Legacy

  • 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

    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
  • Julius Katchen

    Julius Katchen

    MP3 Album:
    BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15 Julius Katchen/BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Rudolf Kempe BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON, 11 OCTOBER 1967 - CHOPIN Ballade No.3, Op.47 - LISZT Mephisto Waltz No.1 S.514 BBC CONCERT HALL, BROADCASTING HOUSE, LONDON, 4 OCTOBER 1965 - SCHUMANN Prophet Bird Op.82, No.7 (from Waldszenen) - ALBENIZ Triana (from Iberia Book 2) BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON, 29 SEPTEMBER 1958 - Julius Katchen discusses Mozart's Concerto K.466 and Brahms’ Concerto No.1 with John Amis BBC STUDIOS, LONDON, 15 DECEMBER 1967

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