NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Constantin Silvestri

He was a vibrant conductor who became the principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and raised their level of performance. As with another Romanian conductor, Sergiu Celibidache, Silvestri expected to have many hours for rehearsal, and this led to very polished, well crafted performances. A biography of Silvestri was written by musicologist Eugen Pricope.

Recordings for which he is particularly well known include Elgar's Alassio (In the South), and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.

Categories: 1913 births | 1969 deaths | Conductors | Romanian musicians

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Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music (1066 words)
	In his notes for Silvestri's performance of Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony on Testament 1129, Alan Sanders writes that Silvestri was "seldom satisfied" with his early EMI recordings, which were made hastily, included "the wrong repertoire", and utilized "the wrong orchestra" for specific works.
	Given Silvestri's penchant for color and drama, you expect his Shostakovich Fifth to be first-rate and it is; I've rarely heard the last part of the Largo played with such shattering impact, with its grief-laden double basses and the slow fade to a barely consoling silence.
	Silvestri out-Brits the Brits with a great Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia (no, his spectacular Elgar In the South, once available on a double-disc EMI Silvestri "Profiles" set is not included here).

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