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Istvan Kertesz conducts Bruckner Symphony no 4

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-11-25

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Conductors: Kertész, István

The live stereo performance of Bruckner's 4th on 13 March 1964 first appeared on BBC Radio Classics in 1995 with poor re-mastering and no additional...continue...
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Boult Conducts Vaughan Williams, Hadley, Bax & Berg / Sir Adrian Boult

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-06-02

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 6 in E minor; Patrick Hadley: One Morning in Spring, for orchestra; Arnold Bax: Mediterranean, for orchestra (arr. of piano p...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult was Vaughan Williams' close and personal friend as well as one of his greatest advocates. This broadcast in excellent stereo from the...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...

Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams / Stokowski, LSO, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2005-02-22

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 8 in D minor
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This release features two great and spectacular performances from Stokowski's second visit to the Royal Albert Hall Proms in 1964. The Vaughan Williams Symphony No....continue...

Gluck, Lully, Finzi, Britten, Warlock, et al / Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-05-20

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; Benedetto Marcello: Il mio bel foco; Lennox Berkeley: Poems (5) of W. H. Auden, for high voice & piano, Op. 53; ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Parsons, Geoffrey

"There can be no more golden a legend than Janet Baker singing English song; and this latest BBC Legend - a live recital from the...continue...