1885-1973
He has all the characteristics that go to make a great conductor. (GUSTAV MAHLER, 1910) The first of six programmes celebrating a recording career that spanned almost half a century.
Offenbach Overture:
La belle Helene (mono: 1929) Strauss Symphonic Poem: Don Juan (mono: 1929)
BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA Mahler Four Songs
(RUckert Lieder; Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
CHRISTA LUDWIG (mezzo-soprano) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1, in C: DANIEL BARENBOIM NEW PHlLHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Wagner Siegfried Idyll PtflLHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Weill Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (excerpts) (mono: 1931)
BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Klemperer Merry Waltz
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA: records Producer PATRICK LAMBERT
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