BARBIROLLI conducts SCHUBERT & DEBUSSY
Barbirolli had known Debussy’s Nocturnes for at least three decades. His love of and familiarity with Debussy’s music stemmed from the early 1920s, when – as a cellist – he
View releaseBarbirolli had known Debussy’s Nocturnes for at least three decades. His love of and familiarity with Debussy’s music stemmed from the early 1920s, when – as a cellist – he
View releaseFor Sir John Barbirolli and his Hallé Orchestra, their love of and sympathy with music of the Strauss dynasty was total – as we hear in this collection of highlights
View releaseBARBIROLLI conducts ELGAR’s Symphony No.2 Coventry Cathedral, 1964 What remains so compelling in this performance of Elgar’s Second Symphony from 1964 is the essential ‘oneness’ of Barbirolli’s conception, by which
View releaseBARBIROLLI conducts BARTÓK, PROKOFIEV and SCHUBERT Schubert’s Symphony No.5 and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2 – ION VOICU violin (Bucharest) Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra (Budapest) There is no doubt that such
View releaseJACQUELINE DU PRÉ PERFORMS THE ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO – ‘LIVE’ IN MOSCOW, 1967 ALFREDO CAMPOLI PERFORMS THE SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO – 1964 BBC2 BROADCAST From her late teenaged years, Jacquelin
View releaseWhen war in Europe erupted in September 1939, Barbirolli was not the only notable British musician then resident in the United States. The 26-year-old Benjamin Britten was living in New
View releaseIn this live recording from Rome in 1957, Barbirolli inspired his three international soloists – the Canadian-born Jon Vickers (Gerontius), the British contralto Constance Shacklock (the Angel), and the Polish
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