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This weekend - March 1 - marks the 119th birth anniversary of the great Greek maestro, Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960), principal conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra from 1937 to 1949. From 1939 to 1946 the orchestra and its conductor recorded exclusively for Columbia, afterwards signing on with RCA Victor. From their last series of Columbia sessions came this exciting version of Tchaikovsky's "Little Russian" Symphony:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 ("Little Russian")
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
Recorded March 10 and 11, 1946
Columbia Masterworks set MM-673, five 78-rpm records
Link (FLAC files, 85.70 MB)
Link (MP3 files, 58.08 MB)
A lovable performance, with the usual Minneapolis-Mitropoulos drawbacks of rough ensemble and raw acoustics. But still . . . good stuff.
ReplyDeleteI just tried to download the file, and got a message that it had been flagged as being in violation of copyright.
ReplyDeleteI hope this can be sorted out and that you do not have to switch to Mega, as I do not trust them.
Alternate links:
ReplyDeleteFLAC - http://www.mediafire.com/download/negi9pqie52m5ri/Mitropoulos_-_Tchaikovsky_2_FLACs.zip
MP3 - http://www.mediafire.com/download/wie4bkk0s8fk45l/Mitropoulos_-_Tchaikovsky_2_MP3s.zip
Many thanks!
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