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Mozart: Divertimento no 15 K 287; Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 15 in B flat major, K 287 (271H); Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

"The overwhelming experience was of a precision, a range of colour and of dynamics, wholly suited to the music. Karajan was able to give even...continue...
Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (05/15/1972)....continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Stravinsky / Stokowski

1 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Testament presents Stokowski's legendary 1956 Philharmonia recording of Scheherazade in astonishingly vivid sound. It is full of energy, precision and razor-sharp characterizations. Unique interpretat...continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts

4 CD / Testament / 2004-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'assedio di Corinto; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125; Giorgio Federico Ghedini: Concerto Dell'Albatro f...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Hollander, Max; koff, Mischa; Miller, Frank [Cello]
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps the best way to sum up the significance of the performance in Testament's 3 boxed sets of Cantelli's 1949-50 NBC Symphony broadcast recordings is...continue...

Guido Cantelli - The NBC Broadcast Concerts 1949-1950

4 CD / Testament / 2003-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, H...
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps the best way to sum up the significance of the performances in Testament's two boxed sets of Guido Cantelli's 1949-1950 NBC Symphony broadcast recordings...continue...

Chopin, Schumann, Weber, Medtner, et al / Benno Moiseiwitsch

1 CD / Testament / 2001-04-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Carl Maria von Weber: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major ("Perpetuum Mobile"), J. 138 (Op. 24); Sergey...
Performers: Moiseiwitsch, Benno

Stravinsky: Petrushka, Pulcinella / Klemperer, Philharmonia

1 CD / Testament / 1999-11-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Pulcinella, suite for orchestra
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Testament's superb remastering team presents another previously unpublished gem. Klemperer was a personal friend of the composer, and premiered a number of his works in...continue...

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

Igor Markevich - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps

1 CD / Testament / 1997-04-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"...Markevitch had an excellent pedigree in Stravinsky interpretation, having studied with Monteux (the conductor first associated with Rite), but his conception of the work is...continue...

Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Milhaud, et al / Quartetto Italiano

1 CD / Testament / 1997-02-01

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Quartet for Strings no 2 in F major, Op. 92; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for string quartet; Darius Milhaud: Quartet for Strings no 12, Op. 252; Gian Francesco Malipiero: Quartet fo...
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Ensemble: Quartetto Italiano

This disc could have easily been included in the "Historic" section of our catalog, but the digital remasterings are so superb, that the sound does...continue...