THE UNRELEASED BERLIN RECORDINGS

1st edition limited to 3,000 copies

68,00€

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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

3,000 Copies

Many musicians feared Maazel's chilly authoritarianism, his inability to make concessions. Unfailingly demanding, he insisted that the orchestras show him blind obedience and that the boards in charge run operations smoothly. His temper was legendary.

But if he was demanding, it was first and foremost of himself. “Little Lorin”, as the former child prodigy was known then, was first asked to lead a professional orchestra when he was nine years old and already a violin virtuoso. When he was eleven, Toscanini invited him to take the baton of the NBC orchestra in New York.

Maazel had phenomenal gifts. These, coupled with his sheer hard work and exceptional resilience, resulted in a career of 72 years that encompassed more than 7,000 performances with the most prestigious orchestras worldwide. His repertoire was seemingly boundless. During the 1960s and 1970s, when he was at the helm of the Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Maazel proved himself to be a maestro of style, a magician of sound gifted with not only a perfect sense of line and colour, but also infallible technique.

The Lost Recordings found these hitherto unpublished recordings, made in October 1969 in Studio 1 of Berlin Radio. Here Maazel’s inspiration takes him to the very summit of refinement and expressive intensity.

Lorin Maazel, conductor
Radio-Symphony Orchester Berlin

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

Ref.: TLR-2503063V
33rpm Lacquer-Cuts: Kevin Gray
New tip-on gatefolds printed in Italy
180g Double Vinyl Album
Phoenix Pressings

*A 16-bit album download card is included with the vinyl.

DOUBLE VINYL

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