Legacy

  • Sir Adrian Boult: Holst The Planets, works by Vaughan Williams, Walton & Butterworth

    COMPOSERS Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton, George Butterworth ARTISTS Sir Adrian Boult, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alan Harverson

  • Sir Adrian Boult: Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos 5 & 6

    BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult

  • Carlo Maria Giulini: Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro (Richard Itter Collection)

    MP3 Album:
    Carlo Maria Giulinis celebrated studio recording of Le nozze di Figaro was recorded in September 1959 following a live performance at the Royal Festival Hall a few days earlier. Nearly 18 months later on 6th February 1961 there was another RFH performance but with a substantially different cast from that on disc. Only two roles the Countess (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf) and Antonio (Piero Cappuccilli) were sung by the same artists.
  • Great Symphonies (5 CDs)

    Great Symphonies

    MP3 Album:
    Beethoven’s Ninth and Mendelssohn’s “Italian” are two of the great symphonies to appear in this collection, which also features works by Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Brahms, among others. With renowned conductors including Sir Adrian Boult and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky at the helm, these expertly remastered recordings represent an excellent addition to any symphony-lover’s collection.
  • Great Italian Operas (6 CDs)

    Great Italian Operas

    MP3 Album:
    This set features two classic performances from the golden age of the Covent Garden Opera Company and a sparkling Falstaff from the Edinburgh Festival, combining masterworks of Italian opera by Puccini, Verdi and Rossini into one outstanding collection. Carefully remastered and restored, the recordings feature a stellar cast of Italian singers and conductors, including renowned soprano Renata Tebaldi, said by Toscanini to possess ‘the voice of an angel’.
  • BBC Legends Limited Edition Box Set (20 CDs)

    BBC Legends Vol.1

    MP3 Album:
    This 20 CD box set brings together some of the greatest performances taken from the BBC archives which were featured in the best-selling series BBC Legends, launched in 1998. The collection features classic recordings by stellar artists including Mstislav Rostropovich, Arturo Toscanini, Emil Gilels, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Dennis Brain, Evgeny Mravinsky, David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Richter.
  • Great Pianists Box Set (5 CDs)

    Great Pianists

    MP3 Album:
    EMIL GILELS BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 – 1967 ICAC 5000 CLAUDIO ARRAU CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1 • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 – 1954 & 1959 1954 (Chopin), 1959 (Beethoven) Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln. ICAC 5045 JULIUS KATCHEN BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1* • CHOPIN Ballade No.3 • LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1 SCHUMANN Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen) • ALBÉNIZ Triana (Ibéria – Book 2) – 1958, 1965 & 1967* ICAC 5048 GEORGES CZIFFRA GRIEG Piano Concerto • LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 • Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes LULLY Gavotte en rondeau • D. SCARLATTI Sonata K96 ‘La Chasse’ – 1959 ICAC 5079 SHURA CHERKASSKY CHOPIN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – 1981 & 1983 ICAC 5085
  • Sir Adrian Boult

    Sir Adrian Boult

    MP3 Album:
    ELGAR Symphony No.2 BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 24 JULY 1977 - WAGNER Tannhäuser: Overture & Venusberg Music BBC Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult STUDIO 1, BBC MAIDA VALE, LONDON, 8 DECEMBER 1968
  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

    MP3 Album:
    SCHUMANN Four Klavierstücke op.32 - BRAHMS Four Ballades op.10 - CHOPIN Polonaise No.2 · Piano Sonata No.3 - Encore MOZART Fantasy in D minor K397 Emil Gilels PIANO ABBOTSHOLME ARTS SOCIETY, STAFFORDSHIRE, 22 MARCH 1979
  • Sir Adrian Boult

    Sir Adrian Boult

    MP3 Album:
    Brahms Symphony No.4 - Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 ‘Italian’ BBC Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

    MP3 Album:
    BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Mario Rossi SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 19 MARCH 1971 - DEBUSSY Images – Book 1 Reflets dans l’eau Hommage à Rameau Mouvement - PROKOFIEV Sonata No.3 op.28 Visions fugitives Nos. 3, 5, 10, 11, 17 SAAL 2, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 11 DECEMBER 1974
  • Sir Adrian Boult

    Sir Adrian Boult

    MP3 Album:
    Brahms Symphony No.3 - Elgar Symphony No.1 - BBC Symphony Orchestra

MP3 releases from the Legacy Series