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Claudio Arrau in Recital, 1969-1977 - Works by Beethoven; Brahms and Schumann / Claudio Arrau, piano [3 CDs]

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-11-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3; Sonata for Piano no 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 no 1 "Quasi una fantasia"; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Vari...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio

There have been few pianists of Arrau's range and stature, and these invaluable live recordings can only reaffirm memories of another time, another place, where...continue...

Szymon Goldberg Centenary (Edition), Vol. 2: Commercial Recordings / Szymon Goldberg, violin [8 CDs]

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, B...
Performers: Bottermund, Hans; Breiden, Heinrich; Feuermann, Emanuel; Goldberg, Szymon; Harzer, Albert; Hindemith, Paul; Jones, Geraint; Kern, Gustav; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Kruttge, Eigel; Lush, Ernest; Moore, Ger...
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Melichar, Alois; Kletzki, Paul;
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recordings were made of Goldberg (1909-1993) over virtually a 60-year period--perhaps one of the longest studio careers of any violinist and certainly most consistent in...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Kathleen Ferrier, Isobel Baillie, Heddle Nash, William Parsons / Bruno Walter, London SO (Nov. 13 1947)

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-08-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

When this performance was first released (on Bruno Walter Society LP No. BWS-742 in 1980) critic Mortimer H. Frank wrote in the USA journal Fanfare:...continue...
Recording information: Royal Albert Hall (11/13/1947)....continue...

The Busch-Serkin Duo: Live at the Library of Congress and Other Venues (1939-1950)

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, K 380 (374f); Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, K 481; Sonata for violin & piano no 27 in G major, K. 379 (K. 373a); F...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Busch-Serkin Duo

These are digitally restored recordings of the Busch~Serkin Duo in live performances at the Library of Congress and other venues made between 1939 and 1950....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Furtwangler, Schwarzkopf, Cavelti, Hafliger, Edelmann

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-02-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Edelmann, Otto; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

This is a digital restoration of Furtwängler's last performance of this work on August 22, 1954....continue...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 5 / Walter Gieseking, piano (1948 & 1945)

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Rother, Artur
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Reissued by Music and Arts, these recordings were originally made in 1948 and 1945 and restored in 2004. Gramophone noted that this was "...017685125126...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Symphonies / Klemperer

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-05-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 4 in B flat maj...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

These are all public performances from the Vienna Festival in May/June, 1960. This set was originally released on Music & Arts MA886/890 and is newly...continue...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 4 / Friedrich Gulda

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-08-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Bagatelle for piano in G major, Op. 126/1; Bagatelle for piano in G minor, Op. 119/1; Bag...
Performers: Gulda, Friedrich

The Austrian pianist and performance artist Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000) was highly acclaimed worldwide for his Beethoven interpretations. Here are two of his best early live...continue...

Szymon Goldberg Centenary Edition Vol 1 - Non-Commercial Recordings

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat maj...
Performers: Babin, Victor; Balsam, Artur; Bonsel, Adriaan; Casals, Pablo; Curcio, Maria; Goldberg, Szymon; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Nelsova, Zara; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Serkin, Rudolf; Smith, Brooks; Stotijn, H...
Conductors: Goldberg, Szymon; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Samuel, Gerhard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Steinberg, William
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Oakland Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Goldberg was the archetypal Classical violinist and in his everyday life, behaved exactly as he played - a rare gift. He was, perhaps, at his...continue...

Casals Festivals at Prades - Live Concert Performances

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, K 493; Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Idomeneo; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581...
Performers: Casals, Pablo; Cortot, Alfred; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Engel, Karl; Foley, Madeline; Goldberg, Szymon; Gonzales, Jose; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Istomin, ...
Conductors: Casals, Pablo
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum

This collection features the best public performance recordings from Prades, in which Casals is joined by the violinists Menuhin, Szigeti, Grumiaux, Goldberg and Vegh; the...continue...

The Art of Dimitri Mitropoulos Vol. 1 - Berg, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-08-12

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B flat ma...
Performers: Casadesus, Jean; Petri, Egon; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Few great conductors can be classified by just a few characteristics. Although this cautionary remark applies to Dimitri Mitropoulos, it seems safe to say that,...continue...

Michelangeli in Recital - Beethoven, Chopin: Sonatas

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 11 in B flat major, Op. 22; Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor,...
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti

A Forgotten Conductor Vol 3 - Beethoven, etc / Oskar Fried

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-08-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Franz Liszt: Les préludes, S 97; Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert s...
Conductors: Fried, Oskar

Oskar Fried, one of Mahler's students, may not be as famous as some of his contemporaries but none other than Otto Klemperer praised him as...continue...

