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Russian Concert Favourites by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Glazunov, Borodin, Glinka / Anatole Fistoulari, conductor (rec. 1956-58)

1 CD / Guild / 2012-10-09

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada; Mikhail Glinka: Valse-Fantaisie, for orchestra in B minor, G. ii213; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Suite no 1 in D; Swan Lake; Alexander Borodin: Quartet for Strings no 2...
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Russian-born, naturalized British conductor Anatole Fistoulari was one of the most recorded and widely admired masters of the baton in the decades following World War...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (11/10/1958); Kingsway Hall, London (11/10/1958); Abbey Road Studios, London (1956-03-01&1956-07-27&1957-); Kingsway Hall, London (1956-03-01&1956-07-...continue...

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber; Berg: Violin Concerto; Larsson: Ostinato / Fritz Busch (rec. 1938-1949)

1 CD / Guild / 2012-08-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, KV 588; Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony no 2, Op. 17; Max Reger: Chorale Fantasia...
Performers: Krasner, Louis
Conductors: Busch, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Stockholm Theatre Orchestra

Fritz Busch was music director of the Konsertförenings Orkester Stockholm from 1937 to 1940, when he was forced to leave Denmark because of World War...continue...

Czeslaw Marek: Orchestral Works - Capriccio, Op. 15; Sinfonietta, Op. 16; Suite for Orchestra, Op. 25; Sinfonia, Op. 28, et al.

2 CD / Guild / 2012-08-14

Works: Czeslaw Marek: Suite for orchestra, Op. 25; Méditations (4), for orchestra, Op. 14; Serenade, for violin & orchestra, Op. 24; Sinfonia for orchestra, Op. 28; Capriccio, for orchestra, Op. 15; Si...
Performers: Turban, Ingolf
Conductors: Brain, Gary
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Polis composer Czeslaw Marek was born in 1891. After studies in Poland, Vienna and Strasbourg, he fled to Switzerland to evade the Russian troops in...continue...

Arturo Toscanini Conducts Schubert, Elgar, Mozart, Rossini, Wagner, Brahms, Mendelssohn / Orchestras of Philadelphia, La Scala, Vienna, Philharmonia Orch et al. (rec. 1929-1952)

2 CD / Guild / 2012-07-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra; Richa...
Performers: Milstein, Nathan
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

This unique two-CD set offers eight exceptionally rare Toscanini performances captured in broadcasts in which he conducts six orchestras - none of which is with...continue...

Volkmar Andreae: Symphony, Music for Orchestra, Little Suite, Nocturne and Scherzo

1 CD / Guild / 2012-06-12

Works: Volkmar Andreae: Symphony in C major, Op. 31; Notturno and Scherzo, Op. 30; Music for orchestra, Op. 35; Kleine Suite, Op. 27
Conductors: Andreae, Marc
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
This is the fourth in a series of recordings to come to us from the Guild...continue...
Recording information: The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset (06/01/2011-06/02/2011)....continue...

J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D; Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Air from Suite No. 3 at al. / Otto Klemperer, Annie Fischer

1 CD / Guild / 2012-04-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508; Suite for Orchestra no 3, BWV 1058; Magnificat; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D majo...
Performers: Fischer, Annie; Margittay, Sandor; Ney, Tibor; Szebenyi, Janos
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: ; Budapest Radio Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

These are rare live recordings from second generation transcriptions that have been remastered. The performances are from 1945 and 1950....continue...

Stokowski Conducts Stravinsky, Hindemith, Hartmann, Hanson, Harris & Hovhaness

2 CD / Guild / 2012-03-13

Works: Recorded Sound: NBC Sunday Concert Broadcast commentary; Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in C; Howard Hanson: Symphony no 4, Op 34 "The Requiem"; Roy Harris: Symphony no 7; Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E fl...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold

All the works on this 2-CD set were recorded live between 1943 and 1956 and have been remastered. Of special note is the Harris Symphony...continue...

Liszt: Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2; Les Préludes; Hungaria / Andor foldes, piano

1 CD / Guild / 2012-01-10

Works: Franz Liszt: Les préludes, S 97; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Hungaria, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 103 (LW G13)
Performers: Foldes, Andor
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

All of the orchestral Liszt recordings made by the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft in the early 1950s are collected on the present disc, presenting two conductors...continue...

