To mark the 150th birthday of Arnold Schoenberg, we bring you this week two recordings so rare that they've probably not been heard in 62 and 83 years respectively - from two of the finest orchestras and conductors of their times.
Stokowski's 1941 NBC SO performance of Pelleas und Melisande took place after that evening's radio broadcast ended, and the resultant reference discs have lain unplayed ever since. Meanwhile a brilliant performance in concert with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Erich Leinsdorf in 1962 of Verklärte Nacht, captured in brilliant stereo, has likewise remained in the vaults until now.
We also celebrate the 150th birthday this week of Holst with a 20% automatic discount on all his recordings at Pristine.