Legacy

  • Robert Casadesus (Richard Itter Collection)

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    Robert Casadesus (1899-1972) was a renowned 20th-century French pianist and composer who knew and worked with Ravel. He was especially known for his celebrated performances of the Mozart Concertos accompanied on record by George Szell – Gramophone called it ‘exquisite Mozart playing’, as well as his recordings of Ravel, Fauré and Debussy. He recorded Beethoven’s First, Fourth and Fifth Concertos, the latter two multiple times, though these were all made in the studio. He also extensively recorded the Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Zino Francescatti, who also appears in ICA Classics’ Pierre Monteux set.

  • Yehudi Menuhin: Mozart Violin Concertos (Richard Itter Collection)

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    This is the first time that these ‘live’ performances have been released and they are therefore of enormous interest to collectors and completists of this great violinist.

  • Otto Klemperer (Richard Itter Collection Vol.2)

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    This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive of ‘live’ recordings. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Following the archive’s launch in October 2017 with releases featuring Beecham, Böhm, Cantelli, Karajan, du Pré, Klemperer and Rostropovich, it has received universal praise from both the classical media and record collectors for the excellent sound and performances.

  • Bruno Walter (Richard Itter Collection)

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    Bruno Walter’s (1876-1962) appearance in 1955 with the BBCSO formed part of the BBC’s May Festival, an annual event which looked back to the pre-war London Music Festival. The present recordings have never been previously issued and serve to illustrate his genius - he showed no diminution of his powers on the podium despite celebrating his 80th birthday the following year.

  • Pierre Monteux (Richard Itter Collection)

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    The great French conductor Pierre Monteux  (1875-1964) was naturally considered a specialist of his native country’s music, though he would never allow this to restrict him. This new set of previously unpublished recordings seeks to set the record straight, with a strong representation of German repertoire, notably Brahms’ Symphony No.3 with the Boston Symphony, which he never recorded commercially, in a rare ‘live’ performance from the 1956 Edinburgh Festival. More Brahms featuring two celebrated virtuosos – the Violin Concerto with the French violinist Zino Francescatti, and the Double Concerto where he is joined by his compatriot Pierre Fournier, both ‘live’ recordings from the Royal Festival Hall in 1955. Both are previously unpublished.

  • Karl Böhm: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Richard Itter Collection)

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    Walter Berry reflected in an interview in 1985, 'we played in the Theater an der Wien (during the rebuilding of the Vienna State Opera) and we developed a certain style, a Mozart style which was connected very much to the singers of that time ... this was an incredible ensemble'. Harold Rosenthal, Editor of Opera magazine, described the staged performance at London's Royal Festival Hall on 13 September 1954 as 'a sheer delight', highlighting the performances of Erich Kunz (Figaro) and Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), while Irmgard Seefried (Susanna) was 'one of the joys of this recording' (George Hall). These Richard Itter tapes of the live broadcast have never been released before, and the superb recording fully captures the atmosphere in this light-footed performance in a packed Royal Festival Hall to perfection.
  • Great Pianists Box Set (5 CDs)

    Great Pianists

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    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
  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

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    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
  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

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    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
  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

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    BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 Emil Gilels/Hallé Orchestra/ Sir John Barbirolli EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, USHER HALL, EDINBURGH 13 SEPTEMBER 1966 - TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.2 (Siloti version) Emil Gilels/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON 23 FEBRUARY 1959
  • Emil Gilels

    Emil Gilels

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    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (Royal Festival Hall, 10 July 1967) - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (Royal Festival Hall, 13 July 1967)

MP3 releases from the Legacy Series