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Vintage Years: the Philhannonia

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Six programmes tracing the history of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
3: An Orchestra with Style
Humphrey Burton remembers some of the great conductors who worked with the orchestra in the early fifties. With contributions from Yehudi Menuhin , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , Walter Legge and some of the original members of the orchestra.
Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) (1st mvt)
Rossini Overture: La Gazza Ladra
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No 2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique) (4th mvt) Conductor Guido Cantelli
Brahms Tragic Overture
Conductor Arturo Toscanini
Lehar Vilja (The Merry Widow)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Conductor Otto Ackermann
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D (1st mvt) Yehudi Menuhin , conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler
Wagner Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde) Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Burton
Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhin
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Unknown:
Walter Legge
Conductor:
Guido Cantelli
Conductor:
Arturo Toscanini
Conductor:
Lehar Vilja
Soprano:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Conductor:
Otto Ackermann
Conductor:
Yehudi Menuhin
Conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Conductor:
Wagner Liebestod
Soprano:
Kirsten Flagstad
Conductor:
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Source: Radio Times

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