DVD
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Paul Tortelier at the BBC
To mark the centenary of the celebrated French cellist Paul Tortelier (born 21st March 1914), the BBC drew from their archives a selection of films and documents that spanned his whole career and testified to the exceptional rapport he enjoyed with Britain. The programme “Paul Tortelier at the BBC” is here reproduced as a DVD and offers a portrait of one of the truly great cellists. -
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. -
Tito Gobbi
Excerpts from:
RIGOLETTO
GIANNI SCHICCHI
TOSCA
(1965–66)
Renata Scotto
Dennis Wicks
Neil Howlett
John Serge
Elizabeth Robson
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Yuri Temirkanov at the BBC Proms
Berlioz
Le Corsaire – Overture
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Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony
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St Petersburg
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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 -
David Oistrakh
Bach: Double Violin Concerto in D minor
ECO / Colin Davis, conductor / David Oistrakh, violin (23 September 1962, Royal Albert Hall)
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Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
Moscow Philharmonic / Yehudi Menuhin, conductor / Igor Oistrakh, violin / David Oistrakh, viola (1 October 1963, Royal Albert Hall)
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Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
Moscow Philharmonic / Kirill Kondrashin, conductor / David Oistrakh, violin (24 September 1963, Royal Festival Hall)