Few conductors of Klaus Tennstedt's generation demonstrated such complete mastery of the Classical and Romantic repertoire from Beethoven to Mahler and Strauss, coupled with an intensity in live performance that was palpable. He was among the finest German conductors to emerge after the Second World War and was in constant demand with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic and the London Philharmonic. In Doremi's 6th volume of live performances conducted by Klaus Tennstedt are three symphonies by Beethoven: numbers 6 and 9 with the Minnesota Orchestra (1989 and 1982), and number 8 with the Boston Symphony (1975).

Few conductors of Klaus Tennstedt's generation demonstrated such complete mastery of the Classical and Romantic repertoire from Beethoven to Mahler and Strauss, coupled with an intensity in live performance that was palpable. He was among the finest German conductors to emerge after the Second World War and was in constant demand with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic and the London Philharmonic. Doremi's fifth Tennstedt volume of live concert material presents Beethoven's 1st and 2nd symphonies with the Toronto Symphony from a concert Sept 8, 1977, Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with 'cellist Paul Tortelier and the Philadelphia Orchestra (January 8, 1988) and Bruckner's 7th symphony with the Chicago Symphony, May 31/June 2, 1984.

Hungarian - German Pianist Julian von Karolyi (1914-1993) studied with Erno Dohnanyi and Alfred Cortot. He excelled in the romantic repertoire, possessed a prodigious virtuoso technique and was particularly known for his interpretations of Chopin and Liszt. He made his debut in 1929 performing the E-flat concerto by Mozart, and won the interest of Bela Bartok. During his life he toured across the globe performing with the most prominent orchestras, including in Berlin, Paris, London, Prague, Riga, and the United States. He took a position as professor at the University of Music Wurzburg in 1972. Von Karolyi recorded for both Deutsche Gramophone and Electrola. Presented here are von Karolyi's only studio recordings of works by Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert.

The Romantics: Works for Piano Trio by Fauré, Schubert, Bloc

Segovia and His Contemporaries Volume 16 - The Guitar in Spain, Part 4: 1928-1955: This�disc highlights the classical guitar in orchestral, chamber, and duet settings. It opens with the live broadcast of the Castelnuovo-Tedesco Concerto No. 1, made on August 17, 1955 by Segovia at the Lucerne Festival. Chamber music is represented by two 1932 recordings made by Luise Walker, Miguel Llobet's student, of works by Carl Maria von Weber and Luigi Boccherini; and of particular interest are 1928 recordings by the world-renowned�Cuarteto Aguilar, �comprised of four lauds (types of Spanish lute), of works by Joaquin Turina and Renaissance composers Gabriel Mena and William Croft. The Guitar in Duo appears in rare performances by four pairings: the Canarian musicians Victor Doreste and Ignacio Rodriguez (1930), who perform�Capricho Arabe, �Sevilla�and a�Folias Canarias;�the Argentinean duo of Antonio Sinopoli and his daughter Nelida (1932), who play a milonga and vidalita penned by the father; the Mallorcan Bartolome Calatayud, a student of Tarrega, and the Catalan Graciano Tarrago (1936), who assay a�popular Mallorcan dance�So de pastera�and Joan Maria Thomas'�Festa de Sant Antoni; and lastly another Argentinean duo, Consuelo Mallo Lopez and Maria Herminia Antola (1937), who conclude with�Mozart's 'Minueto de la Sinfonia No. 39' and Galluzzo's�Romanza No. 2.

Hungarian violinist Johanna Martzy (1924 - 1979) was one of the most admired and respected violinists of the 20th century. She is a record collector’s icon and a legend. She toured extensively throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Each track on this release is a live broadcast or live performance from the 1950s and early 1960s, when Martzy’s career was at its peak. All of these broadcasts are receiving here their first release. Featured works include Bartok’s Rhapsody No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, Vivaldi’s Violin Sonata in D major, and more.

Leonard Shure (1910-1995), an Artur Schnabel student, was one of the most respected American pianist and pedagogs of the 20th century. This new release presents live performances, including his 1960 collaboration with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic on the Brahms' first piano concerto. "Shure played with a thrilling blend of insight, breadth, authority and daring,” wrote The New York Times. Also included is his Carnegie Hall Recital from February 1956, which features his Encores, and his Symphony Hall Boston concert from February 1936. This is the first release of each of these recordings.

Brahms: The Piano Miniatures (Streicher Fortepiano)

Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) was one of the most respected pianists of the 20th century. Known for his depth of interpretation, virtuoso technique, and vast repertoire, he is possibly the most popular Russian pianist of recent generations. He gave his first recital in 1934 at the Engineers Club of Odessa, three years before he began formally studying piano. He is now an icon for record collectors. Included in this new release from DOREMI are Beethoven works from broadcasts recorded in 1963, 1973, and 1986. These live performances are presented here in excellent remastered sound. All items presented on this album are first release ever.

Emil Gilels (1916-1985) was a Soviet pianist, and is regarded around the world as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Gilels began lessons with Yakov Tkach, a famous piano pedagogue, at the age of five. Gilels later credited Tkach’s strict training as the foundation of his technique. Tkach wrote of Gilels: “… Gilels possesses the abilities of one who is born solely for the purpose of becoming a pianist, and that with the required attention to his development, the USSR would in the future enrich itself with the acquisition of a world-renowned pianist.” Gilel’s great career was truly launched when he won First Prize at the Brussels competition in 1938. He was the first Soviet pianist to perform in the United States during the Cold War era, and he subsequently toured the West numerous times. This is the tenth DOREMI volume of rare Gilels recordings and broadcasts, including Brahms Piano Concerto No 2, Mozart’s Rondo for Piano and Orchestra, and Mozart’s 10 Variations in G major on a theme by Gluck. All items are receiving here their first release.

