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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

BBC Legends Volume 2

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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ICA Classics are proud to release a second volume of the best selling BBC Legends box, featuring 20 CDs of some of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Volume 1 was released in 2013 and comprised 20 CDs taken from the award winning BBC Legends catalogue (unavailable since 2010). Here is the follow-up with a further 20 CDs. The artists include Arturo Toscanini, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Kirsten Flagstad, Victoria de los Angeles, Sir Thomas Beecham, Carlo Maria Giulini, Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Monteux, Yehudi Menuhin, Andres Segovia, Dame Myra Hess, Nathan Milstein, Walter Gieseking, Arthur Rubinstein, Geza Anda, Claudio Arrau, Eduard van Beinum, Sir William Walton, Pierre Fournier, Benjamin Britten and the Borodin Quartet. Contains interviews/memories of Kirsten Flagstad and Carlo Maria Giulini.

Contents and tracklist

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99
Work length34:09
I. Nocturne. Adagio
Track length10:59
II. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo
Track length6:16
III. Passacaglia. Andante
Track length7:36
III. Cadenza
Track length4:26
IV. Burlesca. Allegro con brio
Track length4:52
Ysaÿe: Amitie for 2 Violins
Work length16:11
This work is only available as an album download.
Excerpt,Paganini: Caprices for solo violin, Op. 1 Nos. 1-24
Work length6:32
No. 11 in C Major. Andante - Presto - Primo tempo
Track length4:20
No. 5 in A Minor. Prelude - Agitato - Finale
Track length2:12
Excerpt,Falla: Suite populaire espagnole
Work length5:14
  • Nathan Milstein (violin), Ernest Lush (piano)
  • Recorded: 22 September 1957
  • Recording Venue: BBC Studios, London, United Kingdom
VI. Jota
Track length2:56
V. Asturiana
Track length2:18
Novácek, O: Perpetuum mobile (Version for Violin & Piano)
Work length2:50
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Work length39:52
I. Allegretto
Track length9:01
II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
Track length12:34
III. Vivacissimo
Track length6:36
IV. Finale. Allegro moderato
Track length11:41
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
Work length37:00
I. Allegro con brio
Track length10:07
II. Adagio
Track length10:50
III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace
Track length7:02
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length9:01
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 44 in F major, Hob.XVI:29
Work length13:59
I. Moderato
Track length5:07
II. Adagio
Track length4:46
III. Tempo di menuet
Track length4:06
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14
Work length18:19
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length6:35
II. Scherzo. Allegro marcato
Track length1:52
III. Andante
Track length5:21
IV. Vivace
Track length4:31
Excerpt,Prokofiev: Pieces (10), Op. 12
Work length3:42
No. 6, Légende
Track length3:42
Excerpt,Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22
Work length9:38
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major, Op. 84
Work length29:19
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Andante dolce - Allegro moderato
Track length15:55
This track is only available as an album download.
