This 20 CD box represents some of the greatest performances from the best-selling BBC Legends series, launched in 1998 to publish legendary performances from the BBC archive. No longer available, this important set is being offered at a reduction of around 70% of the original selling price, complete with luxurious presentation box, full track listing and recording information. The majority of the recordings have won important magazine awards and nominations in worldwide publications, such as Fanfare Magazine (US), Fonoforum (Germany), Record Geijutsu (Japan) as well as the Diapason D'Or, Choc 'Monde de la Musique, Gramophone Editor's Choice (Richter, Kempff, Brain) and the Gramophone Historic Award Winner 2005 (Annie Fischer) in the UK.
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CD 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major, "Symphony of a Thousand"
Joyce Barker (soprano), Beryl Hatt (soprano), Kerstin Meyer (alto), Kenneth Neate (tenor), Alfred Orda (baritone), Arnold van Mill (bass), Agnes Giebel (soprano), Helen Watts (alto)
BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Goldsmith's Choral Union, Hampstead Choral Society, Emanuel School Boys' Choir, Orpington Junior Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein
CD 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
*****grad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky
CD 3
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K141 in D minor
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 27 (L. 449)
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Kk. 125 (L. 487)
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K247 in C sharp minor
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 533 (L. 395)
Bach, J S: Aria Variata in A minor, BWV989 ‘alla Maniera Italiana'
Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11
Tchaikovsky: Morceaux, Op. 19 No. 1, Rêverie du soir
Tchaikovsky: Morceaux, Op. 19 No. 3, Feuillet d'album
Tchaikovsky: Morceaux, Op. 19 No. 4, Nocturne
Prokofiev: Toccata in D minor, Op. 11
Emil Gilels (piano)
CD 4
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Zinka Milanov (soprano), Kerstin Thorborg (contralto), Koloman von Pataky (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass), Paul Beard (violin)
BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
CD 5
Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 (1)
Chopin: Mazurka No. 14 in G minor, Op. 24 No. 1
Chopin: Mazurka No. 15 in C major, Op. 24 No. 2
Chopin: Mazurka No. 16 in A flat major, Op. 24 No. 3
Chopin: Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor, Op. 24 No. 4
Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Debussy: Préludes, L. 117, Book I
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
CD 6
Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124 / R. 455
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125 / R. 456
Liszt: Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes, S. 123 / R. 458, "Hungarian Fantasy"
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
CD 7
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
CD 8
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
*****grad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Haydn: Keyboard Trio No. 16 in D Major, Hob. XV:16
Leonid Kogan (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Emil Gilels (piano)
CD 9
Beethoven: Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, Op.16
Wilfred Parry (piano), Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
Dukas: Villanelle
Marais, M: 5 Danses Françaises No. 5, Le Basque (Arr. for Horn and Piano)
Dennis Brain (horn), Wilfred Parry (piano)
Mozart: Horn Quintet in E flat, K407
Dennis Brain (horn), English String Quartet
Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
Max Salpeter (violin), Dennis Brain (horn), Cyril Preedy (piano)
CD 10
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Mussorgsky: Eremushka's Lullaby
Mussorgsky: The Magpie (Orch. I. Markevitch)
Mussorgsky: Night (Orch. I. Markevitch)
Mussorgsky: Where art thou, little star?
Schubert: The Ragamuffin (Orch. I. Markevitch)
Mussorgsky: Yarema's Song, On the Dnieper (Orch. I. Markevitch)
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch
CD 11
Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D828
Schubert: Das Rosenband, D280 (Klopstock)
Schubert: Auf dem See, D543 (Goethe)
Schubert: Blumenlied, D431 (Holty)
Schubert: Gondelfahrer, D808
Schubert: Die Gotter Griechenlands D677 (Schiller)
Schubert: Der Jungling und der Tod, D545 (Spaun)
Schubert: Schwestergruss, D762 (Bruchmann)
Schubert: Amalia, D195 (Schiller)
Schubert: Der Jüngling am Bache, D30 (Schiller)
Schubert: Die Entzückung an Laura, D390
Schubert: Sehnsucht, "Ach, aus dieses Tales Gründen", D. 636
Schubert: Der Sieg D805 (Mayrhofer)
Schubert: Abendstern, D806
Schubert: Atys D585
Schubert: Augenlied, D297 (Mayrhofer)
Schubert: Memnon, D541 (Mayrhofer)
Schubert: Auflösung, D807
Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
CD 12
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, 2ème année, Italie (7 pieces), S. 161 No. 5, Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Liszt: Berceuse, S. 174 / R. 57b
Liszt: Valse oubliée No. 1
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 / R. 21
Haydn: Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6, "Un piccolo divertimento"
Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D899 (Op. 90)
Clifford Curzon (piano)
CD 13
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
David Oistrakh (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
David Oistrakh (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
CD 14
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Chopin: Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56 No. 3
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54
Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10 No. 6 in E-Flat Minor
Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10 No. 8 in F Major
Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10 No. 9 in F Minor
Chopin: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
CD 15
Cherubini: Anacréon: Overture
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Debussy: Images for orchestra, L. 122
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, Pt. I Scene 3 Hungarian March, "Rákóczy March"
London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux
CD 16
Chabrier: Gwendoline Overture
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K131
Delius: Brigg Fair
Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue: Cortège et air de danse
Saint-Saëns: Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31
Berlioz: Les troyens, Act IV Chasse royale et orage (Royal Hunt and Storm)
Brahms: Introduction to The Last Sleep of the Virgin
Massenet: La vierge, Act IV Prelude. Le dernier sommeil de la vierge (The Last Sleep of the Virgin)
Schubert: Introduction to España
Chabrier: España
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham
CD 17
Schubert: Piano Sonata in E Minor, D. 566, "Unfinished"
Brahms: Ballades (4), Op. 10
Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D935 No. 2 in A-Flat Major
Brahms: Klavierstücke (6), Op. 118 No. 5, Romanze in F Major
Brahms: Klavierstücke (6), Op. 118 No. 6, Intermezzo in E-Flat Minor
Brahms: Klavierstücke (8), Op. 76 No. 4, Intermezzo in B-Flat Major
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
CD 18
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 11 (L.352)
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Kk. 332 (L.141)
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Kk. 172 (L. S40)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Clementi: Sonata in B flat Major, Op. 12 No. 1
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
CD 19
Haydn: Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Hob. XVII:6, "Un piccolo divertimento"
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Beethoven: Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80
Kodály: Marosszeki tancok (Version for Piano)
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457
Annie Fischer (piano)
CD 20
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Shostakovich: Suite Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Op. 114a
Philharmonia Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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