Music & Arts

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 / F. Charles Adler, Vienna SO

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-11-13

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Recorded Sound: Applause; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Felbermayer, Anny
Conductors: Adler, F. Charles
Ensemble: ; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Previously unreleased live performances from 1953 and 1956 of F. Charles Adler conducting the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. These performances are given to us from the...continue...
Recording information: Large Konzerthaussaal (03/29/1956-03/30/1956); Large Konzerthaussaal (04/08/1953)....continue...

Szymon Goldberg Centenary (Edition), Vol. 2: Commercial Recordings / Szymon Goldberg, violin [8 CDs]

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, B...
Performers: Bottermund, Hans; Breiden, Heinrich; Feuermann, Emanuel; Goldberg, Szymon; Harzer, Albert; Hindemith, Paul; Jones, Geraint; Kern, Gustav; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Kruttge, Eigel; Lush, Ernest; Moore, Ger...
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Melichar, Alois; Kletzki, Paul;
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Recordings were made of Goldberg (1909-1993) over virtually a 60-year period--perhaps one of the longest studio careers of any violinist and certainly most consistent in...continue...

Bruno Walter Early New York Recordings - Mahler: Symphonies nos 1 & 2 / Nadine Conner, Mona Paulee (rec. 1942)

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-08-28

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Recorded Sound: Applause; Silence
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir

The Philharmonic-Symphony of 1942 was going through a bit of a rough patch at the height of WWII, with numerous players called up for military...continue...
Recording information: Carnegie Hall (01/25/1942/10/25/1942)....continue...

Pianist Raoul Koczalski Plays Chopin: Broadcast Recordings from German Radio 1945 & 1948

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-31

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 25 in B minor, Op. 33/4, CT. 75; Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1, CT. 108; Ecossaise for piano no 1 in D major, Op. 72/1, CT. 11; Walt...
Performers: Koczalski, Raoul
Conductors: Celibidache, Sergiu

Raul Koczalski (3 January 1884, Warsaw-24 November 1948, Poznaf) was a Polish pianist who studied with Chopin's pupil Karol Mikuli and became an acclaimed Chopin...continue...

Zino Francescatti, Violin: A Treasury of Studio Recordings 1931-1955 / Zino Francescatti, violin [3 CDs]

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-31

Works: Ernest Chausson: Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Préludes, Book 1; Maurice...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Casadesus, Robert; Faure, Maurice; Francescatti, Zino; Lanner, Max
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Cluytens, André

In late-1930s America the Great Depression raged on, affecting all parts of life, not least the arts. Whereas European violinists had once flocked to the...continue...

Bruno Walter Conducts Bruckner's 4th and 9th Symphonies / NBC (1940) & Philadelphia (1948) Orchestras

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-31

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Recorded Sound: Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

In much the same way as he championed Mahler, conductor Bruno Walter was a tireless advocate for Bruckner during his American years. This period in...continue...

Elgar Conducts Elgar-The complete recordings 1914-1925

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-12-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Carissima; The Sanguine Fan, ballet, Op. 81; The Fringes of the Fleet, pieces (4) for baritone solo, 3 baritones & orchestra; Carillon, Op. 75; Polonia, Op. 76; Starlight Express, Op. 7...
Performers: Hall, Marie; Harrison, Beatrice; Mott, Charles; Nicholls, Agnes
Conductors: Elgar, Edward, Sir

Andrew Neill writes in his note: "Edward Elgar became an early star of the gramophone and the recordings he made (and supervised) between 1914 and...continue...

Knappertsbusch Conducts Bruckner Symphonies nos 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; Wagner

6 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-11-08

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105; Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Symphony no 8 in C min...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Cunitz, Maud; Rohr, Otto van
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

A newly restored collection of previously released (and no longer available) Knappertbusch best sellers from the Music and Arts catalog. Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1959....continue...

Sir Thomas Beecham In Toronto / previously Unissued Concerts

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-10-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 102 in B flat major, H 1 no 102; Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"; Symphony no 35 in...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir

Three of these discs are previously unissued concerts of Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Canadian orchestras from 1960. The fourth bonus disc contains live BBC broadcasts...continue...

