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First Night of The Proms 1943 - Dukas, Handel, Beethoven, etc / Nash, Lympany, Wood, London PO

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Spoken Word: Radio broadcast introduction to the first night of the Proms, June 19, 1943; Radio broadcast introduction to Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto no 2 at the first night of the Proms,; Thom...
Performers: Lympany, Moura; Nash, Heddle [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Wood, Henry J.

This recording comes from a live performance recorded off the air from the Royal Albert Hall, London, June 19, 1943. Even though it would appear...continue...

Pride Of The Nation

1 CD / Decca / 2011-05-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Music for Royal Fireworks; Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; Anonymous, English: The British Grenadiers; Edward Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory with the Fron Male Voi...
Performers: Cohen, Jon; Costa, Phil da; Lawson, Jeff
Conductors: Jones, Graham

Personnel: Jon Cohen (programming).

Recording information: AIR Studios.

Includes medley: a nation's pride medley by various composers.

Includes medley: british radio classics by v...continue...

William Kapell Rediscovered - The Australian Broadcasts

2 CD / RCA Records / 2008-05-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for keyboard in A minor, BWV 818 (BC L25); Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Thomas Arne: God ...
Performers: Kapell, William
Conductors: MacMillan, Ernest; Heinze, Sir Bernard

A generation of music lovers has grown up with the legend of you William Kapell (1922-1953): the first great American virtuoso pianist and the indefatigable...continue...

Song of the Volga Boatmen, etc / Alexandrov, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Isaak Dunayevsky: Song of Youth; Russian Traditional: Vo pole berëza stojala (A birch tree in a field did stand), folk song; Kalinka (Little Snowfall), folk song; Down Peterskaya Street; Kamarin...
Performers: Abramov, N.; Belyaev, Evgeny; Didenko, I.; Eisen, Artur; Fedorov, V.; Foektistov, E.; Gerasimov, K.; Savchuk, I.; Sergejev, Alexej Tichnovic
Conductors: Vinogradov, Konstantin; Alexandrov, Vladimir; Alexandrov, Boris
Ensemble: Red Army Ensemble

The 1959 Royal Festival Hall Concert / Beecham, RPO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Thomas Arne: God Save the Queen; Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for orchestra in F major ("Fair Melusina"), Op. 32; John Addison: Carte blanche, ballet suite; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A ma...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir

From Sir Thomas's last year of conducting before his death in 1961 comes this live concert recording from November 8, 1959. This disc features Beecham's...continue...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Thomas Beecham

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Thomas Arne: God Save the Queen; Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for orchestra in F major ("Fair Melusina"), Op. 32; John Addison: Carte blanche, ...
Performers: Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir

Beecham's last concert at the Royal Albert Hall was a performance of Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts. He retired permanently from the conducting platform soon...continue...

Music for Royal Occasions

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2002-09-01

Works: R.A. Ridings: Fanfare for a Royal Occasion, for band; William Walton: Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"; Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Giulio Cesare,...
Performers: Souter, Martin
Conductors: Davis, Carl; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

The monarchy remains as popular as ever. Here is a programme of music for royal occasions, from coronations to weddings. Choirs, orchestras, military bands, organs...continue...