Sir Thomas Beecham

	Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River, Eventyr, Koanga (Prelude), Hassan (Interlude), Serenade, Paris rec. 1927-34 8.110904 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Peter Woolf,
	Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden, Sea Drift, Fennimore and Gerda (Intermezzo), In a Summer Garden, Over the Hills and Far Away rec. 1927-36 8.110905 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Delius: Brigg Fair, La Calinda, Hassan (Closing scene), Irmelin Prelude, Appalachia rec. 1928-38 8.110906 Review by Rob Barnett
	Delius: box set of above recordings Reviews by Rob Barnett and William Hedley

Sir Edward Elgar

	Elgar: Cockaigne overture, Enigma variations, Pomp & Circumstance marches rec. 1933 8.111022 Reviews by Em Marshall and Dominy Clements
	Elgar: Symphony 1, Falstaff rec. 1930-32 8.111256 Reviews by Dominy Clements and Rob Maynard

Oscar Fried

Beethoven: Symphony 9 rec. 1929 8.110929 Review by Christopher Fifield

Wilhelm Furtwängler (see separate page)

Robert Kajanus

	Sibelius: Symphony 1, Tapiola, Pohjola's daughter rec. 1930-32 8.111393 Review by Rob Barnett
	Sibelius: Symphony 2, Belshazzar's Feast Suite; Karelia Suite rec. 1930-32 8.111394 Review by Rob Barnett

Herbert von Karajan

	Brahms: Ein Deutsche Requiem (w/Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Hans Hotter) rec. 1947 8.111038 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Göran Forsling
	Brahms: Symphony 1 Beethoven: Leonora Overture R Strauss: Salome Dance rec. 1943 8.111298 Review by Rob Maynard

Rudolf Kempe

Brahms: Ein deutsche Requiem rec. 1955 8.111342 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf, William Hedley and Göran Forsling

Erich Kleiber

	Dvorak: Symphony 9, Carnaval, Scherzo capriccioso Smetana: Moldau rec. 1927-48 8.110907 Review by Adrian Smith
	Beethoven: Symphony 2 rec. 1929 8.110919 Reviews by Colin Clarke, Christopher Fifield and Jonathan Woolf

Otto Klemperer

	Brahms: Symphony 1, Academic Festival Overture Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Prelude to Tristan & Isolde rec. 1927/8 8.111274 Reviews by Rob Maynard and John Sheppard
	Beethoven: Symphony 3, Leonora overtures rec. 1954/5 8.111303 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Jonathan Woolf

Serge Koussevitzky

	Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an exhibition Bartok: Concerto for orchestra rec. 1943/44 8.110105 Reviews by Colin Anderson and John Phillips
	Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an exhibition Ravel: Rapsodie espagnol, Bolero rec. 1930-47 8.110154 Review by Tony Haywood
	Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter, Tapiola, Symphony 7 Grieg: The Last Spring rec. 1933-39 8.110168 Reviews by John Quinn and Rob Barnett
	Sibelius: Symphonies 2 & 5 rec. 1935/36 8.110170 Review by Rob Barnett
	Wagner: Overtures Brahms: Academic Festival overture rec. 1947-49 8.111283 Reviews by Rob Maynard and Mark Jordan
	Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Sibelius: Symphony 2 Grieg: The last spring rec. 1950 8.111290 Reviews by Rob Maynard and Bob Briggs

Willem Mengelberg

	Brahms: Symphonies 2 & 4 rec. 1938/40 8.110158 Reviews by John Quinn and John Phillips
	R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Tod und Verklärung rec. 1941/42 8.110161 Reviews by Tony Duggan and John Phillips
	Brahms: Symphony 3, Academic Festival & Tragic Overtures rec. 1930-42 8.110164 Review by John Quinn
	Weber: Overtures Liszt: Les Préludes Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Damnation of Faust rec. 1928-42 8.110853 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Wagner & Humperdinck: Opera Overtures R Strauss: Don Juan Mahler: Symphony 5 - Adagietto rec. 1929-40 8.110855 Reviews by John Phillips, Paul Serotsky and Jonathan Woolf
	Beethoven: Prometheus, Leonora, Coriolan & Egmont overtures Schubert: Rosamunde overture rec. 1927-42 8.110864 Reviews by Paul Serotsky and John Phillips
	Bach: St Matthew's Passion, Suites rec. 1929-39 8.110880-82 Reviews by Lewis Foreman and Jonathan Woolf
	Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6, Serenade for strings rec. 1941 8.110885 Reviews by John Quinn and Kevin Sutton

