Heather Harper (soprano)
Stefania Woytowicz (soprano)
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Ronald Dowd (tenor)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Hans Wilbrink (baritone)
Franz Crass (bass)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Clifford Curzon (piano)
Karl Engel (piano)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
John Ogdon (piano)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
John Georgiadis (violin)
Edith Peinemann (violin)
Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin)
Paul Tortelier (cello)
Dennis Brain (horn)
Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
Melos Ensemble
BBC Symphony Chorus
New Philharmonia Chorus
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

John Barbirolli
Nadia Boulanger
Pierre Boulez
Adrian Boult
Benjamin Britten
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Colin Davis
Carlo Maria Giulini
John Hollingsworth
Jascha Horenstein
Rudolf Kempe
John Pritchard
Malcolm Sargent
Constantin Silvestri
Evgeny Svetlanov
George Szell
Klaus Tennstedt

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Berg, Alban

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel'

Berlioz, Hector

Le Corsaire: Overture, op.21 H101

Boulanger, Lili

Pie Jesu
Psalm 24 'La terre appartient a l"eternel'
Psalm 130 'Du fond de l'abime'

Brahms, Johannes

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102

Britten, Benjamin

Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, op.31
War Requiem, op.66

Bruckner, Anton

Symphony no.5 in B flat major

Debussy, Claude

Cello Sonata in D minor, L135
Preludes (12), Book 1

Elgar, Edward

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85

Faure, Gabriel

Requiem, op.48

Fricker, Peter Racine

Wind Quintet

Grieg, Edvard

Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16

Janacek, Leos

Sinfonietta

Liszt, Franz

Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139

» no.11 in D flat major 'Harmonies du soir'

Grande Fantaisie de bravoure sur la Clochette de Paganini, S420
Mephisto Waltz no.1, S514 'Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke'
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125

Mahler, Gustav

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)
Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit, Book 1

» no.1 Fruhlingsmorgen

» no.2 Erinnerung

» no.5 Phantasie aus Don Juan

Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit, Book 2

» no.1 Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen

» no.2 Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grunen Wald

Lieder und Gesange aus der Jugendzeit, Book 3

» no.1 Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz

» no.2 Ablosung im Sommer

» no.4 Nicht wiedersehen

» no.5 Selbstgefuhl

Ruckert-Lieder (5)

» Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder!

» Ich atmet' einen linden Duft

» Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

» Um Mitternacht

Symphony no.4 in G major
Symphony no.7 in E minor

Milhaud, Darius

La cheminee du roi Rene, op.205

» VI Chasse a Valabre

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Divertimento in B flat major, K270

» I Allegro molto (arr. Anthony Baines)

» IV Presto (arr. Anthony Baines)

Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major, K447
Piano Concerto no.26 in D major, K537 'Coronation'
Symphony no.41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Ravel, Maurice

Daphnis et Chloe: Suite no.2

Respighi, Ottorino

Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P141

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Mlada

» Procession of the Nobles

Scheherazade, op.35

Schubert, Franz

Moments musicaux (6), op.94 D780

» no.1 in C major

Piano Sonata no.9 in B major, D575
Piano Sonata no.11 in F minor, D625
Piano Sonata no.13 in A major, D664
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Schumann, Robert

Adagio and Allegro, op.70

Scriabin, Alexander

Le Poeme de l'Extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), op.54

Sibelius, Jean

Symphony no.7 in C major, op.105

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Manfred Symphony, op.58

Tippett, Michael

Concerto for Double String Orchestra

Artists

Conductors

About

ICA Classics, via its long-term contract with BBC Worldwide, are proud to release a fourth volume of the best-selling BBC Legends box, featuring 20 CDs of some of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Volume one was released in 2013 and comprised 20 CDs taken from the critically acclaimed BBC Legends catalogue which has been unavailable since 2010. The second volume was released in 2017 and is now out of print, while the third volume came out in late 2022. It comes packaged in a beautifully packaged clamshell box with individual wallets for each main artist featuring full details of tracks, dates and venues.

Particular highlights from this fourth 20-CD box in the series include Nadia Boulanger directing Fauré's Requiem in 1968, Clifford Curzon partnering Pierre Boulez in Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto, Carlo Maria Giulini conducting Britten's War Requiem from the Royal Albert Hall in 1969 (Gramophone Editor's Choice 2001), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's masterly performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto from 1965 coupled with Debussy from 1982 (awarded a Diapason d'Or), George Szell conducting a sensational account of Beethoven's 'Choral' Symphony from 1968 (awarded a Diapason d'Or) and, finally, Klaus Tennstedt's legendary Mahler Symphony no.7 from the 1980 Edinburgh Festival.