BBC Legends Import > Orchestral

Beethoven, Strauss, Cherubini, Berlioz / Pierre Monteux

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2003-01-21

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Anacréon ou L'amour fugitif, opera-ballet in 2 acts; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Hector Berlioz: R&a...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Monteux was famous for his recordings of French repertoire, but he was trained in the Germanic shool of Beethoven and Brahms. This CD displays his...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 5 / Jascha Horenstein, BBC Symphnoy

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2000-06-27

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Jascha Horenstein is still considered to be one of the greatest Bruckner interpreters ever to step in front of an orchestra. His previous Bruckner recording...continue...

Britten the Performer 12 -Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, etc

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 2000-01-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Reynolds, Anna
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Mahler: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Kempe, Armstrong, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-11-16

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Chorus

Dresden born Rudolf Kempe had never commercially recorded Mahler's Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, so these recordings are important to collectors and has many fans....continue...

Britten the performer 8 - Mozart, Haydn, Mendelssohn, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-08-17

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 95 in C minor, H 1 no 95;...

Britten the Performer 7 - Britten, Bridge, Holst

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-08-17

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Building of the House, overture for chorus & orchestra, Op. 79; Frank Bridge: The Sea, suite for orchestra, H. 100; Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Gustav Holst: A...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Graeme, Peter
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Holst, Imogen
Ensemble: Chorus of East Anglian Choirs; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra