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Eduard van Beinum

WORKS
Philips Recordings 1954-1958 vol.2

CATALOGUE NUMBER

475 6353 2 PM6

LISTEN

J.S. Bach — Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068

Mozart — Concerto for Flute & Harp in C major, K299

TRACKLISTING
CD 1
J.S. Bach
1-7 Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major, BWV 1066
8-12 Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068
13-17 Orchestral Suite No.4 in D major, BWV 1069

CD 2
J.S. Bach
1-7 Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Handel
8-26 Water Music

CD 3
Mozart
1-3 Concerto for Flute & Harp in C major, K299
(Hubert Barwahser flute, Phia Berghout harp)
4-10 Serenade in D major, K320 "Posthorn"

CD 4
Brahms
1-4 Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
5 Variations on a Theme of Haydn, op.56a
6 Alto Rhapsody, op.53 (Aafje Haynis contralto)

CD 5
Schubert
1-4 Symphony No.3 in D major, D200
5-8 Symphony No.6 in C major, D589
9-10 Symphony No.8 in B minor, D759 "Unfinished"

CD 6
Debussy
1-3 Trois Nocturnes
4-6 La Mer
7-11 Images pour orchestre

Eduard Van Beinum
Concertgebouw Orchestra

RECORDING INFORMATION
Eduard van Beinum was born on 3 September 1900 in Arnhem, The Netherlands, and died from a heart attack in Amsterdam on 13 April 1959 while rehearsing the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Brahms’s First Symphony.

Van Beinum came from a musical family and he himself studied violin, viola and piano and was sufficiently talented as a pianist to play Beethoven’s First Concerto while a student at the Amsterdam Conservatory. He also pursued an active interest in chamber music. His early career as a conductor was based on experience of working with various amateur orchestras and choirs and one of his important early appointments was as conductor of the Haarlem Orchestral Society.

He began to make appearances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra as both pianist and conductor and in 1931 he was appointed second conductor of the orchestra. His debut in this capacity was in a concert in which he conducted Beethoven 8 and Bruckner 8. At this time Willem Mengelberg was the chief conductor and he would retain this position until he was banned from conducting in the Netherlands from 1945 due to his links with some Nazi music organizations (he was cleared in 1947).

Upon Mengelberg’s departure from the Concertgebouw in 1945 Van Beinum assumed the role of chief conductor and raised the orchestra to an even greater level. His own career was flourishing with more and more guest appearances with other orchestras and the post of principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during 1949-51.

The previous volume of Eduard van Beinum in the Original Masters series (473 110-2) was devoted to a selection of his Decca recordings made with various orchestras between 1948 and 1953. This new volume is devoted to a selection of his Philips recordings made with the Concertgebouw Orchestra during the years 1954-58.

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