Berio conducts Sinfonia, Nones, Allelujah II, Concerto for 2 Pianos

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In collaboration with Archiv Music Sony has just reissued the first recording of Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia, the original 4-movement version, which was recorded by Columbia records on October 12, 1968, immediately after the world première with the same forces. Because RCA and Sony are now part of a single corporate entity, they have been able to include Berio’s RCA recordings of Nones, Allelujah II, and the Concerto for 2 pianos within the same release. Archiv and Sony are claiming that this is the first digital reissue of the RCA recordings. In fact, they were previously reissued on CD in Japan by Japanese RCA/BMG in collaboration with Japanese Tower Records. (Needless to say, the Japanese release is long gone along with Japanese RCA/BMG.) These recordings are available on a print-on-demand CDR from Archiv Music or as mp3 downloads from Amazon (link below):

LUCIANO BERIO: SINFONIA (1968)
World première recording, first 4-movement version
The Swingle Singers
The New York Philharmonic
Luciano Berio
Recorded October 12, 1968
From Columbia MS 7628. (P) 1969

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Luciano Berio: NONES (1954)
London Symphony Orchestra
Luciano Berio, conductor
Recorded April 1975

Luciano Berio: ALLELUJAH II (1958)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez & Luciano Berio, conductors
Recorded August 1974

Luciano Berio: CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS (1973)
Bruno Canino and Antonio Ballista, pianos
London Symphony Orchestra
Luciano Berio, conductor
Recorded April 1975

From RCA ARL1-1674, (P) 1976
Produced by Charles Gerhardt
Recording Engineers: Robert Auger and Philip Wade

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-Tassilo