BBC Legends > Sibelius, Jean

Nielsen: Symphony no 3; Sibelius: Symphony no 5, etc / Horenstein, Browning, Wheatley, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-10

Works: Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Sinfonia espansiva"; Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; Recorded Sound: Robert Simpson talks about Jascha Horenstein, who died on 2 April 1972 ...
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: ; BBC Northern Symphony

Horenstein never recorded these two Scandinavian symphonies so these rare broadcasts are new to his discography. As a bonus, Robert Simpson, the composer, gives a...continue...

Nielsen, Sibelius: Symphonies / Barbirolli, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-11-20

Works: Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 4, Op. 29 "Inextinguishable"; Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 52
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

Sir John Barbirolli has a prolific representation on BBC legends but this is the first time that two Scandinavian composers - Nielsen and Sibelius -...continue...

Liszt, Schubert, et al: Songs and Lieder / Söderström, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (5), Op. 46; Edvard Grieg: Songs (5), Op. 26; Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Carl Nielsen: Songs (6), FS 18/Op. 10; Franz...
Performers: Isepp, Martin; Soderstrom, Elisabeth; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"Rifle the entire catalogue, and you won't hear an 'Erlkonig' like this. Elisabeth Soderstrom, fusing the virtuoso imagination of both opera and Lieder singer supreme,...continue...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Sir Adrian Boult

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2000-10-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Georges Bizet: Petite Suite, pieces (5) for orchestra from Jeux d'enfants; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Jean Sibeli...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult was, with Beecham and Barbirolli, one of the three leading English conductors of his generation. Boult was the chief architect of the...continue...