Mitropoulos Conducts Mahler Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 10

6 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-05-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"; Symphony no 8 in E...
Performers: Coertse, Mimi; Edelmann, Otto; Krebs, Beatrice; Malaniuk, Ira; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; West, Lucretia; Zadek, Hilde; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri

Originally offered as a belated tribute on the centenary of Dimitri Mitropoulos's birth, this collection presents some of Mitropoulos's finest performances of Mahler, one of...continue...

Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 10 / Adler

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2011-02-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Adler, F. Charles

British-born conductor Adler was a student of Mahler. His concert performance of the Adagio and Purgatorio, from the 10th Symphony, issued here for the first...continue...

Furtwängler Conducts Brahms - Complete Symphonies, etc

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-08-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, ...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Re-release of a long unavailable best seller.

"A specially priced set from Music & Arts gathers what are arguably the conductor's most inspired Brahms symphony...continue...

Hindemith: Monteverdi's Orfeo

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-06-08

Works: Spoken Word: Interview with Paul Hindemith on his recording of the Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Giovanni Gabrieli: Symphoniae Sacrae; Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Benton, Patricia; Foster, Norman; Graf, Uta; Guthrie, Frederick; Hermann, Dagmar; Iriarte, Ana Maria; Kmentt, Waldemar; Mertz, Wolfram; Paulee, Mona; Schretter, Gertrud; Sinimberghi, Gino; Strohbauer...
Conductors: Hindemith, Paul

Recording information: Grossen Konzerthaussaal, Wien (06/03/1954)....continue...

Bach: St. John Passion

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Conductors: Lehmann, Fritz

Recording information: Groáen Konzerthaussaal, Wien (04/06/1955)....continue...

The Art of Oscar Fried, Vol. 4 / Oscar Fried, Berlin State Opera Orchestra & Choir

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-11-10

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63; Lohengrin, WWV 75; Tannhäuser, WWV 70; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, Jä...
Conductors: Fried, Oskar

This is the widely awaited first CD transfer of these recordings (of which the Bruckner 7th was the work's recording premiere). Previous volumes were acclaimed...continue...

Stokowski Conducts Shostakovich / Philadelphia Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-11-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54; Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold

The recordings contained in this set of Shostakovich's Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Symphonies were all made soon after the first performances of each work, and...continue...

Szymon Goldberg Centenary Edition Vol 1 - Non-Commercial Recordings

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat maj...
Performers: Babin, Victor; Balsam, Artur; Bonsel, Adriaan; Casals, Pablo; Curcio, Maria; Goldberg, Szymon; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Nelsova, Zara; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Serkin, Rudolf; Smith, Brooks; Stotijn, H...
Conductors: Goldberg, Szymon; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Samuel, Gerhard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Steinberg, William
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Oakland Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Goldberg was the archetypal Classical violinist and in his everyday life, behaved exactly as he played - a rare gift. He was, perhaps, at his...continue...

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-12-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26
Performers: Kapell, William
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Stokowski, Leopold

Schubert: Symphonies no 8-9 / Furtwängler, Berlin PO

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-11-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

John Ardoin writes in his notes: "[In 1950] Furtwangler made his only studio version of the Eighth, and its sound is surprisingly harsh (with the...continue...

Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts Bruckner: Symphonies no 4-9

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-10-14

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105; Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107; Symphony no 6 in A major, WAB 106; Symphony no 9 in D min...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

"Using what's described as the "revolutionary harmonic balancing technique" of one Aaron Z. Snyder, the sound here is clearer, cleaner, and more present than any...continue...

A Forgotten Conductor Vol 3 - Beethoven, etc / Oskar Fried

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-08-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Franz Liszt: Les préludes, S 97; Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert s...
Conductors: Fried, Oskar

Oskar Fried, one of Mahler's students, may not be as famous as some of his contemporaries but none other than Otto Klemperer praised him as...continue...

