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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...

Beethoven: Triple Concerto Op 56; Brahms: Double Concerto Op 102 / Kertesz, Menuhin, Gendron

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"
Performers: Gendron, Maurice; Menuhin, Hephzibah; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Kertész, István

Menuhin never recorded Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto', so this is a first and an addition to his extensive discography. The concert given at the 1964 Bath...continue...

Locke, Schumann, Brahms / Kertesz, London SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-01

Works: Matthew Locke: Music for His Majesty's sackbutts and cornetts, suites (2) for 2 cornetts & 3 sackbuts; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no ...
Conductors: Kertész, István

Istvan Kertesz was another conductor with an outstanding future who died prematurely while on holiday. The short Locke opened the Royal Festival Hall program, which...continue...

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem / Giulini, Cotrubas, Fischer-Dieskau, Edinburgh International Festival Chorus, London PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-28

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Brahms Requiem from the 1978 Edinburgh Festival has never been issued before and in fact the DG studio taping nine years later in 1987...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Baker, Leppard, Boult, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Mitchinson, John
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: BBC Men's Chorus; BBC Northern Symphony

Janet Baker's performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde was first issued on BBC Radio Classics in 1995 and BBC Legends has vastly improved...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...

Elgar, Brahms: Cello Concertos; Debussy: Cello Sonata / Tortelier, Lush, Boult, Pritchard, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-05-27

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Performers: Lush, Ernest; Tortelier, Paul; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The French cellist Paul Tortelier was one of the truly great artists of the 20th Century. He collaborated with such eminent conductors as Sir Thomas...continue...

Weber, Tippett, Brahms / Schmidt-Isserstedt, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-05-27

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Michael Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Performers: Dekany, Bela; Goren, Eli; Vigay, Denis
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Berlin born Hans Schmidt-Issserstedt was steeped in the German tradition. He formed the NDR Orchestra (Northern German Radio) in Hamburg which he conducted for 26...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...

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...

Beethoven, Brahms / Schneiderhan, Seeman, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-10-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Performers: Schneiderhan, Wolfgang; Seemann, Carl
Conductors: Kertész, István
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Wolfgang Schneiderhan was an Austrian classical violinist born in Vienna. At age 10 he publicly performed Bach's Chaconne in D minor. The next year he...continue...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Shura Cherkassky

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue for Piano in B flat major on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24; Alban Berg: Sonata for Piano, Op. 1; ...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

Considered to be one of the greatest romantic pianists of the 20th century, this disc presents two early BBC recitals which were recorded live with...continue...

Brahms, Reger, Beethoven / Boult, Schuricht, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-09-25

Works: Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a theme of JA Hiller, Op. 100; Ludwig van Beethoven: Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major Op. 133
Conductors: Schuricht, Carl; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

This release, with bonus rare recording by Sir Adrian Boult, is one of Reger's greatest works. Full of wit, resource and above all, delicacy....continue...

Klemperer, Ravel, Brahms, etc / Stokowski

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-04-24

Works: Otto Klemperer: Merry Waltz for orchestra; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Ottokar ...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

This stereo broadcast of a Royal Albert Hall concert given in May 1974 represents the last public appearance of Leopold Stokowski in England. The 1974...continue...

Brahms: Lieder / Dame Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-01-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; O Kühler Wald ("O kühler Wald, wo raushest du?"), song for voice & piano, Op. 72/3; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 71; Songs (4) for ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Hamburger, Paul; Lush, Ernest

"Beyond her distinctively warm-toned voice and heart-felt delivery, it is Baker's ability to balance the lyric and the dramatic that makes her Brahms' performances so...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...

Brahms, Mozart: Piano Concertos / Rubinstein

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-09-19

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra

The BBC Legends live Performance, in excellent sound, from a packed Royal Festival Hall in 1968, demonstrates that Rubinstein had lost none of his fire...continue...

BBC Legends - Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2, etc / Ogdon

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Performers: Ogdon, John
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

John Ogdon studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music. He made his London deut at the Henry Wood Proms in 1958 playing the Busoni...continue...

Haydn, Brahms, Schubert / Firkusny

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-06-27

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Piano no 59 in E flat major; Sonata for Keyboard no 33 in C minor, H 16 no 20; Johannes Brahms: Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in B fla...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf

Rudolf Firkusny was one of the great concert pianists of this century, but also one of the last links to the most important figures in...continue...

Dvorák, Brahms: Concertos / Fournier, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"
Performers: Fournier, Pierre; Francescatti, Zino
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Fournier and Zino Francescatti were born in Paris and Marseille respectively. Fournier was the leading French cellist of his generation and performed with all...continue...

Schubert, Schoenberg, et al / Lucia Popp

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-06-29

Works: Franz Schubert: An mein Herz, D 860; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Jägers Abendlied, D 368/Op. 3 no 4; Der Einsame, D 800; Arnold Schoenberg: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 2; Richar...
Performers: Gage, Irwin; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia

These two recitals taken from the Edinburgh Festivals of 1981 and 1984 offer a wonderful and varied follow-up to her St. John Smith's Square disc...continue...

Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Bartok / Géza Anda

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-11-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3; Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Béla Bartók: Suite for Piano, Op. 14/Sz 62; Johannes Brahms: Variatio...
Performers: Anda, Geza

Geza Anda studied at the Budapest Conservatory under Dohnanyi making his debut in the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 under Mengelberg in 1939. From 1947...continue...

Arrau - Brahms: Piano Concerto no 2; Schubert: Three Pieces

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-07

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Franz Schubert: Pieces (3) for Piano, D 946
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"Claudio Arrau was described variously as 'Prince', 'Emperor', and 'King', of the keyboard, such was the awe in which he was held. Even more tellingly,...continue...

Schumann, Schubert: Piano Sonatas; Brahms / Wilhelm Kempff

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-05-20

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano no 6 in E minor, D. 566; Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 142, no 2; Johannes Brahms: Ballades (4) for piano, Op. 10; Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Pieces (8) for Pian...
Performers: Kempff, Wilhelm

"With his essentially classical disposition Kempff is not the pianist who will find new approaches to the repertory. What he does bring is a sense...continue...

Strauss, Mahler, Brahms: Lieder / Jurinac, Ludwig, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Schlichte Weisen (5), Op. 21; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Rückert Lieder (5); Johannes Brahm...
Performers: Jurinac, Sena; Ludwig, Christa; Parsons, Geoffrey
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Sena Jurinac never recorded Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs" commercially, so this 1961 Proms Broadcast is the only recording of her singing this piece. Christa...continue...

Rossini, Brahms, Schumann / Pierre Monteux, BBC Symphony

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120; Pierre Monteux / Roy Davies: Pierre Monteux in Conversa...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony; BBC Symphony Orchestra

All the works represented here on this CD have never been recorded commercially by Monteux, a premiere for BBC Legends. The Schumann is particularly rare...continue...

Beecham - Brahms, Beethoven: Symphonies no 2

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The key performance here is the live Edingurgh Festival performance of Brahms' Symphony No. 2 from August 20th, 1956, where the audience literally goes wild...continue...

De Los Angeles - Scarlatti, Handel, Berlioz, et al / Moore

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pirro e Demetrio; George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Franz Schubert: Mein! ("Bächlein, lass dein Rauschen sein"), song for voice & piano (Die schöne...
Performers: de los Angeles, Victoria; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

De los Angeles makes her debut on BBC Legends with a recital from the 1957 Edinburgh Festival. The French chansons, German Lieder and Spanish Folk...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...