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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 Choral Classics
MP3 Album:
WILLIAM STEINBERG
BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis – 1973
ICAC 5054
IGOR MARKEVITCH
VERDI Messa da Requiem – 1960
ROSSINI Overtures – 1957
ICAC 5068 (2CD)
DIMITRI MITROPOULOS
BERLIOZ Requiem (Grande Messe des morts) – 1956
ICAC 5075
GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
MAHLER Das klagende Lied – 1981
JANÁCEK The Fiddler’s Child – 1979
ICAC 5080
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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
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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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Emil Gilels
MP3 Album:
SCHUMANN
Four Klavierstücke op.32
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BRAHMS
Four Ballades op.10
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CHOPIN
Polonaise No.2 · Piano Sonata No.3
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Encore
MOZART
Fantasy in D minor K397
Emil Gilels PIANO
ABBOTSHOLME ARTS SOCIETY, STAFFORDSHIRE,
22 MARCH 1979
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Emil Gilels
MP3 Album:
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No.2
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Mario Rossi
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 19 MARCH 1971
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DEBUSSY
Images – Book 1
Reflets dans l’eau
Hommage à Rameau
Mouvement
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PROKOFIEV
Sonata No.3 op.28
Visions fugitives Nos. 3, 5, 10, 11, 17
SAAL 2, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 11 DECEMBER 1974
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William Steinberg
MP3 Album:
Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Heather Harper
Julia Hamari
Sven Olof Eliasson
Peter Meven
Kölner Rundfunkchor
Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester
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Emil Gilels
MP3 Album:
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.4
Emil Gilels/Hallé Orchestra/
Sir John Barbirolli
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL, USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
13 SEPTEMBER 1966
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No.2 (Siloti version)
Emil Gilels/London Philharmonic
Orchestra/Kirill Kondrashin
BBC MAIDA VALE STUDIOS, LONDON
23 FEBRUARY 1959
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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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William Steinberg / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download:
A compelling performance of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony, this DVD presents Steinberg at his most majestic in a sympathetic interpretation of this mighty work. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is once again on top form, as testified by a rapturous Sanders Theatre audience. 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, William Steinberg. 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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William Steinberg / Boston Symphony Orchestra
MP4 Video Download:
Steinberg was much admired for his sterling musicianship; the breadth of his repertory, which included much contemporary music; the clarity and precision of his technique; his wit and pipe-smoking geniality; and the collegial relationships he established and maintained with his musicians.
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William Steinberg
MP3 Album:
Mahler: Symphony No.2
Stefania Woytowicz, soprano / Anny Delorie, mezzo soprano
Kolner Rundfunkchor / Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
(Saal 1, Funkhuaus, Koln, 10 September 1965)