Beethoven
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
Shorter works by Bizet, Massenet, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius
Recorded 1943
Total duration: 74:32
Seattle Symphony
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
BEETHOVEN Overtures
BEETHOVEN Funeral March from Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 'Great'
Studio recordings, 1919-1932
Total duration: 2hr 27:17
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leo Blech
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3, Partita No. 3
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8, 2 Overtures
GLUCK Alceste - Overture
MOZART Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter', 2 Overtures
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, 'Great'
Studio recordings, 1932-1937
Total duration: 2hr 34:13
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4
WALTON Viola Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
HOLST A Fugal Concerto
COPLAND El Salón México
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad, Rhapsody
BUSONI Comedy Overture*
Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 40:41 (CDs: 2hr 34:04)
William Primrose, viola
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
*Bonus track supplied with downloads only
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 7 'Rasumovsky'
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 13
SCHUBERT Quartet No. 12 'Quartettsatz'
Quartet movements by Beethoven, Dittersdorf, Smetana, Tchaikovsky
Studio recordings, 1927-30
Total duration: 1hr 52:25
THE BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET
Emil Hauser (Violin I)
Imre Pogany or Joseph Roisman (Violin II)
Istvan Ipolyi (Viola)
Harry Son (Cello)
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 1 (1937)*
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 5, “Spring” (1937)*
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 8 (1943 & 1948*)
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9, “Kreutzer” (1944)*
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No 10 (1950)
*first release
Live recordings, 1937-50
Total duration: 2hr 15:23
Adolf Busch violin
Rudolf Serkin piano
