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  • William Steinberg / Boston Symphony Orchestra

    William Steinberg / Boston Symphony Orchestra

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    Steinberg was much admired for his sterling musicianship; the breadth of his repertory, which included much contemporary music; the clarity and precision of his technique; his wit and pipe-smoking geniality; and the collegial relationships he established and maintained with his musicians.
  • Klaus Tennstedt / Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Klaus Tennstedt / Boston Symphony Orchestra

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    Tennstedt duly made his US debut in December 1974, conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an all-Brahms programme and then in Bruckner's Symphony No.8. A legend was born and a career was made. One headline the next day ran: "Bruckner – Tennstedt – BSO – Once in a Lifetime."
  • Margot Fonteyn / Michael Somes

    Margot Fonteyn / Michael Somes

    SLEEPING BEAUTY (extracts)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 20 DECEMBER 1959
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    SWAN LAKE (extracts)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 9 JUNE 1954
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    THE NUTCRACKER (Act II)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 21 DECEMBER 1958
    Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Lanchbery
    London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Irving
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hugo Rignold

  • Michael Tilson Thomas

    Michael Tilson Thomas

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel / Ein Heldenleben
    London Symphony Orchestra

  • Mstislav Rostropovich / Benjamin Britten

    Mstislav Rostropovich / Benjamin Britten

    Tchaikovsky
    Rococo Variations
    Pezzo capriccioso
    Romeo and Juliet Overture
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    Britten
    Gloriana (extracts)
    Peter Pears
    The Aldeburgh Festival Singers
    English Chamber Orchestra

  • Sir Georg Solti

    Sir Georg Solti

    Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - Overture
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    Richard Strauss: Don Juan
    (Includes bonus rehearsal footage)
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    Beethoven: Symphony No.5
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / BBC Symphony

  • Sir Georg Solti

    Sir Georg Solti

    Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat
    London Philharmonic Orchestra (16 March 1975, Royal Festival Hall)
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    Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra, Op. 36 ("Enigma")
    London Philharmonic Orchestra (20 October 1979, Royal Festival Hall)

  • Beaux Arts Trio

    Beaux Arts Trio

    Schubert: Piano Trio in B flat Op. 99 (13 July 1987, Signet Library, Edinburgh)
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    Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat major Op.100 (6 September 1977, Signet Library, Edinburgh)