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Cziffra's potent combination of gypsy-like abandon with absolute control of rubato and cumulative build-up makes for very exciting listening. —
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Special offer. Herbert von Karajan conducts Bruckner & Mozart
Royal Festival Hall, London, 6 April 1962
Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
These mono tapes from the Music Preserved collection held at the University of York still fizz with the excitement of that evening 50 years on, the last movement of Mozart's "Jupiter" breathtaking... —
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Special offer. Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven, Mozart & Bach
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Otto Klemperer
The music benefits from that all-important sense of live engagement...the only reason I was reminded that these are 'old' recordings was through the quality of the performances: love then or... —
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Special offer. Shura Cherkassky
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Zdenek Macal
the pianist’s irrepressible spirit shines through in Prokofiev’s Seventh Sonata and the Stravinsky pieces. —
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Special offer. Leopold Stokowski: Great Recordings from the BBC Legends Archive, Vol. 2
Berit Lindholm, Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Young, Donald McIntyre (bass-baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Band of the Grenadier Guards, John Alldis Choir, Welsh National Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra,...
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Special offer. BBC Legends, Volume 3
Sena Jurinac (soloist), Christa Ludwig (soloist), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), John Mitchinson (soloist), Heather Harper (soloist), Peter Pears (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (soloist), John Shirley-Quirk (soloist), Donald Mitchell, Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Marianne Häggander (soloist), Robert Tear (soloist),...
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Special offer. A tribute to Rudolf Barshai
Rudolf Barshai (viola), Vladimir Shraibman (piano), Semyon Stuchevsky (piano), Alexander Korneev (flute), Olga Erdeli (harp), Rudolf Barshai (viola/direction), Tatyana Nikolayeva (piano), Leonid Kogan (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Emil Gilels (piano), Rostislav Dubinsky (violin), Nina...
Barshai’s death five years ago robbed the world of an influential figure and inspiring musician: violist, conductor, administrator, powerhouse. Through the energy and devotion of his widow Elena... —
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Special offer. BBC Legends Volume 2
Great recordings from the archive
David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Artur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Myra Hess, Andrés Segovia, Kirsten Flagstad, Géza Anda, Borodin Quartet, Victoria de los Angeles, Yehudi Menuhin, Pierre Fournier, Walter Gieseking
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Special offer. BBC Legends Volume 1
Joyce Barker (Magna Peccatrix), Beryl Hatt (Mater Gloriosa), Agnes Giebel (Una Poenitentium), Kerstin Meyer (Mulier Samaritana), Helen Watts (Maria Aegyptiaca), Kenneth Neate (Doctor Marianus), Alfred Orda (Pater Ecstaticus), Arnold van Mill (Pater Profundus), Emil Gilels (piano), Zinka Milanov (soprano),...
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Special offer. Georges Cziffra play Grieg & Liszt
Georges Cziffra (piano)
Orchestre National de l’ORTF, André Cluytens, Georges Tzipine
