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Mischa Elman: The BBC Radio Recitals, 1961 / Joseph Seiger

2 CD / Testament / 2012-02-14

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in D major, HWV 371/Op. 1 no 13; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Sp...
Performers: Elman, Mischa; Seiger, Joseph

Violinist Mischa Elman rarely played for radio broadcasts, even in America, but he did so occasionally for the BBC. The two recitals on these compact...continue...
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Great Pianists, Vol. 2: Brailowsky, Cherkassky, Serkin

1 CD / Guild / 2011-07-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Spoken Word: Announcement; Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan (Mozart), S 418; Richard Strauss: Burleske for piano & orch...
Performers: Brailowsky, Alexander; Cherkassky, Shura; Serkin, Rudolf
Conductors: Koussevitzky, Sergey; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York

This is the second volume in Guild's Historical series of Three Great Pianists and the selection covers a wide range of music from three master...continue...

Handel: Nine German Arias / Davies

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-01-25

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64; Henry Purcell: Gentle shepherds, you that know, song, Z. 464; What a sad fate is mine, a song on a Ground, Z. 428; An Evening Hymn to the ...
Performers: Davies, Iestyn
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Guadagni

Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Young Artist 2009, countertenor Iestyn Davies demonstrated that he is the outstanding artist of his generation....continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (06/06/2009)....continue...

Wolf, Strauss: Songs / Kirchschlager

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-11-09

Works: Hugo Wolf: Auf einer Wanderung; Im Frühling; Mörike Lieder; Begegnung; Lieder von Mörike; Er ists; Alte Weisen (6); Singt mein Schatz wie ein Fink, song for voice & piano (Alte Weisen)...
Performers: Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

In this collection Kirchschlager and Vignoles collaborate to perform nine Strauss songs as well as Wolf's lieder to texts by Eduard Mörike and Gottfried Keller....continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (02/25/2010)....continue...

Songs by Schubert, Wolf, Fauré and Ravel / Keenlyside, Martineau

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2009-11-10

Works: Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Die Einseidelei II ("Es rieselt klar"), song for voice & piano, D. 393; Sehnsucht, D 52; Die Sterne, D 939/Op. 96 no 1; Himmelsfunken, D 651; Schwanengesang, D 957; Hugo Wo...
Performers: Keenlyside, Simon; Martineau, Malcolm

Simon Keenlyside is one of Britain's most sought after and charismatic singers. His deep fascination and natural instinct for languages both human and avian is...continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London, England (10/26/2008)....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...

Robin Orr - Centenary Tribute / Max Rostal, Franz Osborn, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2009-11-10

Works: Robin Orr: Sonatina for violin & piano; Sonata for Viola; Serenade for string trio; Duo for violin & cello; Sonata for violin & harpsicord (or piano); Spoken Word: Announcement
Performers: Borrett, Joanna; Dart, Thurston; Durrant, James [Viola]; Friedman, Leonard; Glover, Lawrence; Johnson, Duncan [Viola]; Jones, Granville; Osborn, Franz; Paling, Edwin; Rostal, Max
Conductors:
Ensemble: Nacsos Trio

This recording, issued to mark the centenary of the birth of the Scottish born composer and musician Robin Orr, is a selection of notable performances...continue...

Schubert: Piano Sonata in A major D 959, Piano Sonata in C major 'Reliquie' D 840 / Jonathan Biss

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2009-10-13

Works: György Kurtág: Games; Hommage à Schubert, for piano (from Játékok); Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in C major, D 840 "Reliquie"; Sonata for Piano in A major, D 959; Spoken ...
Performers: Biss, Jonathan

Wigmore Hall Live releases a new CD by pianist Jonathan Biss of works by Franz Schubert and Gyorgy Kurtag. Recorded before a live audience at...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...

Songs by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, etc / Ewa Podles, Garrick Ohlsson

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2009-03-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Gdzie lubi (There Where She Loves), song for voice & piano, Op. 74/5, CT. 133; Pierscien (The Ring), song for voice & piano, Op. 74/14, CT. 142; Wojak (The Warrior), song f...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

Wigmore Hall Live proudly presents an all-Russian and Polish recital by the enigmatic Ewa Podles, widely regarded as the world's leading contralto and one of...continue...

