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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),...

BBC Legends, Volume 3

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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ICA Classics, via its long-term contract with BBC Worldwide, are proud to release a third volume of the best-selling BBC Legends box, featuring 20 CDs of some of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Volume one was released in 2013 comprising 20 CDs taken from the critically acclaimed BBC Legends catalogue which has been unavailable since 2010. The second volume was released in 2017 and is now out of print. Reviews of the BBC Legends series when it was released in 1998 were outstanding: ‘The high standard of musical performances in these releases is mirrored in their scrupulous documentation and presentation... the engineering and sound of these recordings, despite their ages, is uniformly clear and sympathetic. The result is an unqualified success.’ (Gramophone Magazine)

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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), Gwynne Howell (soloist), Shura Cherkassky (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Henryk Szeryng (violin), José Luis Garcia, Emil Gilels (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Men’s Voices of the BBC Northern Singers, Aldeburgh Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Malcolm Sargent, André Cluytens, Pierre Monteux, Wilhelm Kempff, Leopold Stokowski, Jascha Horenstein, Benjamin Britten, Klaus Tennstedt, Sir Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum, Evgeny Svetlanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Contents and tracklist

Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D125
Work length30:10
I. Largo - Allegro vivace
Track length10:31
II. Andante
Track length9:09
III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace - Trio
Track length4:19
IV. Presto vivace
Track length6:11
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Work length40:16
I. Allegro non troppo
Track length14:50
II. Adagio non troppo
Track length10:19
III. Allegretto grazioso. Quasi andantino - Presto ma non assai
Track length5:21
IV. Allegro con spirito
Track length9:46
Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47
Work length14:22
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Work length52:49
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I. Andante. Nobilmente e semplice - Allegro
Track length20:55
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II. Allegro molto
Track length7:02
III. Adagio
Track length12:26
IV. Lento - Allegro
Track length12:26
Strauss, R: Vier letzte Lieder
Work length19:32
I. Frühling
Track length3:15
II. September
Track length4:16
III. Beim Schlafengehen
Track length4:44
IV. Im Abendrot
Track length7:17
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Work length18:05
I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
Track length4:12
II. Ging heut morgen übers Feld
Track length4:32
III. Ich hab ein glühend Messer
Track length3:04
IV. Die zwei blauen Augen
Track length6:17
Mahler: Rückert Lieder: II. Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
Work length3:01
Mahler: Rückert Lieder: III. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Work length6:57
Mahler: Rückert Lieder: IV. Um Mitternacht
Work length5:42
Strauss, R: Schlichte Weisen, Op. 21: No. 2, Du meines Herzens Krönelein
Work length2:32
Strauss, R: Ruhe, meine Seele!, Op. 27 No. 1
Work length3:49
Strauss, R: 8 Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter", Op.10: No. 1, Zueignung
Work length2:04
Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)
Work length2:39
Brahms: Ständchen, Op. 106 No. 1
Work length2:15
Cherubini: Anacréon: Overture
Work length10:13
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
Work length46:20
I. Allegro con brio
Track length14:57
II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
Track length14:11
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio
Track length5:37
IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Track length11:35
Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
Work length16:55
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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, H 111
Work length4:22
Rákóczy March
Track length4:22
Bach, J S: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Work length12:19
I. Fantasia
Track length7:09
II. Fuga
Track length5:10
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Work length12:22
I. In tempo d’un Menuetto
Track length5:56
II. Allegretto - Più allegro
Track length6:26
Schubert: Piano Sonata in F Minor D. 625
Work length19:03
I. Allegro
Track length7:09
II. Scherzo. Allegretto
Track length5:23
Piano Sonata in F Minor D .625: III. Allegro
