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.
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas

    Boston Symphony Orchestra / Michael Tilson Thomas

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    Less than one year after Michael Tilson Thomas’s first appointment with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a series of concerts were filmed for television that demonstrate an electric relationship with the orchestra’s newest assistant conductor. Featuring Three Places in New England by Charles Ives, a composer whom Tilson Thomas has long since championed, as well as two works that are completely new to his discography and videography, this DVD gives a valuable account of his early performances with the BSO. Exclusive bonus interviews with this dynamic Maestro provide a fascinating insight into the performances captured here on film.
  • 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

  • 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

  • Michael Tilson Thomas

    Michael Tilson Thomas

    Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel / Ein Heldenleben
    London Symphony Orchestra

  • David Oistrakh

    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)