THE UNRELEASED BERLIN RECORDINGS

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Record 1

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

Adagio-Allegro vivace

Adagio

Allegro vivace - Trio

Allegro ma non troppo

Record 2

Debussy: La Mer, L. 109

De l'aube à midi sur la mer (From Dawn till Noon on the Sea)

Jeux de vagues (Play of the Waves)

Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea)

Bartók: Danse Suite, Sz. 77

Moderato

Allegro molto

Allegro vivace

Molto tranquillo
Comodo
Finale

Many musicians feared Lorin Maazel's cold authority, unyielding to compromise. He wanted everything, all the time, everywhere, from the blind obedience of his orchestras to the perfection of the administrations that managed them. His outbursts were legendary.

He applied this same high standard first and foremost to himself. "Little Lorin" was already a violin virtuoso when he first conducted a professional orchestra at the age of 9, and he was 11 when Toscanini invited him to take up the baton in New York, still in short pants.

Endowed with remarkable gifts, reinforced by hard work and extraordinary stamina, he would conduct over 7,000 performances in a 72-year career, across all continents, with the most prestigious ensembles. His repertoire was limitless.

It was in the 1960s and 1970s, at the head of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, that he emerged as an unparalleled stylist, a magician of sound, possessing a perfect sense of line and color, coupled with the mastery of an infallible technician.

It is in the archives of Berlin Radio that The Lost Recordings found these unreleased recordings from October 1969 in Saal 1 of Berlin Radio. Driven by his inspiration, Lorin Maazel reached peaks of refinement and expressive intensity.

Lorin Maazel, conductor
Radio-Symphonie Orchester Berlin

Recorded on 29.IX.1965, *27.X.1969, Hall 1, RBB, Berlin, Germany
STEREO ℗ 1965 & 1969 RBB
Restored by © 2025 THE LOST RECORDINGS from the original analog tapes

Ref.: TLR-2503063

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LORIN MAAZEL

THE UNRELEASED BERLIN RECORDINGS

The History of this Discovery

"When I first discovered Maazel's recordings conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, I was completely captivated by his singular artistic choices, particularly in Beethoven's 4th Symphony. It is only at the end of the Finale, that the listener has the feeling of having experienced a unique reading, truthful and as inspired as it is organic. The version of La Mer sparkles with a thousand lights and one could not imagine more authentic Bartók. Maazel is definitely a conductor of the highest range and these recordings are simply fascinating."

Frédéric D'ORIA-NICOLAS
Musical Treasure Hunter

Le Journal du Dimanche

“The restorations of The Lost Recordings are worthy of those devoted to master paintings”

"Every day is a new day, a new experience. This is the way I approach a masterpiece." Lorin Maazel