Track length6:31
Schubert: Klavierstücke (3), D946
Work length20:32
No. 1, Allegro assai
Track length5:42
No. 2, Allegretto
Track length9:10
No. 3, Allegro
Track length5:40
Schubert: Four Impromptus for Piano, D. 899: No. 3, Andante in G-Flat Major
Work length6:35
Schubert: Four Impromptus for Piano, D. 899: No. 4, Allegretto in A-Flat Major
Work length6:19
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Work length43:13
I. Allegretto
Track length10:12
II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
Track length13:05
III. Vivacissimo
Track length5:36
IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
Track length14:20
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Introduction. Prologue
Work length2:32
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: No. 3, Pas de six - Variation IV "Le Canari qui chante"
Work length0:29
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: No. 6, Valse
Work length3:29
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: No. 8, Pas d’action
Work length4:21
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: No. 22 Polacca
Work length3:28
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: No. 23, Pas de quatre - Allegro non tanto
Work length2:12
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: No. 25, Pas de quatre - Adagio
Work length1:49
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: No. 28, Pas de deux - Adagio
Work length3:32
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: No. 30, Finale - Apothéose
Work length2:27
Excerpt,Beethoven: Egmont Incidental Music, Op. 84
Work length9:00
Overture
Track length9:00
Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108
Work length1:14:29
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I. Faust. Lento assai - Allegro agitato ed appassionato assai
Track length30:14
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Gretchen. Andante soave
Track length19:04
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III. Mephistopheles. Allegro vivace, ironico -
Track length18:47
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IV. Chorus mysticus. Andante mistico
Track length6:24
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Work length49:51
I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam (Chorus, Soprano I)
Track length4:57
II. Kyrie (Chorus)
Track length2:38
III. Sequentia: No. 1, Dies irae (Chorus)
Track length1:50
III. Sequentia: No. 2, Tuba mirum (Soprano I & II, Tenor, Bass)
Track length3:28
III. Sequentia: No. 3, Rex tremendae (Chorus)
Track length1:21
III. Sequentia: No. 4, Recordare (Soprano I & II, Tenor, Bass)
Track length5:38
III. Sequentia: No. 5, Confutatis (Chorus)
Track length2:19
III. Sequentia: No. 6, Lacrimosa (Chorus)
Track length2:54
IV. Offertorium: No. 1, Domine Jesu (Soprano I & II, Tenor, Bass)
Track length3:33
IV. Offertorium: No. 2, Hostias (Chorus)
Track length4:07
V. Sanctus (Chorus)
Track length1:57
VI. Benedictus (Soprano I & II, Tenor, Bass & Chorus)
Track length6:01
VII. Agnus Dei (Chorus)
Track length2:55
VIII. Communio: No. 1, Lux aeterna (Soprano I, Chorus) - No. 2, Cum Sanctis (Chorus)
Track length6:13
Benjamin Britten, Donald Mitchell: Benjamin Britten in conversation with Donald Mitchell
Work length26:31
Opera
Track length7:49
Composing
Track length3:58
Dreams
Track length3:45
Teaching
Track length5:41
Map-reading
Track length5:18
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
Work length16:02
I. Allegro
Track length6:46
II. Allegretto - Maggiore
Track length6:14
III. Rondo. Allegro comodo
Track length3:02
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
Work length13:19
I. Allegro
Track length5:20
II. Andante
Track length4:36
III. Scherzo. Allegro assai
Track length3:23
Schubert: Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'
Work length20:23
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Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1
Work length8:14
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
Work length19:50
No. 1, Allegro in B-Flat Major
Track length8:07
No. 2, Romanze in G Minor
Track length2:38
No. 3, Scherzino in B-Flat Major
Track length1:57
No. 4, Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor
Track length1:53
No. 5, Finale in B-Flat Major
Track length5:15
Chopin: Études, Op. 10: No. 4 in C sharp Minor
Work length1:48
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Work length1:08:18
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I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Track length16:19
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II. Molto vivace
Track length11:15
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
Track length16:51
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IVa. Presto - Allegro assai
Track length6:12
