The reputation of conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos hit a rough patch toward the end of his life. At one point in his career, Mitropoulos was regarded as one of the top conductors in the world, but when he parted ways with New York Philharmonic in 1957, his profile took a nosedive; by the time of Mitropoulos' death in at age 64 in 1960 he still had not found a permanent position elsewhere. Despite his heartbreak, several of Mitropoulos' best recorded performances come from this last period, including half of this disc, Music & ...
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The reputation of conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos hit a rough patch toward the end of his life. At one point in his career, Mitropoulos was regarded as one of the top conductors in the world, but when he parted ways with New York Philharmonic in 1957, his profile took a nosedive; by the time of Mitropoulos' death in at age 64 in 1960 he still had not found a permanent position elsewhere. Despite his heartbreak, several of Mitropoulos' best recorded performances come from this last period, including half of this disc, Music & Arts' Dimitri Mitropoulos Conducts Schoenberg, Scriabin and Schmidt. The music of Schoenberg was particularly dear to Mitropoulos' heart, and he performed it extensively throughout his lifetime. Music & Arts credits the performance of Schoenberg's Op. 5 Pelleas & Melisande to the "Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra," presumably New York, in a searing performance sourced from Mitropoulos' own archive dating from 1953. If the mono sound quality was not as restrictive as it is toward...
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