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Willem Mengelberg

  1. AAnacreon overture
  2. BSymphony no 8
Label
Columbia
Catalogue number
L1973
Genre
Orchestra
Format
78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference
#18049

Willem Mengelberg, one of the greatest orchestral conductors of the early 20th century, recorded Cherubini's 'Anacréon Overture' and Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 8' for Columbia. Mengelberg conducted the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and was a major figure in the concert music of the 1920s–40s.

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