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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...

Haydn: Piano Sonata no 44; Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas no 2 & 8, Légende, Op 12 no 6, etc / Sviatoslav Richter

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-28

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 44 in F major, H 16 no 29; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 14; Pieces (10) for piano, Op. 12; Visions fugitives (20) for Piano, Op. ...
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav

The great Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter has been a regular feature of the BBC Legends' catalogue since 1998 with twelve recordings released. This early recital...continue...

Strauss: Don Quixote; Haydn: Cello Concerto / Rostropovich, Sargent, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op 101/H 7b no 2
Performers: Danks, Harry; Maguire, Hugh; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This is a real rarity from the British Library Sound Archive - Rostropovich in a dramatic account of Don Quixote given during an early visit...continue...

Bach, Haydn, Schumann / Hess

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-01-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fughetta in G major, BWV 902; English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 62 in E flat major, H 16 no 52; Robert Schumann: Ca...
Performers: Hess, Myra

"Three BBC studio sessions from the great Dame Myra are an unexpected and welcome find...It begins with some of the loveliest Bach you will ever...continue...

Haydn, Debussy, Beethoven, et al / Ansermet

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-01-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 85 in B major, H 1 no 85 "La Reine"; Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2; Spoken Word: Ernest Ansermet discusses Debussy ...
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

The anthology represented here gives us a rare snapshot of Ernest Ansermet conducting classical composers - Haydn and Beethoven - as well as composers he...continue...

Haydn, Saint-Saëns, Edgar / Rostropovich

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-11-07

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H. 7b/1; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello no 1 in A minor, Op. 33; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Rostropovich, Mstislav; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

All these performances date from the 1965 Russian Festival where the top Soviet artists of the period gathered in London to produce memorable performances at...continue...

Shostakovich, Haydn, Britten / Kempe, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-09-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The exciting live studio performance of Shostakovich Symphony No.1 from 1965 is a new addition to Kempe's discography and is also being released to coincide...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...

Haydn: Symphony no 100 & 10; et al / Jochum, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-05-02

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 100 in G major ("Military") H. 1/100; Symphony no 101 in D major, H 1 no 101 "Clock"; Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This CD marks the celebrated German conductor Eugen Jochum's debut on BBC Legends. Apart from his fixed obligations, Jochum has conducted in every musical centre,...continue...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Dame Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos ("Teseo mio ben"), cantata for soprano & keyboard, H. 26b/2; Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Gedichte (3), Op. 30; Gedichte (7), Op. 90; Franz Schu...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Hamburger, Paul; Parsons, Geoffrey

A fascinating live anthology of music from Haydn to Strauss by one of the world's greatest mezzo-sopranos. These performances were taken from the 21st and...continue...