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Bernard Haitink – London: Complete Philips Recordings (31CD Box Set)
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Bernard Haitink

    Bernard Haitink – London: Complete Philips Recordings (31CD Box Set)

    $259.99

    Product Code: 0028948540426

    Bernard Haitink was always a familiar figure in London where was principal conductor of the London Philharmonic from 1967 to 1979 and was also seen at such prestigious British opera houses as Covent Garden and at Glyndebourne.

    This, the second of three volumes covering Haitink’s complete recordings for Decca and Philips, focuses on his London years. The recordings cover a period of two decades, from 1967 (Dvořák with Heinrich Schiff) to 1986 (Rachmaninoff with Vladimir Ashkenazy). It also includes the first international release of his recording of the Beethoven symphonies and a selection of overtures.

    Many of the hallmarks of Haitink’s Concertgebouw recordings are present in these readings with the LPO. His unobtrusive authority – letting the score speak – was aptly summarised by Gramophone: “At no point is one remotely aware that the performance is being conducted. It simply is.”

    This is a Limited Edition.

    Tracklist

    CD 1–6

    BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 1–9; Overtures: Coriolan, Leonora No. 3; Egmont; Triple Concerto

    Beaux Arts Trio

    CD 7–9

    BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5; Choral Fantasia

    Alfred Brendel; London Philharmonic Choir

    CD 10

    DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto; Silent Woods; Rondo in G minor

    Maurice Gendron

    CD 11

    HOLST: The Planets; ELGAR: Enigma Variations

    CD 12–15

    LISZT: Tone Poems

    CD 16

    LISZT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Totentanz

    Alfred Brendel

    CD 17–18

    MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 ‘Scottish’, 4 & 5 ‘Reformation’; Overtures: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt; The Hebrides

    CD 19

    MOZART: Overtures

    CD 20

    RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade

    RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Vladimir Ashkenazy

    CD 21–26

    SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 & 15; The Age of Gold – Suite

    CD 27–28

    STRAVINSKY: The Firebird; Petrushka; The Rite of Spring

    CD 29–31

    VERDI: Don Carlo

    Galina Gorchakova, Olga Borodina, Dmitri Hvorostovksy

    Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

    ARTISTS

    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    BERNARD HAITINK