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Great Conductors of the 20th Century – John Barbirolli

Great Conductors of the 20th Century – John Barbirolli

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century was a 2CD series from IMG Artists and EMI featuring famous conductors of the 20th century. As per the norm, the website has disappeared, so here is all the information [and more] that was included for this great series. Includes the only official recording of Barbirolli’s blazing Mahler 2 broadcast from Stuttgart in stereo in 1970 Catalogue no: 7243 5 75100 2 8 (2 CD)   CD1 [76:17] Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1…

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Ataulfo Argenta

Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Ataulfo Argenta

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century was a 2CD series from IMG Artists and EMI featuring famous conductors of the 20th century. As per the norm, the website has disappeared, so here is all the information [and more] that was included for this great series. Features Argenta’s rare recordings of Schubert 9 from 1957 and Liszt’s Faust Symphony from 1955, both in stereo Catalogue no: 7243 5 75097 2 5 (2 CD)   CD1 [68:58] Liszt: A Faust Symphony Orchestre de…

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Andre Cluytens

Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Andre Cluytens

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century was a 2CD series from IMG Artists and EMI featuring famous conductors of the 20th century. As per the norm, the website has disappeared, so here is all the information [and more] that was included for this great series. Features a stunning live Berlioz Symphonie fantastique in stereo from Tokyo in 1964 and studio recordings of Ravel, Bizet and Schumann on CD for the first time. Catalogue no: 7243 5 75106 2 2 CD1 [76:28]…

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Ernest Ansermet

Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Ernest Ansermet

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century was a 2CD series from IMG Artists and EMI featuring famous conductors of the 20th century. As per the norm, the website has disappeared, so here is all the information [and more] that was included for this great series. First appearances on CD of Ansermet’s authoritative stereo accounts of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, Rachmaninov’s The Isle of the Dead and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade Catalogue no: 7243 5 75094 2 8 (2 CD)       CD1…

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Albert Coates

Great Conductors of the 20th Century – Albert Coates

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Great Conductors of the 20th Century was a 2CD series from IMG Artists and EMI featuring famous conductors of the 20th century. As per the norm, the website has disappeared, so here is all the information [and more] that was included for this great series. This compilation of newly remastered recordings affords the opportunity for a major reassessment of a distinguished British conductor (and a notable Wagnerian), whose career flourished in the 1920s and 1930s. Catalogue no: 7243 5 75462 2…

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Free Music May: Ravel Daphnis Suite 2

Free Music May: Ravel Daphnis Suite 2

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Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe Suite no. 2 by Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orch circa 1939 [cover from a later Columbia recording] Details and recording at: http://archive.org/details/RavelDaphnisEtChloeSuiteNo.2