Sir Thomas Beecham
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New. The Beecham Collection - Berlioz & Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts
Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A shot of live adrenaline brings more electricity to excerpts from The Trojans and The Damnation of Faust than Beecham's commercial recordings. —
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade and works by Saint-Saëns:
Mischel Cherniavsky (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Fernando Corena, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi
The Columbus Boychoir & RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
A classic, with extra electricity derived from the hasty recording, with Beecham's living, vivid conducting and a superb cast, both stellar and supporting, even though the mono sound is less... —
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Building a Library, June 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Great Violinists - Joseph Szigeti
RecommendedJoseph Szigeti (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Thomas Beecham, Constant Lambert, Charles Munch
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Beecham was well into his seventies when he made these recordings with the Royal Philharmonic, the orchestra he had founded in 1946. His lightness of touch, his delight in the beauty of the... —
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The Beecham Collection - Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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The Beecham Collection
Dennis Noble (baritone)
Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Beecham Opera Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Legendary Voices
Luisa Tetrazzini, Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe de Luca, Grace Anthony, Eva Turner, Alfred Piccaver, Ezio Pinza, Alexander Kipnis, Lotte Lehmann, Kirsten Flagstad, Jussi Björling, Tito Gobbi, Fritz Wunderlich
Nigel Douglas's book Legendary Voices (Deutsch: 1992) gives engagingly appreciative accounts of 14 favourite singers, coupling a biographical sketch, and sometimes personal reminiscences, with... —
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Lucine Amara & Giorgio Tozzi
RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra (Thomas Martin) & The Columbus Boychoir (Herbert Huffman), Sir Thomas Beecham
One of the great classics of recording, expertly restored. Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Björling are an incomparable pair, and Beecham's conducting is, as ever, inimitable. —
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Original price ($21.50) Reduced price $17.20
