Browse: Historical (series)

Recordings over 50 years old.

A huge catalogue featuring many of the greatest artists of the 20th Century.

Made up of the following series:

Great Cellists - Great Conductors - Great Opera Recordings

Great Operetta Recordings - Great Pianists

Great Singers - Great Violinists

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Offer, Elgar conducts Elgar

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London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar

The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, More…

Release Date: 2nd Feb 2009
Catalogue No: 8111256
Label: Naxos
Series: Historical, Great Conductors
Length: 79 minutes

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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

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Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

Catalogue No: 8110671
Label: Naxos
Series: Historical, Great Pianists
Length: 73 minutes

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Offer, Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 3

All tracks recorded in the USSR, 1935-1955

Emil Gilels (piano)

Outstanding early Gilels, with some superb Liszt including his legendary Figaro Fantasy from 1935. The Scarlatti Sonatas may not stand the test of time so well, but this is a must. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, More…

Release Date: 28th May 2012
Catalogue No: 8111386
Label: Naxos
Series: Historical, Great Pianists
Length: 78 minutes

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Offer, Great Violinists - Joseph Szigeti

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Joseph Szigeti (violin)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Thomas Beecham, Constant Lambert, Charles Munch