Legendary Conductors of the BSO

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Label
ICA Classics
Release Date
October 29, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN BRUCKNER DEBUSSY
    • PERFORMER
      Leinsdorf, Munch, Steinberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 29, 2013
    • UPC
      5060244551152
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ICAB 5115
    • LABEL
      ICA Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    Works ⌄

    1. Ma mere l'oye (Mother Goose) (NTSC)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

    2. Iberia (NTSC)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

    3. La mer (NTSC)

      Composer: Claude Debussy

    4. Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, "Great" (NTSC)

      Composer: Franz Schubert

    5. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (NTSC)

      Composer: Robert Schumann

    6. Parsifal, Act III Part 2: So ward es uns verheissen (NTSC)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

    7. Egmont, Op. 84: Overture (NTSC)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    8. Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (NTSC)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    9. Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob.I:55, "The Schoolmaster" (NTSC)

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

    10. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (NTSC)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    11. Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (NTSC)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    12. Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (1892 version) (NTSC)

      Composer: Anton Bruckner


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)