BBC Legends > Orchestral

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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Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Klaus Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-11-23

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Spoken Word: Klaus Tennstedt interviewed by John Amis
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus

The Mahler 1st broadcast from 1990 has never appeared before and represents Tennstedt's mature interpretation caught in brilliant stereo. Glinka's 'Ruslan & Ludmilla' Overture is...continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor 'Unfinished' / Kurt Sanderling

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-10-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Performers: Griffiths, Barry
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony

This Manchester live recording of Strauss' 'Ein Heldenleben' with the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra preserves his wonderful 1975 performance in Manchester's Free Trade Hall in...continue...

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...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3; Elgar: Enigma Variations; Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture / Constantin Silvestri, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-06-02

Works: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: Donna Diana, overture to the opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This is the fourth release on BBC Legends of the Rumanian conductor Constantin Silvestri who spent his last years as Music Director of the Bournemouth...continue...

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...

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...

Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements, Agon, Apollon Musagete, etc / Igor Stravinsky, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-10

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Igor Stravinsky: Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra; Symphony in Three Movements; Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra; Firebird
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The iconic Igor Stravinsky conducting his own works live was a major event and the 1958 gala event was no exception. 'Agon' and 'Apollon Musagete'...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 9 / Sanderling, BBC PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

There appears to be no current recordings available by Rohzdestvensky of the works represented on this CD, recorded in stereo by the BBC in the...continue...

Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, etc / Rozhdestvensky, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13; Sergey Prokofiev: Ode to the End of the War, for winds, 8 harps, 4 pianos, bra...
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

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...

Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture; Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Kurt Sanderling, Felicity Lott, BBC Northern SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony

Mahler's Symphony No. 4 has never been recorded by Kurt Sanderling and this release represents a new addition to his discography. Sanderling, who still lives...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphonies no 12 & 6; Strauss Jr. / Rozhdestvensky, BBC SO, et al

25 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "To the Memory of Lenin - 1917"; Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54; Johann Strauss II: Work(s); Vergnügungszug (Excursion Train), polka sch...
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This CD contains the first Western performance of Shostakovich's vast Symphony No.12 'The Year 1917' given in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh in 1962 with the...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 3; Wagner: Preludes / Solti, Nilsson, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

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...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 5; Rachmaninov / Svetlanov

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-01-22

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Sergey Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Starting in 1965 Svetlanov was principal conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra which he built into one of the greatest Russian orchestras. In 1979...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...

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...

Mahler, Mozart: Symphonies / Tennstedt, London PO

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-11-20

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 7 in E minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 7 for EMI in the studio two months after this searing Edinburgh Festival account. This Edinburgh account recorded in...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 3; Busoni / Horenstein, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-10-23

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Ferruccio Busoni: Tanzwalzer, for orchestra, Op. 53, KiV 288
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Jascha Horenstein was a great Brucknerian having made the first electrical recording of the Seventh Symphony in 1928 with the Berlin Philharmonic. This is the...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...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century / Kempe, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-09-11

Works: Michael Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta
Performers: Peinemann, Edith
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The exceptionally fine and dramatic recording of Tippett's Concerto for Double String Orchestra was never recorded by Kempe and is a new addition to Kempe's...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Beecham, Fisher, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-07-31

Works: Anonymous: God Save the Queen (National Anthem, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland); Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Borg, Kim; Fisher, Sylvia; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Merriman, Nan
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Thomas Beecham has been exceptionally well served by BBC Legends (this is the twelfth Beecham release on the label) though in almost all cases...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...

Walton, Debussy, Handel, Delius, etc / Silvestri, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-04-24

Works: William Walton: Partita for Orchestra; Claude Debussy: La mer; Le gladiateur ("Mort aux Romains, tuez jusqu'au dernier"), cantata for 3 soloists & orchestra, L. 41; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 3 ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This "live" 2CD set adds important new recordings to the discography of Silvestri and the Bournemouth Symphony and follows on from the recently issued 2CD...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...

Hindemith, Dvorák, Beethoven / Giulini, London PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-11-07

Works: Paul Hindemith: Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings, Op. 50; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

When Carlo Maria Giulini died earlier this year aged 90, the musical world mourned one of the great conductors of the 20th century and one...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...

