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Classic Cantelli, September 16, 2003
This review is from: Symphony 8: Unfinished / Symphony 4 (Audio CD)
Had Guido Cantelli not died in an airplane crash in 1956 at the tender age of 36, he would undoubtedly be known today as one of the world's most famous conductors. As is, collectors regard him as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th Century, and these vintage EMI recordings show why. This "References" title collects three of Cantelli's greatest performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra -- a 1953 mono performance of Schumann's 4th Symphony, a 1955 mono performance of Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony, and a 1955 stereo performance of Schubert's "Unfinished." Cantelli made a surprisingly large number of recordings for EMI in the early 1950s and most of them have been reissued at some point on CD (by both EMI and Testament), yet many of them are now out-of-print. Classical fans curious about Cantelli's considerable skills should pick up this title before it suffers a similar fate.
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