Jascha horenstein 1898 1973 was a wellknown and respected conductor but lived somewhat in the shade of the likes of bruno walter or otto klemperer during his lifetime. The vienna symphony orchestra signed a contract with philips in april of 1952. Gustav mahler, jascha horenstein, bamberg symphony orchestra. His first music lessons came from his mother, an austrian born descendant of a famous rabbi, who encouraged his talents and. Horenstein was born in kiev, russian empire now ukraine, into a welltodo jewish family. Gustav mahler, jascha horenstein, bamberg symphony orchestra, vienna symphony orchestra, norman foster mahler. Jascha horenstein conducts korngold and shostakovich. As a knockon effect of covid19 airfreight prices around the world have soared. Explore releases from jascha horenstein at discogs. Jascha horenstein 1898 1973 a well known and respected conductor but somewhat in the shade of the likes of bruno walter or otto klemperer during his lifetime, is having his legacy undergone a remarkable renaissance over the past few decades among record collectors and musicologists. German recordings 192829, those made for vox in the 1950s, those made in the 60s by rca for readers digest glories of the gramophone, produced by charles gerhardt and engineered by kenneth wilkinson, and for unicorn from 1969. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from jascha horenstein at the discogs marketplace. He had entered the hospital last week for heart surgery.
May 6, 1898 kiev, ukraine then part of the russian empire died. To cut a long story short, they were able to book horenstein and also secure a free date in march 1959 at the royal albert hall. Gustav mahler, anton bruckner, jascha horenstein, vienna symphony horenstein conducts mahler symphony no. As he wrote in a letter to jascha horenstein in 1950. The scherzo goes at a decent clip, and in the adagio horenstein adopts a. A champion of modern music and an intellectual and philosophical conductor of a sort not much encountered any more, jascha horenstein moved to vienna. Royal philharmonic orchestra, jascha horenstein such is the luxuriance of sound revealed in these remasterings, its difficult to believe the recording date. Following a concert performance in october 1970 jascha horenstein went into the studio with the london philharmonic to record mahlers fourth symphony as one of the first recordings for the then new classics for pleasure bargain label produced by john boyden. Jascha horenstein 1898 1973 a well known and respected conductor but somewhat in the shade of the likes of bruno walter or otto klemperer during his lifetime, is having his legacy undergone a remarkable renaissance over the past few decades among. London, april 2 reuters jascha horenstein, the conductor, died today in a hospital here at the age of 74.
Horenstein ends cycle of montevideo concerts the new. Mahler symphony 8 pristine audio pasc440 jq classical. Jascha horenstein 24 april 1898 april 2, 1973, in london was a russianborn american conductor ivan moravec born 9 november 1930 is a czech concert pianist whose performing and recording career, spanning nearly half a century, has gained him a worldwide following. At the age of six he was taken to konigsberg, where he began to learn the violin. In vienna, after 1911, he studied under adolf busch and, at the conservatoire, under josef marx and franz schreker, combining philosophy, at the university with his musical studies. No doubt it was prompted by racial solidarity as well as antihitler sentiments.
Incidentally, horenstein asked for the composer and conductor berthold goldschmidt to lead the musical preparations in london. Pro musica we reach the final recording of horenstein s mono era the 1958 pastoral being late for mono in anyones book, at a time when horenstein had already made a number of stereo recordings. Horenstein the paris complete jascha 1993 m concert cd 22, november of 1956 1956 of november horenstein the concert cd m paris 22, jascha complete 1993. His legacy is now undergoing a remarkable renaissance, and over the past few decades record collectors and musicologists have come to greatly appreciate his contributions.
Reluctantly, we have had to pass on some of this increase in our standard airmail prices. Horenstein s performance sounded magnificent a magisterial and intensely emotional interpretation of the oldschool type, with more ferocity and passion than bruno walters gramophone magazine more. Horenstein brahms 3 plusvox c by jed distler on july 1, 2000 in jascha horenstein s 1958 stereo recording of the brahms third makes its first appearance on cd. Jascha horenstein paces the first movement with urgency and clarity, generating considerable excitement at the climaxesbut then, so do karjan, szell, leibowitz, and countless others. Jascha horenstein the complete paris concert of november 22, 1956 cd 1993 m jascha horenstein the complete. Complete your mahler, jascha horenstein conducting the vienna symphony orchestra collection. This is a typed draft copy with scribbles on it, but i assume an edited version made it into the book. Jascha horenstein live, royal festival hall, london, 2 dec. This label has, almost singlehandedly, restored and indeed advanced the posthumous reputation of jascha horenstein 18991973 in recent years and this pair of cds carries on that excellent work. Unfortunately, while we may guess at exactly what horenstein s ultimate vision of mahlers ninth may have been, we must live with what he actually achieved in performance.
