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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.
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Classic BBC Proms (5 DVDs)
Garrick Ohlsson
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2
Works by CHOPIN and LISZT
ICAD 5013
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Viennese Night
Works by J. STRAUSS I, J. STRAUSS II, LEHÁR and SUPPÉ
ICAD 5026
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Gennady Rozhdestvensky
GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila – Overture
Three Dances from ‘A life for the Tsar’
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II
ICAD 5027
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Yuri Temirkanov
BERLIOZ Le Corsaire – Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony
Encores by TCHAIKOVSKY, ELGAR and PROKOFIEV
ICAD 5065
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Sir Georg Solti
MOZART Symphony No.39
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4
DEBUSSY Fêtes
ICAD 5100
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Borodin Quartet
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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.