Franco Gulli (1926-2001) was one of the finest violinists of the 20th century. He began his violin studies at five at his father's music school in his native Trieste, Italy. After graduation from the Conservatory of Trieste in 1944, he debuted at the Teatro Verdi, performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto. He was the concertmaster of the Milan Chamber Orchestra and soloist with I Virtuosi di Roma. He performed all over the world with leading orchestras with such artists as Menuhin and Rostropovich. In addition to his solo career, he was dedicated to chamber music. In the 1940s he formed a duo with his pianist wife, Enrica Cavallo, and their collaboration extended for many years. He formed the Trio Italiano d'Archi with violist Bruno Giuranna and cellist Giacinto Caramia. Gulli's discography as soloist and chamber musician is extensive. Equally renowned as a teacher, he taught at Indiana University in Bloomington from 1972 until his death. Born in Milan in 1933, the violist Bruno Giuranna has had a very distinguished career as a soloist and chamber musician. He debuted in 1954 under Herbert von Karajan and further performed with renowned orchestras under such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Sergiu Celibidache, Claudio Abbado, Carlo Maria Giulini, and Sir John Barbirolli. Giuranna was a co-founder of I Musici, and the violist of the Trio Italiano d'Archi from its inception in 1957. Like his chamber partner Franco Gulli, he has recorded widely both as soloist and chamber musician. He has had a distinguished teaching career at such leading music schools as London's Royal Academy of Music and Berlin's Hochschule fur Musik. In 1987 he was named Cavaliere di Gran Croce a Merito della Repubblica Italiana. Giacinto Caramia (1923-2015) was a native of Naples and studied with Enrico Mainardi, graduating from the Academy of Santa Cecilia. He performed and recorded widely in many musical contexts, including performances with I Virtuosi di Roma and the Naples Radio Orchestra under Sergiu Celibidache. He became the cellist of the Trio Italiano d'Archi in 1962.

One of the 20th century's most admired and respected conductors was Igor Markevitch who was born in Kiev, Ukraine in 1912 and died in Antibes, France in 1983. His family moved to Paris in 1914 and to Switzerland in 1916. In 1925 he enrolled in the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, taking piano in the class of Alfred Cortot and composition with Nadia Boulanger. His conducting debut was in 1930 with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, and his American fans first heard him in 1955 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. During WW2 he stayed in Italy and in 1944 was appointed music director of the Maggio Musicale orchestra in Florence. He went on to have conducting positions with the symphony orchestras of Stockholm (1952-1955), Montreal (1956-1960), Havana (1957-58), the Concerts Lamoureux Orchestra of Paris, (1957-1961), The Spanish Radio Orchestra (1965-1969), Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo (1969) and the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome (1967-1972). He recorded extensively with orchestras around the world mainly for DG, EMI and Philips in a varied repertoire of symphonies, concerti, ballets and choral works. Of particular interest are his studio recordings and many live performances of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps. On this new release, he is heard conducting Scheherazade as well as symphonies from composers including Beethoven, Haydn, and Nielsen.

Stanley McCartney's long career includes serving as principal clarinet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Canadian Opera Company. He was in high demand as a chamber music performer and, among many others, has appeared with Glenn Gould, Oscar Shumsky, Leonard Rose, Lynn Harell, Orford String Quartet, St. Lawrence String Quartet, and the Aeolian String Quartet.

Born in Paris on November 5, 1928 to a musical family of Moldovan Jewish immigrants, young Devy Erlih was soon recognized as an outstanding and talented prodigy. The family made it through the WWII German occupation and after the war Erlih continued his studies. He won the coveted Paris conservatoire Premier Prix and his career as violin soloist began. In 1955 Erlih won the International Long-Thibaud competition and subsequently toured throughout Europe, America and Japan. In addition to his vast standard classical repertoire, he became a champion of contemporary composers including Bartok, Jolivet, Dutilleux, Sauguet, Maderna, Ropartz, Tomasi, Lejet, Jacques Charpentier, Denisov, Julien Falk, Paul Le Flem, and Loucheur. Many composers wrote concertos or sonatas for him. Erlih was also a noted teacher and was on staff at the Paris Conservatoire. He combined the raw gypsy music styles of his Balkan heritage with the refined elegance of the French violin school and his recordings are highly sought after by collectors. Here, he is heard performing Bach's Sonatas and Partitas.

When Julian Olevksy made his first tour of the Orient in 1959, the Tokyo Shimbun declared him to be "the most exciting violinist to appear in Japan next to Heifetz and Oistrakh." - as his remarkable performances on this release of violin sonatas by G. F. Handel and Domenico Scarlatti so eloquently bear witness. Julian Olevsky was born in Berlin on May 7, 1926. The son of a professional violinist, he began his studies at 7. In 1935, mindful of the growing danger in Germany, the family moved to Buenos Aires. He made his recital debut at 10 and his orchestral debut at 12 in Buenos Aires under the baton of Fritz Busch. In 1947 he immigrated to the United States. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he performed widely, touring and appearing with the finest world orchestras. He recorded extensively for the American label Westminster. Olevsky had a distinguished career as a teacher as well. In 1967 he was appointed Resident Artist and subsequently Professor of Violin at the University of Massachusetts. Olevsky died in Amherst on May 25, 1985. The eminent violin critic Henry Roth, in his survey of the great violinists said of him that he was "a brilliant virtuoso, a fine tonalist with glowing temperament and a tasteful musician and stylist."