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.
  • 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

  • Vladimir Ashkenazy

    Vladimir Ashkenazy

    Schubert
    Impromptus D946 Nos.1 & 2
    Wanderer Fantasy
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    Schumann
    Arabeske
    Piano Sonata No.1

  • 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

  • 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
    -
    Humphrey Burton interviews Leonard Bernstein (BONUS)
    LONDON, NOVEMBER 1966

  • 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