Fritz Brun: Symphonies nos 6 & 7 / Adriano

1 CD / Guild / 2012-01-10

Works: Fritz Brun: Symphony no 6 in C major; Symphony no 7 in D major
Conductors: Adriano
Ensemble: Moscow Symphony Orchestra

The Swiss composer Fritz Brun was born in 1878. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory and settled in Berlin, teaching Prince George of Prussia. He...continue...
Recording information: Mosfilms Studios, Moscow (05/2008/11/2010)....continue...

Brahms: Symphony No. 2; Mozart, Beethoven, Reger / Fritz Busch

1 CD / Guild / 2011-12-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492; German Dances, KV 600; German Dance, KV 602; German Dances, KV 605; German D...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz
Ensemble: Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden

In addition to these historic recordings of Brahms (made in 1931), Mozart, Beethoven and Reger (1919?), this disc includes two bonus tracks of Busch conducting...continue...

Memorial Tribute to Toscanini: Bach, Rossini & Vivaldi; Rehearsal excerpts 1946-1952

2 CD / Guild / 2011-09-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'est...
Performers: Baker, Bernard; Bloom, Robert; Misschakoff, Mischa; Wummer, John
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

The performances come from 1938, 1947, 1952 and 1954. Most of the rehearsal excerpts come from 1946 and are available because Toscanini's son had 2...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Composer Conducts, Vol. 2

1 CD / Guild / 2011-09-13

Works: Arthur Bliss: March from "Things to Come," for orchestra, Op. 53, F. 131d; Alfred Newman: Pinky; Don Gillis: Symphony no 5« "A Symphony For Fun"; Robert Farnon: State Occasion for orchestra; Pe...
Performers: Cohen, Harriet; Ewing, Montague; Ketelbey, Albert W.; Sandford, Arthur
Conductors: Bliss, Sir Arthur; Newman, Alfred; Gillis, Don; Farnon, Robert; Yorke, Peter; Green, Philip; Coates, Eric [Composer]; Melachrino, George; Lucas, Leighton; Collins, Walter; Clifford, Hubert; Novello, ...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Guild continues its series within its Light Music series with this second volume of composers conducting their own music. These must be counted as historic...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Composer Conducts, Vol. 1

1 CD / Guild / 2011-08-09

Works: Ron Goodwin: Jet Journey, for pops orchestra; Gérard Calvi: Courses de Toros (Bull Fights), for pops orchestra; Angela Morley: Fun in the Sun, for pops orchestra; Cedric Dumont: Les parfums de P...
Performers: 101 Strings; Anderson, Leroy; Baxter, Les; Calvi, Gerard; Cesana, Otto; Faith, Percy; Geller, Harry; Goodwin, Ron [Composer/Conductor]; Gould, Morton Orchestra; Gould, Morton [Composer/Conductor]; Hi...
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Calvi, Gérard; Morley, Angela; Dumont, Cedric; Phillips, Woolf; Mooney, Hal; Anderson, Leroy; Baxter, Les; Friml, Rudolf [Composer]; Geller, Harry; Gould, Morton; Roger, Roger; Les...
Ensemble: ; 101 Strings; Harmonic Orchestra; Les Baxter and His Orchestra; Queen's Hall Light Orchestra; Rias Dance Orchestra; Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra; The New Concert Orchestra; The Telecast Orc...

The Golden Age of Light Music Series on Guild turns its attention to music composed and conducted by the same person - offering definitive interpretations....continue...

Toscanini: Christmas Day 1937 & Farewell Concert 1954

2 CD / Guild / 2011-06-14

Works: Spoken Word: Opening Announcement; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G mi...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

This 2-cd set contains the first Christmas Day concert conducted by Toscanini on December 25, 1937 coupled with his farewell concert in Carnegie Hall on...continue...

Golden Age of Light Music: The Lost Transcriptions, Vol. 1

1 CD / Guild / 2011-05-10

Works: George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Song of the Flame, song (for Song of the Flame, operetta by various composers); Jerome Kern: Swing Time; Ed Claypoole: Ragging the Scales, for pops orchestra; Dav...
Performers: Whiteson, Lou
Conductors: Torch, Sidney; Faith, Percy; Rose, David; van der Linden, Dolf; Spitalny, Phil; Stevens, Leith; Dragon, Carmen; Melachrino, George; Green, Philip; Bluestone, Harry; Williams, Lewis; Robinson, Eric; D...

Transcription Recordings refers to recordings of live performances made for use by broadcasting organizations before the advent of audio tape. During World War II transcriptions...continue...

Arturo Toscanini: Gala Concert 1945

1 CD / Guild / 2011-05-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 101 in D major, H 1 no 101 "Clock"; Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome; Jean Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, tone poem for orchestra (Lemminkäinen Suite no 3), Op. 2...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York

This historic issue was taken from a gala concert to benefit the Pension Fund given at Carnegie Hall, November 13, 1945, a program that repeated...continue...
Recording information: Carnegie Hall, New York City (11/13/1945)....continue...

