BBC Legends Volume 3

~ Release by Barbirolli, Böhm, Britten, Cherkassky, Gilels, Horenstein, Jochum, Jurinac, Kempff, Ludwig, Monteux, Richter, Rostropovich, Rozhdestvensky, Sargent, Serkin, Solti, Stokowski, Svetlanov, Szeryng, Tennstedt (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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Box set of 20 previously released BBC Legends CDs. Each CD is in a cardboard sleeve, all in a box. The booklets provided with the original releases are NOT provided. The CD ToCs also appear to be slightly different.

Annotation last modified on 2022-12-19 13:59 UTC.

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1Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso Allegro Con Spirito
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1968-01-30)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1968-01-30)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1968-01-30)
recorded at:
Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-01-30)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1888 version, most often performed) (on 1968-01-30)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Peter Tchaikovsky19:56
2Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino Semplice Prestissimo Tempo I
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1968-01-30)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1968-01-30)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1968-01-30)
recorded at:
Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-01-30)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (1888 version, most often performed) (on 1968-01-30)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: II. Andantino semplice (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Peter Tchaikovsky7:13
3Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro Con Fuoco
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1968-01-30)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1968-01-30)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (on 1968-01-30)
recorded at:
Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre) in Lambeth, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-01-30)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (1888 version, most often performed) (on 1968-01-30)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuoco (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Peter Tchaikovsky6:57
4Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (1st) (original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
arrangement of:
A Weakened Soul (arr. Brightman, Kohrs, Laudahn)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky1:19
5Pictures at an Exhibition: I. the Gnome
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 1 “Gnomus” (original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky2:34
6Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 1st) (original piano version, often called Promenade 2) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky0:53
7Pictures at an Exhibition: II. the Old Castle
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 2 “Il vecchio castello” (original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky4:37
8Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 2nd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 3) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky0:28
9Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 3 “Tuileries” (Dispute d’enfants après jeux) (Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries (Children Quarreling at Play), original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky0:57
10Pictures at an Exhibition: IV. Bydlo
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 4 “Bydło” (original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky2:27
11Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme, 3rd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 4) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky0:51
12Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 5 “Балетъ невылупившихся птенцовъ” [Balet nevylupivshikhsya ptentsov] (Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. No. 5 "Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks", original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky1:15
13Pictures at an Exhibition: VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 6 “Samuel” Goldenberg und “Schmuÿle” (Pictures at an Exhibition: Samual Goldenberg and Schmuÿle, original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky2:04
14Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade (2nd) (original piano version, often called Promenade 5) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky1:37
15Pictures at an Exhibition: VII. the Market Place at Limoges
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 7 “Limoges”, le marché (La grande nouvelle) (original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky1:27
16Pictures at an Exhibition: VIII. Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
partial recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8 “Catacombæ” (Sepulcrum romanum) and “Cum mortuis in lingua mortua” (original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky1:57
17Pictures at an Exhibition: Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
partial recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 8 “Catacombæ” (Sepulcrum romanum) and “Cum mortuis in lingua mortua” (original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky2:27
18Pictures at an Exhibition: IX. the Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 9 “Избушка на курьихъ ножкахъ” (Баба-Яга) [Izbushka na kuryikh nozhkakh (Baba-Yagá)] (original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky3:16
19Pictures at an Exhibition: X. the Great Gate of Kiev
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 “Богатырскія ворота” (Въ стольномъ городѣ Кіевѣ) (Pictures at an Exhibition: The great gate at Kiev, original piano version) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer) (from 1874-06-02 until 1874-06-22)
dedicated to:
Viktor Hartmann (Russian architect and painter)
part of:
Pictures at an Exhibition (original piano version)
Modest Mussorgsky5:15
20Prélude pathétique
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Prélude pathétique (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Шура Черкасский (Shura Cherkassky, American pianist) (from 1922 until 1923)
Shura Cherkassky2:51
21Flight of the Bumble-Bee
piano:
Shura Cherkassky (American pianist) (on 1982-02-20)
recorded at:
Wigmore Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1982-02-20)
recording of:
Flight of the Bumblebee, TN iii/9 (for piano solo, Rachmaninov) (on 1982-02-20)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (from 1899 until 1900)
piano arranger:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (in 1929)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 35) and A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff (number: TN iii/9)
arrangement of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee, Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov arr. Sergei Rachmaninov1:37
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Credits

