BBC Legends - Recordings From the Archive Vol. 3 [20CDs Box Set) (2022) MP3

This third 20-album box brings together more of the greatest performances taken from the BBC archives which were featured in the best-selling series BBC Legends, launched in 1998. The collection features classic recordings by stellar artists, including Sir John Barbirolli, Karl Böhm, Benjamin Britten, Emil Gilels, Jascha Horenstein, Eugen Jochum, Sena Jurinac, Wilhelm Kempff, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Rudolf Serkin, Leopold Stokowski, Evgeny Svetlanov, Klaus Tennstedt and many more. 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)

CD 1
Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D125
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

London Symphony Orchestra, Karl Böhm

CD 2
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47

Hallé Orchestra, John Barbirolli

CD 3
Strauss, R: Vier letzte Lieder
Sena Jurinac (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

Strauss, R: Du meines Herzens Krönelein, Op. 21 No. 2
Strauss, R: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, André Cluytens

Brahms: Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)
Brahms: Ständchen, Op. 106 No. 1
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

CD 4
Cherubini: Anacréon: Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
BBC Philharmonic, Pierre Monteux

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March
London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

CD 5
Bach, J S: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Schubert: Piano Sonata in F Minor D. 625
Schubert: Klavierstücke (3), D946
Schubert: Four Impromptus for Piano, D. 899
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

CD 6
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: Ballet Suite
Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

CD 7
Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108

BBC Philharmonic, Jascha Horenstein

CD 8
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626

Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Aldeburgh Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

CD 9
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
Schubert: Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'
Schumann: Abegg Variations, Op. 1
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
Chopin: Étude Op. 10 No. 4 in C sharp minor

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

CD 10
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Mari Anne Haggander (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

CD 11
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version)
Cherkassky: Prélude Pathétique
Rimsky Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Shura Cherkassky (piano)

CD 12
Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D major 'The Clock'
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

London Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum

CD 13
Bach, J S: Capriccio in E major, BWV993
Reger: Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Bach
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'

Rudolf Serkin (piano)

CD 14
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65

London Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov

CD 15
Weber: Oberon Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'
Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

CD 16
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

CD 17
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (Act II)
Shostakovich: The Bolt: Suite
Stravinsky: Scènes de ballet

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

CD 18
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 8 'Con due Violini obligati', RV 522: extract

Henryk Szeryng (violin)
English Chamber Orchestra

CD 19
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

CD 20
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K141 in D minor
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K518 in F major
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K32 in D minor
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K466 in F minor
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K533 in A major
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K27 in B minor
Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K125 in G major
Debussy: Pour le piano
Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau (No. 1 from Images pour piano - Book 1)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (extracts)
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28

Emil Gilels (piano)

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