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Van Beinum, three timesFollowing is a list - based on a list by Robert Benson - of all (commercial) recordings Beinum made with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Label identification is indicated next to dates of the sessions. The list is updated and completed - a.o. with live recordings - by J.L. on 21-08-2001. The original list exists on Robert Benson's excellent site:
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Summer, 1940
Bach: Cantata BWV 169,'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben', Theodora Versteegh, alto
May 25, 1941(AVRO)
Beethoven: Ah! perfido op.65, Jo Vincent(soprano)
November 24-26, 1941 (Telefunken)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, part of Lemminkaïnen-suite
May 17-21, 1943 (DG/Polydor)
Franck: Symphonic Variations (with Geza Anda)
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
Reger: Ballet Suite (DG/Polydor)
Johann Wagenaar: The Taming of the Shrew Overture
September 20-23, 1943 (Polydor)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique )(never issued)
Bizet: Music from L'Arlesienne, Suite no.1 and 'Farandole' from Suite no.2
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances 5 and 8, Op. 46
Smetana: The Moldau  
March 9-18, 1946 (first Decca/London recordings)
Berlioz: Excerpts from The Damnation of Faust, Trojan March from 'Les Troyens' (Beulah 1PD 17)
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2
(both recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London)
September 9-20, 1946 (Decca)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (Beulah 2PD11)
Mendelssohn: Excerpts from A Midsummer Night's Dream, with hornsolo by Jan Bos (notturno)
Schubert: Symphony No. 5, D485
Wagner: Overture and Bacchanale from Tannhäuser (never issued)
September 10-22, 1947 (Decca)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Britten: Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 96, the Miracle
Franck: Psyché et Eros
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Serenade for Strings (part 2)
Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile
November 2, 1947(Jecklin)
Bach: first clavichordconcerto BWV1052, Dinu Lipatti, issued 1977, private recording
September 20-22, 1948 (Decca)
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (awarded Grand Prix du Disque)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 (with Kathleen Long), KV491
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from The Nutcracker
July 9, 1949 (concert performance)
Britten:  Spring Symphony (premiere, with Jo Vincent, Kathleen Ferrier, Peter Pears)
September 15-23, 1949 (Decca)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 3
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture
Gluck: Alceste Overture
Bach: Polonaise/Badinerie from Suite No. 2 (first recording) BVW1067 and Suite No.3 BWV1068
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Smetana: The Moldau
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Finlandia
Wagner: introduction act 3, Lohengrin
September 1-24, 1951 (Decca)
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture. Excerpts Damnation of Faust. Marche hongroise
Franck: Symphonic Suite Psyché
Berlioz: Symphonic fantastique (Beulah 1PD17)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, 'Surprise'
Mozart: Symphony No. 33, KV319
April/May 1952 (Decca)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (with soprano Margaret Ritchie)
Rossini: William Tell/La gazza ladra/La scala di Seta/Semiramide overtures
Schubert: Rosamunde Suite
Mendelssohn: Excerpts from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
June 1952(Audiophile Classics APL 101 543)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, live performance
November/December 1952 (Decca)
Brahms: Tragic and Academic Festival Overtures
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Schubert: Symphony No.4, D417
Sibelius: En Saga,Tapiola
Haydn: Symphony No. 96, 'the Miracle'
Haydn: Symphony No. 97
May 1953 (Decca)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Clifford Curzon)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Pijper: Symphony No. 3, (with piano part by Clifford Curzon )
Diepenbrock: Prelude and Entr'acte from Marsyas
Franck: Psyché Suite
September 14-16, 1953 (Decca)
Britten: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, (variations and fugue on a theme by Purcell)
May 17-29, 1954 (first Beinum Philips recordings)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Henkemans: Violin Concerto (with Theo Olof)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Debussy: Images
Pijper: Six Symphonic Epigrams
Pijper: Piano Concerto (Hans Henkemans, pianist)
September 1, 1954
R.Escher: Musique pour l'esprit en deuil, radio recording
May 31/June 9, 1955 (Philips)
Bach: Orchestral Suites 1 and 2, BWV1066, BWV1067 (flute solo by Hubert Barwahser)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Schubert: Symphony No. 3, D200
October 13-14, 1955 (Philips)
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste
April 3-12, 1956 (Philips)
Bach: Orchestral Suites 3 and 4, BWV1068, BWV1069
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Thomas: Mignon Overture
Kodaly: Háry János Suite
May 22-25, 1956 (Philips)
Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale
Mozart: Serenade, K. 320
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, KV201
July 17, 1956 (Philips)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, violin solo by Jan Damen
September 17-25, 1956 (Philips)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Berlioz: Roman Carnival overture
December 3-12, 1956 (Philips)
Mahler: Song of the Earth/Songs of a Wayfarer (with Nan Merriman, ms; Ernst Haefliger, ten.)
December 7, 1956 (Philips )
A.Diepenbrock: Te Deum Laudamus, soloists: Erna Spoorenberg, sopr.; Nan Merriman, alt; Laurens Bogtman, bas; Ernst Haefliger, tenor - live performance
May 22-29, 1957 (Philips)
Schubert: Symphony No. 6, D589
Schubert: Symphony in b, D759, 'unfinished'
Debussy: La Mer/Nocturnes/Berceuse héroïque/ Marche écossaise(the first official stereo recordings)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, KV622 (with Bram de Wilde)
June 4-8, 1957 (Philips)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto (with Arthur Grumiaux, see notes below)
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and harp, KV299 (with Hubert Barwahser & Phia Berghout)
Sibelius: Valse triste, Finlandia
February 24, 1958 (Philips)
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody (with Aafje Heynis)
April 30/May 3,1958 (Philips)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Grieg: Elegaic Melodies
June 19, 1958
M.Flothuis: Symphonic music, radio recording
June 30, 1958 (Philips)
Ravel: Bolero
July 1-5, 1958 (Philips)
Handel: Water Music
Brahms: Violin Concerto (with Arthur Grumiaux)
September 23-27, 1958 (Philips)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Ravel: La Valse
Brahms: Academic Festival / Tragic Overtures
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
October 6-14, 1958
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
J. C. Bach: Sinfonias Op. 18, Nos. 2 and 4
October 15, 1958
A.Diepenbrock: Symphonic suite 'Elektra', radio recording
March 1-2, 1959 (Philips)
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 and 4 (with Robert Casadesus)(Beinum's last commercial recording)
March 12, 1959
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (live Radio Nederland recording, issued in Philips' Beinum Commemorative LP set) 
Mahler 4 
 