II. Andante sognando
Track length3:52
III. Vivace
Track length9:32
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Work length23:28
I. Andante sostenuto
Track length11:19
II. Allegro scherzando
Track length5:51
III. Presto
Track length6:18
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
Work length27:14
I. Allegro
Track length11:34
II. Adagio
Track length7:23
III. Allegro assai
Track length8:17
Excerpt,Brahms: Intermezzi (3), Op. 117
Work length4:36
No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
Track length4:36
Excerpt,Brahms: Klavierstücke (8), Op. 76
Work length3:39
No. 2, Capriccio in B Minor
Track length3:39
Excerpt,Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D899 (Op. 90)
Work length12:05
No. 3 in G-Flat Major
Track length5:31
No. 4 in A-Flat Major
Track length6:34
Excerpt,Villa-Lobos: A Prole do Bebê, book 1
Work length4:26
No. 2, Moreninha
Track length1:32
No. 6, A pobrezinha
Track length1:24
O polichinelo
Track length1:30
Chopin: Étude in E Minor, Op. 25 No. 5
Work length3:17
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'
Work length17:03
I. Andante
Track length5:44
II. Allegro molto e vivace
Track length2:08
III. Adagio con espressione
Track length3:29
IV. Allegro vivace
Track length5:42
Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Work length14:22
I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
Track length14:22
Schumann: cdfdf00o
Work length7:07
Schumann: Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Work length11:39
III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
Track length11:39
Schoenberg: Klavierstücke (3), Op. 11
Work length13:46
No. 1, Mäßig
Track length3:53
No. 2, Mäßig
Track length7:42
No. 3, Bewegt
Track length2:11
Cherubini: Anacréon: Overture
Work length10:28
Overture
Track length10:28
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
Work length19:42
I. Allegro con spirito
Track length5:36
II. Andante
Track length6:40
III. Menuetto
Track length3:36
IV. Finale. Presto
Track length3:50
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Work length34:08
I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Track length11:49
II. Allegretto
Track length8:30
III. Presto, assai meno presto
Track length6:58
IV. Allegro con brio
Track length6:51
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Work length31:12
I. Allegro affettuoso
Track length14:55
II. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso
Track length5:19
III. Allegro vivace
Track length10:58
Bach, J S: Prelude & Fughetta in G major, BWV902
Work length4:05
Prelude
Track length4:05
Bach, J S: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV807
Work length20:55
I. Prelude
Track length5:00
II. Allemande
Track length2:11
III. Courante
Track length1:45
IV. Sarabande
Track length4:11
V. Bourrée I
Track length4:16
VI. Bourrée II
Track length3:32
Bach, J S: Toccata in G major, BWV916
Work length7:27
Mozart: Adagio in B minor, K540
Work length7:01
Mozart: Rondo in D major, K485
Work length4:53
Galilei, V: 6 Pieces for Guitar (Arr. A. Segovia)
Work length7:11
No. 1, Preludio
Track length1:25
No. 2, Bianco fiore
Track length0:42
No. 3, Passacaglia
Track length0:51
No. 4, Courante
Track length1:27
No. 5, Canzon
Track length1:41
No. 6, Saltarello
Track length1:05
Visée: Guitar Suite No. 9 in D Minor
Work length8:25
VIII. Menuet
Track length1:55
II. Allemande
Track length2:16
VI. Gavotte
Track length0:38
IV. Sarabande
Track length1:48
X. Menuet
Track length1:48
Ponce, M: Suite in D major
Work length2:03
II. Courante
Track length2:03
Bach, J S: Fugue in G minor for lute, BWV1000
Work length4:49
Excerpt,Bach, J S: Lute Suite No. 4 in E major, BWV1006a
Work length3:08
III. Gavotte en rondeau (Arr. A. Segovia)
Track length3:08
Excerpt,Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D894
Work length6:02
III. Menuetto (Arr. A. Segovia)
Track length6:02
Tansman: Cavatina
Work length14:56
I. Preludio
Track length3:02
II. Sarabande
Track length3:31
III. Scherzino
Track length2:32
IV. Barcarolle
Track length3:08
V. Danza pomposa
Track length2:43
Excerpt,Villa-Lobos: Preludes (5) for guitar
Work length9:08
No. 3 in A Minor
Track length5:06
No. 1 in E Minor
Track length4:02
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Greetings Cards, Op. 170 No. 3
Work length5:12
No. 5, Tonadilla on the Name of Andres Segovia
Track length5:12
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Tarantella, Op. 87a 'Aranci in fiore'
Work length4:18
Excerpt,Granados: Danzas españolas, Op. 37 Nos. 1-12
Work length4:37
No. 5, Andaluza (Arr. for Guitar)
Track length4:37
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Work length47:34
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro
Track length14:21
II. Andante sostenuto
Track length10:14
III. Un poco allegretto e grazioso
Track length4:45
IV. Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo ma con brio
Track length18:14
This track is only available as an album download.
