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Special offer. BBC Legends, Volume 4

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Heather Harper (soloist), Clifford Curzon (piano), Nadia Boulanger, Ian Partridge (soloist), Bernadette Greevy (soloist), John Carol Case (soloist), Janet Price (soloist), Karl Engel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (soloist), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Peter Pears...

BBC Legends, Volume 4

Special offer. BBC Legends, Volume 4

Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Heather Harper (soloist), Clifford Curzon (piano), Nadia Boulanger, Ian Partridge (soloist), Bernadette Greevy (soloist), John Carol Case (soloist), Janet Price (soloist), Karl Engel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (soloist), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Peter Pears...

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"ICA Classics, via its long-term contract with BBC Worldwide, are proud to release a fourth volume of the best-selling BBC Legends box, featuring 20 CDs of some of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Volume one was released in 2013 and comprised 20 CDs taken from the critically acclaimed BBC Legends catalogue which has been unavailable since 2010. The second volume was released in 2017 and is now out of print, while the third volume came out in late 2022. A beautifully packaged clamshell box with individual wallets for each main artist featuring full details of tracks, dates and venues."

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Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Heather Harper (soloist), Clifford Curzon (piano), Nadia Boulanger, Ian Partridge (soloist), Bernadette Greevy (soloist), John Carol Case (soloist), Janet Price (soloist), Karl Engel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (soloist), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Peter Pears (soloist), Hans Wilbrink (soloist), Stefania Woytowicz (soloist), John Ogdon (piano), Dame Janet Baker (soloist), Ronald Dowd (soloist), Franz Crass (soloist), Dennis Brain (horn), Edith Peinemann, Paul Tortelier (cello), Ernest Lush, Rudolf Serkin (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, New Philharmonia Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Quintet, Klaus Tennstedt, Constantin Silvestri, Sir John Barbirolli, Pierre Boulez, Jascha Horenstein, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Sir Adrian Boult, Benjamin Britten, Evgeny Svetlanov, Geroge Szell, George Szell, Sir Malcolm Sargent, John Hollingsworth, Rudolf Kempe, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sir John Pritchard

