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Constantin Silvestri: Shostakovich Symphony No. 8, Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture
This recording is a rarity and belonged to Silvestri, only discovered after his death. The live performance from 1961 of Shostakovich Symphony No.8 is a new addition to Silvestri's discography, as is Kabalevsky’s Colas Breugnon Overture. The recording captures Silvestri’s electrifying performance of Shostakovich’s greatest symphony. During his early years in Moscow, Silvestri conducted Shostakovich and was praised by the composer. Silvestri’s only other Shostakovich recording was Symphony No.5 with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1960
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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.
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Sir John Barbirolli
MP3 Album:
HAYDN
Symphony No.83 ‘The Hen’
SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden
Sir John Barbirolli
HANS-ROSBAUD-STUDIO, SWF BADEN-BADEN,
24 FEBRUARY 1969
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique
SWF-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden
Sir John Barbirolli
HANS-ROSBAUD-STUDIO, SWF BADEN-BADEN,
22–24 FEBRUARY 1969
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Sir John Barbirolli
MP3 Album:
Schubert
Symphony No.4 ‘Tragic’
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Britten
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings
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Sibelius
Symphony No.2
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Gerald English
Hermann Baumann
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester