company's permanent musical director, an invitation he declined. Late in his career he made several recordings of operas, of which his 1967 set of Puccini's Madama Butterfly for EMI is probably the best known.

Both in the concert hall and on record, Barbirolli was particularly associated with the music of English composers such as Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams. His interpretations of other late Romantic composers, such as Mahler and Sibelius, as well as of earlier classical composers, including Schubert, are also still admired.

TRACKLIST

1. Sir John Barbirolli - Champagner-Polka, Op. 211
2. Sir John Barbirolli - La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H 111: Danse des sylphes
3. Sir John Barbirolli - 4 Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: No. 2 in A Major, Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
4. Sir John Barbirolli - The Stars and Stripes Forever
5. Sir John Barbirolli - Spanish Capriccio, Op. 34: I. Alborada
6. Sir John Barbirolli - 7 Canciones populares españolas: No. 1, El paño moruno (Orch. Halffter)
7. Sir John Barbirolli - Rückert-Lieder: No. 2, Ich atmet' einen linden Duft!
8. Sir John Barbirolli - Oboe Concerto in C Minor: III. Siciliana
9. Sir John Barbirolli - Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46: III. Anitra's Dance
10. Sir John Barbirolli - Ma mère l'Oye, M. 60: V. Le Jardin féerique
11. Sir John Barbirolli - Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
12. Sir John Barbirolli - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Lament. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)
13. Sir John Barbirolli - Lyric Suite, Op. 54: IV. March of the Dwarfs
14. Sir John Barbirolli - Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: II. Valse. Moderato
15. Sir John Barbirolli - Irish Tune from County Derry "Londonderry Air"
16. Sir John Barbirolli - Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20: I. Allegro piacevole
17. Sir John Barbirolli - Petite Symphonie in B-Flat for 9 Wind Instruments: III. Scherzo
18. Sir John Barbirolli - Fantasia on Greensleeves (Orch. Greaves)
19. Sir John Barbirolli - Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Butterfly)
20. Sir John Barbirolli - Suite d'orchestre No. 7 "Scènes alsaciennes": III. Sous les tilleuls
21. Sir John Barbirolli - Sea Pictures, Op. 37: No. 1, Slumber Song
22. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No. 96 in D Major, Hob. I:96 "The Miracle": III. Menuetto
23. Sir John Barbirolli - 2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: No. 1, Valse triste
24. Sir John Barbirolli - Kindertotenlieder: No. 4, Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur augesgengen!
25. Sir John Barbirolli - Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: IV. Animando
26. Sir John Barbirolli - La forza del destino: Overture
27. Sir John Barbirolli - Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 1, HWV 306: IV. Bourrée. Allegro
28. Sir John Barbirolli - Serenade for Wind Instruments in D Minor, Op. 44, B. 77: II. Minuetto
29. Jacqueline du Pré - Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: III. Rondo. Allegro - Cadenza
30. Sir John Barbirolli - España
31. Sir John Barbirolli - Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 31: II. Andante religioso
32. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
33. Sir John Barbirolli - La Gioconda, Op. 9, Act 3: Dance of the Hours
34. Sir John Barbirolli - 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 2, Summer Night on the River
35. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
36. Sir John Barbirolli - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 "Turkish": III. Tempo di menuetto
37. Sir John Barbirolli - Oboe Concerto in A Minor: I. Rondo pastorale. Allegro moderato
38. Sir John Barbirolli - Havanaise, Op. 83
39. Sir John Barbirolli - Lohengrin, Act 1: Prelude
40. Sir John Barbirolli - Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22 "Legends of the Kalevala": No. 2, The Swan of Tuonela
41. Jacqueline du Pré - Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
42. Sir John Barbirolli - Euryanthe, Op. 81, J. 291: Overture
43. Sir John Barbirolli - Nocturnes, CD 98, L. 91: No. 1, Nuages
44. Sir John Barbirolli - Gold und Silber, Op. 79
45. Sir John Barbirolli - Oboe Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 3: I. Allegro
46. Sir John Barbirolli - Violin Concerto in D Minor, WoO 23: III. Lebhaft doch nicht schnell
47. Sir John Barbirolli - Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49
48. Sir John Barbirolli - Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 "Hunt Cantata": Aria. "Schafe können sicher weiden" (Orch. Barbirolli)
49. Sir John Barbirolli - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace
50. Sir John Barbirolli - Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"
51. Sir John Barbirolli - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
52. Sir John Barbirolli - Metamorphosen
53. Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great": IV. Allegro vivace
54. Sir John Barbirolli - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato



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