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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

1 CD / Testament / 2010-01-12

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
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This performance of Bruckner's seventh symphony was recorded live for radio broadcast at the Philharmonie in Berlin in 1985. Carlo Maria Giulini leads the Berlin...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (03/05/1985)....continue...
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TES 1437
Recital: Royal Festival Hall London 1959

2 CD / Testament / 2010-01-12

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 10 in C major, K 330 (300h); Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo for piano No. 3 i...
Performers: Cliburn, Van

After 23-year-old Van Cliburn of Texas won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, taking with him both the hearts of the Russian people and his jury...continue...
Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (06/07/1959)....continue...
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TES 21445
Beethoven: Symphony no 6; Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Performers: Schwalbe, Michel
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Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (05/16/1972)....continue...
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TES 1452
Mahler: Symphony no 6 / Sir John Barbirolli, New Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
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By the time of this BBC Henry Wood Proms performance in August 1967, Barbirolli’s grasp of the work was complete. The result is a performance...continue...
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TES 1451
Sibelius, Elgar: Violin Concertos / Ida Haendel, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61
Performers: Haendel, Ida
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“The Ida Haendel/Simon Rattle Sibelius Concerto from the 1993 Proms quickly acquired legendary status - and listening to the closing pages of the Adagio, or...continue...
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TES 1444
Mozart: Divertimento no 15 K 287; Stravinsky: Rite of Spring / Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 15 in B flat major, K 287 (271H); Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Ensemble:

"The overwhelming experience was of a precision, a range of colour and of dynamics, wholly suited to the music. Karajan was able to give even...continue...
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TES 1453
Wagner: Die Walküre (1955), etc / Martha Mödl, Astrid Varnay, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2009-10-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b; Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graf, Maria; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Modl, Martha; Schartel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, Hilde; Varnay, Astrid;...
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The release of Joseph Keilberth’s legendary stereo recordings of the first cycle of the 1955 Ring at Bayreuth brought Testament worldwide acclaim. Partly for recording...continue...
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TES 41432
Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens

4 CD / Testament / 2009-08-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Spoken Word: Jon Vickers in conversation with Jon Tolansky
Performers: Allman, Robert; Carlyle, Joan; Davies, Rhoderick; Evans, Edgar; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Langdon, Michael; Lauris Elms, Deborah de Graaff, David Miller; Lewis, Ronald; Robinson, Forbes; Rouleau,...
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

From our privileged position, half a century on, there may be a temptation to feel superior and to undervalue the 1957 Covent Garden Trojans and...continue...
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TES 41443
The Last Concerts - Richard Strauss / Strauss, Blumen, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC SO

2 CD / Testament / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Burleske for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos) in D minor, o.Op. 85 (TrV 145, AV 85); Sinfonia Domestica for orchestra, Op. 53 (TrV 209); Till Eulenspiegels lustige S...
Performers: Blumen, Alfred
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

The festival of Richard Strauss' music held in London during October 1947 was the result of a joint initiative by Sir Thomas Beecham and Ernst...continue...
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TES 21441
Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Keilberth, Mödl, Windgassen, Greindl, Hotter, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Modl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav; Schartel, Elisabeth; Varnay, Astrid; Vulpius, Jutta; Wind...
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Testament's highly acclaimed release of the legendary 1955 stereo recordings of the Ring made by Decca at Bayreuth featured the first of two cycles of...continue...

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TES 41433
Schumann, Franck, Szymanowski, Ravel: Works for Violin and Piano / Oistrakh, Yampolsky

1 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 131; César Franck: Sonata for violin & piano in A major, M. 8; Karol Szymanowski: Myths (3), Op. 30; Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Performers: Oistrakh, David; Yampolsky, Vladimir

This Enescu Festival program is a very interesting one. Its repertoire ranges from Fritz Kreisler's transcription of the Schumann violin concerto to Franck's immortal violin...continue...
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TES 1442
Strauss: Horn Concerto no 1, Eine Alpensinfonie / Kempe, Civil, Royal PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11; Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Performers: Civil, Alan
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Before this recording, which was made following a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, Rudolf Kempe had never conducted the Alpine Symphony. The sessions are...continue...
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TES 1428
Strauss: Tod und Verklärung; Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Walter, BBC SO, London PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

