DVD
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Erich Leinsdorf / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download:Leinsdorf’s recordings of Mahler’s symphonies on RCA Victor became benchmarks for both sound and performance quality. Intense, warm and expressive, this rendition of Mahler’s First Symphony is a deeply personal account, whilst Till Eulenspiegel - a party piece during Leinsdorf’s tenure - is performed with great precision and finesse by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The ICA Classics Legacy series represents an historic account of performances by some of the world’s greatest artists. This DVD features some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their Music Director, Erich Leinsdorf. While the material has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques, certain visual artefacts and distortions remain in some instances due to the age of the film. Despite this, it remains of exceptional musical interest and historic value and is released here for the first time on DVD. -
Günter Wand at the BBC Proms
BRUCKNER
Symphony No.5
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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BONUS
Interview: Günter Wand
ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 9 SEPTEMBER 1990 -
Erich Leinsdorf / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download:The BSO’s Music Director for seven seasons, Leinsdorf had a long and distinguished career, having worked at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Cleveland Orchestra and Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in addition to his tenure at the BSO. A particular favourite of Leinsdorf’s, the Schumann is powerful and precise under his direction, whilst the Good Friday Music is a warm and sensitive rendition from a great Wagnerian conductor. Schubert’s Ninth Symphony is a new addition to his discography. -
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky at the BBC Proms
Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila / Three Dances from A Life for the Tsar
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II
BBC Symphony -
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 -
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)