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Below are tracks from our library that never made it onto one of our compact discs. They can be downloaded here as high quality 320kbs AAC encoded (MP3) files. Those originating on 78rpm discs are raw and no attempt to clean up the surface noise had been made although we have removed some loud cracks and bangs. Please note the previews are compressed files so the sound is not as good as that on the whole track.

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Constantin Silvestri (1913-1969)

Slivestri studied piano as a child and then piano and composition at the Bucharest Consevatorie. His conducting debut was in 1930 with the National Radio Orchestra of Romania conducting one of his own compositions. In 1959 Silvestri moved to Paris but his appointment as principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra two years later caused him to live in Bournemouth where in 1967 be became a British citizen. His years at Bournemouth brought himself and his orchestra (with many young players from the RCM and RAM in London) to the attention of the musical world. The repetoir was wide ranging and featured much British music ( the performance of Alan Rawthorne's Third Symphony alongside music by Enescu is typical). His death from cancer at the age of 55 robbed the musical world of a rapidly rising, if somewhat controversial, star. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra had the luxury of performing the same concert programme up to five times as they went on tour of though the south and west of England. For Silvestri one he disliked was Weymouth so repeats in symphonies were cut here to enable him to return home as early as possible. Silvestri had a poor grasp of the English language and would sometimes communicate to his orchestra in French with members of the orchestra translating to those who lacked the ability to understand his French. That he was an inspiration to his orchestra despite his temperamental outbursts is evidenced by the BSO's subsequent standing among world orchestra.

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