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ArtNr. GHCD 2413
Richard Blareau - Giselle, George Weldon - Nutcracker Suite
This unique transfer of fondly-remembered performances by two of the finest conductors of ballet music in the first decade following World War II restores to the catalogues some very fine
Composer: Adolphe Adam (1803-1956), Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Artists: Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra Paris, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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ArtNr. GHCD 2409
Sir Malcolm Sargent - Tchaikovsky 1955 & 1960
Sir Malcolm Sargent was one of four great contemporary conductors - alongside Barbirolli, Beecham and Boult - who dominated the British musical scene in the decades following World War II,
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Artists: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Manoug Parikian (solo violin)
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ArtNr. GHCD 2408
Anatole Fistoulari - Russian Orchestral Suites 1951 & 1953
Anatole Fistoulari was an exceptionally gifted Russian conductor, who made his debut at the age of seven conducting Tchaikovsky's 'Pathetique' Symphony from memory, and who became one of the most
Composer: Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857), Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Artists: London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
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ArtNr. GHCD 2404
George Szell - Blacher, Mozart, Brahms, Stravinsky 1958
For many music-lovers and record-collectors, the quarter-century George Szell served as Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra in Ohio was one of the great post-war glories of international orchestral art,
Composer: Boris Blacher (1903-1975), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Artists: Robert Casadesus (piano), Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
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ArtNr. GHCD 2403
Leopold Stokowski - Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky 1962
The story of Leopold Stokowski is the stuff of legend: now universally acknowledged as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th-century, this extraordinarily gifted musician was for several decades
Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Artists: Philadelphia Orchestra
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ArtNr. GHCD 2402
Leopold Stokowski - Brahms, Wagner 1960
Since his death at the age of 95 almost forty years ago, the international appreciation of the art of Leopold Stokowski has undergone a transformation, to the point where he
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Artists: Philadelphia Orchestra
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ArtNr. GHCD 2400/01
Max Reger - Recordings 1936-1943
This very important 2CD set is a major addition to the Max Reger discography, containing as it does exceptionally rare war-time recordings conducted by several of the composer's most illustrious
Composer: Max Reger (1873-1916)
Artists: Staatskapelle Berlin, Fritz Lehmann (conductor), Berliner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum (conductor), Anni Frind (soprano), Orchestra, Bruno Seidler-Winkler (conductor), Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), Orchestra, Groot Symfonieorkest van Zender Brussel, Fritz Lehmann (conductor), Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam, Eduard van Beinum (conductor), Städtisches Orchester Berlin, Robert Heger (conductor)
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ArtNr. GHCD 2397
Karl Rankl - Mahler, Dukas 1954
This recording is a rare example of a live recording of a concert performance, conducted by Karl Rankl. It is part of a larger collection of broadcast recordings of the
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
Artists: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Sena Jurinac (soprano)
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ArtNr. GHCD 2396
Mitropoulos - Tchaikovsky 1954 & 1957
The greatly-distinguished Greek-born conductor and pianist Dimitri Mitropoulos was one of the most widely-admired musicians in the immediate post-war period until his untimely death in 1960. From 1930, he was
Composer: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Artists: Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
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ArtNr. GHCD 2394
Leonid Kogan plays Brahms & Khachaturian
This outstanding CD brings together two of the greatest performances by the legendary Russian violin virtuoso Leonid Kogan (1924-1982), considered by many to have been the equal of his fellow-countryman
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978),
Artists: Leonid Kogan (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Kyril Kondrashin (conductor), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
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ArtNr. GHCD 2393
Sir Malcolm Sargent - An evening at the Proms
The British conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967) was best -known the world over for his conductorship of the BBC Henry Wood Proms for very many years. He took the lion's
Composer: Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894), Henry Litolff (1818-1891), Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Artists: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Joan Hammond (soprano), Shura Cherkassky (piano), Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
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ArtNr. GHCD 2392
Leopold Stokowski - The Blue Danube Waltz & Music for Strings
In the 1950s, Leopold Stokowski made a series of splendid LPs with a specially-selected orchestra of top-flight musicians. One of these was entitled "Landmarks of a Distinguished Career." It featuring
Composer: Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), George Frederic Handel (1685-1759), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Christoph W. Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787), Luigi Boccherini (1743-1
Artists: Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra
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