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Mischa Elman: The BBC Radio Recitals, 1961 / Joseph Seiger

2 CD / Testament / 2012-02-14

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, HWV 371/Op. 1 no 13; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Sp...
Performers: Elman, Mischa; Seiger, Joseph

Violinist Mischa Elman rarely played for radio broadcasts, even in America, but he did so occasionally for the BBC. The two recitals on these compact...continue...
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Mischa Elman - Complete Decca Recordings Vol 2

4 CD / Testament / 2004-05-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 8; Sonata no 3 in C minor for violin & piano; Gabriel Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A major, Op. 13; Johannes Brahms: ...
Performers: Elman, Mischa; Seiger, Joseph

Smetana: Bartered Bride Suite; Dvorak, Humperdinck / Kempe

1 CD / Testament / 2003-02-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66/B 131; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"These are great recordings. Kempe had Beecham's orchestra, and it was one of the three of four best in the world at the time. EMI...continue...

Schubert, Mendelssohn, Weber, Smetana: Overtures / Kempe

1 CD / Testament / 2003-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: Donna Diana, overture to the opera; Otto Nicolai: Die lustige...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Smetana, Dvorak, Martinu, Janacek / Rafael Kubelik

1 CD / Testament / 2001-03-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Antonin Dvorák: Legend no 10, for orchestra in B flat minor, B. 122/10 (Op. 59/10); Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66/B 131; Bohuslav Martinu: Double Conce...
Performers: Crook, Sidney
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Cornelius, Flotow, et al: Opera Arias / Gottlob Frick

1 CD / Testament / 1998-03-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figar...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Krukowski, Ernst; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gruber, Arthur; Reger, Helmut; Klobucar, Berislav; Matzerath, Otto; Konwitschny, Franz
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Deutschen Oper Chor und Orchester, Berlin; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie

The Hollywood String Quartet - Kodály, Smetana, Dvorák

1 CD / Testament / 1996-04-01

Works: Zoltán Kodály: Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 10; Bedrich Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor ("Z mého, zivota," "From My Life"), JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for...

"...Smetana's autobiographical masterwork From my life...receives a stunning performance, tonally rich and abundantly idiomatic. The virtuosity and flair of this ensemble is never less than...continue...