Arturo Toscanini's 1939 Beethoven Cycle / NBC SO

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-07-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Leonore Overture no 3 ...
Performers: Moscona, Nicola; Novotná, Jarmila; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Thorborg, Kerstin
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Classicalnotes.net states: "In general, the early NBC records are the best. To the exquisite architectural balances and subtle tempo modulations of the [NY Phil &...continue...

In Memory of Arturo Toscanini / Munch, Walter, Monteux

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Recorded Sound: Applause; Claude Debussy: La mer; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, O...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Munch, Charles; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, etc / Rudolf Serkin

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109; Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120
Performers: Serkin, Rudolf

"Serkin's technique, never entirely impeccable, is fiery here, burning through the fast variations at a white heat. His tone is astoundingly varied here, brightly shinning...continue...

Toscanini conducts Beethoven - Symphonies no 3 & 5 / NBC SO

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

"Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, with its incessant Morse-code "V" motif, became a symbol of the Allied struggle for victory in World War II. Upon Mussolini's overthrow,...continue...

Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux - California 1941-52

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Leo...
Performers: Blinder, Boris; Blinder, Naoum; Cherkassky, Shura; Cutner, Solomon; Kapell, William; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Warenskjold, Dorothy
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Standard Symphony Orchestra

"Is this ever a generous sampling of Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony! Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux collects broadcast performances...continue...

Recordings for German Radio - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-02-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, tragédie lyrique; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Wei...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Piltti, Lea; Pitti, Lea; Raucheisen, Michael; Scheck, Gustav; Schonecke, Herbert; Schultz, Rudolf; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Wolf, Deta

The recordings of songs presented here, ranging from a Bach cantata excerpt to folk songs, were all made during World War II for the Reichsrundfunk...continue...

Klemperer conducts Beethoven - Symphonies no 9, etc

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-12-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Ambiance; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor; Wilbrink, Hans
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Amsterdam Toonkunst Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

This Beethoven 9th was originally released by Music & Arts 1986 and was newly re-mastered in 2006; the 8th, taken from the same concert, has...continue...

Erich Kleiber conducts Beethoven

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-10-01

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Performers: Backlein, Gosta; Bjorling, Sigurd; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The familiar Kleiber Beethoven style of whiplash accents, propulsive tempi, and subtle rubato heard in, for example, his classic Concertgebouw recordings of the 'Fifth Symphony'...continue...

Casals Festivals at Prades Vol 2 - Live, 1953-62

12 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Partita for Violin solo n...
Performers: Baker, Julius; Bloom, Robert; Casals, Pablo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Farrow, Norman; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Fuchs, Joseph; Fuchs, Lillian; Greenhouse, Bernard; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Kahn, Er...
Conductors: Casals, Pablo; ; Végh, Sándor
Ensemble: ; Bach Aria Group; Prades Festival Orchestra

A Forgotten Conductor Vol 2- Liszt, Beethoven / Oskar Fried

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-08-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Mazeppa for 2 Pianos, S 640; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Fried, Oskar
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

A student of Mahler and a pioneer interpreter of new music, Oskar Fried (1871-1941) was dubbed by the late Otto Klemperer (never generous with praise...continue...

Pierre Monteux in France 1952-58 Concert Performances

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-07-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy petushok), concert suite for orchestra; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no...
Performers: Casadesus, Robert; Greindl, Josef; Jodry, Annie; Luca, Libero de; Moysan, G.; Stader, Maria
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: French National Orchestra

Adolf Busch plays Bach and Beethoven in Wartime New York

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-05-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Vi...
Performers: Busch, Adolf
Conductors: Busch, Adolf; Busch, Fritz; Wallenstein, Alfred
Ensemble: Busch Chamber Players; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; WOR Radio Orchestra, New York

Adolf Busch had been one of the highly celebrated violinists and greatly admired exponent of the Beethoven Concerto in Europe before WWII, but had never...continue...

Violin Concertos [Live Recordings] / Francescatti

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sonata for violin & piano no 7 in C minor ("Eroica"), Op. 30/2; Rom...
Performers: Bagnoli, Eugenio; Casadesus, Robert; Francescatti, Zino
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Leinsdorf, Erich; Klecki, Paul; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; ORTF National Orchestra

During the late 1930s the Great Depression was still raging, and many a European violinist luminary had made an American debut hoping for success. Despite...continue...

Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-02-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Adoramus te Christe, motet for 4 voices (from Mo...
Performers: Rodzinski, Artur [Conductor]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Stokowski, the first major musician to recognize the potentialities of the sound recording as a significant factor in our musical life, actually resisted the idea...continue...

The Art of Nathan Milstein

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-07-01

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Recorded Sound: Applause; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op....
Performers: Milstein, Nathan
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Kertész, István; Ormandy, Eugene; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: ; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Carl Schuricht, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Kmentt, Waldemar; Rehfuss, Heinz; Stader, Maria
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl
Ensemble: Orchestre National

Michelangeli Plays Beethoven

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Sonata for Piano no 4 in E flat major, Op. 7; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Martinon, Jean
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra

Historical Recordings / Hungarian String Quartet, et al

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"; Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K 421 (417b); Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D 810 "Dea...
Performers: Antonietti, Jean; Fried, Geza; Halleux, Laurent; Koromzay, Denes; Kuttner, Michael; Magyar, Gabor; Moskowsky, Alexandre; Palotai, Vilmos; Szekely, Zoltan
Conductors: Otterloo, Willem Van

The Fine Arts Quartet at WFMT

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 7 in F major, Op. 59 no 1 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 8 in E minor, Op. 59 no 2 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "R...
Performers: Browning, John [Piano]; Loft, Abram; Sopkin, George; Sorkin, Leonard; Stanick, Gerald; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]; Zaslav, Bernard; Zaslav, Naomi

Beethoven: Symphony no 9, Quartet Op 135 / Toscanini, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135
Performers: Bovy, Vina; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Pinza, Ezio; Thorborg, Kerstin
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies no 1 & 7, etc / Toscanini

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Quartet for Strings no 16 in F major, Op. 135; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Arturo Toscanini conducts Beethoven - Symphony no 9

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Jarred, Mary; Jones, Parry; Williams, Harold
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Sonatas for Violin & Piano / Frank

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-10-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1; Sonata for violin & piano no 6 in A major, Op. 30/1; So...
Performers: Frank, Claude; Frank, Pamela

Mozart: Piano Concerto K 466; Beethoven / Michelangeli

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl

Jascha Horenstein - Broadcast Performances from Paris

9 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-08-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Boléro; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Symp...
Performers: Bobesco, Lola; Höffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Haas, Monique; Lorengar, Pilar; Traxel, Josef; Wiener, Otto
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra

This compilation presents Horenstein conducting music which shows his unusual breadth of repertoire, music of composers whom we do not normally associate with him, but...continue...

Toscanini conducts Beethoven

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-07-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Walter conducts Beethoven

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-07-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Hain, William; Merriman, Nan; Steber, Eleanor
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Westminster Choir

In Memoriam Hans Hotter (1909-2003)

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-04-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Abschiedslied, song for voice & piano, H. 26a/F1; Lieder für Clavier Book 2, H 26a; Ludwig van Beethoven: Des Kriegers Abschied, WoO 143; Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel, ...
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Raucheisen, Michael

Toscanini Conducts Two Choral Masterpieces by Beethoven

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-10-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Castagna, Bruna; Dorfmann, Ania; Kipnis, Alexander; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir

Bruno Walter - Beethoven: Eroica - Carnegie Hall, 1957

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-10-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

Toscanini in Buenos Aires - Beethoven: Symphony no 9

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-04-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Hellwig, Judith; Kipnis, Alexander; Maison, Rene
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

Bruno Walter Conducts Bruckner: Symphony no 9, etc

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-03-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Wilhelm Furtwängler Conducts Beethoven - Three Symphonies

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Spoken Word: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf on Furtwäng...
Performers: Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Patzak, Julius; Poell, Alfred
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Walter Gieseking at RIAS - 1950-55 Broadcast Performances

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-12-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations for piano in A major (from last mvt. K. 581) (doubtful), (K. Anh. B 137); Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Variations (9) on "Lison do...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

Erich Kleiber at NBC - Four Complete Concerts from 1947/48

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-11-01

Works: Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 2 in B minor; Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79; Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); Arcangelo Corelli: C...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Keyboard Giants Play Beethoven / Rubinstein, Hofmann

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Spoken Word: Announcement to introduce Beethoven's Piano Concerto, Op. 58, August 22, 194...
Performers: Hofmann, Josef [Piano]; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Merit - Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Claude Frank

10 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor; Sonata for Piano no 16 in G major, Op. 31 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Sonata for Piano no 9 in E major, Op....
Performers: Frank, Claude

Acclaimed by TIME magazine and all major trade journals when first released on LPs, this set has been a Music & Arts international bestseller since...continue...