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Annie Fischer: Schumann
Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 & Schubert: 4 Impromptus D. 935 -
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 -
Carlo Maria Giulini: Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro (Richard Itter Collection)
MP3 Album:Carlo Maria Giulinis celebrated studio recording of Le nozze di Figaro was recorded in September 1959 following a live performance at the Royal Festival Hall a few days earlier. Nearly 18 months later on 6th February 1961 there was another RFH performance but with a substantially different cast from that on disc. Only two roles the Countess (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf) and Antonio (Piero Cappuccilli) were sung by the same artists. -
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. -
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. -
Great Italian Operas
MP3 Album:This set features two classic performances from the golden age of the Covent Garden Opera Company and a sparkling Falstaff from the Edinburgh Festival, combining masterworks of Italian opera by Puccini, Verdi and Rossini into one outstanding collection. Carefully remastered and restored, the recordings feature a stellar cast of Italian singers and conductors, including renowned soprano Renata Tebaldi, said by Toscanini to possess ‘the voice of an angel’. -
BBC Legends Vol.1
MP3 Album:This 20 CD box set brings together some of the greatest performances taken from the BBC archives which were featured in the best-selling series BBC Legends, launched in 1998. The collection features classic recordings by stellar artists including Mstislav Rostropovich, Arturo Toscanini, Emil Gilels, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Dennis Brain, Evgeny Mravinsky, David Oistrakh and Sviatoslav Richter. -
Guido Cantelli
MP3 Album:SCHUMANN Symphony No.4 - DEBUSSY Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien – Suite La Mer Philharmonia Orchestra/Cantelli USHER HALL, EDINBURGH, 9 SEPTEMBER 1954 -
Annie Fischer
MP3 Album:Schumann Piano Concerto - Beethoven Eroica Variations - Piano Sonata No.30 - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie- Orchester Joseph Keilberth -
Carlo Maria Giulini
MP3 Album:VERDI Falstaff - Fernando Corena Anna Maria Rovere Fernanda Cadoni Oralia Dominguez Walter Monachesi Eugenia Ratti Glyndebourne Opera Chorus Royal Philharmonic Orchestra -
Carlo Maria Giulini
MP3 Album:ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia - Figaro Rolando Panerai Rosina Teresa Berganza Count Almaviva Luigi Alva Dr Bartolo Fernando Corena Don Basilio Ivo Vinco Fiorello Ronald Lewis Berta Josephine Veasey Un Ufficiale Robert Bowman The Covent Garden Chorus (Chorus Master: Douglas Robinson) The Covent Garden Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON, 21 MAY 1960 -
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Schubert
Impromptus D946 Nos.1 & 2
Wanderer Fantasy
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Schumann
Arabeske
Piano Sonata No.1