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.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Benjamin Britten

    MOZART
    Symphony No.40
    English Chamber Orchestra
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    BRITTEN
    Nocturne
    Peter Pears (TENOR)
    English Chamber Orchestra
    FAIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDON, LONDON, 20TH DECEMBER 1964

  • 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

  • André Previn

    André Previn

    Rachmaninov – The Bells
    Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk
    London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
    ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 26 JULY 1973
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    Prokofiev – Lieutenant Kijé
    LONDON, 24 APRIL 1977
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    Bernstein – Candide – Overture
    ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 25 NOVEMBER 1971
    London Symphony Orchestra

  • Sir Adrian Boult

    Sir Adrian Boult

    VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

    Symphony No.8
    Job: A Masque for Dancing

    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 12 OCTOBER 1972

  • 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

  • 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.