Excerpt,Verdi: La forza del destino
Work length7:31
Overture
Track length7:31
Excerpt,Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Work length5:12
Prelude
Track length5:12
Carlo Maria Giulini in Conversation with John Amis
Work length17:07
This work is only available as an album download.
Applause
Work length0:20
  • Audience, September 7th, 1957 - Royal Festival Hall, United Kingdom
Grieg: Songs with Orchestra
Work length5:52
No. 5, Våren, Op. 33 No. 2
Track length5:52
Excerpt,Grieg: 12 Melodies to poems by A.O. Vinje, Op. 33
Work length9:23
No. 1, Guten
Track length2:42
No. 9, Ved Rondane
Track length3:36
No. 12, Fyremål
Track length3:05
Grieg: Songs with Orchestra
Work length5:31
No. 3, Fra Monte Pincio, Op. 39 No. 1
Track length5:31
Grieg: Fire digte af 'Fiskerjenten'. Op. 21
Work length4:29
No. 1, Det første møde (Arr. for Voice & String Orchestra)
Track length4:29
Grieg: Five Poems to texts by John Paulsen, Op. 26
Work length2:17
No. 1, Et håb (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)
Track length2:17
Grieg: Songs with Orchestra
Work length2:55
No. 4, En svane, Op. 25 No. 2
Track length2:55
Grieg: Five Songs by Otto Benzon, Op.70
Work length2:48
No. 1, Eros (Arr. M. Reger for Voice & Orchestra)
Track length2:48
Grieg: Hjertets melodier, Op. 5 (Texts: Hans Christian Andersen)
Work length3:26
No. 3, Jeg elsker dig (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)
Track length3:26
John Culshaw: John Culshaw Commemorates Kirsten Flagstad 10 Years After Her Death
Work length5:39
  • John Culshaw (narrator)
Excerpt,Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (5)
Work length18:24
No. 1, Der Engel
Track length3:14
No. 2, Stehe still
Track length3:40
No. 3, Im Treibhaus
Track length5:51
No. 5, Träume
Track length5:39
Excerpt,Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Work length7:24
Isoldes Liebestod
Track length7:24
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
Work length20:19
  • Géza Anda (piano)
  • Recorded: 23 August 1955
  • Recording Venue: Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh Festival, United Kingdom
I. Presto
Track length5:10
II. Largo e mesto
Track length8:48
III. Menuetto. Allegro
Track length2:42
IV. Rondo. Allegro
Track length3:39
Excerpt,Schumann: Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Work length21:55
This work is only available as an album download.
Bartók: Piano Suite, BB 70, Sz. 62, Op. 14
Work length9:23
  • Géza Anda (piano)
  • Recorded: 23 August 1955
  • Recording Venue: Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh Festival, United Kingdom
I. Allegretto
Track length2:11
II. Scherzo
Track length1:51
III. Allegro molto
Track length2:09
IV. Sostenuto
Track length3:12
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35
Work length18:39
This work is only available as an album download.