The Stars were Shining Vol 3 / Lawrence, Brice, Crooks, Tagliavini, Pinza, Tokatyan, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-09-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; : Come to the Fair; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Sergey Rachmaninov: Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Do not sing to m...
Performers: Brice, Carol; Crooks, Richard; Koshetz, Marina; Lawrence, Marjorie; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pinza, Ezio; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]; Tassinari, Pia; Thomas, John Charles; Tokatya...
Conductors: Barlow, Howard; Voorhees, Donald
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

This is the third volume in the series of rare recordings of the great singers of the 20th century. The compilation includes private issues, recordings...continue...

Berthold Goldschmidt - 1903-1996

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-08-12

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Berthold Goldschmidt: The Comedy of Errors, overture to Shakespeare; Beatrice Cenci, opera; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 96 in D major, H 1 no 96 "Miracle"
Performers: Lawrence, Martin [Comedy]; Mandikian, Arda; Matters, Arnold; Sinclair, Monica
Conductors: Goldschmidt, Berthold
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony

Berthold Goldschmidt built an enviable reputation as a composer and conductor, studying with Franz Schreker and acting as assistant to Erich Kleiber. With the arrival...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...

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...

Wagner, Wolf, Britten, etc: Songs / Brewer, Vignoles

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-04-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Hugo Wolf: Goethe Lieder; Benjamin Britten: Cabaret songs (4) for Hedli Anderson, for voice & piano; John Carter: Cantata, for voice & piano; Spoken Word: Announcem...
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Grammy Award winning American soprano Christine Brewer's appearances in opera, concert and recital are marked with her own unique timbre, at once warm and brilliant,...continue...

Charles Munch - Debussy, Ravel, Roussel / NBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Guild / 2008-02-01

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Claude Debussy: Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2; Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite no 2
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

No one should be surprised to find an outstanding collection of French repertoire conducted by Charles Munch. But we most associate this conductor with the...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...

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...

Vivaldi: Four Seasons, etc; Mozart / Szeryng et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 5...
Performers: Garcia, Jose-Luis; Szeryng, Henryk
Conductors: Szeryng, Henryk

"When I listen to Szeryng I always learn something new. It's not that I learn how to play a phrase, but how it is possible...continue...

Mendelssohn, Brahms: Violin Concertos / Szigeti, et al

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-05-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Spoken Word: Announcement; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Szigeti (1892-1973) was an artist of rare intellect and integrity; he eschewed the role of the virtuoso, placing himself totally at the service of the...continue...

British Composers Conduct - and Other Rarities

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-03-20

Works: Granville Bantock: Heroic Ballads (2) for orchestra; Two Hebridean Sea Poems, for orchestra; Billy Mayerl: Sennen Cove, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 58; Norman O'Neill: The Bluebird, incidental music...
Performers: Fear, Arthur
Conductors: Bantock, Granville; Mayerl, Billy; O'Neill, Norman; Salter, Lionel; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Robinson, Stanford; Clifford, Hubert; Phillips, Montague

Erich Kleiber conducts Beethoven

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-10-01

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Performers: Backlein, Gosta; Bjorling, Sigurd; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The familiar Kleiber Beethoven style of whiplash accents, propulsive tempi, and subtle rubato heard in, for example, his classic Concertgebouw recordings of the 'Fifth Symphony'...continue...

The Stars Were Shining Vol 2 / Ponselle, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2005-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Luigi Luzzi: Ave Maria; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Carnevali, Vito; Fettes, Peter; Gigli, Beniamino; Grandi, Margherita; Newton, Ivor; Ponselle, Rosa
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Boult, Adrian; Robinson, Stanford

Kirsten Flagstad - La Voix du Siècle

1 CD / Tahra / 2004-09-06

Works: Spoken Word: Announcement; Johannes Brahms: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden, song for voice & piano (Die schöne Magel...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Haeusslein, Hans-Willi

This disc features soprano Kirsten Flagstad's October 1953 Lieder recital at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. This unissued concert - one of the last...continue...