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Tschaikovsky: Symphony #4 f-moll ~ the last movement

[AVRO No.] HM-0026
[CD] Q-disk 97015 (disk-4, track 8)
Concertgebouworkest, Amsterdam
recorded on Thu. May 26, 1940, at Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
under the direction of Eduard van Beinum.

This fragment recording was believed to be conducted by Willem Mengelberg. When I made an inquiry to Radio Hilvelsum, a reply was given that it was truly conducted by Mengelberg for Tschaikovsky's 100th anniversary after his birth (1840).

Nevetheless, an eleven-fold CD set for Eduard van Beinum was issued in the late 2000, in which it was cleared that the fragment recording was due to Beinum, since Mengelberg was not available in Amsterdam. The concert was scheduled to be given by Mengelberg, and it was printed on programs that the conductor was Mengelberg. This is why the recording was believed to be due to Mengelberg. Further investigation, however, clarified that Mengelberg was in Berlin at that time, and he could not return to Amsterdam. Beinum conducted the concert in place of Mengelberg.

Q-disk's track enables us to believe that the fragment is truly conducted by Beinum, not by Mengelberg. This CD merges the rest movements made in 1941 (also by Beinum) with the last movement into one complete symphony.

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