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Great Moments at Carnegie Hall (highlights)
Selected highlights from 125 years of performance history
Ronald Turini (piano), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Van Cliburn (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Arcadi Volodos (piano), Leontyne Price (soprano), David Garvey (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Isaac Stern...
The choice may look like a box of bonbons – it is – but it’s fascinating as a swift if slightly jerky gallop through performance styles and big stars of the past (mainly) half century.
Great Moments at Carnegie Hall (highlights)
Selected highlights from 125 years of performance history
Ronald Turini (piano), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Van Cliburn (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Arcadi Volodos (piano), Leontyne Price (soprano), David Garvey (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Isaac Stern...
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The choice may look like a box of bonbons – it is – but it’s fascinating as a swift if slightly jerky gallop through performance styles and big stars of the past (mainly) half century.
About
This 2 CD collection presents a selected highlights – and indeed companion release – to the Great Moments at Carnegie Hall 43 CD box set (88875032272), which will be released concurrently.
Ever since its opening night in May 1891 Carnegie Hall has held sway as the undisputed shrine of classical music in America. It was and remains the essential venue for all great artists. To celebrate Carnegie Hall’s 125th anniversary Sony Classical in cooperation with Carnegie Hall is proud to present an extraordinary treasure from the RCA and Columbia archives featuring live recordings from many of the world’s greatest musicians.
This recorded chronicle covering eight decades spotlights many of the artists who enjoyed historically close ties to Carnegie Hall: Leonard Bernstein, Jorge Bolet, Van Cliburn, Vladimir Feltsman, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renée Fleming, Virgil Fox, Glenn Gould, Marilyn Horne, Vladimir Horowitz, Evgeny Kissin, James Levine, Yo-Yo Ma, Yehudi Menuhin, Midori, Leontyne Price, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Arthur Rubinstein, Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern, Arturo Toscanini, Ronald Turini, Shirley Verrett, Arcadi Volodos, and many more.
Artists
Ronald Turini (piano), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Van Cliburn (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Arcadi Volodos (piano), Leontyne Price (soprano), David Garvey (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Isaac Stern (violin), Jussi Björling (tenor), Frederick Schauwecker (piano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Klaus Donath (piano), Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano), Warren Jones (piano), Midori Gotō (violin), Robert McDonald (piano), Renée Fleming (vocal), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Martin Katz (piano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Sergio Assad (guitar), Odair Assad (guitar), Paquito D'Rivera (clarinet), Samuel Ramey (bass), James Levine (piano), New York Philharmonic, Symphony of the Air, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, American Boychoir, Leonard Bernstein, Kiril Kondrashin, Arturo Toscanini, André Previn
Contents and tracklist
- Ronald Turini (piano)
- Van Cliburn (piano)
- Symphony of the Air
- Kiril Kondrashin
- Leontyne Price (soprano), David Garvey (piano)
- Jussi Björling (tenor), Frederick Schauwecker (piano)
Awards and reviews
8th May 2016
The choice may look like a box of bonbons – it is – but it’s fascinating as a swift if slightly jerky gallop through performance styles and big stars of the past (mainly) half century.
