August 14, 2024 marks the centenary of Georges Prêtre. Bizet, Franck, Vienna New Year’s Concert 2008, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Shostakovich, Sibelius. Prêtre died on January 4, 2017, aged 92.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzJlwAFq1Jc
Undated. Orchestra not identified (but I believe it to be Filarmonica della Scala).
The above Franck Symphony, which has become unavailable, is replaced by this token snippet:
Complete concert; 22 tracks. (Prêtre also conducted this concert in 2010.) Both complete; 20 tracks total. Poulenc begins on track 15.
c/w Symphony 12 (great performance!). https://www.discogs.com/release/8792055-Shostakovitch-Georges-Pr%C3%AAtre-Philharmonia-Orchestra-Symphony-N%C2%BA12-The-Year-1917-Festival-Overture
1968. Robert Auger, engineer. Works as on LP; four tracks total. Night Ride on No.4.
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He was one, if not the only French maestro post Monteux to admire and record Sibelius .
Happy Birthday for the 14th, Edward.