DVD

  • Classic BBC Proms (5 DVDs)

    Classic BBC Proms (5 DVDs)

    Garrick Ohlsson BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 Works by CHOPIN and LISZT ICAD 5013 - Viennese Night Works by J. STRAUSS I, J. STRAUSS II, LEHÁR and SUPPÉ ICAD 5026 - Gennady Rozhdestvensky GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila – Overture Three Dances from ‘A life for the Tsar’ TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II ICAD 5027 - Yuri Temirkanov BERLIOZ Le Corsaire – Overture TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony Encores by TCHAIKOVSKY, ELGAR and PROKOFIEV ICAD 5065 - Sir Georg Solti MOZART Symphony No.39 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 DEBUSSY Fêtes ICAD 5100
  • 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

  • Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Mozart
    Symphony No.39
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    Tchaikovsky
    Symphony No.4
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    Debussy
    Fêtes
    (Trois Nocturnes)

  • 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

  • Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

    MENDELSSOHN
    Overture: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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    BRAHMS
    Symphony No.1
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    Solti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s European Debut,
    Edinburgh Festival 1971

  • 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

  • Nadia Nerina / Robert Helpmann / Margot Fonteyn / Rudolf Nureyev

    Nadia Nerina / Robert Helpmann / Margot Fonteyn / Rudolf Nureyev

    Les Sylphides
    BBC STUDIO RECORDING, BROADCAST 6 APRIL 1956
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    Coppélia (ADAPTED FOR TELEVISION BY MARGARET DALE)
    BBC STUDIO RECORDING, BROADCAST 27 OCTOBER 1957
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    Giselle (PAS DE DEUX FROM ACT II)
    BBC STUDIO RECORDING, RECORDED 2 JUNE 1962
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    Philharmonia Orchestra/Robert Irving
    London Symphony Orchestra/John Lanchbery
    Pro Arte Orchestra/Marcus Dods

  • Margot Fonteyn / Michael Somes

    Margot Fonteyn / Michael Somes

    SLEEPING BEAUTY (extracts)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 20 DECEMBER 1959
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    SWAN LAKE (extracts)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 9 JUNE 1954
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    THE NUTCRACKER (Act II)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 21 DECEMBER 1958
    Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Lanchbery
    London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Irving
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hugo Rignold

  • Borodin Quartet

    Borodin Quartet

    MP4 Video Download:
    Described as ‘the quartet world’s most distinguished ensemble’, the Borodin Quartet celebrated its 65th anniversary with a sold out concert at the Wigmore Hall, London, a week before this live recording from the Cité de la Musique in Paris. Following the performance the Financial Times wrote that ‘today’s Borodin Quartet has lost nothing of its old authority.’ The quartet plays with warmth, commitment and obvious enjoyment.
  • Sir Georg Solti

    Sir Georg Solti

    Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - Overture
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    Richard Strauss: Don Juan
    (Includes bonus rehearsal footage)
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    Beethoven: Symphony No.5
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / BBC Symphony

  • Sir Georg Solti

    Sir Georg Solti

    Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat
    London Philharmonic Orchestra (16 March 1975, Royal Festival Hall)
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    Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra, Op. 36 ("Enigma")
    London Philharmonic Orchestra (20 October 1979, Royal Festival Hall)