BBC Legends, Vol. 3: Great Recordings from the Archive

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This third 20-album box brings together more of the greatest performances taken from the BBC archives which were featured in the best-selling series BBC Legends, launched in 1998. The collection features classic recordings by stellar artists, including Sir John Barbirolli, Karl Böhm, Benjamin Britten, Emil Gilels, Jascha Horenstein, Eugen Jochum, Sena Jurinac, Wilhelm Kempff, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin, Leopold Stokowski, Evgeny Svetlanov, Klaus Tennstedt and many more. Reviews of the BBC Legends series when it was released in 1998 were outstanding: ‘The high standard of musical performances in these releases is mirrored in their scrupulous documentation and presentation... the engineering and sound of these recordings, despite their ages, is uniformly clear and sympathetic. The result is an unqualified success.’ (Gramophone Magazine)

REVIEW:

The sound quality of the historical recordings is consistently excellent to good and varies depending on the mono/stereo criteria or the respective recording time and place. Particularly noteworthy right from the start is Schubert's Symphony No. 2, conducted with exuberance by Karl Böhm. It is a virtually flawless rendition. 85 at the time of the concert, Pierre Monteux's Beethoven "Eroica" astounds with its muscular, roughened, yet transparent rendition that, to our ears, can still be considered the epitome of a modern reading more than 60 years later. The CD with Shura Cherkassky is also highly noteworthy. In Tchaikovsky's famous Piano Concerto No. 1, he dispenses with brutally pounding key attacks, instead relying on crackling elegance, clear architecture, and a well-balanced dynamic balance in relation to the overall work.

-- Merker Online (Germany)



Product Description:

  • Release Date: November 11, 2022


  • Catalog Number: ICAB5167


  • UPC: 5060244551671


  • Label: ICA Classics


  • Number of Discs: 20


  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Scriabin, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Domenico Scarlatti, Jean Sibelius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Edward Elgar, Camille Saint-Saens, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Carl Maria von Weber, Max Reger, Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Hindemith, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Luigi Cherubini, Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin, Modest Mussorgsky, Shura Cherkassky


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Choir, Berlin Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Singers, Men's Voices, English Chamber Orchestra


  • Performer: Sena Jurinac, Christa Ludwig, Geoffrey Parsons, Wilhelm Kempff, Heather Harper, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Sviatoslav Richter, Mari Anne Haggander, Robert Tear, Gwynne Howell, Shura Cherkassky, Rudolf Serkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Henryk Szeryng, Emil Gilels



Works:

  1. Symphony No. 2 in B flat Major, D. 125

    Composer: Franz Schubert

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Karl Böhm


  2. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Karl Böhm


  3. Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55

    Composer: Edward Elgar

    Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra

    Conductor: John Barbirolli


  4. Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47

    Composer: Edward Elgar

    Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra

    Conductor: John Barbirolli


  5. Four Last Songs

    Composer: Richard Strauss

    Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Sena Jurinac (Soprano)

    Conductor: Malcolm Sargent


  6. Du meines Herzens Krönelein, Op. 21 No. 2

    Composer: Richard Strauss

    Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)


  7. Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1

    Composer: Richard Strauss

    Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)


  8. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

    Composer: Gustav Mahler

    Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

    Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)

    Conductor: André Cluytens


  9. Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)


  10. Ständchen, Op. 106 No. 1

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)


  11. Anacréon: Overture

    Composer: Luigi Cherubini

    Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Pierre Monteux


  12. Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Pierre Monteux


  13. Don Juan, Op. 20

    Composer: Richard Strauss

    Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic

    Conductor: Pierre Monteux


  14. La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March

    Composer: Hector Berlioz

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Pierre Monteux


  15. Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)


  16. Sonata for Piano No. 22 in F major, Op. 54

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)


  17. Klavierstücke (3), D946

    Composer: Franz Schubert

    Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)


  18. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

    Composer: Jean SIbelius

    Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski


  19. Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Ballet Suite

    Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski


  20. Egmont Overture, Op. 84

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski


  21. A Faust Symphony, S108

    Composer: Franz Liszt

    Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic

    Conductor: Jascha Horenstein


  22. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K62

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra, Aldeburgh Festival Chorus

    Performer: Heather Harper (Soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto), Peter Pears (Tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone)

    Conductor: Benjamin Britten


  23. Sonata for Piano No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)


  24. Sonata for Piano No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)


  25. Fantasie in C major, D. 760 'Wanderer'

    Composer: Franz Schubert

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)


  26. Abegg Variations, Op. 1

    Composer: Robert Schumann

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)


  27. Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26

    Composer: Robert Schumann

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)


  28. Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)


  29. Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir

    Performer: Mari Anne Haggander (Soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto), Robert Tear (Tenor), Gwynne Howell (Bass)

    Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt


  30. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

    Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Shura Cherkassky (Piano)

    Conductor: Georg Solti


  31. Pictures at an Exhibition

    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky

    Performer: Shura Cherkassky (Piano)


  32. Prélude Pathétique

    Composer: Shura Cherkassky

    Performer: Shura Cherkassky (Piano)


  33. Flight of the Bumble Bee

    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Performer: Shura Cherkassky (Piano)


  34. Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'

    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Eugen Jochum


  35. Symphony No. 101 in D major 'The Clock'

    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Eugen Jochum


  36. Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

    Composer: Paul Hindemith

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Eugen Jochum


  37. Capriccio in E major, BWV993

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    Performer: Rudolf Serkin (Piano)


  38. Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Bach

    Composer: Max Reger

    Performer: Rudolf Serkin (Piano)


  39. Sonata for Piano No. 24 in F-sharp Major, Op. 78

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Rudolf Serkin (Piano)


  40. Sonata for Piano No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Rudolf Serkin (Piano)


  41. Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65

    Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov


  42. Oberon Overture

    Composer: Carl Maria von Weber

    Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt


  43. Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D944 'The Great'

    Composer: Franz Schubert

    Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt


  44. Tragic Overture, Op. 81

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt


  45. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1

    Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)

    Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky


  46. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 33

    Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)

    Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky


  47. Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

    Composer: Edward Elgar

    Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)

    Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky


  48. The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (Act II)

    Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky


  49. The Bolt: Suite

    Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

    Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky


  50. Scènes de ballet

    Composer: Igor Stravinsky

    Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky


  51. Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K216

    Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)


  52. The Four Seasons

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)


  53. Concerto, Op. 3 No. 8 'Con due Violini obligati', RV 522: extract

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

    Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)


  54. Symphony No. 4 in F minor

    Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Malcolm Sargent


  55. Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63

    Composer: Jean Sibelius

    Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

    Conductor: Malcolm Sargent


  56. Sonatas for Keyboard (7)

    Composer: Domenico Scarlatti

    Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)


  57. Pour le piano

    Composer: Claude Debussy

    Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)


  58. Reflets dans l'eau

    Composer: Claude Debussy

    Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)


  59. Sonata for Piano No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)


  60. Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30

    Composer: Alexander Scriabin

    Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)


  61. Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (extracts)

    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

    Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)


  62. Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28

    Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

    Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)