Farewell: Music By Haydn Martin Vogel Haller

1 CD / Guild / 2011-02-08

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Frank Martin: Pavane couleur du temps, for string quintet or piano duet; Wladimir Vogel: Abschied; Hermann Haller: Abschied ...
Performers: Bohi, Barbara
Conductors: Kissoczy, Marc

This is a progam of music inspired by the emotionally-charged concept of leave-taking — of saying goodbye. Haydn’s Farewell Symphony is offered along with music...continue...
Recording information: Radiostudio Zürich....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: War And Peace - Light Music of the 1940s

1 CD / Guild / 2011-01-11

Works: John Belton: Down the Mall, for band; Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust; Eric Coates: Footlights (Concert waltz); William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Wynford Reynolds: A Cocktail of Happiness, for...
Performers: Bronkhurst, Henry; Cochrane, Peggy [Piano]; Fletcher, Guy [Keyboards/Guitar]; Turner, Laurance [Violin]
Conductors: Shadwell, Charles; Faith, Percy; Coates, Eric [Composer]; Walton, William; Reynolds, Wynford; Williams, Charles; Rose, David; Payne, Jack; Torch, Sidney; Levy, Louis; Melachrino, George; Wilbur, Jay;...

This volume in the series of Light Music on Guild concentrates on music written during the 1940s, a time that had a major impact on...continue...

Fritz Busch conducts Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Wagner, Alfven, Schubert

1 CD / Guild / 2011-01-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine (The Beautiful Melusine) Op. 32; Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20 (Orchestral version); Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84; Fritz Busc...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz

Fritz Busch's travels after the Second World War took him halfway around the world. This recording features his performances with three different orchestras (U.S., Sweden...continue...

Robert Schumann: 200th Anniversary Tribute

1 CD / Guild / 2011-01-11

Works: Robert Schumann: Manfred, Op. 115; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo; Walter, Bruno

This compact disc of broadcast performances from the 1940s by the NBC Symphony Orchestra comprising three of Robert Schumann's orchestral works conducted by two of...continue...

Toscanini - Mendelssohn 200th Anniversary Tribute

2 CD / Guild / 2010-08-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Overt...
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

This release in the Toscanini Broadcasts Series features music by Felix Mendelssohn recorded between 1941 and 1954 and contains every work by Mendelssohn that Toscanini...continue...

Mozart: Serenade in D major; Schumbert: Symphony No. 5 / Fritz Busch

1 CD / Guild / 2010-07-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 7 in D major, K 250 (248b) "Haffner"; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485
Performers: Rybar, Peter
Conductors: Busch, Fritz

The Concert Hall Society engaged Fritz Busch to make this recording at the Gottfried Semper Stadthaus in Winterthur in 1949 at short notice, after discovering...continue...
Recording information: Stadthaus Winterthur (08/1949-09/1949)....continue...

Fritz Busch Conducts Beethoven, Dvorak, Brahms, Chopin

1 CD / Guild / 2010-05-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphon...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Busch, Fritz

This is one of the more important historical CDs issued of the great German-born conductor Fritz Busch in that it brings together for the first...continue...

Fritz Busch Conducts Strauss & Mozart

1 CD / Guild / 2010-02-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Don Juan, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"; Don Giovanni, KV 527; Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492; Cos...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz

These recordings were made between 1934 and 1936 and are the only recordings (apart from those in connection with the Glyndebourne Festival) that Busch made...continue...

Leopold Stokowski Conducts Hovhaness, Milhaud, Copland, Serebrier

1 CD / Guild / 2010-01-12

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 1 ("Exile Symphony"), Op. 17; Darius Milhaud: Symphony, for orchestra no 1, Op. 210; Aaron Copland: Symphony no 2 ("Short Symphony"); José Serebrier: Symphony no 1
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold

This wonderful collection of symphonies comes from live recordings made in 1942 through 1944 and 1957. These are first performances conducted by Stokowski and show...continue...

Honegger: Version for Two Pianos by Shostakovich / Adrienne Soos, Ivo Haag, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2009-11-10

Works: Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 3 ("Liturgique"), H. 186; Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l'amen
Performers: Haag, Ivo; Soós, Adrienne

The two pianists Adrienne Soos and Ivo Haag have been a firmly-established piano duo for more than 15 years and are one of the leading...continue...
Recording information: Radiostudio Zürich (02/14/2009-02/16/2009)....continue...

