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

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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