The Van Beinum discography is enhanced with a number of  CDs all with the Concertgebouw unless otherwise indicated:

Eduard van Beinum made many recordings. The only Mahler he recorded is The Song of the Earth and Songs of a Wayfarer, although he performed most of symphonies (radio tapes exist of the Third and Sixth Symphonies and are being considered for release).
Bruckner fared much better, as Beinum recorded Symphonies 7, 8, and 9. A March 12, 1959 concert performance of Symphony No. 5  released as part of a deluxe book commemorating the Concertgebouw Orchestra's Bruckner performances.  A radio tape exists of Symphony No. 4 which may find its way onto CD. Now issued by APL, see below. 
 Bruckner 4  Bruckner symphonies
 

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E Flat "Romantic"
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Eduard van Beinum, cond.
AUDIOPHILE CLASSICS APL 101.543 (B) (ADD) TT: 61:59

.....this is an important document, because on this moment of these great Bruckner-interpreter there exists alone recordings of the last three symphonies and a live recording of the Fifth. It is a very successfully performance, who particularly in the final part touches by the firm handling.....
Niek Nelissen in "Luister', De Slag, July/ Augustus 2001.


Philips issued (October 2000) a super-budget 4-CD set containing the 1959 Bruckner 5, their own recordings of Symphonies 8 and 9, and the Decca 1953 recording of Symphony No. 7. So, with the APL cd of Bruckner's 4th, you have all the Van Beinum recordings of Bruckner.  
New - Philips 468 828-2 - the violin concerto of Beethoven (June 1957), together with the Brahms violin concerto (July 1958) with the Belgium violinist Arthur Grumiaux.
All available in the budget 'Philips Dutch Masters' series.


All can be ordered through Kuiperklassiek, the Netherlands.

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE EDUARD VAN BEINUM CDS:

NCRV
BEETHOVEN: Ah! perfido op.65 'Stemmen' (394624), Jo Vincent, (soprano)

AUDIOPHILE CLASSICS 'CONCERTGEBOUW SERIES'
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 (live performance), (APL 101 543)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C Major. BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch/Eduard van Beinum, cond.
AUDIOPHILE CLASSICS (APL 101.544)

APR 5611
RAVEL: Miroirs, Gaspard de la nuit, La valse, piano concerto in G.
Cor de Groot and Gerard van Blerk, piano.

PHILIPS
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 ( 442 730)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 ( 442 731)  
Philips Dutch Masters 


BRUCKNER:  Symphonies 5, 7, 8 and 9 (464 950-2, 4 CDs)
DEBUSSY: Orchestral works (462 069-2)
MAHLER: Song of the Earth/Songs of a Wayfarer ( 462 068-2)(with Nan Merriman, mezzo soprano and Ernst Haefliger, tenor.)
SCHUBERT: Symphonies 3, 6, 8 ( 462 724-2)
BRAHMS: Four Symphonies ( 462 083-2) (2 CDs)
MOZART: Symphony No. 29/Concerto for Flute & Harp ( 462 525-2)(one set with J.C.Bach)
J. C. BACH: Sinfonias Op. 18 Nos. 2 and 4 (462 525-2)(one set with Mozart)
BEETHOVEN/ BRAHMS: violin concerto of Beethoven (June 1957), together with the Brahms violin concerto (July 1958) with the Belgium violinist Arthur Grumiaux. Philips 468 828-2

 

LYS
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring ( 431)
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto (Alfredo Campoli). Hebrides Overture. BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 (all with the London Philharmonic) ( 471)
HAYDN: Symphonies 96 (Concertgebouw) and 100; MOZART: Symphony No. 35 (London Philharmonic) ( 472)
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique (1946 recording). FRANCK: Symphonic Variations (Anda). RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole ( 473)