Karl Muck

Wagner: Overtures & Preludes rec. 1927-29 8.110858 Reviews by Kevin Sutton and Jonathan Woolf

Hans Pfitzner

	Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 8 rec. 1929-33 8.110910 Reviews by Colin Clarke, Colin Anderson and Jonathan Woolf
	Beethoven: Symphony 4 rec. 1928 8.110919 Reviews by Colin Clarke, Christopher Fifield and Jonathan Woolf
	Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 6 rec. 1928-30 8.110927 Reviews by Christopher Fifield and Jonathan Woolf

Sergei Rachmaninov

Rachmaninov: Symphony 3, Isle of the Dead 8.111357 Reviews by Ian Lace and Jonathan Woolf

Tulio Serafin

Verdi: Requiem Mass 8.110159 Review by Roy Brewer

Leopold Stokowski

	Bach: Stokowski transcriptions v1 rec. 1927-39 8.111297 Reviews by Rob Maynard and Ian Lace
	Bach Transcriptions Volume 2 rec. 1929-50 8.112019 Reviews by Bob Briggs and Jonathan Woolf

Richard Strauss

Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 7 rec. 1926-28 8.110926 Review by Marc Bridle

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky: The Firebird, Petrushka The Rite of Spring rec. 1946-50 8.112070 Review by Paul Godfrey

Václav Talich

	Dvorák: Symphonies 7 & 8 rec. 1935-38 8.111045 Review by Colin Clarke
	Smetana: Má Vlast rec. 1954 8.111237 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, Carnival Overture rec. 1935 8.111331 Reviews by Rob Maynard and John Sheppard
	Suk: Sokol march Dvorak: Symphony 6 rec. 1938 8.112050 Reviews by Brian Reinhart and Jonathan Woolf

Arturo Toscanini

	Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 7 rec. 1933-36 8.110840 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and John Leeman
	Gluck, Verdi & Rossini: Opera Overtures rec. 1929/36 8.110842 Review by Gary Higginson
	Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 4, Leonora Overture rec. 1937/39 8.110854 Reviews by John Quinn and Tim Mahon
	Beethoven: Symphony 6 Mozart: Magic Flute overture Rossini: La Scala di seta overture Weber: Rondo brilliant Brahms: Tragic Overture rec. 1937-38 8.110877 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Haydn: Symphony 88 Mozart: Symphony 40 Rossini: William Tell overture Beethoven & Paganini: arrangements rec. 1938-39 8.110895 Reviews by John Quinn, Jonathan Woolf and John Phillips

Bruno Walter

	Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, Symphony 5 - Adagietto rec. 1936/38 8.110850 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Mahler: Symphony 9 rec. 1938 8.110852 Review by Tony Duggan
	Mahler: Symphony 5, Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jungendzeit rec. 8.110896 Reviews by John Quinn & Em Marshall
	Beethoven: Symphony 6, overtures rec. 1930-38 8.111032 Reviews by William Hedley, John Quinn, Jonathan Woolf and David Dunsmore

Felix Weingartner

	Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 2, Fidelio, Prometheus & Leonora Overtures rec. 1937-40 8.110856 Reviews by John Quinn and Jonathan Woolf
	Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6, Viennese Dances rec.1927-38 8.110861 Reviews by Christopher Howell and Jonathan Woolf
	Beethoven: Symphonies 7 & 8, Egmont Overture rec. 1936/38 8.110862 Reviews by John Quinn and Christopher Howell
	Beethoven: Symphony 9, Consecration of the House Overture rec. 1935/38 8.110863 Reviews by John Quinn and Jonathan Woolf
	Beethoven: Piano concerto 3 (w/Marguerite Long), Triple concerto (w/Ricardo Odnoposoff, Stefan Auber & Angelica Morales) rec. 1937/39 8.110878 Reviews by Bob Bamlett, Jonathan Woolf and Colin Clarke
	Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 4 rec. 1933/36 8.110956 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Christopher Howell

 

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