BBC Legends Volume 2
Great recordings from the archive
David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Artur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Myra Hess, Andrés Segovia, Kirsten Flagstad, Géza Anda, Borodin Quartet, Victoria de los Angeles, Yehudi Menuhin, Pierre Fournier, Walter Gieseking
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99
- David Oistrakh (violin)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Gennady Rozhdestvensky
- Recorded: 7 September 1962
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
I. Nocturne. Adagio
II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo
III. Passacaglia. Andante
III. Cadenza
IV. Burlesca. Allegro con brio
Ysaÿe: Amitie for 2 Violins
- David Oistrakh (violin), Igor Oistrakh (violin)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
Excerpt,
- Nathan Milstein (violin)
- Recorded: 22 September 1957
- Recording Venue: BBC Studios, London, United Kindgom
No. 11 in C Major. Andante - Presto - Primo tempo
No. 5 in A Minor. Prelude - Agitato - Finale
Excerpt,
- Nathan Milstein (violin), Ernest Lush (piano)
- Recorded: 22 September 1957
- Recording Venue: BBC Studios, London, United Kingdom
VI. Jota
V. Asturiana
Novácek, O: Perpetuum mobile (Version for Violin & Piano)
- Nathan Milstein (violin), Ernest Lush (piano)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 8 December 1954
- Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
I. Allegretto
II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
III. Vivacissimo
IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 25 October 1959
- Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 44 in F major, Hob.XVI:29
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
- Recorded: 8 July 1961
- Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
I. Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Tempo di menuet
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
- Recorded: 8 July 1961
- Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scherzo. Allegro marcato
III. Andante
IV. Vivace
Excerpt,
- Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
No. 6, Légende