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.
  • 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

  • Kurt Sanderling

    Kurt Sanderling

    SCHUMANN
    Symphony No.4
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    MAHLER
    Das Lied von der Erde
    BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
    Carolyn Watkinson, John Mitchinson
    ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 29 JULY 1988

  • 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