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Moné Hattori: Waxman-Shostakovich
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Born in Tokyo in 1999, Moné Hattori comes from a musical family. After studies in Japan with Aguri Suzuki, Yasuko Ohtani, and Akiko Tatsumi, she made her concerto debut aged eight, and enrolled in Zakhar Bron’s prestigious Academy in Interlaken, Switzerland. Her debut recording featuring Franz Waxman’s virtuoso showpiece Carmen-Fantasie is technically brilliant as well as being a rarity on record.
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Otto Klemperer (Richard Itter Collection Vol.2)
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This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive of ‘live’ recordings. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Following the archive’s launch in October 2017 with releases featuring Beecham, Böhm, Cantelli, Karajan, du Pré, Klemperer and Rostropovich, it has received universal praise from both the classical media and record collectors for the excellent sound and performances.
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Otto Klemperer (Richard Itter Collection Vol.1)
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Despite there being a large number of Otto Klemperer recordings on the market, these Richard Itter tapes of live broadcasts from the Royal Festival Hall and the BBCs Studios in Maida Vale between 1955 and 1956 have never, as far as is known, been released before. Klemperer was always more exciting when caught live and had added urgency as compared to his studio accounts, particuarly at this time before his health deteriorated in later years. His Philharmonia concerts were hugely successful in the mid 1950s when Walter Legge was looking to replace Herbert von Karajan, who was in the process of leaving for the Berlin Philharmonic. As Richard Osborne states in his notes, The winter of 1955-56 marked a new dawn for Klemperer.
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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.
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Antonio Pappano: Schumann Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
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ICA Classics is proud to present the first recordings of Pappano conducting two of Schumann’s most popular symphonies, No.2 in C major op.61 and No.4 in D minor op.120. Symphony No.2 was sketched out in 1845 but its completion was greatly prolonged by nervous exhaustion which some years later was to decline into mental instability. This personal struggle evokes Beethoven, while the tremendous energy in the work recalls Schubert. Symphony No.4 was composed in 1841 but revised in 1851 (the version heard here) and consists of four continuous movements, an innovation at the time.
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Antonio Pappano: Elgar Symphony No. 1 & In the South
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Elgar Symphony No.1 in A flat major op.55 & Concert Overture ‘In the South’ op.50 with Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Recorded live in the Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, 21, 23 & 24 January 2012 (Op.55) & 18 March 2013 (Op.50).
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A Tribute to Rudolf Barshai
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A 20 CD set in tribute to Russian-born Rudolf Barshai (1924-2010), possibly the most famous viola player of all time. He performed as a soloist and in chamber groups with Shostakovich, Richter, Oistrakh and Rostropovich and later with Kogan and Gilels. He won numerous Soviet and international competitions.
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Otto Klemperer
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Bach: Suite No.3 BWV 1068/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 17 October 1955)
Mozart: Symphony No.29/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 8 February 1954)
Beethoven: Symphony No.1/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln 21 February 1954)
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BBC Legends Vol.1
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This 20 CD box set brings together some of the greatest performances taken from the BBC archives which were featured in the best-selling series BBC Legends, launched in 1998. The collection features classic recordings by stellar artists including Mstislav Rostropovich, Arturo Toscanini, Emil Gilels, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Dennis Brain, Evgeny Mravinsky, David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Richter.
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Arthur Rubinstein
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Beethoven
Piano Sonata No.3
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Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
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Chopin
Nocturne op.27 no.2
Ballade No.1
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Sviatoslav Richter
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonata No.3
Bagatelles op.126 Nos.1, 4 & 6
Piano Sonata No.29 ‘Hammerklavier’
Royal Festival Hall, London, 18 June 1975
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Otto Klemperer
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MENDELSSOHN
Midsummer Nights Dream – Incidental Music
Käthe Möller-Siepermann (sop)
Hanna Ludwig (mezzo)
Kölner Rundfunkchor Chorus Master:
Karl Kaufhold
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 9-11 JUNE 1955
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.8
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 28 MAY 1955
Rehearsal of Beethoven Symphony No. 4
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 25 OCTOBER 1954
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