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Berlioz, Tchaikovsky / Rozhdestvensky, Leningrad PO
Berlioz, Tchaikovsky / Rozhdestvensky, Leningrad PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2005-02-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Apart from being a great orchestral teacher and to some an icon for conducting and interpretation, he was a highly respected interpreter of the post-romantic...continue...
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Berlioz: Le Corsaire, King Lear, Harold en Italie / Beecham
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, King Lear, Harold en Italie / Beecham

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; King Lear Overture, Op. 4; Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Trojan March (Les Troyens), H. 133b
Performers: Riddle, Frederick
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Le Corsaire" was used by Beecham to demonstrate the power of the RPO brass section which Beecham was inordinately proud of. This performance comes from...continue...
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Chausson, Schoenberg, Berlioz / Baker, Giulini, et al
Chausson, Schoenberg, Berlioz / Baker, Giulini, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny; Giulini, Carlo Maria; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This new Janet Baker compilation from BBC portrays the singer in a selection of some of the most celebrated orchestral songs in the repertoire. The...continue...
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BBC 40772
De Los Angeles - Scarlatti, Handel, Berlioz, et al / Moore
De Los Angeles - Scarlatti, Handel, Berlioz, et al / Moore

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pirro e Demetrio; George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Franz Schubert: Mein! ("Bächlein, lass dein Rauschen sein"), song for voice & piano (Die schöne...
Performers: de los Angeles, Victoria; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

De los Angeles makes her debut on BBC Legends with a recital from the 1957 Edinburgh Festival. The French chansons, German Lieder and Spanish Folk...continue...
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Chabrier, Mozart, Berlioz, et al / Thomas Beecham, Royal PO
Chabrier, Mozart, Berlioz, et al / Thomas Beecham, Royal PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: Gwendoline, opera in 2 acts; España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Div for Winds and Strings no 2 in D major, K 131; Frederick D...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This is an excellent collection of Beecham live performances he did with the BBC. These are works Beecham referred to as "lollipops", which he used...continue...
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Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Thomas Beecham
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...
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Berlioz, Scriabin / Stokowski, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Berlioz, Scriabin / Stokowski, New Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Alexander Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase (Poem of Ecstasy), symphony [No. 4] in C major, Op. 54; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Leopold Stokowski: Leopold Stokowski in conversa...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

This release presents the legendary conductor in one of his last concerts on June 18, 1968, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The exotic,...continue...
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Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - John Barbirolli
Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - John Barbirolli

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2000-07-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; William Walton: Partita for Orchestra; Benjamin ...
Performers: Harper, Heather
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

"Glorious John" was not known in this country for his Mahler interpretation, but this 1967 concert of the Symphony No. 4, featuring soprano Heather Harper,...continue...
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