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Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Klaus Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-11-23

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Spoken Word: Klaus Tennstedt interviewed by John Amis
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus

The Mahler 1st broadcast from 1990 has never appeared before and represents Tennstedt's mature interpretation caught in brilliant stereo. Glinka's 'Ruslan & Ludmilla' Overture is...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 9 / Sanderling, BBC PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

There appears to be no current recordings available by Rohzdestvensky of the works represented on this CD, recorded in stereo by the BBC in the...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture; Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Kurt Sanderling, Felicity Lott, BBC Northern SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony

Mahler's Symphony No. 4 has never been recorded by Kurt Sanderling and this release represents a new addition to his discography. Sanderling, who still lives...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Baker, Leppard, Boult, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Mitchinson, John
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: BBC Men's Chorus; BBC Northern Symphony

Janet Baker's performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde was first issued on BBC Radio Classics in 1995 and BBC Legends has vastly improved...continue...

Mahler, Mozart: Symphonies / Tennstedt, London PO

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-11-20

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 7 in E minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 7 for EMI in the studio two months after this searing Edinburgh Festival account. This Edinburgh account recorded in...continue...

Schubert, Schoenberg, et al / Lucia Popp

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-06-29

Works: Franz Schubert: An mein Herz, D 860; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Jägers Abendlied, D 368/Op. 3 no 4; Der Einsame, D 800; Arnold Schoenberg: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 2; Richar...
Performers: Gage, Irwin; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia

These two recitals taken from the Edinburgh Festivals of 1981 and 1984 offer a wonderful and varied follow-up to her St. John Smith's Square disc...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Kempe, Baker, Speiss, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Spoken Word: Rudolf Kempe in conversation with Gillian Widdicombe, interview
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Spiess, Ludovic
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The distinguished German conductor Rudolf Kempe's only recording of Mahler's 'Das Lied von der Erde' reveals a masterly interpretation full of understanding enhanced by an...continue...

Strauss, Mahler, Brahms: Lieder / Jurinac, Ludwig, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Schlichte Weisen (5), Op. 21; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Rückert Lieder (5); Johannes Brahm...
Performers: Jurinac, Sena; Ludwig, Christa; Parsons, Geoffrey
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Sena Jurinac never recorded Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs" commercially, so this 1961 Proms Broadcast is the only recording of her singing this piece. Christa...continue...

Schubert, Mozart, Dvorák, Mahler, et al: Lieder /Lucia Popp

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Als Luise die Briefe, K 520; An Chloë, K 524; Franz Schubert: Canzonen (4), for voice & piano, D. 688; Daß die hier gewesen, D. 775...
Performers: Gage, Irwin; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia

Since Lucia Popp's untimely death a few years ago, there have been virtually no recital discs available of this great talent. Now, for the first...continue...

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...