85th Jochum' Conducting Debut Anniversary Issue

 

     

 

     

 

Performer: Liselotte Rebmann, Anna Reynolds, Anton de Ridder, Gerd Feldhoff, Netherlands Radio Chorus
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor: Eugen Jochum
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Spars Code: ADD
Number of Discs: 6 Audio CD Box set, Original recording remastered Philips 
Format: FLAC

 

All recordings were made in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

 

Ouverture Fidelio 1968-11-29/12-04
Ouverture Leonore I 1968-05/--
Ouverture Leonore II 1969-05-28/29
Ouverture Leonore III 1969-12/--
Symphonie nr. 1 1967-03-13/14
Symphonie nr. 2 1969-03-21/24
Symphonie nr. 3 1969-05-28/29
Symphonie nr. 4 1968-06-13/15
Symphonie nr. 5 1968-11-29/12-04
Symphonie nr. 6 1968-11-29/12-04
Symphonie nr. 7 1967-09-19/20
Symphonie nr. 8 1969-05-28/29
Symphonie nr. 9 1969-06-04/07

 

Eugen Jochum had a long and distinguished assotiation with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra lasting nearly fifty years. He was the orchestra's principal guest conductor from 1941 to 1944 during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and his close relatonship with the Concertgebouw continued, culminating in his return to the orchestra in 1961 as principal conductor, a post he held jointly with the young Bernard Haitink until 1964.
In addition to the Classical and Romantic repertoire for with he was well known, and his famous annual performances of Bach's St Matthew and St John Passions, during his tenure with the Concertgebouw Jochum also performed contemporary Dutch music by composers such as Hendrik Andriessen, Henk Badings, Lex van Delden and Hans Kox as well as much other new music.
In 1964 Jochum became the Concertgebouw Orchestra's principal guest conductor for ten years, and this present set of Beethoven symphonies dates from that period.