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Beethoven: Symphony no 6; Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Performers: Schwalbé, Michel
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (05/16/1972)....continue...

The Last Concerts - Richard Strauss / Strauss, Blumen, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC SO

2 CD / Testament / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Burleske for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in D minor, o.Op. 85 (TrV 145, AV 85); Sinfonia Domestica for orchestra, Op. 53 (TrV 209); Till Eulenspiegels lustige S...
Performers: Blumen, Alfred
Conductors: Strauss, Richard
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

The festival of Richard Strauss' music held in London during October 1947 was the result of a joint initiative by Sir Thomas Beecham and Ernst...continue...

Strauss: Tod und Verklärung; Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Walter, BBC SO, London PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

In the late 1940's, the London Philharmonic attracted a very impressive list of celebrity conductors, thanks to brilliant managing by its former viola player, Thomas...continue...

Strauss: Horn Concerto no 1, Eine Alpensinfonie / Kempe, Civil, Royal PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 (TrV 117); Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Performers: Civil, Alan
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Before this recording, which was made following a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, Rudolf Kempe had never conducted the Alpine Symphony. The sessions are...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 4; R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Karajan, Berlin PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-01-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Performers: Spierer, Leon
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The concert that Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic gave in London’s Royal Festival Hall on the evening of Saturday April 27, 1985 was...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...

Mendelssohn, Chopin, Strauss: Cello Sonatas / Piatigorsky, Pennario, Firkunsny

1 CD / Testament / 2008-06-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata for cello & piano no 2 in D major, Op. 58; Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op. 65; Richard Strauss: Sonata for Cello and Piano in F m...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf; Pennario, Leonard; Piatigorsky, Gregor

Recorded between 1966 and 1968, Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976) delivers firmly shaped readings of three cello sonatas, vividly transferred from original RCA Victor masters. Felix Mendelssohn...continue...

Strauss: Four Last Songs; Wagner / Furtwängler, Flagstad

1 CD / Testament / 2007-06-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

"As Michael Tanner opines in an interesting booklet-note, these two formidable artists had several collaborations in these Wagnerian excerpts, but caught live in very reasonable...continue...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished EMI Recordings 1946-52

2 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Das Veilchen,...
Performers: Feasey, Norman; Hudez, Karl; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Pougnet, Jean; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Krips, Josef; Braithwaite, Warwick; Dobroven, Issay

"A glimpse into the singer's workshop" - a phrase from Schwarzkopf's spoken introduction to her excerpts from 'The Magic Flute' - aptly describes this collection...continue...

Strauss: Arabella / Kempe, Della Casa, Trötschel, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2006-03-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Malaniuk, Ira; Nentwig, Kathe; Peter, Albrecht; Proebstl, Max; Trötschel, Elfriede; Uhde, Hermann
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

This set features a live performance of 'Arabella' given by the Bayerischen Staatsoper at the Royal Opera House during their visit to London since the...continue...

Wiener Philharmoniker - live performances / Klemperer

8 CD / Testament / 2005-11-08

Works: Recorded Sound: Ambiance; Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in...
Performers: Altmann, Volker; Berger, Roland; Cubasch, Christian; Hanak, Hans; Hogner, Gunter; Holetschek, Franz; Lipp, Wilma; Mayerhofer, Karl; Ohlberger, Camillo; Pamperl, Ernst; Prinz, Alfred; Raab, Ferdinand;...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

1968, a year of political turmoil in the world, began for Klemperer with a recording and performance in London of the Dresden version of Wagners...continue...

Schumann: Symphony no 2; Brahms, Strauss / Szell, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2005-08-09

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61
Performers: Schwalbe, Michel
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the last concert by George Szell with the Berlin Philharmonic in June of 1969. The program brings together three elements closely associated with...continue...

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel, etc; Wagner / Karajan, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2005-08-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Don Juan, Op. 20; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, etc; Wagner / Knappertsbusch

1 CD / Testament / 2004-07-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Don Juan, Op. 20; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Parsifal
Performers: Treptow, Gunther
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Hans Knappertsbusch's posthumous reputation rests mainly on his association with the music of Wagner, Bruckner, Brahms and Strauss. The performances on this disc clearly demonstrate...continue...

Lisa Della Casa sings Brahms, Schubert, etc

1 CD / Testament / 2004-07-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Franz Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Im Frühling, D ...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Hudez, Karl; Peschko, Sebastian

Lisa Della Casa's art was always of the kind that conceals art, and had no truck with artifice. Her illustrious career on the international scene...continue...

Strauss: Don Quixote, Til Eulenspiegel / Rudolf Kempe

1 CD / Testament / 2003-05-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Performers: Cappone, Giusto; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, etc; Strauss / André Cluytens, etc

1 CD / Testament / 2003-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Feuersnot, opera, Op. 50 (TrV 203)
Conductors: Cluytens, André

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Lieder & Songs 1955-1964

1 CD / Testament / 2001-02-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Claudine von Villa Bella, D 239; Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Die Vögel, D 691/Op. 172 no 6; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Lullaby...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth

This third volume of Schwarzkopf's unpublished EMI recordings focuses on the major part of the great singer's repertoire - Lieder and song. Composers represented include...continue...

Hans Hotter - Lieder Recital - Schubert, Schumann, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2000-12-01

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Schwanengesang, D 957; Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1; Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Wanderers Nachtlied, D 768/Op. 96 no 3; Robert Schumann: Wer machte dich s...
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Moore, Gerald [Piano]

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc / Krauss, Vienna Philharmonic

1 CD / Testament / 2000-09-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Also Sprach Zarathustra
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica, etc / Krauss, Vienna PO

1 CD / Testament / 2000-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica for orchestra, Op. 53 (TrV 209); Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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

Ludwig Weber - Opera Arias

1 CD / Testament / 1999-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; ...
Performers: Vocals], Torsten Ralf [Tenor; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Prohaska, Felix; Moralt, Rudolf; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Dobroven, Issay
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, etc / Beecham, Royal PO

1 CD / Testament / 1998-09-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Feuersnot, opera, Op. 50 (TrV 203); Intermezzo, Op. 72; Salome, Op. 54
Performers: Lampe, Oscar
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Brahms, Strauss, Stravinsky / Krips, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 1998-08-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"; Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 5...
Conductors: Krips, Josef
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

R. Strauss, Wagner / Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia

1 CD / Testament / 1997-10-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"Listening to this CD was depressing in the single sense that it reminded me all too vividly how difficult it has become to locate playing...continue...

Strauss: Ariadne Auf Nazos, etc.

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Einerlei ("Ihr Mund ist stets derselbe"), song for voice & piano, Op. 69/3 (TrV 237/3); Lieder (8), Op. 49; Hat gesagt - bleibt's nicht ...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Kirschstein, Leonore; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Peschko, Sebastian; Purrar, Nada; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Carl Maria von Weber: Bassoon Concerto; Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Oboe Concerto

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 (TrV 117); Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Bassoon in F major, J. 127 (Op. 75)
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Brooke, Gwydion
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir