Paul Paray: Suppé & Rimsky-Korsakov — Overtures

Paul Paray conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in a programme of overtures bringing together six celebrated works by Franz von Suppé and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36. Two historic sessions from Paray’s collaboration with the Detroit orchestra, marked by rhythmic precision, theatrical drive and orchestral clarity.

Recordings

The six Suppé overtures were recorded on 29 November 1959 at Cass Technical High School, Detroit; the session was historically issued by Mercury under catalogue numbers MG 50269 and SR 90269. The Russian Easter Festival Overture was recorded on 7 December 1953 at Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit and issued on Mercury MG-50028.

Recording technique

The 1959 Suppé overtures were recorded in stereo on 3-track half-inch magnetic tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones. The 1953 Russian Easter Festival Overture belongs to Mercury Living Presence’s monophonic period and is documented with a single Schoeps M201 microphone; Mercury’s mono chain of the period used full-track magnetic tape recording.

Tracklist

Franz von Suppé
01 — Light Cavalry Overture — 6:27
02 — The Beautiful Galatea Overture — 6:18
03 — Poet and Peasant Overture — 9:24
04 — Pique Dame Overture — 7:27
05 — Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Overture — 7:32
06 — Boccaccio Overture — 6:43

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
07 — Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 — 13:14

Credits

Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Paul Paray
Composers: Franz von Suppé; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Edition: Capsa Symphōnĭa
Code: CS658

Available format

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