Contents and tracklist

Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Work length1:22:37
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I. Langsam - Allegro risoluto, ma non troppo
Track length22:15
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II. Nachtmusik. Allegro moderato
Track length16:50
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III. Scherzo. Schattenhaft
Track length10:00
IV. Nachtmusik. Andante amoroso
Track length15:10
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V. Rondo - Finale. Tempo I - Allegro ordinario
Track length18:22
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Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Work length28:19
I. Allegro vivace
Track length7:56
II. Andante cantabile
Track length8:34
III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
Track length5:17
IV. Molto allegro
Track length6:32
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
Work length55:06
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I. Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto - Andante
Track length15:58
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II. Vivace con spirito
Track length9:05
III. Andante con moto
Track length11:01
IV. Allegro con fuoco
Track length19:02
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Respighi: Pines of Rome
Work length21:41
I. I pini di Villa Borghese
Track length2:41
II. Pini presso una catacomba
Track length6:07
III. I pini del Gianicolo
Track length7:02
IV. I pini della Via Appia
Track length5:51
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 9 in B major, D575
Work length24:24
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length8:00
II. Andante
Track length5:27
III. Scherzo. Allegretto
Track length6:00
IV. Allegro giusto
Track length4:57
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 11 in F minor, D625
Work length21:35
I. Allegro
Track length6:34
II. Scherzo. Allegretto - Trio
Track length4:36
III. Adagio
Track length4:07
IV. Allegro
Track length6:18
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664, Op. posth. 120
Work length25:48
I. Allegro moderato
Track length12:11
II. Andante
Track length6:23
III. Allegro
Track length7:14
Schubert: Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 1 in C
Work length6:09
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Work length58:56
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I. Bedächtig. Nicht eilen
Track length17:52
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II. In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast
Track length9:59
III. Ruhevoll
Track length19:54
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IV. Sehr behaglich. "Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden"
Track length11:11
Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21
Work length9:47
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Work length39:37
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I. Allegro
Track length20:02
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II. Adagio un poco moto
Track length8:43
III. Rondo. Allegro
Track length10:52
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'
Work length31:53
I. Allegro
Track length14:20
II. [Larghetto]
Track length7:12
III. [Allegretto]
Track length10:21
Boulanger, L: Psalm 24 'La terre appartient a l'Eternel'
Work length4:05
Boulanger, L: Pie Jesu
Work length5:07
Boulanger, L: Psalm 130: 'Du fond de l'abîme'
Work length26:47
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Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
Work length38:41
I. Introït et Kyrie (Chorus)
Track length6:58
II. Offertoire (Baritone, Chorus)
Track length8:47
III. Sanctus (Chorus)
Track length3:19
IV. Pie Jesus (Soprano)
Track length4:11
V. Agnus Dei (Chorus)
Track length6:04
VI. Libera me (Baritone, Chorus)
Track length5:35
VII. In paradisum (Chorus)
Track length3:47
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
Work length1:14:42
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I. Introduction. Adagio - Allegro
Track length19:19
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II. Adagio. Sehr langsam
Track length16:19
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III. Scherzo. Molto vivace (Schnell) - Trio
Track length14:13
IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro moderato
Track length24:51
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Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Work length16:49
I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
Track length3:43
II. Ging heut morgen übers Feld
Track length4:02
III. Ich hab ein glühend Messer
Track length3:12
IV. Die zwei blauen Augen
Track length5:52
Mahler: Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
Work length27:07
No. 5, Phantasie
Track length2:19
No. 13, Nicht wiedersehen!
Track length4:56
No. 1, Frühlingsmorgen
Track length2:06
No. 2, Erinnerung
Track length2:51
No. 10, Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz
Track length4:29
No. 7, Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald
Track length4:41
No. 11, Ablösung im Sommer
Track length1:35
No. 6, Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen
Track length1:47
No. 14, Selbstgefühl
Track length2:23
Excerpt,Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Work length19:58
No. 2, Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
Track length3:19
No. 1, Blicke mir nicht in dieLieder!
Track length1:29
No. 3, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Track length7:42
No. 4, Um Mitternacht
Track length7:28
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Work length27:49
I. Allegro molto moderato
Track length11:58
II. Adagio - attacca.
Track length6:04
III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso
Track length9:47
Debussy: Préludes - Book 1
Work length40:57
I. Danseuses de Delphes. Lent et grave
Track length3:07
II. Voiles. Modéré
Track length3:59
III. Le vent dans la plaine. Animé
Track length2:11
IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir. Modéré
Track length3:36
V. Les collines d’Anacapri. Très modéré
Track length3:13
VI. Des pas sur la neige. Triste et lent
Track length4:04
VII. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest. Animé et tumultueux
Track length3:38
VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif
Track length2:25
IX La sérénade interrompue. Modérément animé
Track length2:35
X La cathédrale engloutie. Profondément calme
Track length6:24
XI La danse de Puck. Capricieux et léger
Track length2:55
XII Ministrels. Modéré
Track length2:50
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Work length24:25
I. Allegro moderato
Track length14:02
II. Andante con moto
Track length10:23
Bizet: Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite), Op. 22
Work length12:23
I. Marche. Allegretto moderato
Track length2:14
II. Berceuse. Andantino
Track length3:10
III. Impromptu. Allegro vivo
Track length1:05
IV. Duo. Andantino
Track length3:52
V. Galop. Presto
Track length2:02
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Work length17:06
I. Lever du jour. Lent
Track length6:46
II. Pantomime. Lent - Très lent -Vif - Très lent
Track length5:06
III. Danse générale. Lent - Animé
Track length5:14
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105
Work length19:55
