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

    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.
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  • Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty

    Vladimir Jurowski: Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty

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    Jurowski's interpretation is based on his view that Acts 1 & 2 inhabit a Romantic sound world and then between Act 2 & 3, the sound changes completely becoming drier with much sharper outlines. He has said that if it were not for Tchaikovsky's untimely death, he would have developed a similar style of composition to Stravinsky between 1917 and 1928, around the time of Pulcinella. The Sleeping Beauty recorded here is performed complete. This release includes notes by David Nice and an interview with Jurowski about his interpretation.
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  • A Tribute to Rudolf Barshai (20 CD set)

    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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  • Great Choral Classics (5 CDs)

    Great Choral Classics

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    WILLIAM STEINBERG BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis – 1973 ICAC 5054 IGOR MARKEVITCH VERDI Messa da Requiem – 1960 ROSSINI Overtures – 1957 ICAC 5068 (2CD) DIMITRI MITROPOULOS BERLIOZ Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) – 1956 ICAC 5075 GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY MAHLER Das klagende Lied – 1981 JANÁCEK The Fiddler’s Child – 1979 ICAC 5080
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  • Great Pianists Box Set (5 CDs)

    Great Pianists

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    EMIL GILELS BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 – 1967 ICAC 5000 CLAUDIO ARRAU CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 – 1954 & 1959 1954 (Chopin), 1959 (Beethoven) Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln. ICAC 5045 JULIUS KATCHEN BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1* • CHOPIN Ballade No.3 • LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1 SCHUMANN Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen) • ALBÉNIZ Triana (Ibéria – Book 2) – 1958, 1965 & 1967* ICAC 5048 GEORGES CZIFFRA GRIEG Piano Concerto • LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 • Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes LULLY Gavotte en rondeau • D. SCARLATTI Sonata K96 ‘La Chasse’ – 1959 ICAC 5079 SHURA CHERKASSKY CHOPIN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – 1981 & 1983 ICAC 5085
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  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

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    SCHUMANN Four Klavierstücke op.32 - BRAHMS Four Ballades op.10 - CHOPIN Polonaise No.2 · Piano Sonata No.3 - Encore MOZART Fantasy in D minor K397 Emil Gilels PIANO ABBOTSHOLME ARTS SOCIETY, STAFFORDSHIRE, 22 MARCH 1979
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  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

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    BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Mario Rossi SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 19 MARCH 1971 - DEBUSSY Images – Book 1 Reflets dans l’eau Hommage à Rameau Mouvement - PROKOFIEV Sonata No.3 op.28 Visions fugitives Nos. 3, 5, 10, 11, 17 SAAL 2, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 11 DECEMBER 1974
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  • Igor Markevitch (2 CDs)

    Igor Markevitch

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    VERDI – Requiem Galina Vishnevskaya (SOPRANO) Nina Isakova (MEZZO-SOPRANO) Vladimir Ivanovsky (TENOR) · Ivan Petrov (BASS) State Academy Chorus Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Igor Markevitch MOSCOW, 1960 - ROSSINI – Overtures 1. Il barbiere di Siviglia · 2. La scala di Seta 3. William Tell · 4. La gazza ladra 5. L’italiana in Algeri · 6. La Cenerentola Orchestre National de l’ORTF Igor Markevitch SALLE DE LA MUTUALITÉ, PARIS, 1–4 APRIL 1957
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  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

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    BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 Emil Gilels/Hallé Orchestra/ Sir John Barbirolli EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, USHER HALL, EDINBURGH 13 SEPTEMBER 1966 - TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.2 (Siloti version) Emil Gilels/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON 23 FEBRUARY 1959
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  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

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    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (Royal Festival Hall, 10 July 1967) - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (Royal Festival Hall, 13 July 1967)
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