Beethoven, Shostakovich / Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-11-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

Sir John Barbirolli took over from Toscanini as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in 1937 and became Director of the Halle from 1943...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 7; Beethoven / Barbirolli

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-09-19

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), ballet, Op. 43
Conductors: Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra

The recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 is a rarity for Barbirolli fans, and is an important new addition to the Barbirolli discography following his...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...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 / Evgeny Svetlanov, LSO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-09-19

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

The live stereo performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No.8 was never recorded commercially by Svetlanov and is therefore an addition to Svetlanov's discography. Shostakovich Symphony No.8...continue...

Prokofiev: Symphony no 5, etc; Britten / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100; Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Recorded Sound: Announcem...
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

This release of Prokofiev Symphony No.5 completes the three BBC stereo broadcasts made from the Proms in 971 which featured Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 (BBC CD...continue...

Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Britten, et al / Silvestri

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Malcolm Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt Overture, Op. 5; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2 in C ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Constantin Silvestri, conductor and composer, was born in Bucharest and became conductor of the Bacharest Philharmonic. He also conducted the Leningrad Philharmonic and Hungarian State...continue...

BBC Legends - Weber, Ravel, etc / Monteux

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-06-27

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Jubel Overture, J 245/Op. 59; Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Willem Pijper: Symphony no 3, K. 71; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Emmanuel Chabrier: Work(s)
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"The opening of the little known Weber overture may contain the seeds of Wagner's overture to 'Die Meistersinger,' the ending is a stirring take on...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 9 / Goodall, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-06-27

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"... Movements start or progress in unassuming fashions, but actually a carefully paced drama is being unfolded and suddenly you find yourself riveted." -Chakwin, ARG...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...

Berlioz, Tchaikovsky / Rozhdestvensky, Leningrad PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2005-02-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Apart from being a great orchestral teacher and to some an icon for conducting and interpretation, he was a highly respected interpreter of the post-romantic...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...

Bruckner, Wagner, Graupner / Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-11-23

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

The Bruckner Symphony No. 3 here receives a live studio based recording, made in Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1964 in excellent sound for the...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies no 8 & 9 / Szell, Harper, Crass, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-10-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Crass, Franz; Dowd, Ronald; Harper, Heather
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Szell's recordings in 1968 of live performances of Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 with the New Philharmonia were considered one of the sensations of...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies no 1 & 5, etc; Weber/Tennstedt

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-10-19

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt's previous BBC Legends recordings of Dvorak Symphony No. 8 and Janacek's Sinfonietta and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 have met with enormous critical success...continue...

Giulini - Bruckner, Dvorák, Rossini / Philharmonia

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-10-19

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

BBC Legends celebration of Carlo Maria Giulini's 90th year concludes with Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 which he came to later on in his career and...continue...

Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner / Jascha Hornstein, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture
Performers: Borg, Kim; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Stich-Randall, Teresa
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony; BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Jascha Horenstein has been represented on BBC Legends on many occasions particularly in Bruckner and Mahler. His famous pioneering recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 8...continue...

Giulini - Weber, Schubert, Britten / LPO, New Philharmonia

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-06-29

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Benjamin Britten: The Building of the House, overture for chorus & orchestra, Op. 79; Spoken...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Carlo Maria Giulini, the last of the great and most revered Italian maestros, celebrates his 90th birthday in Milan in May this year. BBC Legends...continue...

Svetlanov - Glinka, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-06-29

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Symphony on two Russian themes, for orchestra in D minor, G. i193 (incomplete); Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no ...
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Symphony Orchestra

"Classical traits in all three of these works make them less than likely candidates for the powerhouse team of hyper-Romantic Svetlanov and his orchestra, recorded...continue...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Goodall

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-06-29

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; English National Opera Orchestra

"Goodall has a reputation as a slow-motion conductor, a kind of Celibidache without the mystic aura. This release shows that the reputation isn't necessarily the...continue...

Rozhdestvensky, Rostropovich - Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-04-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

The Leningrad Philharmonic is featured together with one of the greatest Tchaikovsky conductors of our time, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky in their first visit to the London...continue...

Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek / Tennstedt, London PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-03-23

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), overture to the opera; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"The sound is unexpectedly rich, full, and well balanced for a broadcast tape - as good or better than many of today's studio recordings. While...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Tennstedt, Haeggander, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Haggander, Marianne; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir

"This is surely one of Tennstedt's best recordings, and he really gets it right in every way. It is an inspired performance, one of the...continue...