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The legacy of the conductor Sergiu Celidache is honored with a re-release of a 1965 live performance with the Orchestra e Teatro "La Fenice" di Venezia. With a program that included winning performances of Mussorgsky's "Pictures At An Exhibition", along with the not usual inclusion of Cherubini's "Symphony in D" and the then premiere of a work by Swedish composer, Sven Erik Back, the maestro Celidache's reputation as an iconoclast among conductors with his programming choices is evident with this collection. With exception technical and sound quality, this live recording presents a significant opportunity towards a reappreciation of Celidache.

Among the outstanding though less well known mid 20th c. Soviet-era violinists, Boris Goldstein (1922-87), praised by Heifetz in his youth, ranks highly. Unfortunately Goldstein’s discography is very limited and these testimonials are rare. On the second volume of The Art of Boris Goldstein, IDIS presents three recordings from 1977-78 that finds the violinist performing with organist Claus Kühnl. On this CD, Goldstein and Kühnl present the famous Ciaccona by Tommaso Vitali, the Dialogue, op. 63 by Berthold Hummel (1925-2002) and the D minor Sonata by Joseph Gibbs (1699-1788).

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Glenn Gould maintained a very peculiar relationship, a sort of love and hate, with Beethoven's music, which he performed out of any traditional scheme or system. This CD presents two live Gould rarities, the first one being the Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat, op. 73 "Emperor", recorded live in Buffalo, NY on 6 November 1960 with the conductor Josef Krips. The second live recording on this CD, taking place only two weeks earlier, concerns Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat, op. 19, conducted by Paul Paray, in an original and personal performance by both these artists. This very significant addition to the discography of Glenn Gould furthers the image of this eclectic, fascinating and singular artist.

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Carlo Maria Giulini's very high level of achievement was the result of profound study, human and artistic sensitiveness and a great deal of experience. This double CD box collects four of his most beloved symphonies recorded between 1957 and 1968 with “ his” Philharmonia Orchestra, a period considered the best of his career. The performances, all extraordinary, have been long unavailable on CD.

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IDIS presents this new release of rare recordings from the 1950s that include works of Debussy and Ravel.

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