Toscanini conducts Strauss, Ravel and Barber / NBC Symphony Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2009-11-10

Works: Kurt Atterberg: Symphony no 6 in C, Op 31, "Dollar Symphony"; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Spoken Word: Announcement; Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez: Reisado do pastoreio; Richard Strauss: Don Ju...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

Toscanini's commitment to music by his contemporaries is demonstrated with these recordings, which are taken from broadcasts made in 1940 and 1943....continue...

Borodin, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Scriabin: Works for Piano and Orchestra / Rubinstein, Mitropoulos, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2009-07-14

Works: Alexander Borodin: In the steppes of central Asia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22; César Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Alexand...
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

This recording is of a complete concert performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos at Carnegie Hall on April 19, 1953....continue...

Stokowski conducts Tchaikovsky - The Storm Op 76, Symphony no 5, etc

1 CD / Guild / 2009-04-14

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Storm, overture for orchestra, Op. 76; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; The Tempest, Op. 18
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

The Storm and Symphony No. 5 come from live recordings made on November 29, 1942 and The Tempest was recorded live on March 7, 1943....continue...

Nielsen: Symphony no 3 & 5 / Erik Tuxen, John Frandsen, Danish State Radio Orchestra

1 CD / Guild / 2009-03-10

Works: Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Sinfonia espansiva"; Symphony no 5, Op. 50
Performers: Guldbaek, Ruth; Sjoberg, Erik
Conductors: Frandsen, John; Tuxen, Erik
Ensemble: ; Danish State Radio Orchestra

Symphony No. 5 is the earlier recording on this reissue, with Erik Tuxen conducting the recording made at the Edinburgh Festival August 29, 1950. Symphony...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9, etc / Toscanini,

1 CD / Guild / 2009-02-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b
Performers: Hellwig, Judith; Kipnis, Alexander; Maison, Rene
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

This 1941 performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Buenos Aries conducted by Toscanini is one of three broadcasts of the work issued by Guild. The...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9, etc; Schubert, Handel / Wilhelm Furtwängler, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2009-01-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Fidelio, Op. 72; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; George Fr...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Briem, Tilla; Watzke, Rudolf
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The war-time performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on this recording is one of three broadcasts of the work issued by Guild, each performance being under...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 Op. 125, Leonore Overture no 3 Op. 72a / Busch, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2008-12-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72
Performers: Byrding, Holger; Jena, Else; Lindberg-Torlind, Kerstin; Sjoberg, Erik
Conductors: Busch, Fritz
Ensemble: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

This 1950 performance in Copenhagen of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is one of three broadcasts of the work issued by Guild, each performance being under the...continue...

Pierre Monteux conducts Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky

1 CD / Guild / 2008-11-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib); Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Alexander Bo...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Monteux, arguably the greatest French conductor of the 20th century, was music director of the Boston Symphony from 1918-1924. He maintained a close association...continue...

Haydn: Symphony no 88, etc; Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, etc / Fritz Busch, Danish Radio SO

1 CD / Guild / 2008-10-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 88 in G major, H 1 no 88; Sinfonia Concertant for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon in B flat major, H 1 no 105; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Symphon...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz
Ensemble: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recorded between 1948 and 1951, this disc confirms Busch's reputation as a great conductor of the Austro-Germanic repertoire. Dismissed by the Nazis from the Dresden...continue...

Sibelius: Symphonies no 1 & 7, Finlandia, etc / Stokowski, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2008-08-12

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46; Symphony no 7 in C major, Op. 105
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Helsinki Symphony Orchestra

Recorded live at Helsinki University's Festival Hall on 17 June 1953, this disc is of exceptional interest as Stokowski never recorded an integral set of...continue...

Toscanini conducts Brahms - Serenade no 1 & 2, Piano Concerto no 2, etc

2 CD / Guild / 2008-06-10

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Johannes Brahms: Serenade for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Serenade for orchestra no 2 in A major, Op. 16; Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Concerto for...
Performers: Casadesus, Robert
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

This is the second release in the Guild Historical Series of music by Brahms conducted by Arturo Toscanini, the first being 'A German Requiem'. In...continue...

Mussorgsky, Berlioz, Wagner, etc / Cantelli, NBC SO, New York PO

1 CD / Guild / 2008-05-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Götterdämmerung; Albert Roussel: Sinfonietta for strings, Op. 52; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24...
Performers: Bolognini, Remo; Guilet, Daniel
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Guido Cantelli was 36 years old when he was killed in a plane crash in 1956. His death brought to an end one of the...continue...

Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, etc / Reiner, Chicago SO, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2008-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, K 486; Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54; Spoken Word: Announcement; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovs...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

These live recordings spanning the years 1943-1957 remind us why Reiner's reputation, while never as dazzling as his peers, evoked their admiration and envy of...continue...

Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, etc / Stokowski, Frankfurt RSO, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2008-04-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

These performances from the remarkable Leopold Stokowski come from broadcast concerts in Stuttgart and Frankfurt...continue...

Prokofiev, Brahms, MacDowell, Taylor / Stokowski, NBC SO

1 CD / Guild / 2008-04-01

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33a; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Joseph Deems Taylor: Ramuntcho
Performers: Nash, Frances
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

As historical recordings go, this is certainly self-recommending! A true magician at the podium, Stokowski produced electrifying results in these performances, conducting Toscanini's amazing group...continue...

Barbiroli - New York Philharmonic - Live Recordings 1937-43

2 CD / Guild / 2008-01-01

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, Overture; Spoken Word: Announcement; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: The White Peacock, for orchestra (Roman Sketch...
Performers: Cassado, Gaspar; Spalding, Albert
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

"Barbirolli in his youth was a cellist-turned-conductor whose enormous enthusiasm was no less than his immense talent, and these performances are astoundingly passionate and astonishingly...continue...

Russian Favorites - Liadov, et al / Barbiroli, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2007-11-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Anatol Lyadov: The enchanted lake, Op. 62; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Romeo & Juliet; Marche slave, Op. 31
Performers: Turner, Laurence
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

Nowadays, Sir John Barbirolli may not be thought of as a conductor of Russian music, but a survey of his many recordings and his far...continue...

Boston Symphony Live, Vol. 2 / Koussevitzky, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2007-09-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Khovanschina; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Conductors: Koussevitzky, Sergey

Although remaining true to his Russian heritage, Serge Koussevitzky was renowned for his championing and commissioning of new American music. Yet he also had an...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 / Artur Rodzinski, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2007-08-01

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Conductors: Rodzinski, Artur
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

In this historic performance, we can hear how strongly the gifted Artur Rodzinski (1892-1958) empathized with Shostakovich's music and the troubled times in which it...continue...

Barbirolli at the Proms - Brahms, Haydn / Hallé Orchestra

1 CD / Guild / 2007-07-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: L'isola disabitata; The Creation, H 21 no 2; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Performers: Galliver, David
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

In his 27 years with his beloved Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli created a legacy with his magnificent performances of British repertoire. But he also...continue...

Brahms, Schubert: Symphonies / Paul Kletzki, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2007-06-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Conductors: Kletzki, Paul
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Swiss Festival Orchestra

From the Central Library of Zurich Historical Archives come these wonderful performances by a conductor who only now is being rediscovered as one of the...continue...

Live Recordings 1943-1948 / Serge Koussevitzky

1 CD / Guild / 2007-05-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Igor Stravinsky: Ode; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306
Conductors: Koussevitzky, Sergey

In 1942, Koussevitzky's wife Natalie died, and he established the Koussevitzky Foundation in her memory, a body which even today continues to commission new works....continue...

The Music of Charles-Marie Widor / Colin Walsh

1 CD / Guild / 2006-10-01

Works: Charles-Marie Widor: Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op. 42/1; Symphonie no 6, Op. 42/2
Performers: Walsh, Colin [Organ]

In Widor's list of works there are no fewer than ten symphonies for organ, and the two that were composed around 1880 and published as...continue...

Hall of Fame Vol 1 - Rose, Ellis, Anderson, Farnon

1 CD / Guild / 2006-05-01

Works: David Rose: Holiday for Strings; Vivian Ellis: Coronation Scot; Leroy Anderson: Serenata; Robert Farnon: Portrait of a Flirt; Noel Coward: Words and Music; Jack Strachey: In Party Mood; George Melach...
Performers: Black, Stanley; Richardson, Clive
Conductors: Gould, Morton; Williams, Charles; Fiedler, Arthur; Farnon, Robert; Kostelanetz, André; Voss, Louis; Melachrino, George; Faith, Percy; Collins, Anthony; Robinson, Stanford; Riddle, Nelson; ; Ho...
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Boston Pops Orchestra; Camarata; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; David Rose Orchestra; Harry Horlick Orchestra; Kingsway Orchestra; London Promenade Orchestra; Marek ...

After so many wonderful releases in the Golden Age of Light Music series, it is now time for the awards season. To wit, this particular...continue...