Liszt, Franz > Testament

Recital: Royal Festival Hall London 1959

2 CD / Testament / 2010-01-12

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 10 in C major, K 330 (300h); Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo for Piano no 3 in...
Performers: Cliburn, Van

After 23-year-old Van Cliburn of Texas won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, taking with him both the hearts of the Russian people and his jury...continue...
Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (06/07/1959)....continue...

Jussi Björling in Song

1 CD / Testament / 2008-09-09

Works: Henry Geehl: For you alone; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Emil Sjögren: I drömmen di är mig nära; August Körling: Vita rosor; Gerald A...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils
Ensemble: Orchestra

Historic Masters Ltd., a company formed to continue historic reissues of vocal recordings initiated by the British Institute of Recorded Sound, contributed to this release...continue...

The Young Ashkenazy Vol 2 - Chopin, Liszt, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 2 in F major/a minor, B 102/Op. 38; Mazurka for piano no 21 in C sharp minor, Op. 30/4, CT. 71; Mazurka for piano no 29 in A flat major, Op. 41/4, ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir

Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos / Solomon, Menges, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2002-06-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123
Performers: Cutner, Solomon
Conductors: Menges, Herbert; Susskind, Walter
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Songs of Many Lands / Gérard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin

1 CD / Testament / 2001-09-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Felix Mendelssohn: Erntelied "Es ist ein Schnitter", Op. 8/4 (hymn); Arne Oddvar Dorumsgaard: Jägerleben, for voice & piano; Om...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Souzay, Gerard

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...

Eileen Joyce - Piano Recital

1 CD / Testament / 1999-06-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 894; Domenico Paradies: Sonata for keyboard no 6 in A major (from Sonate di Gravicembalo, 1754); Paul de Schlozer: Études for piano, Op 1...
Performers: Joyce, Eileen

The Essential Pierre Bernac / Poulenc, Moore, Johnson

3 CD / Testament / 1999-03-10

Works: Charles Gounod: Sérénade; Ce que je suis sans toi, song for voice & piano; Au rossignol; Venise, song for voice & piano (Six Songs no 6); Prière, song for voice & piano; Chanson du...
Performers: Bernac, Pierre; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Poulenc, Francis
Conductors: Beydts, Louis

This 3 CD set from Testament focuses on the music of Poulenc, Gounod, Faure, Debussy and Satie. Bernac's performances of these masterworks of the French...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony; Liszt / Silvestri, et al

1 CD / Testament / 1999-01-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; Franz Liszt: Tasso - Lamento e trionfo, S 96
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Constantin Silvestri (1913-1969) developed a reputation for a subjective, highly eloquent performing style that appealed greatly to his audiences, even if critical reaction was sometimes...continue...

Schumann: Carnaval; Brahms: Piano Sonata no 3 / Solomon

1 CD / Testament / 1996-08-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op. 5; Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, première année, S 160 "Suisse"; Concert Etud...
Performers: Cutner, Solomon

Géza Anda - Liszt: Piano Sonata, etc; Bartók, et al

1 CD / Testament / 1996-05-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1"; Transcendental Etudes (6) after Paganini, S 140; Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Ca...
Performers: Anda, Géza

Géza Anda - Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1, etc; Saint-Saëns

1 CD / Testament / 1996-05-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals
Performers: Anda, Géza; Siki, Bela
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Shura Cherkassky plays Liszt

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Paraphrase on a Waltz from Gounod's "Faust", S 407; Ré...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole

Bartok: Dance Suite; Ravel, Busoni, et al / Igor Markevitch

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-01

Works: Béla Bartók: Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Erik Satie: Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra; Ferruccio Busoni: Tanzwalzer, for orchestra, Op. 53, KiV 288; An...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"...the sound is so vivid and full of presence that much of the time you would swear it was stereo...An illuminating portrait of a conductor...continue...