Applause
Work length0:30
  • Audience, December 10th, 1958 - Royal Festival Hall, United Kingdom
Stravinsky: Agon ‘Ballet for Twelve Dancers’
Work length24:01
Pas de quatre
Track length1:42
Double Pas de quatre
Track length1:29
Triple Pas de quatre
Track length1:05
Prelude
Track length0:51
Saraband-Step
Track length1:19
Gaillarde
Track length1:19
Coda
Track length1:39
Interlude
Track length0:52
Bransle simple
Track length0:53
Bransle gay
Track length0:56
Bransle double
Track length1:35
Interlude
Track length0:53
Pas de deux
Track length4:32
Coda
Track length1:44
4 Duos
Track length0:32
4 Trios
Track length0:41
Coda
Track length1:59
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Work length21:31
I. Quarter Note = 160
Track length9:30
II. Andante - Interlude. L'istesso tempo
Track length5:55
III. Con moto
Track length6:06
Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, Tableau I
Work length4:25
Naissance d'Apollon
Track length4:25
Stravinsky: Apollon musagète, Tableau II
Work length25:15
Variation d'Apollon. Apollon et les Muses
Track length3:22
Pas d'action. Apollon et les trois Muses, Calliope, Polymnie et Terpsichore
Track length4:53
Variation de Calliope (L'Alexandrin)
Track length1:30
Variation de Polyhymnie
Track length1:11
Variation de Terpsichore
Track length1:31
Variation d'Apollon
Track length2:12
Pas de deux. Apollon et Terpsichore
Track length3:41
Coda. Apollon et les Muses
Track length3:23
Apothéose
Track length3:32
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Work length3:13
Finale (1911 Version)
Track length3:13
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Work length18:52
  • Borodin Quartet
  • Recorded: 31 August 1962
  • Recording Venue: Leith Town Hall, Edinburgh Festival, United Kingdom
I. Largo
Track length4:09
II. Allegro molto
Track length2:41
III. Allegretto
Track length3:49
IV. Largo
Track length4:55
V. Largo
Track length3:18
Borodin: String Quartet in D Major
Work length27:41
  • Borodin Quartet
  • Recorded: 29 August 1962
  • Recording Venue: Leith Town Hall, Edinburgh Festival, United Kingdom
I. Allegro moderato
Track length7:56
II. Scherzo. Allegro
Track length4:43
III. Notturno. Andante
Track length8:10
IV. Finale. Andante - Vivace
Track length6:52
Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Work length26:48
  • Borodin Quartet
  • Recorded: 31 August 1962
  • Recording Venue: Leith Town Hall, Edinburgh Festival, United Kingdom
I. Allegro moderato, très doux
Track length7:39
II. Assez vif, très rythmé
Track length5:37
III. Très lent
Track length8:29
IV. Vif et agité
Track length5:03
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Work length53:05
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Bedächtig, nicht eilen
Track length15:19
This track is only available as an album download.
II. In gemächlicher Bewegung, ohne Hast
Track length8:54
III. Ruhevoll, poco adagio
Track length20:21
This track is only available as an album download.
IV. Sehr behaglich
Track length8:31
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G major, Op.61 'Mozartiana'
Work length25:40
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Gigue. Allegro
Track length1:56
II. Menuet. Moderato
Track length2:57
III. Preghiera. Andante non tanto
Track length5:03
IV. Tema con variazioni. Allegro giusto
Track length15:44
This track is only available as an album download.
Excerpt,Scarlatti, A: Pirro e Demetrio
Work length2:36
Le violette
Track length2:36
Excerpt,Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Work length4:28
So Shall the Lute and Harp Awake
Track length4:28
Excerpt,Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
Work length2:33
No. 11, Mein!
Track length2:33
Excerpt,Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25
Work length2:27
No. 1, Widmung
Track length2:27
Excerpt,Brahms: Lieder (6), Op. 97
Work length2:51
No. 1, Nachtigall
Track length2:51
Excerpt,Brahms: Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 63, Nos. 1-9
Work length1:31
No. 5, Meine Liebe ist grün
Track length1:31
Stravinsky: Pastorale
Work length2:01
Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera
Work length2:59
Duparc: L'Invitation au voyage
Work length4:17
Halffter, E: 2 Canciónes de Rafael Alberti
Work length4:36
No. 1, La Corza Blanca
Track length1:35
No. 2, La Niña Que Se Va al Mar
Track length3:01
Vives: Canciónes Epigramáticas
Work length4:32
No. 12, La Presumida
Track length2:23
No. 9, El Retrato de Isabela
Track length2:09
Excerpt,Nin: Cantos populares españoles (20), for voice and piano
Work length4:11
No. 4, Montañesa
Track length2:26
No. 15, Paño Murciano
Track length1:45
Obradors: Canciones clásicas españolas
Work length2:57
No. 6, Chiquitita la Novia
Track length2:57
Delibes: Bonjour, Suzon!
