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4/12. Russian cellist Rostropovich, newly exiled from Russia, makes his debut at the 1975 Festival with three Suites for solo cello by JS Bach. Show more
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4/12. Russian cellist Rostropovich, newly exiled from Russia, makes his debut at the 1975 Festival with three Suites for solo cello by JS Bach. Show more
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Composer Erno Dohnanyi plays his own compositions for solo piano and Francis Poulenc performs his song cycle Le Travail du Peintre. Show more
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5/12. Lyric tenor Fritz Wunderlich sings lieder by Beethoven while great interpreters of French Art song, Gerard Souzay and Veronique Gens, sing Faure and Debussy. Show more
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Pianist Jorge Bolet, famous for his soundtrack to 1960 film The Story of Franz Liszt, plays Brahms, Liszt and Weber-Godowsky in this vintage 1980 Edinburgh Festival concert. Show more
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American soprano Jessye Norman, pianist Dalton Baldwin and viola player John Harrington perform some of Brahms' most glorious songs, plus Haydn's Cantata. Show more
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8/12. Vintage 1955 performance from the Edinburgh International Festival by the pianist Geza Anda featuring Bartok's Piano Suite, Op 14, plus works by Schumann and Brahms. Show more
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9/12. James Galway and Jessye Norman collaborate in Ravel's sumptuous Sheherazade, plus Strauss songs and Liszt's sonata, inspired by a reading of Dante, performed by Jorge Bolet. Show more
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Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, known for her improvisations, includes Bach-Busoni, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt and an audience-led improvisation in her 2008 debut at the Festival. Show more
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Kate Molleson presents Hebrides Ensemble and narrator Graham F Valentine in a new Scots version of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale, from the 2014 BBC Festival archives. Show more
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Great song recitals from the archive featuring countertenor Andreas Scholl singing Haydn, bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in English song and Bernarda Fink with Spanish song by Falla. Show more
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2/12. Clara Haskill plays Mozart's Piano Sonata in C and Steven Osborne presents an eclectic and imaginative journey from Joplin to Peterson. Show more
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Early years at the Festival with Schubert Lieder from Kathleen Ferrier and Bruno Walter, and a Scots song recital from the First Festival. Show more