DVD

  • The Dream of Gerontius

    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

    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

  • Leonard Bernstein

    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

    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

  • Claudio Arrau / Van Cliburn

    Claudio Arrau / Van Cliburn

    CHOPIN
    Ballade No.3 op.47 in A flat major
    Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor
    Fantasy in F minor
    Van Cliburn
    BBC TELEVISION STUDIOS, 9 JUNE 1959
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    BEETHOVEN
    Sonata No.23 in F minor op.57 ‘Appassionata’
    Claudio Arrau
    BBC TELEVISION STUDIOS, 13 OCTOBER 1959

  • Sir Neville Marriner / The Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Sir Neville Marriner / The Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    HANDEL
    Concerto Grosso op.6 No.11
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    BEETHOVEN
    Große Fuge
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    MENDELSSOHN
    Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’
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    BRITTEN
    Les Illuminations
    Anthony Rolfe Johnson

  • Günter Wand at the BBC Proms

    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

  • Antoni Wit

    Antoni Wit

    MP4 Video Download:
    Superbly filmed for Polish Television, Antoni Wit’s performances of Szymanowski’s Third and Fourth Symphonies embody the distinguished and idiomatic conducting style for which he is widely recognised. An outstanding communicator, Wit exhibits exceptional attention to detail in his rendition of these two great works with his own orchestra and choir.