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The Dream of Gerontius
Filmed in colour from Canterbury Cathedral in 1968, this DVD represents the only existing film of Sir Adrian Boult conducting The Dream of Gerontius. Sir Adrian Boult championed Elgar’s music throughout his life, following the composer’s prophetic words in a letter to the conductor: ‘I feel that my reputation in the future is safe in your hands’. Featuring a stellar cast of soloists including Dame Janet Baker, this performance is redolent of Sir Adrian Boult’s ‘commendable energy and typical humanity’ (The Gramophone Guide review of Boult’s 1975 studio recording of The Dream of Gerontius). This DVD also features a 60-minute documentary on Sir Adrian Boult produced by the BBC in 1989 to celebrate the centenary of his birth.
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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.
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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
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Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No.2
Philharmonia Orchestra/Svetlanov
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 15 MARCH 1993
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BERNSTEIN
Candide Overture
LSO/Svetlanov
USHER HALL, EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, 28 AUGUST 1978
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Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3:
RACHMANINOV
The Bells
Daniil Shtoda (TENOR)
Elena Prokina (SOPRANO)
Sergei Leiferkus (BARITONE)
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov
BARBICAN, LONDON, 19 APRIL 2002
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PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky
Alfreda Hodgson (MEZZO-SOPRANO)
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov
ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, 30 JANUARY 1988
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Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.10
USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Svetlanov
ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 21 AUGUST 1968
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Snow Maiden Suite – Melodrama
ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON, 22 AUGUST 1968
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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
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Wilhelm Furtwängler
MP3 Album:
Beethoven
Symphony No.9
Irmgard Seefried/Rosette Anday/
Anton Dermota/Paul Schöffler
Wiener Singakademie/Wiener
Philharmoniker/Wilhelm Furtwangler
GROßER SAAL, MUSIKVEREIN, WIEN
30 MAY 1953
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Yuri Bashmet
MP3 Album:
Brahms: Symphony No.3
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 ‘Pathétique’
Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra
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Evgeny Svetlanov
MP3 Album:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1
BBC Symphony Orchestra (Barbican, London, 19 April 2002)
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1945 version)
Philharmonia (Barbican, London, 5 June 1996)