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The present performance by Horenstein, its French premiere,\nwas given shortly after the world premiere in Baden-Baden under Hans\nRosbaud, and formed the opening item of a concert that also included\nthe French premiere of Alban Berg's \u003cem\u003eAltenberg Lieder\u003c\/em\u003e. In both\ncases the resultant recordings, first released on Pristine (PASC445), are world\npremiere publications.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIf the number of his performances is any indication, Horenstein's favorite\nworks by Stravinsky were the \u003cem\u003eFirebird Suite\u003c\/em\u003e, which he conducted\ndozens of times, followed by the \u003cstrong\u003eSymphony in Three Movements\u003c\/strong\u003e, which first entered his\nrepertoire in 1956 and which here receives a bracing, bitingly acerbic\nperformance recorded live in 1961. According to the conductor Joel Lazar,\n“For those who associate Horenstein with the effortless fluency encountered\nin his Mahler and Bruckner slow movements, the ferocity and rhythmic drive\nof his performance of Stravinsky’s \u003cem\u003eSymphony in Three Movements\u003c\/em\u003e\nwill come as a shock. This sort of sheer energy was, however, always one of\nhis interpretative options, quite unrelated to tempo.” The performance\nheard here “features the linear clarity readily apparent in his 1954 Paris\nrecording of \u003cem\u003eSymphony of Psalms\u003c\/em\u003e,” also published on Pristine (PASC418).\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nHorenstein first encountered Béla Bartók's music during his Weimar years,\nwhich in 1927 included a number of rehearsals for the German premiere of\nhis \u003cem\u003ePiano Concerto no. 1\u003c\/em\u003e with the composer as soloist, but neither\nhe nor Furtwängler, who conducted the German premiere, ever returned to the\nwork, a distinct loss to its performance history. The only other works by\nBartók in Horenstein's repertoire were the two violin concertos and the \u003cstrong\u003eConcerto for Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e. Although he performed and recorded\nthe latter work on a number of occasions, the only one that has been\npreserved is the performance presented here, the second half of the Paris\nconcert that included Stravinsky's \u003cem\u003eSymphony in Three Movements\u003c\/em\u003e\nalso on this disc. “In addition to energy,” wrote Lazar, “Horenstein found\nlyricism and long line in Bartók’s \u003cem\u003eConcerto for Orchestra\u003c\/em\u003e, even\ngiven the frequently changing phrase lengths and time signatures. Always\nfascinated and obsessed with interconnections between music of different\ngenres and style periods, he brought elements of the edgy Expressionist\nsonority and the sardonic, disquieting mood of the composer’s middle period\nmasterpieces to this late work, so often played merely as an orchestral\nshowpiece or as a display of renascent nationalism.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMisha Horenstein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e1. \u003cb\u003eMIHALOVICI \u003c\/b\u003eSinfonia Partita for String Orchestra, Op. 66*  (9:17)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrchestre National de la Radio-télévision Française (RFT)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTRAVINSKY  \u003c\/b\u003eSymphony in Three Movements**\u003cbr\u003e2. 1st mvt. -  Overture; Allegro  (10:31)\u003cbr\u003e3. 2nd mvt. -  Andante; Interlude: L'istesso tempo  (6:20)\u003cbr\u003e4. 3rd mvt. - Con moto  (6:46)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARTÓK  \u003c\/b\u003eConcerto for Orchestra, Sz.116**\u003cbr\u003e5. 1st mvt. - Introduzione. Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace  (10:09)\u003cbr\u003e6. 2nd mvt. - Presentando le coppie. Allegro scherzando  (6:37)\u003cbr\u003e7. 3rd mvt. - Elegia. Andante non troppo  (8:09)\u003cbr\u003e8. 4th mvt. - Intermezzo interrotto. Allegretto  (4:13)\u003cbr\u003e9. 5th mvt. - Finale. Presto  (9:57)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrchestre National de France   \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* World premiere recording\u003cbr\u003e** First publication in stereo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJascha Horenstein,\u003c\/b\u003e conductor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXR remastering by Andrew Rose\u003cbr\u003eCover artwork based on photographs of \u003cb\u003eJascha Horenstein\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMihalovici\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLive recording, 4 May 1953\u003cbr\u003eThéâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStravinsky, Bartók \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLive recording, 19 December 1961\u003cbr\u003eThéâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_5yl5\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecordings from the private collection of Misha Horenstein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTotal duration:  71:59    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/thumbs\/PASC535.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers\/PASC535.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab4_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003eThese recordings, from Misha Horenstein's private archive, preserve two broadcasts made by Horenstein. 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