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Legendary Conductors of the BSO
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Legendary Conductors of the BSO

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Composer
BEETHOVEN BRUCKNER DEBUSSY
Artist
Leinsdorf, Munch, Steinberg
Format
DVD
Label
ICA Classics
Released
Oct 29, 2013
Catalog #
ICAB 5115
UPC
5060244551152

About

This material represents some of the earliest televised concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and three of their eminent music directors, Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf and William Steinberg. This historical footage has been restored using the greatest care and state-of-the-art techniques. It is of exceptional musical interest and historical value, and has been described by critics as a "rare treat" (Gramophone) and "welcome documentations" (BBC Music Magazine).

Picture format: NTSC 4:3 Sound format: LPCM Mono (DVD 1) / LPCM Stereo (DVD 2) / Enhanced Mono (DVD 3, 4, 5) Region code: 0 (worldwide) Menu language: English Running time: 6 hours 14 mins No. of DVDs: 5

This set contains the following 5 DVDs:

CHARLES MUNCH
RAVEL Ma Mère l’Oye – Suite; DEBUSSY Ibéria, La Mer (1958 & 1961)

ERICH LEINSDORF
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 "Great"; SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4; WAGNER Parsifal – Good Friday Music (1962, 1963 & 1964)

BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture; TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5; MOZART Serenade No.9 "Posthorn" – Minuet I (1963 & 1969)

WILLIAM STEINBERG
HAYDN Symphony No. 55; BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 (1962, 1969 & 1970)

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 (2nd revised edition) (1962)

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (NTSC) 19:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (NTSC)
    Duration
    19:39
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
  3. 2 Iberia (NTSC) 24:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    Iberia (NTSC)
    Duration
    24:09
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  4. 3 La mer (NTSC) 24:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    La mer (NTSC)
    Duration
    24:07
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
  5. Disc 2
  6. 1 Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, "Great" (NTSC) 51:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, "Great" (NTSC)
    Duration
    51:20
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
  7. 2 Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (NTSC) 33:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (NTSC)
    Duration
    33:40
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
  8. 3 Parsifal, Act III Part 2: So ward es uns verheissen (NTSC) 11:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    Parsifal, Act III Part 2: So ward es uns verheissen (NTSC)
    Duration
    11:10
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
  9. Disc 3
  10. 1 Egmont, Op. 84: Overture (NTSC) 08:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    Egmont, Op. 84: Overture (NTSC)
    Duration
    08:50
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  11. 2 Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (NTSC) 43:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (NTSC)
    Duration
    43:01
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  12. Disc 4
  13. 1 Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob.I:55, "The Schoolmaster" (NTSC) 21:54
    Track
    1
    Title
    Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob.I:55, "The Schoolmaster" (NTSC)
    Duration
    21:54
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
  14. 2 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (NTSC) 37:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (NTSC)
    Duration
    37:55
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  15. 3 Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (NTSC) 26:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (NTSC)
    Duration
    26:07
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  16. Disc 5
  17. 1 Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (1892 version) (NTSC) 01:06:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (1892 version) (NTSC)
    Duration
    01:06:00
    Composer
    Anton Bruckner