• Herbert von Karajan & Clara Haskil: Mozart

    The combination of Herbert von Karajan and the revered Romanian pianist Clara Haskil (1895-1960) was an ideal partnership. Karajan had an extraordinary rapport with her, describing her career as 'a long and often sorrowful march to glory' due to Haskil's well documented ill-health.
  • Herbert von Karajan (2CDs)

    Herbert von Karajan (Richard Itter Collection)

    MP3 Album:
    This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter archive. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been released before onto the market. Herbert von Karajan’s association with the Philharmonia Orchestra started in 1948 and continued to 1960. Despite this long relationship, there are practically no live recordings from London’s Royal Festival Hall of Karajan and the Philharmonia caught on the wing.
  • BBC Legends Limited Edition Box Set (20 CDs)

    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.
  • Maria Callas (2CDs)

    Maria Callas

    MP3 Album:
    CHERUBINI Medea MEDEA: Maria Callas GIASONE: Jon Vickers NERIS: Fiorenza Cossotto CREONTE: Nicola Zaccaria GLAUCE: Joan Carlyle FIRST MAIDSERVANT: Mary Wells SECOND MAIDSERVANT: Elizabeth Rust CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD: David Allen The Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra Nicola Rescigno ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON, 30 JUNE 1959
  • Herbert von Karajan (2 CDs)

    Herbert von Karajan

    MP3 Album:
    Mozart Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’ - Bruckner Symphony No.7 Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Maria Callas (2CDs)

    Maria Callas

    MP3 Album:
    Verdi: La Traviata Maria Callas / Cesare Valletti / Mario Zanasi / Marie Collier Forbes Robinson / Ronald Lewis / David Kelly Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus / Nicola Rescigno, conductor (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20 June 1958)
  • Yuri Temirkanov at the BBC Proms

    Yuri Temirkanov at the BBC Proms

    Berlioz
    Le Corsaire – Overture
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    Tchaikovsky
    Manfred Symphony
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    St Petersburg
    Philharmonic Orchestra