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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Beethoven - Symphony No. 7Live Recording Salzburg 1957
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm Among the countless concerts that Karl Böhm conducted with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the Salzburg Festival were not only a number of inevitable repeats of standard works from the mainstream symphonic repertory but also a number of surprises and genuine trouvailles. One such concert occurred in 1957, when Böhm joined forces with a young firebrand to perform a rarely heard early work by Richard Strauss, who at the time of its composition was widely regarded as a member of the avant-garde. Returning to Salzburg for the first time since his Festival début six years earlier, Friedrich Gulda performed the Burleske in D minor, once described by Hans von Bülow as "inhumanly difficult".When von Bülow declined to give its first performance, that honour fell to Eugen d'Albert. For Gulda, there was no knuckle-breaking cascade of notes, no insane accelerando or dynamic outburst that was so "inhuman" that it could not be placed in a meaningful and thrilling musical context with the help of Böhm and the Vienna Philharmonic.The result is a rewarding re-encounter firmly with the 'Romantic' tradition. | 
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Hélène Grimaud (piano) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester & Staatskapelle Berlin, David Zinman & Kurt Sanderling “Passion and discipline, however can work well together, as you’ll hear in Helene Grimaud’s brawny, monumental, utterly fabulous Brahms D minor Concerto, with the Berlin Staatskapelle making a joyful noise under Kurt Sanderling’s galvanising leadership.” (BBC Music Magazine) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Great Pianists - Claudio Arrau1939-1946 Recordings
Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Recorded 4th December, 1944 in the Masonic Temple, Detroit Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Karl Krueger Carnaval, Op. 9 Recorded 3rd and 4th April, 1939 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 3, London | Strauss, R: | Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor Recorded 13th April, 1946 in Orchestra Hall, Chicago Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Désiré Defauw |
Richard Strauss’s Burleske was recorded at a morning session on 13th April 1946 at Orchestra Hall in Chicago, followed immediately by Weber’s Konzertstück (Naxos 8.111263). The 1944 recording of Schumann’s Piano Concerto was recorded in one session of one hour and 45 minutes, with the first side of the second movement and both sides of the last movement done in single takes. The 1939 recording of Schumann’s Carnaval is one of Arrau’s finest recordings. A contemporary reviewer stated that, “This magnificent recording shows convincingly that Carnaval is one of the masterpieces of piano literature and that Arrau is a great pianist… The recording itself is of the highest quality, better far than any record previously made by Arrau, and the performance – as I ought to have made clear by now – is of supreme artistic value and completely satisfying in every respect.” | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Elisabeth Leonskaya Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Gary Bertini | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | A festival of Richard Strauss to celebrate Herbert Blomstedt's years as Gewandhauskapellmeister - conducting the great Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Jean Yves Thibaudet (piano) Gewandhaus Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt ...there's a lightness, a crystalline sparkle and sheer zest about these performances that makes them bubble like chilled champagne...Blomstedt and the Leipzig orchestra bring warmth and assurance to the works, and nothing is over-heated, everything is just so. BBC Radio 3 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Strauss - The Concertos
Strauss, F: | Horn Concerto in C minor Barry Tuckwell (horn) London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész | Strauss, R: | Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 Barry Tuckwell (horn) London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor Friedrich Gulda (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8 Boris Belkin (violin) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy Oboe Concerto in D Gordon Hunt (oboe) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon & Strings Dmitri Ashkenazy (clarinet), Kim Walker (bassoon) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Vladimir Ashkenazy Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, AV132 Barry Tuckwell (horn) London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész |
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Hélène Grimaud (piano) Staatskapelle Berlin, Kurt Sanderling | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Beethoven: | Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur Piano Sonata No. 30 in E-flat major, Op. 109 Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 | Brahms: | Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116 Intermezzi, Op. 117 Klavierstücke (6), Op. 118 | Gershwin: | Piano Concerto in F major | Rachmaninov: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Philharmonia, Vladimir Ashkenazy Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 1 in F minor Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 Philharmonia, Vladimir Ashkenazy Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 9 | Ravel: | Piano Concerto in G major | Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 | Strauss, R: | Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor |
Hélène Grimaud (piano) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman " Hélène Grimaud, the 'wolf woman', is perhaps the most fascinating artist of our time.” (Le Figaro) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Richard Strauss - Orchestral Works
Strauss, R: | Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 Peter Damm (horn) Oboe Concerto in D Manfred Clement (oboe) Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon & Strings Manfred Weise (clarinet), Wolfgang Liebscher (bassoon) Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 Don Juan, Op. 20 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 8 Ulf Hoelscher (violin) Sinfonia Domestica, Op. 53 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60 Schlagobers, Op. 70: Waltz Josephs Legende Metamorphosen Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 Macbeth, Op. 23 Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor Malcolm Frager (piano) Parergon zur Symphonia Domestica for piano (left hand) & orchestra, Op. 73 Peter Rösel (piano) Panathenäenzug - Symphonic etudes in form of a passacaglia Aus Italien, Op. 16 Don Quixote, Op. 35 Paul Tortelier (cello), Max Rostal (viola) Tanzsuite aus Klavierstücken von François Couperin Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, AV132 Peter Damm (horn) |
Staatskapelle Dresden, Rudolf Kempe | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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