In the late 1940's, the London Philharmonic attracted a very impressive list of celebrity conductors, thanks to brilliant managing by its former viola player, Thomas...continue...
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TES 1429
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1; Rachmaninov, Kabalevsky / Cliburn, Kondrashin, Moscow PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-01-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Dmitry Kabalevsky: Rondo for piano in A...
Performers: Cliburn, Van
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

1958 was a red-letter year not only in music competition history but in the entire history of performance. In that year the USSR established the...continue...
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TES 1440
Brahms: Symphony no 1; Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht Op. 4 / Karajan, Berlin PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-01-13

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, Op. 4; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This Testament CD dates from October 1988. Forty years had passed since Karajan had first conducted in London in April 1948. During those years, audiences...continue...
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TES 1431
Beethoven: Symphony no 4; R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben / Karajan, Berlin PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-01-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Performers: Spierer, Leon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The concert that Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic gave in London’s Royal Festival Hall on the evening of Saturday April 27, 1985 was...continue...
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TES 1430
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Klemperer, Silja, King, Adam, Talvela, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63
Performers: Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; King, James [Bluegrass]; MacDonald, Kenneth; Silja, Anja; Talvela, Martti
Ensemble: BBC Chorus

The great conductor Otto Klemperer was known for his 'deliberate' tempos. The Observer's review of the live performance heard here said, "From the opening bars...continue...
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TES 21423
A Portrait of Manon - Great Love Duets / Anna Moffo, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut); Il cielo di Nagasaki (Madama Butterfly); La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elias, Rosalind; Kerns, Robert; Labo, Flaviano; Merrill, Robert; Moffo, Anna; Rinaudo, Mario; Rocchi, Manlio; Stasio, Anna di; Titta, Enzo; Tucker, Richard [Voc...
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra
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TES 21420
Bruckner: Symphony no 7; Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide Overture / Walter, New York Philharmonic

1 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

"For those who know only the commercial recordings of Bruckner by Bruno Walter (1876-1962), especially the inscriptions made in Los Angeles after his heart attack...continue...
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HBDirect Recommended Recording TES 1424
Tchaikovsky, Villa-Lobos, Puccini, Leoncavallo, etc / Licia Albanese

1 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il canto del pastore (Tosca); Giacomo Puccini; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Der Bajazzo; Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria; Wolf...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Merrill, Robert
Ensemble:
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TES 1414
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, etc / Eileen Farrell, Set Svanholm, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder, songs (5) for voice & piano (or orchestra), WWV 91; Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c
Performers: Farrell, Eileen; Svanholm, Set
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra ; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
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TES 1415
Otto Klemperer conducts the Last Concert - Beethoven, Brahms / Adni, New Philharmonia Orchestra

2 CD / Testament / 2008-09-09

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause & Announcements; Applause; Ludwig van Beethoven: King Stephan, Op. 117; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Widely regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, Otto Klemperer met Gustav Mahler in 1905 while conducting the off-stage brass at...continue...
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TES 21425
Jussi Björling in Song

1 CD / Testament / 2008-09-09

Works: Henry Geehl: For You Alone for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Emil Sjögren: I Drömmen ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick
Ensemble: Orchestra

Historic Masters Ltd., a company formed to continue historic reissues of vocal recordings initiated by the British Institute of Recorded Sound, contributed to this release...continue...
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TES 1427
Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor, Kindertotenlieder / Ferrier, Boult, Klemperer, BBC SO, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Recorded Sound: Kathleen Ferrier Radio Interview with Eric McLean
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Sir Adrian Boult made only one commercial recording of a Mahler symphony - the First. Now Testament unveils to the public the UK premiere of...continue...
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TES 21422
Bellini: La sonnambula / Votto, Callas, Cossotto, Monti, Zaccaria, Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mantovani, Dino; Martelli, Edith; Monti, Nicola; Ricciardi, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

As Rene Seghers notes in his essay, at her 1955 debut in the role of Amina, Maria Callas "dominated the ensembles and, at certain moments,...continue...
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TES 21417
 
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