DVD
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The Dream of Gerontius
Filmed in colour from Canterbury Cathedral in 1968, this DVD represents the only existing film of Sir Adrian Boult conducting The Dream of Gerontius. Sir Adrian Boult championed Elgar’s music throughout his life, following the composer’s prophetic words in a letter to the conductor: ‘I feel that my reputation in the future is safe in your hands’. Featuring a stellar cast of soloists including Dame Janet Baker, this performance is redolent of Sir Adrian Boult’s ‘commendable energy and typical humanity’ (The Gramophone Guide review of Boult’s 1975 studio recording of The Dream of Gerontius). This DVD also features a 60-minute documentary on Sir Adrian Boult produced by the BBC in 1989 to celebrate the centenary of his birth. -
Leonard Bernstein
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
Capriccio for piano and orchestra
Symphony of Psalms
Michel Béroff PIANO
The English Bach Festival Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein
8 APRIL 1972, ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON -
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Schubert
Impromptus D946 Nos.1 & 2
Wanderer Fantasy
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Schumann
Arabeske
Piano Sonata No.1 -
Leonard Bernstein
ELGAR
Enigma Variations
14 APRIL 1982, ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL
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Rehearsal of the ‘Enigma’ variations and interview with Leonard Bernstein
BBC OMNIBUS STUDIO, LONDON, APRIL 1982 -
Leonard Bernstein
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
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SIBELIUS
Symphony No.5
London Symphony Orchestra
FAIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDON, LONDON, 27 NOVEMBER 1966
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Humphrey Burton interviews Leonard Bernstein (BONUS)
LONDON, NOVEMBER 1966 -
Klaus Tennstedt / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download:This rare audiovisual footage presents Klaus Tennstedt at the height of his very special relationship with the Boston Symphony Orchestra during his prime recording period. Joyous Mozart is combined with evocative Mahler, both performed with the greatest sensitivity and conviction. The ICA Classics Legacy series represents an historic account of performances by some of the world’s greatest artists. This DVD features only the second public release of a full-length symphonic work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Klaus Tennstedt and the third DVD available with this mighty conductor. 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. -
Klaus Tennstedt / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download: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." -
Amadeus Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in C 'Emperor'
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Mozart: String Quartet in C, K465 -
Klaus Tennstedt
MAHLER
Symphony No.5
London Philharmonic Orchestra
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 13 DECEMBER 1988 -
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)