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BBC Legends: Mstislav Rostropovich Box Set [3 CDs]

3 CD / BBC Legends / 2011-09-27

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococ...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Hurst, George; Davis, Colin; Britten, Benjamin; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady

Considered one of the greatest cellists of the second half of the 20th century is the Russian musician and conductor, Mstislav Rostropovich. Collected here in...continue...

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto / David Oistrakh, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-11-25

Works: Arthur Bliss: Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London, for brass & percussion, F. 65; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Vio...
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Shostakovich, Maxim

David Oistrakh's 1967 performance of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 2 with Eugene Ormandy conducting the LSO was the European Premiere of the work. This is...continue...
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Cherkassky Performs Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-06-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Andante and Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A major, D 959; Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Der Kontrabandiste ("Ich bin der Kontrabandi...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

The recital from London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on 1 November 1970 in atmospheric stereo features a number of works which are very rare for this...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3; Elgar: Enigma Variations; Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture / Constantin Silvestri, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-06-02

Works: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: Donna Diana, overture to the opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This is the fourth release on BBC Legends of the Rumanian conductor Constantin Silvestri who spent his last years as Music Director of the Bournemouth...continue...

Portrait of A Legend - Oistrakh

4 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-12-04

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (published as Op. 99); Concerto for Violin no 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129; Eugène Ysaÿe: Amitié, poem, for 2 violins & ...
Performers: Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; del Mar, Norman; Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

"Oistrakh's technique is without question stellar and well-suited to the demands made on him by Shostakovich. But beyond technique and the mere execution of these...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, etc / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-04-24

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a; Igor Stravinsky: Scènes de ballet, for orchestra
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Rozhdestvensky is not only a superb ballet conductor -- his years at the Bolshoi in the 60s taught him to keep his tempos inviting and...continue...

Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Britten, et al / Silvestri

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Malcolm Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt Overture, Op. 5; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2 in C ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Constantin Silvestri, conductor and composer, was born in Bucharest and became conductor of the Bacharest Philharmonic. He also conducted the Leningrad Philharmonic and Hungarian State...continue...

Rameau, Beethoven, Liszt, et al / Cherkassky

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Felix Mendelssohn: Fantasia for Piano in F sharp mino...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

Shura Cherkassky was like David Oistrakh, born in Odessa. He was pupil of the legendary pianist Joef Hofman at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and...continue...

Berlioz, Tchaikovsky / Rozhdestvensky, Leningrad PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2005-02-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Apart from being a great orchestral teacher and to some an icon for conducting and interpretation, he was a highly respected interpreter of the post-romantic...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Cherkassky, etc / Cherkassky, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-11-23

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano; Shura Cherkassky: Prelude Pathetique, ...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Shura Cherkassky, was one of the 20th Century's greatest romantic virtuosos, a pupil of the legendary pianist Josef Hofmann at the Curtis institute in Philadelphia....continue...

Tchaikovsky, Schumann: Piano Concertos / Rubinstein, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Spoken Word: Artur Rubinstein in Conversation with Michael Oliver
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Schwarz, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Artur Rubinstein, one of the most celebrated pianists of the 20th Century, has been featured in Chopin and Beethoven concertos on BBC Legends over the...continue...

Svetlanov - Glinka, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-06-29

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Symphony on two Russian themes, for orchestra in D minor, G. i193 (incomplete); Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no ...
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

"Classical traits in all three of these works make them less than likely candidates for the powerhouse team of hyper-Romantic Svetlanov and his orchestra, recorded...continue...

Rozhdestvensky, Rostropovich - Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-04-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

The Leningrad Philharmonic is featured together with one of the greatest Tchaikovsky conductors of our time, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky in their first visit to the London...continue...

Liszt, Schubert, et al: Songs and Lieder / Söderström, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (5), Op. 46; Edvard Grieg: Songs (5), Op. 26; Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Carl Nielsen: Songs (6), FS 18/Op. 10; Franz...
Performers: Isepp, Martin; Soderstrom, Elisabeth; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"Rifle the entire catalogue, and you won't hear an 'Erlkonig' like this. Elisabeth Soderstrom, fusing the virtuoso imagination of both opera and Lieder singer supreme,...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Brahms: Violin Concertos / D. Oistrakh, Sargent

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

This CD presents two concertos, the Tchaikovsky and Brahms, both of which were Oistrakh specialties. This is the first opportunity to hear him play them...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Respighi / Silvestri, Bournmouth Symphony

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"...Silvestri puts the right abandon into this teeming score, and the results are most telling. The other item is a brilliant account of the Pines...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6; Mussorgsky / Giulini, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Carlo Maria Giulini remains the leading living Italian conductor, even counting Abbado and Muti, following in the wake of Toscanini and de Sabata. Giulini's elegance...continue...

Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky /Rostropovich, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococ...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Hurst, George; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra