Boston Symphony Orchestra

Strauss: Don Quixote; Schoenberg: Cello Concerto / Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Ozawa, Boston SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 "Emperor" / Christoph Eschenbach

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Henze, Hans Werner; Ozawa, Sejii
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This release focuses on the Third and Fifth piano concertos - the former composed in 1800 and dedicated to Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia. The...continue...

Leonid Kogan plays Brahms & Khachaturian Violin Concertos / Leonid Kogan, violin; Phiharmonia Orchestra; Boston SO

1 CD / Guild / 2013-03-12

Conductors: Kondrashin, Kyril; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

These historic recordings were done in January, 1958 (Khachaturian) and February, 1959 (Brahms) and in fact the Khachaturian was immediately recorded after Kogan's debut with...continue...

Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie Espagnole et al. / Ozawa, Boston SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Menuet antique; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra

With its relentless driving crescendo, consisting of the same hypnotic melody and counter-melody heard via a range of ingenious different instrumental combinations, Ravel's Bolero has...continue...

Charles Munch Conducts Romantic Masterworks - works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schubert, Schumann / Heifetz, Rubinstein et al. [8 CDs]

8 CD / RCA Special Product / 2012-06-12

Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra


Works:

Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125 by Franz Schubert

Conductor: Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Late Romantic Masterpieces - Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Mahler et al. / Charles Munch, Farrell, Forrester, Szeryng [7 CDs]

7 CD / RCA Special Product / 2012-06-12

Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Munch years are a golden age for the Boston Symphony Orchestra -- truly a great conductor leading a great orchestra -- and this set...continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 4; Mozart: Symphony No. 35 / Klaus Tennstedt, Boston Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"
Performers: Bryn-Julso, Phyllis
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

This DVD is only the third filmed performance featuring Tennstedt with the BSO to be made available to the public and represents some of the...continue...
Run Time: 77 min.
Region: All
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 / William Steinberg, Boston Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Conductors: Steinberg, William
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

This series of DVDs will make the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era available for the first time since they were broadcast. This rare...continue...
Run Time: 66 min.
Region: All
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Sibelius: Complete Symphonies & Tone Poems / Colin Davis, Boston Symphony

5 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Finlandia, Op. 26; Pohjola's daughter, Op. 49; Tapiola, Op. 112; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 7 in C major, Op. 105; Symphony no 3 in...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in the mid-1970s with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, this classic cycle of symphonies and tone poems firmly established Sir Colin Davis's reputation as one...continue...
Recording information: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, England (03/1979); Symphony Hall, Boston (03/1979); All Saints Church, Tooting, London, England (04/1979); Symphony Hall, Boston (04/1979)....continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Klaus Tennstedt, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

This rare material represents some of the earliest concert footage that exists of Klaus Tennstedt from this key chapter in his career. This concert took...continue...
Run Time: 66 min.
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Haydn & Beethoven: Symphonies / William Steinberg, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 55 in E flat major ("The Schoolmaster"), H. 1/55; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93
Conductors: Steinberg, William
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

This rare material, filmed in color, represents some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and William Steinberg, and has been restored...continue...
Run Time: 86 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
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Handel: Water Music Suite; Mozart / Charles Munch, Boston Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"; Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Munch launched the BSO into television in 1955. He was an immensely popular conductor and well suited to being filmed. This material represents some of...continue...
Run Time: 62 min.
Region: All
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Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Tchaikovsky / Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in D, K. 320 "Posthorn"
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

This rare material represents some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony and Erich Leinsdorf, and has been restored using the greatest care...continue...
Run Time: 57 min.
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Mahler & Strauss / Erich Leinsdorf, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

This rare material represents some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony and Leinsdorf of exceptional musical interest and historical value. It has...continue...
Run Time: 78 min.
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Schumann & Schubert / Charles Munch, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Munch launched the BSO into television in 1955. He was an immensely popular conductor and well suited to being filmed. This material represents some of...continue...
Run Time: 76 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
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Chopin: Ballades; Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Gary Graffman, piano

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Ballade for Piano no 2 in F major/a minor, B 102/Op. 38; Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Ballade for P...
Performers: Graffman, Gary
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Gary Graffman belongs to that incredible flowering of great American virtuosos who burst onto the public scene in the 1940s & '50s. He was born...continue...

Franz Liszt / Krystian Zimerman

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-24

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178; Nuages gris (Grey clouds); La n...
Performers: Zimerman, Krystian
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Krystian Zimerman made two Liszt discs for Deutsche Grammophon in 1987 and 1990 respectively: one of the two Piano Concertos and Totentanz, with the Boston...continue...

Schubert, Schumann & Wagner / Erich Leinsdorf, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120; Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

This material represents some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Erich Leinsdorf. These early recordings have been restored with...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
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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...

Haydn, Bruckner: Symphonies / Charles Munch, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 98 in B flat major, H 1 no 98; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Programmed by Munch during his years at the Boston Symphony but never recorded, his renderings of the two works featured on this DVD are exciting...continue...
Run Time: 92 min.
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Brahms: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Charles Munch, Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Munch gave extensive performances of Brahm's Symphonies No. 1 and 2 during his time at the Boston Symphony, particularly during the orchestra's many national and...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
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Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye Suite; Debussy: La Mer / Munch/Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Claude Debussy: Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2; La mer
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Access to the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era has been extremely difficult even for researchers. This series of DVDs will make these performances...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
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Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts; Franck, Faure / Munch/Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Access to the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era has been extremely difficult even for researchers. This series of DVDs will make these performances...continue...
Run Time: 71 min.
Region: All
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Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 5 / Munch/Boston SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), ballet, Op. 43
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Access to the publicly broadcast BSO concerts from this era has been extremely difficult even for researchers. This series of DVDs will make these performances...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
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André Previn - A Celebration

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-04-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges, opera-ballet in 2 parts; Ma mère l'oye; André Previn: Double Concerto for violin, contrabass & orchestra; Concerto for piano & orchestra; C...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bartolomey, Franz; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Eder, Gotthard; Federsel, Gunter; Fleming, Renee; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Gabriel, Martin; Johnson, David; Lascarro, Jua...
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

DG proudly celebrates Andre Previn's 80th birthday with this deluxe, 6-CD box set featuring him as conductor, composer and performer. Previn selected his favorite recordings...continue...

Mozart Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Symphony...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Donat, Zdislawa; Entremont, Philippe; Hucke, Helmut; Jones, Mason; Mintz, Shlomo; Penzel, Erich; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ritzkowsky, Johannes;...
Conductors: Szell, George; Davis, Colin; Levine, James; Leinsdorf, Erich; Bruno, Weil; Spivakov, Vladimir; Maazel, Lorin; Ormandy, Eugene; Fiedler, Arthur;
Ensemble: ; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Members of the Collegium Aureum (Members)

Wyner: Piano Concerto, Cello Concerti, Lyric Harmony, Epilogue / Davenny Wyner, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2009-03-10

Works: Yehudi Wyner: Concerto for Piano "Chiavi in mano"; Prologue and Narrative; Lyric Harmony; Epilogue "In memory of Jacob Druckman"
Performers: Hornung, Maximilian; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]
Conductors: Spano, Robert; Wyner, Susan Davenny
Ensemble: Boston Festival Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Odense Symphony Orchestra

This CD presents premiere recordings of four Yehudi Wyner orchestral works. Wyner's Piano Concerto, "Chiavi in Mano" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music in...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos 4 & 5 / Bernstein/New York PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-25

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11
Performers: Belkin, Boris
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

To celebrate Leonard Bernstein's 90th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon has issued a number of musically and historically important performances on DVD. These DVDs document the astonishing...continue...

Leonard Bernstein - Composer, Conductor, Pianist

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-11-11

Works: Aaron Copland: Sonata for Piano; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments; Leonard Bernstein: Ann...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Bernstein excelled as a conductor, but he could have had a major career as a pianist. As a composer he added significantly to the symphonic...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...

Zino Francescatti Vol 3 - Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Kreisler

1 CD / Doremi / 2008-11-11

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"; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26;...
Performers: Francescatti, Zino; Mayes, Samuel
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Voorhees, Donald
Ensemble: Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra

Handel: Tamerlano; Berlioz: Les nuits d'été / Lewis, Davis, Baker, et al

3 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2008-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18; Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Burrowes, Norma; Drake, Bryan; Kern, Patricia; Lehane, Maureen; Young, Alexander
Conductors: Lewis, Anthony; Davis, Colin, Sir
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony no 7; Gershwin: An American in Paris / Bernstein, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

In August 2008 Leonard Bernstein would have turned 90. To celebrate this exceptionally versatile artist IDIS issues a rare historical CD where the American conductor...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5; Rimsky-Korsakov / Monteux, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2008-06-06

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel; Sadko, Op. 5
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Bernstein conducts Brahms / Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Boston Symphony Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-05-27

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

"Every time I return to Tanglewood I am filled with nostalgia, but this summer of '72 I've had a particularly vivid memory of Koussevitzky conducting...continue...
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Sibelius: Symphonies no 5 & 7, etc / Sir Colin Davis, BSO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2008-04-29

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; Symphony no 7 in C major, Op. 105; En saga, Op. 9
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Rostropovich plays Cello Works

9 CD / Erato / 2008-03-25

Works: Gaspar Cassadó: Toccata "by Frescobaldi," for cello & piano; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974; Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV 743; Vater unser im...
Performers: Brown, Christopher; Emanuelle, Jean; Howard, Peter; James, Layton; Lemoine, Micheline; Primetemps, Edmond; Quatrocchi, Robert; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Seenan, Hugh; Tachezi, Herbert; Vishnevskaya, Ga...
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh; Ozawa, Seiji; Halffter, Cristobal; Jolivet, André; Sacher, Paul; Nagano, Kent; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Landowski, Marcel; Scribner, Norman
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Cathedral Lower School Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Zurich Collegium Musicum

Britten: War Requiem / Leinsdorf/Boston Symphony Orchestra (b&w) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-10-23

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Curtin, Phyllis; Di Virgilio, Nicholas; Krause, Tom
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Columbus Boychoir; Pro Musica Chorus

"The orchestra was in mighty fine shape when Leinsdorf took over... in the summer of 1963 they sounded splendid together. Leinsdorf hit the orchestra like...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Country of Origin: USA
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Greatest Classical Hits - Ravel: Bolero

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-09-11

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Menuet antique; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse
Performers: Kavalovski, Charles [Horn]
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies no 7 & 9, Missa solemnis / Bernstein

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 2 in C major, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Die Geschöpfe des ...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arrau, Claudio; Bartelink, Bernard; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Konig, Klaus; Krebbers, Herman; Moll, Kurt; Moser, Edda; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Berl Senofsky - The Art of the Violin Vol 3

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2007-09-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Performers: Senofsky, Berl
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra

Consistently praised for the warmth and beauty of his tone, breathtaking virtuosity, and impeccable musicianship, Berl Senofsky's artistry has won him the boundless admiration of...continue...

Berlioz: Harold in Italy, Overtures / Munch, Primrose, BSO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-06-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Béatrice et Bénédict, Overture, H. 138; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, Overture; Le car...
Performers: Primrose, William
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

"In the 1950s, Charles Munch was closely associated with the orchestral music of Hector Berlioz, and his masterful recordings with the Boston Symphony Orchestra of...continue...

Artist Portrait - Mstislav Rostropovich

1 CD / Teldec / 2007-06-19

Works: Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto for Cello in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564; Antonio Vivaldi: Concert...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh; Tachezi, Herbert; Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Dvorak In Prague: A Celebration / Ma, Perlman, Von Stade, Boston SO, Ozawa [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-05-29

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Slavonic Dance in E minor
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Superstars Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Frederica von Stade, and the Boston Symphony led by Seiji Ozawa perform in this concert that marks the 100th anniversary...continue...
Run Time: 96 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: Czech Republic
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The Glory of Rostropovich

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-20

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Concerto for Cello in D major, G. 479; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello in C major, RV 398; Concerto for Cello in G major, RV 413; Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto for Cello in A major...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Cantin, Catherine; Derungs, Martin; Finke, Eberhard; Holliger, Heinz; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Serkin, Rudolf; Spierer, Leon; Stein, Alexander
Conductors: Sacher, Paul; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Karajan, Herbert von; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Ozawa, Seiji; Chung, Myung-Whun; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Musicum Zürich ; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; National Philharm...

"Given that box sets are too often thrown together in a last cavalier attempt to get mileage from back catalog, it's a pleasure to find...continue...

Schubert: Symphonies 8 & 9 / Munch, Boston SO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-01-23

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
Conductors: Munch, Charles
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

In recordings of inimitable grace and probing depth from conductor Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Schubert's two most beloved symphonies are coupled for...continue...

Brahms: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2, etc / Emanuel Ax, et al

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-01-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79; Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Intermezzi (3) for piano...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Eskin, Jules
Conductors: Levine, James; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

One of the most acclaimed Brahms interpreters of his generation, pianist Emanuel Ax made recordings of the composer's works for both RCA Red Seal and...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Sibelius / Davis, Boston SO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-11-21

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Romeo & Juliet; Jean Sibelius: Pohjola's daughter, Op. 49; Kuolema; Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

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Liszt: A Faust Symphony / Bernstein/Boston SO, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Kenneth Riegel [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-11-21

Works: Franz Liszt: Faust Symphony, S 108
Performers: Riegel, Kenneth
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Some consider this symphony to be Liszt's masterpiece. It surely contains one of the most colorful families of leitmotifs in the orchestral repertoire. In fact,...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Weekend Classics - Weekend Dreams

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Cla...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Kempff, Wilhelm; Yepes, Narciso [Guitar]; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ozawa, Seiji; Boulez, Pierre; Barenboim, Daniel; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; Philharmonia Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...