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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.
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1. Jascha Horenstein
Mahler: Symphony No. 8/Barker/Hatt/Giebel/Meyer/Watts/Neate/Orda/Van Mill/BBC Chorus/LSO stereo
2. Evegeny Mravinsky
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8/Leningrad Philharmonic stereo
3. Emil Gilels
Scarlatti: Sonatas K.141, 27, 125, 247, 533; Schumann: Piano Sonata No.1 Op.11; Prokofiev: Toccata Op.11 minor; Tchaikovsky: 3 Pieces from ‘Six morceaux Op.19; Bach: Aria variata all maniera italiana BWV989
4. Arturo Toscanini
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis/Milanov/Thorborg/Von Pataky/Moscona/BBCSO & Chorus
5. Sviatoslav Richter
Chopin: Ballade No.3 Op.47, Scherzo No.4 Op.54, 4 Mazurkas Op.24, Barcarolle Op.60, Debussy: 10 Preludes from Book 1
6. Sviatoslav Richter
Chopin: Andante spiniato & Grande Polonaise Op.22; Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2; Hungarian Fantasy S123/LSO/Kondrashin
7. Carlo Maria Giulini
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6/Philharmonia
8. Mstislav Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1/Leningrad Philharmonic/Rozhdestvensky; Schumann: Cello Concerto/LSO/Britten; Haydn: Trio XV:16 (with Emil Gilels & Leonid Kogan)
9. Dennis Brain
Beethoven: Quintet Op.16 for Wind Ensemble; Dukas: Villanelle; Marais: Le Basque; Mozart: Quintet K.407 Brahms: Tro Op.40
10.Igor Markevitch
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Mussorgsky: Songs (with Vishnevskaya) /LSO stereo
11.Janet Baker
Schubert Lieder/Johnson/Isepp/Parsons stereo
12.Clifford Curzon
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor; Sonetto 104 del Petrarca; Berceuse; Valse oubliee; Haydn: Andante & Variations Hob.XV11.6; Schubert: 3 Impromptus D899/2; D899/3; D899/4
13.David Oistrakh
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto/RPO/Del Mar; Brahms Violin Concerto/LPO/Sargent
14.Arthur Rubinstein
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2/Philharmonia/Giulini; Chopin: Ballade No.1 Op.23; Mazurka Op.56/3; Scherzo Op.54/Etude Op.10/6; Etude Op.10/8; Etude Op.10/9; Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise brillante Op.22
15.Pierre Monteux
Cherubini: Anacreon Overture, Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Debussy: Iberia, Schumann: Symphony No.4, Berlioz: Marche Hongroise/BBCSO & LSO
16.Sir Thomas Beecham
Chabrier: Gwendoline Overrture & Espana; Mozart: Divertimento K.131 (excerpts); Delius: Brigg Fair; Sains-Saens: Le Rouet d’Omphale, Berlioz: Royal Hunt & Storm; Massenet: La Vierge: Sommeil de la vierge; Debussy: L’Enfant prodique: Cortege et Air de danse/RPO
17.Wilhelm Kempff
Schubert: Piano Sonata D566; Impromptu D935/2, Brahms: 4 Ballades Op.10; Romance Op.118/5; Intermezzo Op.118/6; Intermezzo Op.76/4; Schumann: Piano Sonata No.2 Op.22 stereo
18.Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas K11,332,172: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.32 Op.111; Clementi: Piano Sonata Op.12/1, Chopin: Piano Sonata No.2 Op.35
19.Annie Fischer
Beethoven: Piano Sonata ‘ Moonlight’ Op.27/2 & 32 Variations WoO8O; Chopin: Scherzo No.3 Op.39; Mozart: Piano Sonata No.14 K.457; Kodaly: Dances of Marosszek; Haydn: Andante & Variations Hob XV11.6 stereo/mono
20.Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Shostakovich Symphony No.4; Katerina Ismailova Suite/Philharmonia stereo
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