Cover artwork based on a photograph of jascha horenstein. View all records by jascha horenstein for sale on cdandlp in lp, cd, 12inch, 7inch format. In 1933 horenstein fled nazi germany for paris, and his career fell into a disarray from which it never quite recovered. Here is another highly important release from bbc legends. Jascha horenstein bio, albums, pictures naxos classical music. He studied with max brode in konigsberg and adolph busch in vienna, and took courses in composition from franz schreker in berlin. Gustav mahler, anton bruckner, jascha horenstein, vienna. Gustav mahler, jascha horenstein, john mccarthy, russell burgess, london symphony orchestra, ambrosian singers, denis wick, norma procter mahler. This 5disc set gathers together some of jascha horensteins finest recordings, several of which have been hard to find in recent years. Jascha horenstein conductor, arranger short biography. A typical performance takes about 75 to 90 minutes. Allegro molto ivry gitlis, violin vienna symphony orchestra jascha horenstein, conductor vox vsps 11m ms 36, 3614 recorded in 1955 digital transfer by f. The th of his father abrahams 16 children, and the firstborn son of marie ettinger, his fathers 3 rd wife, horenstein was born into a welltodo jewish family in kiev, ukraine, on may 6 th 1898.
Pursuant to my mahler column this week, heres a list of favorite recordings of the nine, ten, or eleven mahler symphonies, depending on how you count them. Montevideo, uruguay, june 28a storm of applause and bravos swept the municipal auditorium last night as a capacity audience bade farewell to jascha horenstein, the american conductor. Jascha horenstein a cd discography by donald clarke musicweb. Jascha horenstein 18981973 a cd discography november 2004 horenstein s commercial recordings break down into four main areas. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. But horenstein conquered the warsaw public, charmed it with artistic impetus and black magic, fascinated the warsaw audience which is sensitive to emotion and musically responsive. Jascha horenstein, johannes brahms, the london symphony orchestra jascha horenstein, johannes brahms, the london symphony orchestra symphony no.
Bruckner concerts, jascha horenstein conducted a cogent performance of the sixth symphony, which also stops. A small amount of forbearance needed on the sound quality and on the packaging, which comes with minimal notes and few odd breaks in the pieces to fit onto 5 cds. This 5 cd set, compiled by scribendum, will appeal to fans of conductor jascha horenstein, or those who are curious. Although less known in his heyday, jascha horenstein rightly is esteemed for many of his excellent interpretations, including a beautiful nielsen 5th symphony and several mahler releases. In the final analysis this ninth diminishes, rather than enhances, horenstein s reputation as a mahlerian. Also in 1923 horenstein made his debut with the vienna symphony orchestra, conducting mahlers then littleknown symphony no.
This extends to this fine 1969 live performance in london, which is musical, committed and often moving. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This page is dedicated to the life and work of the great conductor jascha horenstein. I do this with some trepidation, since mahler is a personal matter and my tastes are hardly the same as, say, alec baldwins. Jascha horenstein monique haas piano, pilar lorengar soprano, marga hoeffgen contralto, josef traxel tenor, otto wiener bass, marian anderson contralto, lola bobesco violin, national radio orchestra, jascha horenstein. Jascha horenstein, a conductor and recording artist, 74. The conductor jascha horenstein was born one hundred years ago. Jascha horenstein a cd discography by donald clarke. The art of jascha horenstein 5scribendum 511 norpete. Alien soil and the slow death of karol rathaus forbidden music. Complete your mahler, horenstein conducting the london symphony orchestra collection. The autograph score is marked to my brothers in apollo. Then i found normas miniautobiography, written in the late 1990s for a book called lincolnshire women by the late dr john r ketteringham. Horenstein s family moved to germany when he was a child.