IVb. Recitativo. O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! - Allegro assai
Track length17:41
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Work length34:24
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
Track length20:01
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo I
Track length7:16
III. Allegro con fuoco
Track length7:07
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Work length33:18
I. Promenade
Track length1:18
II. Gnomus
Track length2:34
III. Promenade
Track length0:53
IV. The Old Castle
Track length4:36
V. Promenade
Track length0:27
VI. Tuileries
Track length0:57
VII. Bydlo
Track length2:27
VIII. Promenade
Track length0:51
IX. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Track length1:14
X. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuÿle
Track length2:04
XI. Promenade
Track length1:36
XII. The Market-Place at Limoges
Track length1:27
XIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
Track length1:57
XIV. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
Track length2:26
XV. The Hut on Fowls’ Legs
Track length3:16
XVI. The Great Gate of Kiev
Track length5:15
Cherkassky: Prélude Pathétique
Work length2:51
Rimsky Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Work length1:36
Haydn: Symphony in G Major, Hob.I:100 "Military"
Work length22:54
I. Adagio - Allegro
Track length7:23
II. Allegretto
Track length5:47
III. Menuet. Moderato - Trio
Track length4:39
IV. Finale: Presto
Track length5:05
Haydn: Symphony in D Major, Hob.I:101 "The Clock"
Work length28:10
I. Adagio - Presto
Track length8:04
II. Andante
Track length7:52
III. Menuet. Allegretto - Trio
Track length7:33
IV. Finale: Vivace
Track length4:41
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Work length20:44
I. Allegro
Track length3:57
II. Moderato
Track length8:12
III. Andantino
Track length3:47
IV. Marsch
Track length4:48
Bach, J S: Capriccio in E major, BWV993
Work length10:44
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Bach, Op. 81
Work length29:59
Thema. Andante
Track length1:30
Variation 1. L’istesso tempo
Track length1:08
Variation 2. Sempre espressivo ed assai legato
Track length1:06
Variation 3. Grave assai
Track length1:05
Variation 4. Vivace
Track length1:30
Variation 5. Vivace
Track length2:25
Variation 6. Allegro moderato
Track length1:20
Variation 7. Adagio
Track length2:00
Variation 8. Vivace
Track length1:04
Variation 9. Grave e sempre molto espressivo
Track length2:24
Variation 10. Poco vivace
Track length0:50
Variation 11. Allegro agitato
Track length0:55
Variation 12. Andante sostenuto
Track length2:25
Variation 13. Vivace
Track length0:41
Variation 14. Con moto
Track length1:29
Fuge. Sostenuto
Track length8:07
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
Work length11:37
I. Adagio cantabile - Allegro ma non troppo
Track length8:34
II. Allegro vivace
Track length3:03
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
Work length25:11
I. Allegro con brio
Track length10:44
II. Introduzione. Adagio molto
Track length4:02
III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo
Track length10:25
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Work length1:05:44
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Allegro - Adagio
Track length28:00
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II. Allegretto
Track length6:59
III. Allegro non troppo
Track length6:01
IV. Largo
Track length10:02
V. Allegretto - Allegro - Adagio - Allegretto
Track length14:42
Excerpt,Weber: Oberon
Work length9:31
Overture
Track length9:31
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'
Work length50:17
I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo
Track length13:23
II. Andante con moto
Track length13:48
III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio
Track length10:53
IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
Track length12:13
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Work length14:04
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
Work length22:42
I. Moderato
Track length8:33
II. Adagio
Track length7:40
III. Finale. Allegro molto
Track length6:29
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
Work length18:05
I. Allegro non troppo
Track length5:07
II. Allegretto con moto
Track length4:33
III. Tempo I - Un peu moins vite
Track length8:25
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Work length26:26
I. Adagio - Moderato
Track length7:03
II. Lento - Allegro molto
Track length4:13
III. Adagio
Track length4:19
IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non troppo
Track length10:51
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 10, Scene. The Magic Castle on the Sugar Mountain. The realm of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Work length5:16
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 11, Scene. Clara and the Nutcracker Prince appear.