Arthur Schnabel plays Mozart

5 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482; Sonata for Piano no 8 in A minor, K 310 (300d); Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 365 (316a); Quartet for Piano and St...
Performers: Maas, Robert; Onnou, Alphonse; Prevost, Germain; Schnabel, Artur
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Susskind, Walter; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Rodzinski, Artur; Stiedry, Fritz
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; New Friends of Music Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Artur Schnabel once wrote: "Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid him because of the great quality of...continue...

Casals Festivals at Prades Vol 2 - Live, 1953-62

12 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Partita for Violin solo n...
Performers: Baker, Julius; Bloom, Robert; Casals, Pablo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Farrow, Norman; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Fuchs, Joseph; Fuchs, Lillian; Greenhouse, Bernard; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Kahn, Er...
Conductors: Casals, Pablo; ; Végh, Sándor
Ensemble: ; Bach Aria Group; Prades Festival Orchestra

Violin Concertos [Live Recordings] / Francescatti

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sonata for violin & piano no 7 in C minor ("Eroica"), Op. 30/2; Rom...
Performers: Bagnoli, Eugenio; Casadesus, Robert; Francescatti, Zino
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Leinsdorf, Erich; Klecki, Paul; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; ORTF National Orchestra

During the late 1930s the Great Depression was still raging, and many a European violinist luminary had made an American debut hoping for success. Despite...continue...

Liszt, Schumann, Weber: Piano Concertos / Arrau, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-10-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; De Sabata, Victor; Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: ; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

A Forgotten Conductor Vol 1 - R. Strauss, etc / Oskar Fried

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-09-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Oskar Fried: Fantasie über Motive aus "Hänsel und Gretel" (after Humperdinck), for orchestra; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Richard Strauss: Eine Alpe...
Conductors: Fried, Oskar

Wagner: Parsifal (Act 3)

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Reinmar, Hans; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]; Wocke, Hans
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans

The Art of Nathan Milstein

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-07-01

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Recorded Sound: Applause; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op....
Performers: Milstein, Nathan
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Kertész, István; Ormandy, Eugene; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: ; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Historical Recordings / Hungarian String Quartet, et al

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2005-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"; Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K 421 (417b); Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, D 810 "Dea...
Performers: Antonietti, Jean; Fried, Geza; Halleux, Laurent; Koromzay, Denes; Kuttner, Michael; Magyar, Gabor; Moskowsky, Alexandre; Palotai, Vilmos; Szekely, Zoltan
Conductors: Otterloo, Willem Van

Mozart: Piano Concerto K 466; Beethoven / Michelangeli

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl

Casadesus in Concert - Ravel, Franck, Saint-Saëns

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-02-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 4 in C minor, Op. 44; César Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano left hand
Performers: Casadesus, Robert
Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha; Beinum, Eduard Van

Verdi: Falstaff, etc / De Sabata, Serafin,Stabile, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Biasini, Piero; Canali, Anna Maria; Caniglia, Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Caruso, Mariano; Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Merli, Francesco; Nessi, Giuseppe; Oltrabella, Augusta; Silveri, Pao...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Gieseking - 3 Legendary Concert Performances

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-02-26

Works: César Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano & orchestra, L. 73; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Mengelberg, Willem; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Falla, etc / Walter Gieseking

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2001-04-24

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Paul Hindemith: Theme with Four Variations. The Four Temperaments, ballet for piano & strings; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter
Conductors: Schroder, Kurt; Zillig, Winfried
Ensemble: ; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

This collection presents never before released recordings from the archive of Hessian Radio, including two 20th century masterpieces which Gieseking never recorded commercially....continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Acts 2 & 3 / Rother

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-10-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Hann, Georg; Nissen, Hans-Heinz; Prohaska, Jaro; Schirp, Wilhelm; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus

Claudio Arrau in Germany - Radio Archive Recordings

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-06-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Scherzo for Piano no 3 in C sharp minor, B 125/Op. 39; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3; Sonata...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio
Conductors: Rosbaud, Hans

A. B. Michelangeli in Performance - Beethoven, Haydn

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1999-11-16

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Keyboard in D major, H 18 no 2
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Orizio, A.

Leopold Stokowski conducts Dvorak, Sibelius, Ravel

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1995-01-24

Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; All-American Youth Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski Conducts Music of France - Ibert, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1993-07-01

Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra