Featuring George Silfies (principal clarinet, St. Louis Symphony, 1970-2004). These Gershwin recordings are also available on Vox Audiophile CDs, as are most of LS’s Vox releases.

There follows a variety of new Slatkin additions to the Column and a reminder of some previous posts…

November 14, 2014, Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse, Lyon

Posted July 2, 2024

Leonard’s St Louis/RCA recording of Schubert’s ‘Great C-major’ Symphony is one of the best (alongside, for me, such as Boult, Gielen and Szell) with all repeats observed, except in the Finale, wisely.

Slatkin Conducts Slatkin on Naxos.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra & its Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin perform Timepiece, Five Sonatas for Orchestral Wind Ensemble, Voyager 130, & Tchaikovsky Five. St. Louis Public Radio recording.

A London Symphony, Cleveland 1989.

Leonard Slatkin conducts the original version (1841) of Schumann’s Symphony #4. SLS; August 19, 1982.

BBCSO, BBC Proms 2003.

New to Leonard’s discography… Bach, arr. Camille Saint-Saëns – the third-movement ‘Sarabande’ of J. S. Bach’s G-minor English Suite for keyboard (BWV808) – Yuri Torchinsky (violin); BBC Philharmonic.

Also new to his discography… Bach arr. Eugene Goossens…

Both were recorded for Chandos – the Saint-Saëns for the Bach Transcriptions for Orchestra release (CHAN 9835), and the Goossens (BBCSO) for Bach: The Conductors’ Transcriptions (CHSA 5030), with neither included due to a lack of space on the respective discs, details following (repertoire researched by Edward Johnson). These YouTube appearances are their first ‘issue’, with which Colin’s Column is delighted to collaborate.

Goossens remastered October 10, 2026…

https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%209835 (composers’ transcriptions)

https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHSA%205030 (conductors)

BBCSO; 2004.

CMO GREAT MAESTROS: LEONARD SLATKIN GERSHWIN MASTERCLASS – AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.

Book Review: “Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Nineteenth Century. A Study Guide for Conductors.” By Leonard Slatkin.

Looking ahead…

Leonard Slatkin Returns to the Nashville Symphony as Music Advisor.

“There are various singles being released over the next few months, but the full album will be released in March 2026. The concept of the album is modelled after Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, with 10 brand-new compositions by film music composers, performed by Leonard Slatkin.” If the other nine are as engaging as Maria Newman’s…

Forthcoming concerts, *hopefully broadcast live..

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Monday, September 1 @ 2:00 pm The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage, 1310 11th Street, Santa Monica, CA

Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin
JEFF BEAL: New York Études
JEFF BEAL: Body in Motion for Violin and Orchestra
JEFF BEAL: Four Score (World Premiere)

*National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland)

Friday, September 12 @ 7:30 pm National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Saint Kevin’s, Dublin

David Fray, piano
CINDY MCTEE: Timepiece (Irish Premiere)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No.20
RICHARD STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)

*St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, October 11 @ 7:30 pm Powell Hall, 718 North Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO

Emanuel Ax, piano
LEONARD SLATKIN: Schubertiade (U.S. Premiere)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No.25
ELGAR: Symphony No.1

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