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Adagio - Vivacissimo - Adagio - Allegro molto moderato - Allegro moderato - Vivace - Presto - Adagio - Largamente molto - Affettuoso
Track length19:55
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Work length1:19:00
I. Requiem aeternam: No. 1, "Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine"
Track length5:53
I. Requiem aeternam: No. 2, "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?"
Track length3:41
II. Dies irae: No. 1, "Dies irae, dies illa"
Track length3:35
II. Dies irae: No. 2, "Bugles sang, saddening the evening air"
Track length2:31
II. Dies irae: No. 3, "Liber scriptus proferetur"
Track length2:48
II. Dies irae: No. 4, "Out there, we’ve walked quite friendly up to Death"
Track length1:52
II. Dies irae: No. 5, "Recordare, Jesu pie"
Track length4:47
II. Dies irae: No. 6, "Be slowly lifted up, thou long black arm"
Track length3:04
II. Dies irae: No. 7, "‘Lacrimosa dies illa’
Track length2:08
II. Dies irae: No. 8, "Move him into the sun"
Track length4:58
III. Offertorium: No. 1, "Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae"
Track length3:25
III. Offertorium: No. 2, "So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went"
Track length5:57
IV. Sanctus: No. 1, "Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus"
Track length5:54
IV. Sanctus: No. 2, "After the blast of lightning from the East"
Track length3:39
V. Agnus Dei "One ever hangs where shelled roads part"
Track length3:36
VI. Libera me: No. 1, "Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna"
Track length6:51
VI. Libera me: No. 2, "It seemed that out of battle I escaped"
Track length9:06
VI. Libera me: No. 3, "Let us sleep now"
Track length5:15
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124
Work length19:29
I. Allegro maestoso
Track length5:59
II. Quasi adagio - III. Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
Track length9:26
IV. Allegro marziale animato - Presto
Track length4:04
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125
Work length19:50
I. Adagio sostenuto assai - Allegro agitato assai -
Track length6:56
II. Allegro moderato - Allegro deciso -
Track length7:24
III. Marziale un poco meno allegro -
Track length3:27
IV. Allegro animato - Stretto
Track length2:03
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Work length11:01
Liszt: Fantasy "La Clochette"
Work length14:22
Liszt: Transcendental Study, S139 No. 11 'Harmonies du soir'
Work length8:27
Rimsky Korsakov: Mlada: Act II: Procession of the Nobles
Work length5:08
Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Work length49:00
I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
Track length11:21
II. The Story of the Kalender Prince
Track length12:38
III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess
Track length11:53
IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - Shipwreck - Conclusion
Track length13:08
Scriabin: Symphony No. 4 - 'Le Poème de l'extase', Op. 54
Work length20:02
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Work length27:12
I. Allegro vivace e con brio
Track length9:42
II. Allegretto scherzando
Track length3:56
III. Tempo di Menuetto
Track length5:24
IV. Allegro vivace
Track length8:10
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Work length1:09:20
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I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Track length16:42
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II. Molto vivace
Track length11:46
III. Adagio molto e cantabile
Track length16:18
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IV. Presto - Allegro assai - Recitativo. "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" - Allegro assai - Final Chorus from Schiller’s ode "To Joy"
Track length24:34
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Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K447
Work length15:24
I. Allegro
Track length6:51
II. Romance. Larghetto
Track length4:25
III. Allegro
Track length4:08
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
Work length25:44
Prologue. Andante
Track length1:19
Pastoral. Lento
Track length3:56
Nocturne. Maestoso
Track length3:35
Elegy. Andante appassionato - Recitativo - Tempo primo
Track length4:53
Dirge. Alla marcia grave
Track length3:58
Hymn. Presto e leggero
Track length2:01
Sonnet. Adagio
Track length3:55
Epilogue. Andante
Track length2:07
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70
Work length8:44
I. Langsam, mit innigem Ausdruck
Track length3:46
II. Rasch und feurig - Etwas ruhiger - Im ersten Tempo
Track length4:58
Mozart: Divertimento in B flat, K270
Work length4:35
  • Dennis Brain Wind Quintet
I. Allegro molto
Track length2:56
IV. Presto
Track length1:39
Milhaud: La Cheminée du roi René, Op 205: VI: Chasse A Valabre
Work length2:06
  • Dennis Brain Wind Quintet
Fricker: Wind Quintet
Work length16:45
  • Dennis Brain Wind Quintet
I. Moderato - Allegro moderato
Track length4:44
II. Badinerie. Vivace - Musette. Moderato e sostenuto
Track length3:08
III. Canonic Variations
Track length4:56
IV. Finale. Vivo
Track length3:57
Tippett: Concerto for double string orchestra
Work length25:10
I. Allegro con brio
Track length6:08
II. Adagio cantabile
Track length10:31
III. Allegro molto
Track length8:31
Berg: Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)
Work length28:38
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Andante - Allegretto
Track length11:42
II. Allegro (ma sempre rubato, frei wie eine Kadenz) - Adagio
Track length16:56
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Janáček: Sinfonietta
Work length24:11
I. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso
Track length2:30
II. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso - Tempo I
Track length6:03
III. Moderato - Con moto - Più mosso - Prestissimo - Moderato
Track length5:23
IV. Allegretto
Track length2:38
V. Andante con moto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto - Allegro Maestoso - Adagio
Track length7:37
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Work length27:01
I. Adagio - Moderato
Track length7:14
II. Lento - Allegro molto
Track length4:21
III. Adagio
Track length4:24
IV. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro, ma non troppo - Poco più lento - Adagio
Track length11:02
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Work length33:53
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I. Allegro
Track length17:09
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II. Andante
Track length7:51
III. Vivace non troppo
Track length8:53
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Work length10:58
I. Prologue
Track length4:13
II. Sérénade
Track length3:18
III. Finale
Track length3:27
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'
Work length45:37
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I. Allegro
Track length12:30
II. Scherzo. Assai vivace - Presto - Prestissimo - Tempo I
Track length2:39
III. Adagio sostenuto
Track length17:06
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IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto
Track length13:22
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
Work length19:41
I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
Track length6:28
II. Allegro molto
Track length2:08
III. Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length11:05
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