Legacy

  • Karl Böhm: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Richard Itter Collection)

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    Walter Berry reflected in an interview in 1985, 'we played in the Theater an der Wien (during the rebuilding of the Vienna State Opera) and we developed a certain style, a Mozart style which was connected very much to the singers of that time ... this was an incredible ensemble'. Harold Rosenthal, Editor of Opera magazine, described the staged performance at London's Royal Festival Hall on 13 September 1954 as 'a sheer delight', highlighting the performances of Erich Kunz (Figaro) and Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), while Irmgard Seefried (Susanna) was 'one of the joys of this recording' (George Hall). These Richard Itter tapes of the live broadcast have never been released before, and the superb recording fully captures the atmosphere in this light-footed performance in a packed Royal Festival Hall to perfection.

  • BBC Legends Vol. 2

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    ICA Classics are proud to release a second volume of the best selling BBC Legends box, featuring 20 CDs of some of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Volume 1 was released in 2013 and comprised 20 CDs taken from the award winning BBC Legends catalogue (unavailable since 2010). Here is the follow-up with a further 20 CDs. The artists include Arturo Toscanini, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Kirsten Flagstad, Victoria de los Angeles, Sir Thomas Beecham, Carlo Maria Giulini, Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Monteux, Yehudi Menuhin, Andres Segovia, Dame Myra Hess, Nathan Milstein, Walter Gieseking, Arthur Rubinstein, Geza Anda, Claudio Arrau, Eduard van Beinum, Sir William Walton, Pierre Fournier, Benjamin Britten and the Borodin Quartet. Contains interviews/memories of Kirsten Flagstad and Carlo Maria Giulini.
  • Claudio Arrau

    Claudio Arrau

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    Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.31 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 (Swedish Radio Studios, Stockholm, 5 April 1960)
  • Hans Rosbaud

    Hans Rosbaud

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    DEBUSSY Trois Nocturnes Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Hans Rosbaud SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 7 MARCH 1955 Jeux Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Hans Rosbaud SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 26 APRIL 1954 - SIBELIUS Symphony No.6 Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Hans Rosbaud SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 21 APRIL 1952
  • Hans Rosbaud

    Hans Rosbaud

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    Mahler Symphony No.5 Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
  • Julius Katchen

    Julius Katchen

    MP3 Album:
    BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15 Julius Katchen/BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Rudolf Kempe BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON, 11 OCTOBER 1967 - CHOPIN Ballade No.3, Op.47 - LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1 S.514 BBC CONCERT HALL, BROADCASTING HOUSE, LONDON, 4 OCTOBER 1965 - SCHUMANN Prophet Bird Op.82, No.7 (from Waldszenen) - ALBENIZ Triana (from Iberia Book 2) BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON, 29 SEPTEMBER 1958 - Julius Katchen discusses Mozart's Concerto K.466 and Brahms’ Concerto No.1 with John Amis BBC STUDIOS, LONDON, 15 DECEMBER 1967
  • Claudio Arrau

    Claudio Arrau

    MP3 Album:
    CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 Claudio Arrau/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie- Orchester/Otto Klemperer SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 25 OCTOBER 1954 - BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 Claudio Arrau/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie- Orchester/Christoph von Dohnanyi SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 6 APRIL 1959

CD releases from the Legacy Series