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Annie Fischer: Schumann
Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 & Schubert: 4 Impromptus D. 935
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Annie Fischer: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 19, 15 “Pastoral”, 30 & 32
"This glorious issue is a reminder of a unique pianist held in awe by artists of the stature of Sviatoslav Richter and Otto Klemperer." - International Piano
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Otto Klemperer (Richard Itter Collection Vol.2)
MP3 Album:
This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive of ‘live’ recordings. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Following the archive’s launch in October 2017 with releases featuring Beecham, Böhm, Cantelli, Karajan, du Pré, Klemperer and Rostropovich, it has received universal praise from both the classical media and record collectors for the excellent sound and performances.
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Otto Klemperer (Richard Itter Collection Vol.1)
MP3 Album:
Despite there being a large number of Otto Klemperer recordings on the market, these Richard Itter tapes of live broadcasts from the Royal Festival Hall and the BBCs Studios in Maida Vale between 1955 and 1956 have never, as far as is known, been released before. Klemperer was always more exciting when caught live and had added urgency as compared to his studio accounts, particuarly at this time before his health deteriorated in later years. His Philharmonia concerts were hugely successful in the mid 1950s when Walter Legge was looking to replace Herbert von Karajan, who was in the process of leaving for the Berlin Philharmonic. As Richard Osborne states in his notes, The winter of 1955-56 marked a new dawn for Klemperer.
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Guido Cantelli (Richard Itter Collection)
MP3 Album:
Guido Cantellis live recordings with the Philharmonia Orchestra are exceptionally rare because the BBC seldom broadcast any of his concerts. ICA Classics released Cantellis live concert from the Edinburgh Festival in September 1954 on ICAC 5081 but there has been nothing else. Toscanini was Cantellis mentor and there is no doubt that he would have continued in the great conductors footsteps had he not been tragically killed in an air accident in Paris on the 24th November 1956. He was 36 years old. The Royal Albert Hall recording made by Richard Itter in May 1953 is very well recorded for the period and preserves the palpable excitement of the whole concert.
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BBC Legends Vol. 2
MP3 Album:
ICA Classics are proud to release a second volume of the best selling BBC Legends box, featuring 20 CDs of some of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Volume 1 was released in 2013 and comprised 20 CDs taken from the award winning BBC Legends catalogue (unavailable since 2010). Here is the follow-up with a further 20 CDs. The artists include Arturo Toscanini, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Kirsten Flagstad, Victoria de los Angeles, Sir Thomas Beecham, Carlo Maria Giulini, Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Monteux, Yehudi Menuhin, Andres Segovia, Dame Myra Hess, Nathan Milstein, Walter Gieseking, Arthur Rubinstein, Geza Anda, Claudio Arrau, Eduard van Beinum, Sir William Walton, Pierre Fournier, Benjamin Britten and the Borodin Quartet. Contains interviews/memories of Kirsten Flagstad and Carlo Maria Giulini.
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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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Otto Klemperer
MP3 Album:
Bach: Suite No.3 BWV 1068/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 17 October 1955)
Mozart: Symphony No.29/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln, 8 February 1954)
Beethoven: Symphony No.1/KRSO
(Saal 1, Funkhaus, Koln 21 February 1954)
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Géza Anda
MP3 Album:
Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No.1
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Brahms
Piano Concerto No.2
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Sir Georg Solti
Otto Klemperer
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Guido Cantelli
MP3 Album:
SCHUMANN
Symphony No.4
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DEBUSSY
Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien – Suite
La Mer
Philharmonia Orchestra/Cantelli
USHER HALL, EDINBURGH, 9 SEPTEMBER 1954
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Annie Fischer
MP3 Album:
Schumann
Piano Concerto
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Beethoven
Eroica Variations
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Piano Sonata No.30
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Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-
Orchester
Joseph Keilberth
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Otto Klemperer
MP3 Album:
MENDELSSOHN
Midsummer Nights Dream – Incidental Music
Käthe Möller-Siepermann (sop)
Hanna Ludwig (mezzo)
Kölner Rundfunkchor Chorus Master:
Karl Kaufhold
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 9-11 JUNE 1955
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.8
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 28 MAY 1955
Rehearsal of Beethoven Symphony No. 4
SAAL 1, FUNKHAUS, COLOGNE, 25 OCTOBER 1954