Work length4:29
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12, Divertissement: No. 1, Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
Work length1:13
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12, Divertissement: No. 2, Coffee (Arab Dance)
Work length3:58
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12, Divertissement: No. 3, Tea (Chinese Dance)
Work length1:07
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12, Divertissement: No. 4, Trepak (Russian Dance)
Work length1:09
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12, Divertissement: No. 5, Dance of the Reed Pipes
Work length2:38
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12, Divertissement: No. 6, Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
Work length2:46
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Work length6:59
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux: No. 1, Intrada
Work length5:03
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux: No. 2, Variation I. Tarantella
Work length0:44
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14, Pas de deux: No. 3, Variation II. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Coda
Work length3:47
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 15, Final Waltz and Apotheosis
Work length5:56
Shostakovich: The Bolt Suite, Op. 27a: Overture (Introduction)
Work length5:43
Shostakovich: The Bolt Suite, Op. 27a: The Bureaucrat (Polka)
Work length2:28
Shostakovich: The Bolt Suite, Op. 27a: Intermezzo
Work length3:45
Shostakovich: The Bolt Suite, Op. 27a: The Drayman’s Dance (Variations)
Work length2:19
Stravinsky: Scènes de Ballet, K069
Work length17:56
I. Introduction
Track length0:46
II. Danses (Corps de ballet) - Variation (Ballerine)
Track length4:55
III. Pantomime
Track length2:18
IV. Pas de deux
Track length2:41
V. Pantomime
Track length0:35
VI. Variation (Danseur) - Variation (Ballerine)
Track length2:10
VII. Pantomime
Track length0:29
VIII. Danses (Corps de ballet)
Track length1:44
IX. Apothéose
Track length2:18
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216
Work length26:12
I. Allegro
Track length10:26
II. Adagio
Track length8:38
III. Rondeau. Allegro
Track length7:08
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring, RV269
Work length10:03
I. Allegro
Track length3:39
II. Largo
Track length1:56
III. Allegro
Track length4:28
Vivaldi: Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2 RV 315 "L’estate"
Work length10:03
I. Allegro non molto
Track length4:52
II. Adagio
Track length1:50
III. Presto
Track length3:21
Vivaldi: Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3 RV 293 "L’autunno"
Work length11:01
I. Allegro
Track length5:14
II. Adagio molto
Track length1:51
III. Presto
Track length3:56
Vivaldi: Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297 "L’inverno"
Work length9:20
I. Allegro non molto
Track length3:36
II. Largo
Track length2:12
III. Allegro
Track length3:32
Henryk Szeryng: Announcement of the Encore
Work length0:24
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522: III. Allegro
Work length4:13
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Work length31:51
I. Allegro
Track length7:54
II. Andante moderato
Track length9:37
III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
Track length5:17
IV. Finale con epilogo fugato. Allegro moto
Track length9:03
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63
Work length35:43
I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio
Track length10:47
II. Allegro molto vivace
Track length4:34
III. Il tempo largo
Track length10:48
IV. Allegro
Track length9:34
Scarlatti, D: Piano Sonata in D Minor, Kk 141
Work length4:46
Scarlatti, D: Piano Sonata in F Major, Kk 518
Work length5:06
Scarlatti, D: Piano Sonata in D Minor, Kk 32
Work length3:01
Scarlatti, D: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Kk 466
Work length5:11
Scarlatti, D: Piano Sonata in A Major, Kk 533
Work length3:05
Scarlatti, D: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Kk 27
Work length4:43
Scarlatti, D: Piano Sonata in G Major, Kk 125
Work length2:28
Debussy: Pour le piano, CD 95
Work length13:53
I. Prélude
Track length4:15
II. Sarabande
Track length5:19
III. Toccata
Track length4:19
Debussy: Images, 1ere série, CD 105: No. 1, Reflets dans l’eau
Work length5:35
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Work length12:08
I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
Track length4:43
II. Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
Track length7:25
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30
Work length7:36
I. Andante
Track length3:01
II. Prestissimo volando
Track length4:35
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives Op. 22: No. 1, Lentamente - No. 3, Allegretto - No. 5, Molto giocoso - No. 10, Ridicolosamente - No. 11, Con vivacità - No. 17, Poetico
Work length5:39
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28
Work length6:33
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