Composer: Antonín Dvořák, Edouard Lalo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergey Rachmaninov, Jean Sibelius, Richard Strauss, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, Giovanni Battista Viotti
Performer: David Oistrakh, Ida Haendel, Gioconda De Vito, Alfredo Campoli, André Navarra, Zara Nelsova, Monique de la Bruchollerie, Dennis Brain
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rome Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent, Basil Cameron, Fernando Previtali, Alfred Wallenstein, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Jean Martinon, Sir Eugene Goossens, Walter Goehr, Paul Sacher, Sir Adrian Boult
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Ica Classics
Release: 2019
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Canzonetta. Andante
03. III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio di molto
06. III. Allegro, ma non tanto
CD 02
Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22 in A Minor
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Agitato assai
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21
04. I. Allegro non troppo
05. II. Scherzando. Allegro molto
06. III. Intermezzo. Allegro non troppo
07. IV. Andante
08. V. Rondo
CD 03
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33
01. Moderato quasi Andante – Thema
02. Var 1. Tempo della Tema
03. Var 2. Tempo della Tema
04. Var 3. Andante sostenuto
05. Var 4. Andante grazioso – un poco animato
06. Var 5. Allegro moderato -. Cadenza
07. Var 6. Andante
08. Var 7 and Coda. Allegro vivo
Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor
09. I. Prelude. Lento – Allegro maestoso
10. II. Intermezzo. Andantino con moto – Allegro presto
11. III. Introduction. Andante – Allegro vivace
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Adagio ma non troppo
14. III. Finale. Allegro moderato
CD 04
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
01. Introduction. Allegro vivace
02. Variation 1
03. Tema. L’istesso tempo
04. Variation 2. L’istesso tempo
05. Variation 3. L’istesso tempo
06. Variation 4. Piu vivo
07. Variation 5. Tempo precedente
08. Variation 6. L’istesso tempo
09. Variation 7. Meno mosso, a tempo moderato
10. Variation 8. Tempo I
11. Variation 9. L’istesso tempo
12. Variation 10
13. Variation 11. Moderato
14. Variation 12. Tempo di Minuetto
15. Variation 13. Allegro
16. Variation 14. L’istesso tempo
17. Variation 15. Piu vivo. Scherzando
18. Variation 16. Allegretto
19. Variation 17
20. Variation 18. Andante cantabile
21. Variation 19. A tempo vivace
22. Variation 20. Un poco piu vivo
23. Variation 21. Un poco piu vivo
24. Variation 22. Un poco piu vivo – alla breve
25. Variation 23. L’istesso tempo
26. Variation 24. A tempo un poco meno mosso
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417
27. I. Allegro Maestoso
28. II. Andante
29. III. Rondo
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495
30. I. Allegro moderato
31. II. Romanza. Andante
32. III. Rondo. Allegro vivace
Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 11
33. I. Allegro
34. II. Andante
35. III. Allegro
This release has been sourced from the Richard Itter Archive of ‘live’ BBC recordings. The collection is very important for collectors because it has never been on the market before. Following the archive’s launch in October 2017 with successive releases featuring Beecham, Böhm, Cantelli, Casadesus, Karajan, Menuhin, Monteux, du Pré, Klemperer, Rostropovich and Walter, it has received universal praise from both the classical media and record collectors for the excellent sound and performances. These four discs document an amazing array of concerto soloists, caught at various stages of their careers in the four years 1953-56. Among them are several with claims to be the finest exponents of their particular concertos – notably David Oistrakh playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in a broadcast from the BBC Studios in 1954, and Dennis Brain in two Mozart Horn Concertos from 1953 & 1954 respectively along with Strauss’s Horn Concerto No.1, from 1956.
