Silvestri, Constantin

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Violin Concerto / Georges Cziffra, Leonid Kogan. Conatantin Silvestri

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35
Performers: Cziffra, Gyorgy; Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Vandernoot, Andre; Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (09/1958); Salle Wagram, Paris (09/1958); Kingsway Hall, London (11/1959); Salle Wagram, Paris (11/1959)....continue...

Les Rarissimes de Aldo Ciccolini

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2012-10-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 59 "Russian rustic scene"; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; ...
Performers: Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin

Complete EMI Recordings 1950-1991 (Box)

56 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Sonata for Piano no 9 in D major, K. 311 (K. 284c); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Bertin, Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Deschamps, Hubert; Druart, Henri; Falcucci, Joseph-Marie; Gedda, Nicolai; Laurence, Marie; Lepauw, Roger; Mesple, ...
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Silvestri, Constantin; Halffter, Ernesto; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Strauss, Paul; Baudo, Serge; Prêtre, Georges; Cambreling, Sylvain; Martinon, Jean; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierr...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Orchestre de Paris (Members); Soloists of the Lamoureux Concert Association Orch

This 56 CD collection contains numerous items which have become available for the first time (such as Mozart sonatas and Bach Inventions previously only released...continue...
Recording information: 1950-1991....continue...

Elgar: Symphonies no 1 & 2, In the South, Serenade for Strings / Barbirolli, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
Performers: Morgan, Cedric
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin; Barbirolli, John; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Heading up the release are Elgar's two symphonies in the recordings Sir John Barbirolli made in 1962 and 1964. The First with the Philharmonia Orchestra,...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3; Elgar: Enigma Variations; Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture / Constantin Silvestri, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-06-02

Works: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: Donna Diana, overture to the opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This is the fourth release on BBC Legends of the Rumanian conductor Constantin Silvestri who spent his last years as Music Director of the Bournemouth...continue...

The Great Violin Concertos - Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, et al / Yehudi Menuhin

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in C major ("Il piacere"; "Il Cimento" no 6), Op. 8; Concerto for Violin in C m...
Performers: Bennett, William; Cocker, Paul; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Malcolm, George; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Menuhin, Yehudi; Silvestri, Constantin; Kurtz, Efrem; Enescu, George; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Wöldike, Mogens; Boulez...
Ensemble: ; Bath Festival Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Lysy; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Polish Chamber Orchestr...

This elegant 10-CD boxed set contains the greatest violin concerto recordings from Menuhin's extensive catalog, the absolute cream of the crop, including Vivaldi's Four Seasons;...continue...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Symphonies no 4-6, Oboe Concerto, etc / Gibson, Royal PO, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Symphony no 4 in F minor; Symphony no 5 in D major; Symphony no 6 in E minor
Performers: Growcott, Robert; Jarvis, Gerald; Morgan, Cedric; Turner, Allan; Williams, John [Film Composer]
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin; Berglund, Paavo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Heading up the four titles in the new Vaughan Williams series from EMI is this 2-CD set featuring the first general CD release of the...continue...

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Géza Anda Edition Vol 1 - Mozart: Piano Concertos no 20-23, etc / Anda, Silvestri, Cologne Radio SO, et al

2 CD / Audite / 2008-01-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Symphony no 28 in C major, K 200 (189...
Performers: Anda, Géza
Conductors: Anda, Géza; Silvestri, Constantin; Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra; Salzburg Camerata Academica

These recordings of Geza Anda (1921-1976) made between 1956 and 1969 faithfully reproduce his impressive development into one of the greatest Mozart players of his...continue...

Walton, Debussy, Handel, Delius, etc / Silvestri, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-04-24

Works: William Walton: Partita for Orchestra; Claude Debussy: La mer; Le gladiateur ("Mort aux Romains, tuez jusqu'au dernier"), cantata for 3 soloists & orchestra, L. 41; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 3 ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This "live" 2CD set adds important new recordings to the discography of Silvestri and the Bournemouth Symphony and follows on from the recently issued 2CD...continue...

Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Britten, et al / Silvestri

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Malcolm Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt Overture, Op. 5; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2 in C ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Constantin Silvestri, conductor and composer, was born in Bucharest and became conductor of the Bacharest Philharmonic. He also conducted the Leningrad Philharmonic and Hungarian State...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4, etc / Berglund, Silvestri

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Symphony no 4 in F minor
Performers: Growcott, Robert; Jarvis, Gerald; Morgan, Cedric; Turner, Allan; Williams, John
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin; Berglund, Paavo
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Brahms / Ferras, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2004-04-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"
Performers: Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

With his glamorous tone and solid technical foundation, Ferras was much sought after by record companies - one of his most durable recordings has been...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Respighi / Silvestri, Bournmouth Symphony

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"...Silvestri puts the right abandon into this teeming score, and the results are most telling. The other item is a brilliant account of the Pines...continue...

Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart: Violin Concertos / Leonid Kogan

1 CD / Testament / 2002-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in G minor, Op. 12/1, RV 31...
Performers: Gilels, Elisabeth; Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Vandernoot, Andre; Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Philharmonia Orchestra

Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos, etc / Leonid Kogan

1 CD / Testament / 2002-10-01

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Sérénade mélancolique for Vio...
Performers: Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Cameron, Basil; Vandernoot, Andre; Silvestri, Constantin; Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Philharmonia Orchestra

Brahms, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos / Leonid Kogan, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2002-10-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Bruck, Charles; Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris

Tchaikovsky: Les Concertos / Cziffra, Kogan, Fournier, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-09-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44; Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 75; Concerto for Violin in D major...
Performers: Bronschwak, Henri; Cziffra, György; Donohoe, Peter; Fournier, Pierre; Kersenbaum, Sylvia; Kogan, Leonid; Neilz, Jacques
Conductors: Vandernoot, Andre; Martinon, Jean; Barshai, Rudolf; Silvestri, Constantin; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; ORTF National Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"Donohoe's much-praised recording of Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto is coupled with his excellent account of the Third. This superb recording... in every way justifies the...continue...

Borodin: Symphony no 2, etc / Kubelik, Vienna Philharmonic

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-02-27

Works: Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 2 in B minor; In the steppes of central Asia; Prince Igor
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Cluytens, André; Silvestri, Constantin; Strauss, Paul; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Liège Philharmonic Orchestra ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony; Liszt / Silvestri, et al

1 CD / Testament / 1999-01-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; Franz Liszt: Tasso - Lamento e trionfo, S 96
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Constantin Silvestri (1913-1969) developed a reputation for a subjective, highly eloquent performing style that appealed greatly to his audiences, even if critical reaction was sometimes...continue...

Borodin: Symphony 2, Polovtsian Dances; Mussorgsky

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1995-10-17

Works: Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 2 in B minor; In the steppes of central Asia; Prince Igor; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Korsak...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Steinberg, William; Karajan, Herbert von; Cluytens, André; Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"If it's the Borodin symphony you are after - and it's a great work that belongs in every collection - save yourself heaps of money...continue...

The Great Violin Concertos / Yehudi Menuhin

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1991-07-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Max Bruch: C...
Performers: Ferras, Christian; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Silvestri, Constantin; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Kurtz, Efrem
Ensemble: Bath Festival Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra