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Charles Munch – Boston Symphony Orchestra 1958-1962 (5 DVDs)
MP4 Video Download Collection:
This material features some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their charismatic Music Director, Charles Munch. The footage has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques and is of exceptional musical interest and historical value. Filmed at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre, an intimate venue with splendid acoustics enhanced by wood panelling, Munch’s interpretations are characteristically energetic and full of flair, while his rapport with the Boston Symphony Orchestra is obvious. This set represents the most extensive video archive of performances by Charles Munch.
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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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Legendary Conductors of The Boston Symphony Orchestra Box Set (5 DVDs)
MP4 Video Download Collection:
This material represents some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and three of their eminent music directors, Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf and William Steinberg. This historical footage has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques. It is of exceptional musical interest and historical value, and has been described by critics as a ‘rare treat’ (Gramophone) and ‘welcome documentations’ (BBC Music Magazine).
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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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Hugo Wolf
MP3 Album:
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Janet Baker
John Shirley-Quirk
Steuart Bedford
Live from the 1977 Aldeburgh Festival
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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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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)
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Charles Munch / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download:
Neither of the two Mozart symphonies featured on this DVD have been commercially recorded by Charles Munch, who gives his all in these exhilarating performances from a committed Boston Symphony Orchestra. The ICA Classics Legacy series represents an historic account of performances by some of the world’s greatest artists. This DVD features some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their Music Director, Charles Munch. While the material has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques, certain visual artefacts and distortions remain in some instances due to the age of the film. Despite this, it remains of exceptional musical interest and historic value and is released here for the first time on DVD.
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Charles Munch / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download:
While the material has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques, certain visual artefacts and distortions remain in some instances due to the age of the film. Despite this, it remains of exceptional musical interest and historic value and is released here for the first time on DVD. A great admirer of Schumann’s Second Symphony, Charles Munch programmed the work in four different Boston Symphony Orchestra seasons, taking it on tour on each occasion. He never recorded the symphony with the BSO nor with any other orchestra, which makes this exciting DVD a new addition to his discography. The ICA Classics Legacy series represents an historic account of performances by some of the world’s greatest artists. This DVD features some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and their Music Director, Charles Munch.
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Charles Munch / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download:
Characteristically lively renditions, Charles Munch’s interpretations of both Mendelssohn Symphonies are energetic and precise with excellent articulation from the Boston Symphony Orchestra.