• Leopold Stokowski: Great recordings from the BBC Legends archive

    Leopold Stokowski’s eminence as one of the truly great conductors of the 20th century, in a career which spanned six decades, is exemplified in this 6CD set. It features BBC performances in stereo of many of the symphonies and works he performed in concert during his final years and, in many cases, premiered on record in his early years. Release Date: 24 May 2024
  • The Dream of Gerontius

    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.
  • Classic BBC Proms (5 DVDs)

    Classic BBC Proms (5 DVDs)

    Garrick Ohlsson BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 Works by CHOPIN and LISZT ICAD 5013 - Viennese Night Works by J. STRAUSS I, J. STRAUSS II, LEHÁR and SUPPÉ ICAD 5026 - Gennady Rozhdestvensky GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila – Overture Three Dances from ‘A life for the Tsar’ TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Act II ICAD 5027 - Yuri Temirkanov BERLIOZ Le Corsaire – Overture TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony Encores by TCHAIKOVSKY, ELGAR and PROKOFIEV ICAD 5065 - Sir Georg Solti MOZART Symphony No.39 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 DEBUSSY Fêtes ICAD 5100
  • Great Pianists Box Set (5 CDs)

    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
  • Georges Cziffra

    Georges Cziffra

    MP3 Album:
    GRIEG Piano Concerto Orchestre National de l’ORTF/Georges Tzipine PARIS, 17 APRIL 1959 - LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes Orchestre National de l’ORTF/André Cluytens PARIS, 12 MARCH 1959 - LULLY Gavotte en rondeau in D minor - SCARLATTI Sonata in D K.96 LUXEMBOURG, 20 JANUARY 1959
  • Georges Cziffra

    Georges Cziffra

    MP3 Album:
    C.P.E. Bach: Andantino in B minor Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas K.159, K.446, K.259, K.533, K.284 Couperin: Les Moissonneurs (Pièces de clavecin Vol.2) Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (Prague 1955) - Bach arr. Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on Bach Liszt: Funerailles (Turin, 22 January 1959)
  • Garrick Ohlsson

    Garrick Ohlsson

    Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major
    BBC Symphony Orchestra / James Loughran, conductor (6 August 1978, Royal Albert Hall)
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    Chopin: Scherzo No.1 in B minor & Polonaise in A flat
    Liszt: Funerailles (23 June 1974)