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Knappertsbusch conducts Bruckner: Symphonies no 8 & 9 / Vienna PO (1961); Berlin PO (1950)

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-31

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch has always aroused controversy over his Bruckner performances due to his perceived lassitude of tempo and allegiance to first-published editions. Tempo flexibility,...continue...

Knappertsbusch Conducts Bruckner Symphonies nos 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; Wagner

6 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-11-08

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105; Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Symphony no 8 in C min...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Cunitz, Maud; Rohr, Otto van
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

A newly restored collection of previously released (and no longer available) Knappertbusch best sellers from the Music and Arts catalog. Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 was...continue...
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Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 25 (1978) & 22 (1959) / Paul Badura-Skoda, piano

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-09-13

Conductors: Stein, Horst; Szell, Georg
Ensemble: Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Sparkling performances of two Mozart gems by one of his foremost 20th century interpreters in the best possible sound. This is the first time on...continue...

Dmitri Mitropoulos conducts Schoenberg, Scriabin, et al

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-02-01

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, Op. 4; Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem, Op. 5; Alexander Scriabin: Prometheus, Op. 60 "Poem of Fire"; Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 2 ...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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An essential two-disc set for admirers of Dimitri Mitropoulos, the Philharmonic orchestras of New York and Vienna, and, for that matter, 20th...continue...

Wilhelm Furtwängler Conducts Beethoven - Three Symphonies

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2003-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Spoken Word: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf on Furtwäng...
Performers: Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Patzak, Julius; Poell, Alfred
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Piano Concertos, Symphony, etc / Furtwängler, et al

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-07-01

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement for Mozart's Piano Concerto K 452, January 27, 1952; Radio Broadcast Introduction to Mozart's Concerto for 2 pianos, February 8, 1949; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for ...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Furtwängler Conducts Beethoven

4 CD / Music & Arts / 1999-10-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 6 ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bruno Kittel Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra