Legacy
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Annie Fischer: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, 15 “Pastoral”, 30 & 32
"This glorious issue is a reminder of a unique pianist held in awe by artists of the stature of Sviatoslav Richter and Otto Klemperer." - International Piano -
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 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’. -
Great Choral Classics
MP3 Album:WILLIAM STEINBERG BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis – 1973 ICAC 5054 IGOR MARKEVITCH VERDI Messa da Requiem – 1960 ROSSINI Overtures – 1957 ICAC 5068 (2CD) DIMITRI MITROPOULOS BERLIOZ Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) – 1956 ICAC 5075 GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY MAHLER Das klagende Lied – 1981 JANÁCEK The Fiddler’s Child – 1979 ICAC 5080 -
Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:BRAHMS Symphony No.3 DEBUSSY La Mer London Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 17 APRIL 1975 BONUS CHAUSSON Poème de l’amour et de la mer: La Mort de l’amour – Le Temps des lilas Janet Baker MEZZO-SOPRANO London Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Svetlanov ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 17 APRIL 1975 -
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. -
Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:RACHMANINOV Symphony No.2 Philharmonia Orchestra/Svetlanov ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 15 MARCH 1993 - BERNSTEIN Candide Overture LSO/Svetlanov USHER HALL, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, 28 AUGUST 1978 -
Dimitri Mitropoulos
MP3 Album:Berlioz: Requiem Nicolai Gedda Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Kölner Rundfunkchor Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester -
Annie Fischer
MP3 Album:Schumann Piano Concerto - Beethoven Eroica Variations - Piano Sonata No.30 - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie- Orchester Joseph Keilberth -
Carlo Maria Giulini
MP3 Album:VERDI Falstaff - Fernando Corena Anna Maria Rovere Fernanda Cadoni Oralia Dominguez Walter Monachesi Eugenia Ratti Glyndebourne Opera Chorus Royal Philharmonic Orchestra -
Carlo Maria Giulini
MP3 Album:ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia - Figaro Rolando Panerai Rosina Teresa Berganza Count Almaviva Luigi Alva Dr Bartolo Fernando Corena Don Basilio Ivo Vinco Fiorello Ronald Lewis Berta Josephine Veasey Un Ufficiale Robert Bowman The Covent Garden Chorus (Chorus Master: Douglas Robinson) The Covent Garden Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON, 21 MAY 1960 -
Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.10 USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Svetlanov ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 21 AUGUST 1968 - TCHAIKOVSKY Snow Maiden Suite – Melodrama ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 22 AUGUST 1968 - RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Invisible City of Kitezh – Hymn to Nature – Tartar Invasion & Battle of Kerzhenets USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Svetlanov ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 30 AUGUST 1968
MP3 releases from the Legacy Series