JAPANESE DECCA
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring){POCL 4588)
ROSSINI: Four Overtures (Concertgebouw) TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet (London Philharmonic) (POCL 4714)
BERLIOZ: Symphonic fantastique (1951 recording). Damnation of Faust excerpts. Roman Carival Overture (POCL 4713)
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 (1953 recording) (POCL 4589)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4,(with soprano Margaret Ritchie); SIBELIUS: En Saga (POCL 4590)

DUTTON
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7.  TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz from Serenade for Strings (CDK 1205)
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra.  STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring (CDK 1206)
BERLIOZ:  Symphonie fantastique (1946 recording). SCHUBERT:  Symphony No. 5. BEETHOVEN:  Prometheus Overture (with London Phil) (CDK 1208).
BRAHMS:  Symphony No. 1 (1947 recording) (CDK 1210) (also contains Brahms cond. by Clement Krauss)

TAHRA
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 (1947 recording) (TAH 252)

MUSIC & ARTS
BERLIOZ:  Symphonie fantastique (1946 recording)   BRITTEN:  Peter Grimes excerpts (1947 recording)   BRUCKNER:  Symphony No. 7 (1947 recording)   REGER:  Ballet Suite  . MOZART:  Piano Concerto No. 24 (Kathleen Long).  STRAVINSKY:  Rite of Spring. BARTOK:  Concerto for Orchestra  REGER:  Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart (M&A 4-CD set 1054)
BEULAH
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique (1951 recording). Excerpts from The Damnation of Faust (1946 recording). Trojan March (1PD17)
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring (coupled with Albert Coates/LSO recordings) (2PD11)

Q DISC - 97015
11 CDs of live performances, plus DVD

This set is awarded with the 'Edison Classical Music Award 2001' for special releases of historical interest.The set contains most of the Van Beinum broadcasts during the period 1939-1957, both as conductor and pianist (Bach concerto for two harpsichords on the piano!). All the orchestral recordings are with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. This is on the Q-disc label, which is part of Centrum Nederlandse Muziek; album number 97015.  It can be ordered - again - through Kuiperklassiek in Holland for less than $100 US dollars. Here are contents of the set:

CD1:  Liszt:  Piano Concerto No. 2 (Josef Pembaur)(8/9/1935); Bach:  Cantata No. 56 (Mack Harrell) (19/2/1939); Tchaikovsky:  Romeo and Juliet (6/6/1940).
CD2: Bach: Concerto for two Harpsichords (van Beinum/Johannes den Hertog)(11/12/1939); Schubert:  Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Jo Vincent, sop/Rudolf Gall, clarinet)(7/7/1940); Schubert: Rosamunde Entracts (7/7/1940); Stephan: Music fuer Geige & Orchester (George Kulenkampff)(4/1/1940)
CD3: R. Mengelberg:  Salve regina (To van der Sluys, sop)(2/10/1939); Franck: Four Excerpts from Psyche (15/5/1941); Ravel:  Piano Concerto in G (Cor de Groot) (28/11/1940); Debussy:  La Mer (30/1/1941).
CD4:  Badings:  Cello Concerto No. 2 (Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp)(27/3/1941); Tchaikovsky:  Symphony No. 4 (date not certain).
CD5:  Debussy:  Printemps (8/7/1942); Reger:  Ballet Suite (18/7/1943); Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (10/9/1938)(Decca recording).
CD6: Debussy:  Images (19/12/1948). Stravinsky:  Firebird Suite (13/5/1948); Ravel:  Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 (New York 11/10/1954).
CD7:  Bach/Busoni:  Concerto BWV 1052 (Dinu Lipatti, pianist) (2/10/1947); Brahms:  Symphony No. 1 (25/10/1951).
CD8:  Respighi:  Fountains of Rome (16/10/1949).  Andriessen:  Miroir de Peine (Irma Kolassi, sop)(21/12/1952);  Schonberg:  Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 (21/10/1951); Beethoven:  Piano Concerto No. 3 (Solomon).
CD9:  Pijper:  Symphony No. 3 (2/10/1957); Henkemans:  Viola Concerto (Klaas Boon) (24/4/1956); Andriessen:  Symphony No. 4 (19/10/1955)  Escher:  Musique pour l'esprit en deuil (? 1943)
CD10: Beethoven:  Egmont Overture (New York 11/10/1954); Verdi:  aria from Don Carlos (Boris Christoff, bass)(18/4/1956); Beethoven:  Violin Concerto (Francescatti) (19/3/1958).
CD11:  Mozart:  Violin Concerto No. 4 (Menuhin)(Vienna 8/6/1956); Mozart:  Symphony No. 40 (rehearsal 20/9/1956); Diepenbrock:  Te Deum (soloists(a.o. Erna Spoorenberg,s.)/chorus)(7/10/1956) (Philips rec.)
The set also includes a DVD of a 1957 performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3. 

For a review of this Q-disc set and other Van Beinum recordings see: ClassicalCdReview 

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