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Haydn: Symphony No. 94; Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Giulini, live 1974

2 CD / Testament / 2011-10-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The great conductor Carlo Maria Giulini's answer to the question of what fascinated him about making music amounted to his Credo: "Music is a great...continue...
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Haydn: Symphonies no 88, 95 & 101 / Reiner, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2007-08-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88; Symphony no 95 in C minor, H 1 no 95; Symphony no 101 in D major, H 1 no 101 "Clock"
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner Symphony Orchestra

When he took over the Chicago Symphony in 1953, Fritz Reiner (in his last professional appointment) became the driving force that transformed a very good...continue...

Mozart, Haydn, Schubert / Juilliard String Quartet

1 CD / Testament / 2005-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 74 no 1/H 3 no 72; Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 77 no...

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Haydn: The Seven Divertimenti / Brymer, London Wind Soloists

1 CD / Testament / 2004-12-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Divertimento for 2 oboes, 2 horns & 2 bassoons in F major, H. 2/15; Divertimento for 2 oboes, 2 horns & 2 bassoons in F major, H. 2/23; Divertimento for 2 oboes, 2 horns & 2 basso...
Conductors: Brymer, Jack
Ensemble: London Wind Soloists

"Considering the quality of this recording, I recommend it... highly. And considering the type of ensemble, I recommend this one to people who prefer the...continue...

Haydn: Symphonies no 82, 92 & 103 / Wand, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2004-12-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 82 in C major, H 1 no 82 "The Bear"; Symphony no 103 in E flat major, H 1 no 103 "Drumroll"; Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"
Conductors: Wand, Günter

Gunter Wand had a lifelong love of the music of Joseph Haydn. His Haydn recordings demonstrate the characteristic joie de vivre of a geniune devotee....continue...

Schubert: Symphonies no 6 & 8; Haydn / Wand, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2004-12-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 6 in C major, D 589 "Little C Major"; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 11
Performers: Heinz Schroter
Conductors: Wand, Günter

The 'Oxford Symphony' and the Piano Concerto in D with Heinz Schroter have been missing from the catalog for something approaching forty years. Schubert's 6th...continue...

Haydn: Die Schôpfung / Wand, van Dijck, Schreier, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2004-12-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2
Performers: Adam, Theo; Dijck, Jeannette Van; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Wand, Günter

"This performance comes from the early 1960s, when Wand was making his series of recordings for the Club Francais du Disc. It is very well...continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts 1949-1950

4 CD / Testament / 2003-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, H...
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps the best way to sum up the significance of the performances in Testament's two boxed sets of Guido Cantelli's 1949-1950 NBC Symphony broadcast recordings...continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts December 1950

4 CD / Testament / 2003-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for 2 horns & strings in F major "A Musical Joke", K 522; William Schuman: Undertow, ballet (choreographic episodes); Darius Milha...
Performers: Bauchmann, Edmund; Cooke, George; koff, Mischa; Marlowe, Sylvia; Miller, Frank
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Immersed in the most contemporary music of his time, Guido Cantelli was a virtuoso conductor who used viruosity not as an end in itself, but...continue...

Haydn: Symphony no 104; Mozart: 4 Overtures, etc / Kempe

1 CD / Testament / 2003-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"Kempe was a relatively young man when he recorded these performances at EMI's Abbey Road Studio. He has the real feeling for Mozart. The overtures...continue...

Haydn, Beethoven, et al / Janet Baker, Menuhin, Malcolm

1 CD / Testament / 2002-09-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, H 31a; Work(s); The Ploughman, folk song for voice, violin & keyboard, H. 31a/10; Ludwig van Beethoven: Polly Stewart, folk song for voice & piano trio, WoO 15...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Isepp, Martin; Malcolm, George; Menuhin, Yehudi; Pople, Ross; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Whittaker, Douglas

"This reissue pairs two Dame Janet projects from different decades: 1975 recordings of Scottish songs, all arranged by Haydn and Beethoven, and a 1967 session...continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Studio Recordings (1949-1954)

2 CD / Testament / 2000-10-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 93 in D major, H 1 no 93; César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler"
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido

The EMI Record of Singing Vol 3 - 1926-1939

10 CD / Testament / 1999-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Rudolf Wille: Königsballade, ...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Allin, Norman; Andrésen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Austral, Florence; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badia, Conchita; Badini, Ernesto; Baillie, Isobel; Ba...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Viebig, Ernst; Heidenreich, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Kun, Cornelius; Dobrindt, Otto; Blech, Leo; Muller, Hans Udo; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Carl; Schmals...

The Klingler Quartet 1905-1936 - The Joachim Tradition

2 CD / Testament / 1998-10-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 12; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 64 no 5/H 3 no 63 "Lark"; Quartet for Strings no 64 in D major ("Largo"), ...
Performers: Scheck, Gustav
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Ensemble: Klingler Quartet

Mozart, Haydn, Schubert: Quartets / Quartetto Italiano

1 CD / Testament / 1998-08-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 33 no 3/H 3 no 39 "Bird"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 17 in B flat major, K 458 "Hunt"; Quartet for Strings no 3 in G major...

Mozart, Haydn, Schubert: String Quartets / Smetana Quartet

1 CD / Testament / 1998-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 33 no 3/H 3 no 39 "Bird"; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op...
Performers: Kohout, Antonin; Kostecky, Lubomir; Novak, Jiri [Violin]; Skampa, Milan

Haydn: 27 String Quartet, Vol. 1

3 CD / Testament / 1996-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in B flat major, Op. 1 no 1 "La Chasse"; Quartet for Strings in F minor, Op. 20 no 5/H 3 no 35; Quartet for Strings in E flat major, Op. 50 no 3/H 3 no 46; Qua...
Performers: Halleux, Laurent; Maas, Robert; Onnou, Alphonse; Prevost, Germain