• 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.

  • Carlo Maria Giulini: Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro (Richard Itter Collection)

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    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.

  • Karl Böhm: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (Richard Itter Collection)

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    Walter Berry reflected in an interview in 1985, 'we played in the Theater an der Wien (during the rebuilding of the Vienna State Opera) and we developed a certain style, a Mozart style which was connected very much to the singers of that time ... this was an incredible ensemble'. Harold Rosenthal, Editor of Opera magazine, described the staged performance at London's Royal Festival Hall on 13 September 1954 as 'a sheer delight', highlighting the performances of Erich Kunz (Figaro) and Sena Jurinac (Cherubino), while Irmgard Seefried (Susanna) was 'one of the joys of this recording' (George Hall). These Richard Itter tapes of the live broadcast have never been released before, and the superb recording fully captures the atmosphere in this light-footed performance in a packed Royal Festival Hall to perfection.
  • Herbert von Karajan (2CDs)

    Herbert von Karajan (Richard Itter Collection)

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    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.
  • Great Italian Operas (6 CDs)

    Great Italian Operas

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    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 Limited Edition Box Set (20 CDs)

    BBC Legends Vol.1

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    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.
  • Herbert von Karajan (2 CDs)

    Herbert von Karajan

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    Mozart Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’ - Bruckner Symphony No.7 Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Carlo Maria Giulini (2 CDs)

    Carlo Maria Giulini

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    VERDI Falstaff - Fernando Corena Anna Maria Rovere Fernanda Cadoni Oralia Dominguez Walter Monachesi Eugenia Ratti Glyndebourne Opera Chorus Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Carlo Maria Giulini (2 CDs)

    Carlo Maria Giulini

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    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
  • 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