Release

part of:BBC Legends (great performers of the twentieth century) (number: Volume 3) (order: 266)
discography entry:https://icaclassics.com/releases/bbc-legends-vol-3 [info]

Release group

includes:A Faust Symphony by Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor); BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (BBC Philharmonic), Men's Voices of the BBC Northern Singers (The Britten Singers, formerly BBC Northern Singers), Jascha Horenstein (conductor), John Mitchinson (tenor)
Bach: Capriccio / Reger: Variations and Fugue / Beethoven: Piano Sonatas by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician), Reger (German composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Serkin (pianist)
Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue / Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 22 / Schubert: 3 Piano Pieces, D946 by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer); Wilhelm Kempff (pianist)
BBC Legends: Cherkassky / Solti by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Mussorgsky (Modest Mussorgsky, composer), Cherkassky (Shura Cherkassky, American pianist), Rimsky-Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); Shura Cherkassky (American pianist), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
BBC Legends: Rozhdestvensky by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich, composer), Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer); BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor)
BBC Legends: Svetlanov by Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich, composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov (Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor)
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas no. 9 & 10 / Schubert: "Wanderer" Fantasy / Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien / "Abegg" Variations by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Schumann (Robert Schumann, German classical composer); Sviatoslav Richter (pianist)
Cello Concertos by Haydn (composer), Saint‐Saëns (composer), Elgar (Edward Elgar, composer); Mstislav Rosptropovich (Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist/conductor), London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor)
Cherubini: Anacréon Overture / Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 / Strauss: Don Juan / Berlioz: Hungarian March by Cherubini (composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Strauss (Richard Strauss, German composer), Berlioz (Hector Berlioz, French composer); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (BBC Philharmonic), Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Haydn: Symphony no. 100 "Military" / Symphony no. 101 "The Clock" / Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber by Haydn (composer), Hindemith (German composer, 1895–1963); Jochum (conductor)
Introduction and Allegro for Strings / Symphony no. 1 by Elgar (Edward Elgar, composer); Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist)
Mozart Requiem (BBC Legends conduct by Britten) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer); English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3 / Vivaldi: The Four Seasons by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer), Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi, Italian baroque composer and violinist); Henryk Szeryng (violinist), English Chamber Orchestra
Scarlatti: Seven Piano Sonatas / Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor / Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 4 in F-sharp minor / Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 3 / Debussy: Pour le piano by Scarlatti (composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Scriabin (Alexander Scriabin, pianist and composer), Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer), Debussy (Claude Debussy, French composer); Gilels (Emil Gilels, pianist)
Schubert: Symphony no. 2 / Brahms Symphony no. 2 by Franz Schubert (composer), Johannes Brahms (German composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Sibelius: Symphony no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite / Beethoven: Egmont Overture by Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer), Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder / Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen by Strauss (Richard Strauss, German composer), Mahler (composer), Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer); Sena Jurinac (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (pianist), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), André Cluytens (Belgian-born French conductor)
Symphony no. 9 “Choral” by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Mari Anne Häggander (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (operatic bass), London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra (London Philharmonic Orchestra, LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra), Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 4 / Sibelius: Symphony no. 4 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer), Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer); BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Weber: Oberon Overture / Schubert: Symphony no. 9 / Brahms: Tragic Overture by Carl Maria von Weber (composer), Franz Schubert (composer), Johannes Brahms (German composer); London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra), Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)