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Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 7; Poulenc: Pastourelle, etc / Emil Gilels

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3; Variations (15) and Fugue for Piano in E flat major, Op. 35 "Eroica"; Alexander Scriabin: Etude for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 8/2; Pie...
Performers: Gilels, Emil

Klemperer, Ravel, Brahms, etc / Stokowski

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-04-24

Works: Otto Klemperer: Merry Waltz for orchestra; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Ottokar ...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

This stereo broadcast of a Royal Albert Hall concert given in May 1974 represents the last public appearance of Leopold Stokowski in England. The 1974...continue...

BBC Legends - Weber, Ravel, etc / Monteux

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-06-27

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Jubel Overture, J 245/Op. 59; Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Willem Pijper: Symphony no 3, K. 71; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Emmanuel Chabrier: Work(s)
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"The opening of the little known Weber overture may contain the seeds of Wagner's overture to 'Die Meistersinger,' the ending is a stirring take on...continue...

Strauss, Ravel, Mozart / Elisabeth Söderström, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Capriccio, Op 85; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Soderstrom has remaimed a member of the Swedish Royal opera for life. Her repertoire includes a wide range of roles - from Monteverdi's Poppea,...continue...

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - Beethoven, Ravel, Debussy

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 4 in E flat major, Op. 7; Claude Debussy: Hommage à Rameau, for piano, L. 110/2; Maurice...
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti

This new release contains one work not previously recorded commercially, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26 from his Royal Festival Hall concert of April...continue...

Shostakovich, Borodin, Ravel: String Quartets / Borodin

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a (arr. by Barshai from String Quartet no 8 ); Alexander Borodin: Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F...
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Ensemble: Borodin Quartet

"Shostakovich's best-known memorial was only two years old and unfamiliar to British audiences when the Borodin Quartet gave this performance at the 1962 Edinburgh Festival....continue...

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...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Sir Adrian Boult

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2000-10-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Georges Bizet: Petite Suite, pieces (5) for orchestra from Jeux d'enfants; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Jean Sibeli...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult was, with Beecham and Barbirolli, one of the three leading English conductors of his generation. Boult was the chief architect of the...continue...