Enescu - Second Orch Suite - C Silvestri & Bournemouth SO (1966) - [Philidor; FLAC]

In 1961, the Romanian conductor Constantin Silvestri took up residence in the UK, becoming the Bournemouth SO's principal conductor. A brilliant musician and excellent communicator, he strove to turn the disciplined but conventional orchestra into one capable of delivering impassioned, insightful performances. By every account, he succeeded. As the orchestra's manager, Kenneth Matchett, put it, "He made the orchestra hang on the end of his baton."

A number of recordings were made of live concerts featuring Silvestri and the BSO, for subsequent broadcast. They suffer from many of the flaws found in other surviving analog tapes of the period, including congested sound; but the top is still there, and the playing is radiant. I have four versions of this work, and none surpass this one.

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