BBC Legends Import > Romantic Period

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

Britten the Performer 15 - Schubert, Britten, Wolf: Lieder

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

Works: Franz Schubert: Atys, D 585; Abendstern, D 806; Auflösung ("Verbirg dich, Sonne"), song for voice & piano, D. 807; Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3; Nähe des Geliebten ("Ich denke dein"), song fo...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

"As Graham Johnson remarks in his notes, the rare combination of Britten and Fischer-Dieskau in Schubert is musically electric, with each artist daring the other...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 6 - Schumann, Fauré, et al / Pears

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

Works: Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Z 578; History of King Richard II, Z 581; I'll sail upon the Dog Star; There's Not a Swain (from "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"), song, Z. 587/1; Man is for the woman made,...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

"This is prime music-making. Pears is heard at his very best--steady, clear enunciation...and a master of the fine art of 'doing nothing', which is to...continue...

Britten the performer 1 - Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rossini

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-04-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: In the garden, near the ford, for soprano, mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 46/4; Evening, duet for soprano, mezzo-soprano & p...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Britten, Benjamin; Harper, Heather; Hemsley, Thomas; Pears, Peter, Sir

"...what glorious Brahms it is! ...Music-making of this kind, so compelling and expressive, affectively detailed and abundantly warm, would be difficult to find in today's...continue...

Britten the performer 2 - Tchaikovsky: Serenade, etc

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-04-20

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Suite for Orchestra no 4 in G major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"; Legend (When Jesus Christ was but a child...
Performers: Pears, Peter, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Whenever a group of colleagues gathered to play music with Ben, there was always a special atmosphere of high quality work, mutual respect, affection and...continue...