Nicolai Malko Conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra Orchestral & Concertos Lyrita

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No.2 in C minor Op.17 'Little Russian' (1872)

Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo - Allegretto vivace

10:54

Andantino marziale, quasi moderato

7:25

III

Scherzo. Allegro molto vivace

4:16

Finale. Moderato assai - Allegro vivo

11:21

BBC Broadcast 13 January 1957

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No.1 in F minor Op.10 (1925)

Allegretto - Allegro non troppo

9:26

Allegro - Meno mosso

4:36

III

Lento - Largo - Lento

8:46

- Allegro molto - Lento - Meno mosso - Adagio

9:24

BBC Broadcast 5 May 1957

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

Symphony No.83 in G minor 'La poule' (1785)

Allegro spiritoso

6:05

10.

Andante

7:48

11.

III

Menuet & Trio. Allegretto

3:41

12.

Finale. Vivace

3:09

BBC Broadcast 31 January 1960

MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKY

13.

Prelude, Khovanschina (1880)

5:27

BBC Broadcast January 1957 (the day of the boradcast is not certain)

NIKOLAI ANDREYEVICH RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

14.

Overture, The Tsar's Bridge (1898)

6:37

Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

BBC Broadcast 26 March 1956

Symphonic Suite 'Antar' (1868 rev. 1903)

15.

Largo - Allegro giocoso

11:56

16.

Allegro

4:34

17.

III

Allegro risoluto alla Marcia

5:36

18.

Allegretto vivace - Andante amoroso

11:14

BBC Broadcast 5 May 1957

ANTON BRUCKNER

Symphony No.7 in E major (1883)

19.

Allegro moderato

20:49

20.

Adagio

22:54

21.

III

Scherzo. Sehr schnell

9:33

22.

Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell *

11:58

* There is occasional loss of signal in this movement

BBC Broadcast 30 January 1960

ZOLTAN KODALY

Székelyfonó 'The Spinning Room' (1924 rev. 1932)

Sung in English, translation by Michel-Dmitri Calvocoressi

Scene 1

23.

Prelude

5:10

Far away I'm going - Lover/Housewife

24.

We must part, my dearest love - Love/Housewife

2:53

Scene 2

25.

Mother, when so tenderly you nourished me - Housewife

1:27

Scene 3

26.

O I want a young and handsome husband - Women

1:09

27.

Empty the chest, nothing doing - Women

2:36

28.

See the weeping willows - Housewife

3:08

29.

Once I went to market - Housewife

3:12

Scene 4

30.

Every girl is good and charming - Youths and Girls

2:15

Scene 5

31.

I am dying mother, surely - All

12:28

32.

Shoo, shoo, buzzing fly - Women/Youths

1:44

Scene 6

33.

I have but just arrived - Mummer 'Flea'

1:02

34.

Long Nose comes a-calling - Chorus

1:36

35.

From far distant snow-capped mountains - Girl/Youth

6:02

36.

Wise it were and timely - Mummer 'Flea'

3:02

37.

Come home quickly, mother dearest - Housewife

4:22

38.

I rove, I look around - Lover

3:08

39.

Ah! - Chorus

1:52

Scene 7

40.

Shades of eve are slowly falling - House/Chorus

3:50

41.

Softly chime the leaves together - Chorus/Housewife

8:59

Tell me dearest are you still my true love - All

* Numbers 8, 10a, 17 and 20 were not included in the performance

Solo: Elizabeth Simon girl - soprano

Solo: Norma Proctor housewife - contralto

Solo: Kathleev Joyce neighbour - contralto

Solo: Duncan Robertson youth - tenor

Solo: Denis Dowling mummer/flea - baritone

Solo: Owen Brannigan lover - bass

Choral: BBC Chorus

Conductor: Leslie Woodgate

From the Royal Festival Hall, London

BBC Broadcast 3 February 1960

Total time: 267:24

Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Nikolai Malko

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