Work length2:46
Valverde, J: Clavelitos
Work length1:57
Excerpt,Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7
Work length12:56
No. 1, Villanelle
Track length2:27
No. 2, Le spectre de la rose
Track length6:41
No. 6, L'île inconnue
Track length3:48
Haydn: Violin Sonata in G major (after Piano Trio No. 31 in G major, Hob.XV:32)
Work length10:34
I. Andante
Track length5:55
II. Allegro
Track length4:39
Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
Work length12:14
I. Allegro vivo
Track length4:38
II. Intermède. Fantastique et léger
Track length3:56
III. Finale. Très animé
Track length3:40
Schubert: Grand Duo for Violin and Piano in A Major, D574
Work length21:21
I. Allegro moderato
Track length8:14
II. Scherzo & Trio. Presto
Track length4:10
III. Andantino
Track length4:04
IV. Allegro vivace
Track length4:53
Schubert: Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934
Work length24:12
Andante molto
Track length3:12
Allegretto
Track length4:59
Andantino
Track length12:07
Allegro vivace
Track length3:54
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Work length36:07
I. Adagio molto - Allegro molto
Track length12:45
II. Larghetto
Track length12:45
III. Scherzo
Track length4:00
IV. Allegro molto
Track length6:37
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Work length36:46
I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
Track length12:10
II. Allegretto
Track length9:24
III. Presto, assai meno presto
Track length8:08
IV. Allegro con brio
Track length7:04
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Work length16:21
No. 1, Prélude
Track length3:21
No. 2, Forlane
Track length4:43
No. 3, Menuet
Track length5:00
No. 4, Rigaudon
Track length3:17
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Work length20:54
I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine
Track length3:36
II. Expectans expectavi, Dominum
Track length5:46
III. Alleluia. Laudate Dominum
Track length11:32
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Work length36:42
  • BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 21 November 1962
  • Recording Venue: Town Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom
I. Allegro con brio - Un poco sostenuto
Track length13:33
II. Andante
Track length7:54
III. Poco allegretto
Track length6:10
IV. Allegro - Un poco sostenuto
Track length9:05
Excerpt,Falla: El sombrero de tres picos
Work length3:06
II. The Miller's Dance
Track length3:06
Walton: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
Work length41:19
I. Allegro assai
Track length13:04
II. Presto con malizia
Track length6:08
III. Andante con malinconia
Track length9:54
IV. Maestoso. Allegro brioso ed ardentemente
Track length12:13
Walton: Cello Concerto
Work length24:04
I. Moderato
Track length6:41
II. Allegro appassionato
Track length6:04
III. Lento
Track length11:19
Debussy: Suite Bergamasque
Work length15:40
I. Prélude
Track length3:37
II. Menuet
Track length3:43
III. Clair de lune
Track length4:49
IV. Passepied
Track length3:31
Excerpt,Debussy: Estampes (3)
Work length8:21
No. 1, Pagodes
Track length4:07
No. 2, La soirée dans Grenade
Track length4:14
Excerpt,Debussy: Images pour piano - Book 1
Work length4:39
No. 1, Reflets dans l'eau
Track length4:39
Debussy: L'isle joyeuse
Work length4:54
Ravel: Sonatine
Work length10:00
I. Modéré
Track length3:57
II. Menuet
Track length2:57
III. Animé
Track length3:06
Excerpt,Ravel: Miroirs, M.43
Work length4:50
No. 5, La vallée des cloches
Track length4:50
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Work length29:30
I. Äußerst bewegt
Track length1:30
II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
Track length9:02
III. Sehr aufgeregt
Track length3:51
IV. Sehr langsam
Track length3:28
V. Sehr lebhaft
Track length2:38
VI. Sehr langsam
Track length4:17
VII. Sehr rasch
Track length1:53
VIII. Schnell und spielend
Track length2:51
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