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Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Klaus Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-11-23

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Spoken Word: Klaus Tennstedt interviewed by John Amis
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus

The Mahler 1st broadcast from 1990 has never appeared before and represents Tennstedt's mature interpretation caught in brilliant stereo. Glinka's 'Ruslan & Ludmilla' Overture is...continue...

Brahms: Symphony no 1; Schumann: Piano Concerto Op 54 / Tennstedt, Bolet, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Performers: Bolet, Jorge
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tennstedt has recorded the Brahms 'Symphony No.1' commercially in the studio but it was an early release and has not been available for many years....continue...

Brahms: German Requiem / Tennstedt, Popp, Allen, London PO, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-05-27

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"This concert performance oozes vitality, wonderfully capturing the unique essence of this special work, and demonstrating Tennstedt’s great affinity for the Romantic German repertoire. His...continue...

Portrait of A Legend - Tennstedt

4 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-12-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/...
Performers: Haggander, Marianne; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus

This 4 CD set featuring legendary German conductor Klaus Tennstedt combines four of his best-selling BBC Legends catalogue releases in a newly designed Limited Edition...continue...

Mahler, Mozart: Symphonies / Tennstedt, London PO

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-11-20

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 7 in E minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 7 for EMI in the studio two months after this searing Edinburgh Festival account. This Edinburgh account recorded in...continue...

Janacek: Glagolitic Mass; Strauss / Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-07-31

Works: Leos Janácek: Glagolitic Mass; Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60
Performers: Gunson, Ameral; Shimell, William; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Like the BBC Legends recording of the Sinfonietta, Tennstedt never commercially recorded the Glagolitic Mass. It is a massive work comprising four singers, organ and...continue...

Weber, Schubert, Brahms / Tennstedt, London PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-11-07

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt was born in Merseberg, Germany and after periods of conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle and acting as Music Director of the Dresden Opera, he...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies no 1 & 5, etc; Weber/Tennstedt

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-10-19

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt's previous BBC Legends recordings of Dvorak Symphony No. 8 and Janacek's Sinfonietta and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 have met with enormous critical success...continue...

Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek / Tennstedt, London PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-03-23

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), overture to the opera; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"The sound is unexpectedly rich, full, and well balanced for a broadcast tape - as good or better than many of today's studio recordings. While...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Tennstedt, Haeggander, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Haggander, Marianne; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir

"This is surely one of Tennstedt's best recordings, and he really gets it right in every way. It is an inspired performance, one of the...continue...