BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra
ELGAR Cello Concerto
ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius
Live concert broadcasts, 1961 & 1962
Total Duration: 1hr 58:32
Jacqueline du Pré, cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Lewis, tenor
Marjorie Thomas, mezzo
John Cameron, baritone
Hudderfield Choral Society
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
SHAKESPEARE/MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream
Recorded 23 & 26 July (orchestra) and 11, 16 – 20 August 1954 (actors) in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London.
Total duration: 2hr 25:23
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
TIPPETT Symphony No. 2 (world première)
BLISS March: Welcome The Queen
BLISS March from 'Things to Come'
BLISS Checkmate (excerpts)
BLISS Theme and Cadenza for violin and orchestra
BLISS Overture: Edinburgh
Live concert and studio recordings, 1956 & 1958
Total duration: 77:49
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Arthur Bliss, conductor
Alfredo Campoli, violin
BBC Concert Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
Recorded in 1937
Duration 25:51
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
Recorded in 1939
Duration 30:06
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 1
Recorded in 1937 and 1939
Total duration: 77:31
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor