| Description |
7 audio discs : digital, mono, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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mono |
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digital recording |
| Note |
"Audio compilation based on ... BBC/IMG Artist Production television series The art of conducting ..."--Container. |
| Performer |
Various orchestras and conductors. |
| Event |
Recorded 1913-1977. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Biographical and program notes in English, German, and French in each container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Oberon overture / Weber (London Symphony Orchestra ; Arthur Nikisch, conductor) -- Symphony no. 4 / Brahms (London Symphony Orchestra ; Felix Weingartner, conductor) -- Der Rosenkavalier : film music / Strauss (Augmented London Tivoli Theatre Orchestra ; Richard Strauss, conductor). |
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Disc 2. Tragic overture / Brahms -- Parsifal ; Good Friday music / Wagner (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Arturo Toscanini, conductor) -- Fidelio overture / Beethoven (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor) -- Tristan und Isolde: Vorspiel, 3. Akt / Wagner (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor) -- Symphony no. 8 / Schubert (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor). |
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Disc 3. Così fan tutte: Overture / Mozart (Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra ; Fritz Busch, conductor) -- Serenade: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Mozart (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Bruno Walter, conductor) -- Siegfried Idyll / Wagner (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Bruno Walter, conductor) -- Symphony no. 5: Adagietto / Mahler (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Bruno Walter, conductor) -- Tristan und Isolde: Vorspiel, 1. Akt / Wagner (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Fritz Reiner, conductor) -- Symphony no. 7 / Sibelius (BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Serge Koussevitsky, conductor). |
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Disc 4. Joyeuse Marche / Chabrier (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor) -- Irmelin : Prelude / Delius (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor) -- Tapiola / Sibelius (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor) -- Introduction & allegro / Elgar (Allegri String Quartet ; Sinfonia of London ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor) -- Symphony no. 8 / Dvořák (Cleveland Orchestra ; George Szell, conductor). |
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Disc 5. Symphony no. 7 / Beethoven (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Otto Klemperer, conductor) -- Symphony no. 8 / Beethoven (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) -- Vltava / Smetana (Berliner Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor). |
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Disc 6. Toccata & fugue in D minor / Bach ; arr. Stokowski (Symphony Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor) -- Pini di Roma / Respighi (The Symphony of the Air ; Leopold Stokowski, conductor) -- Harold en Italie / Berlioz (Donald McInnes, viola ; Orchestre National de France ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor). |
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Disc 7. Comparison. Symphony no. 5. Allegro con brio / Beethoven (Berliner Philharmoniker ; Arthur Nikisch, conductor) ; (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor) ; (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor) ; (Philharmonia Orchestra ; Otto Klemperer, conductor) -- Rehearsal sequences. Symphony no. 5. Movements 3-4 / Beethoven (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor) -- Leonore no. 3 / Beethoven (Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor) -- Symphony no. 4. Finale / Tchaikovsky (Hallé Orchestra ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor) -- Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Ho! Wie will ich trumphieren / Mozart (Gottlob Frick, bass ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor) -- Symphony no. 100. Excerpts / Haydn (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor). |
| Genre/Form |
Orchestral music.
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| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954, conductor.
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Karajan, Herbert von, conductor.
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Beecham, Thomas, 1879-1961, conductor.
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Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970, conductor.
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Frick, Gottlob, 1906-1994, singer.
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor. Selections.
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Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
Fidelio (1806). Ouverture.
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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Symphonies, no. 4, op. 36, F minor. Allegro con fuoco.
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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809.
Symphonies, H. I, 100, G major. Selections.
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Berliner Philharmoniker, performer.
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Wiener Philharmoniker, performer.
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Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England), performer.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
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Konsertföreningens orkester (Stockholm, Sweden), performer.
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Hallé Orchestra, performer.
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| Note |
Subtitle on booklet: Great conductors of the past |
| Standard No. |
2435659152 |
| Music No. |
7243 5 65915 2 3 EMI Classics (set) |
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7243 5 65916 2 2 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 65917 2 1 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 65918 2 0 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 65919 2 9 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 65920 2 5 EMI Classics |
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7243 5 65921 2 4 EMI Classics |
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5 65916 2--5 65921 2 EMI Classics |
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CONDUCT CD 1 EMI Classics |
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