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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3; Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin, suite / Dohnanyi/Vienna PO [DVD]

3 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-03-31

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Richard Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, AV 85; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"
Performers: Buchbinder, Rudolf
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

A versatile and highly respected conductor, Christoph von Dohnanyi has pursued a remarkable career both in Europe and the United States. His work has always...continue...
Run Time: 82 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Christmas Traditional: Good King ...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bonney, Barbara; Clark, Patricia; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; McNair, Sylvia; Price, Leontyne; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Ka...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delfs, Andreas; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard; Marin, Ion; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pinnock, Trevor; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Guadagno, Anton; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; R...

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major / Furtwängler, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2007-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

As with other Furtwangler reissues on this label, this recording benefits from the unique processing skills of Opus Kura's technicians. This performance of the Beethoven...continue...

Desert Island Collection - Carl Schuricht in New York

1 CD / Archipel / 2006-09-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Original Masters - Carl Schuricht

5 CD / Decca Import / 2004-08-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Ca...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Ferras, Christian [Violin]
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Carl Schuricht held many conducting posts as well as making guest appearances around the world, including America. In the later years of his life he...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

Mendelssohn: The Symphonies Vol 2 / Dohnányi, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca / 1999-05-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fing...
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"In Dohnanyi's reading of the "Italian" Symphony, the refinement and subtlety of Mendelssohn's orchestration kept striking me afresh - the string sound here is glorious,...continue...

Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 & 5 / Gardiner, Vienna PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-03-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Besides containing Mendelssohn's Fourth Symphony, the "Italian" in the version that we are used to hearing, this new recording from Gardiner and the Vienna Philharmonic...continue...