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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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Sir John Barbirolli
MP3 Album:
HAYDN
Symphony No.83 ‘The Hen’
SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden
Sir John Barbirolli
HANS-ROSBAUD-STUDIO, SWF BADEN-BADEN,
24 FEBRUARY 1969
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique
SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden
Sir John Barbirolli
HANS-ROSBAUD-STUDIO, SWF BADEN-BADEN,
22–24 FEBRUARY 1969
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Sir John Barbirolli
MP3 Album:
Schubert
Symphony No.4 ‘Tragic’
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Britten
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
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Sibelius
Symphony No.2
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Gerald English
Hermann Baumann
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
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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