Stokowski – The Eternal Magician
(c/w ENSCO: Rumanian Rhapsodies; DEBUSSY: Nocturnes; STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite; WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries*)
All-American Youth Orchestra*, Leopold Stokowski (conductor)*, The Robert Shaw Chorale of Women’s Voices, Robert Shaw (conductor), Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
Cala CACD0549 (CD) [recordings from 1941, 1950 and 1953]
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Richard Farrell – Volume 1 of the Complete Recordings
(GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16; BRAHMS: 4 Ballades Op. 10; 16 Waltzes Op. 39; GRIEG: Ballade in G minor Op. 24; Popular Norwegian Melodies Op. 66 Nos. 14, 17; 9 Lyric Pieces; LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat S.124)
Richard Farrell (piano)
Atoll ACD208 (2 CDs) [recordings 1956-58]
MENDELSSOHN: Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14; Sonata in B flat Op. 106; Variations serieuses Op. 54; Trois Fantasies ou Caprices Op. 16
Ilse von Alpenheim (piano)
Pentatone PTC5186152 (Hybrid SACD) [recordings 1975]
David Oistrakh plays Schumann, Franck, Szymanowski and Ravel
(SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op. 131; FRANCK: Sonata in A; SZYMANOWSKI: Myths Op. 30; RAVEL: Tzigane)
David Oistrakh (violin), Vladimir Yampolsky (piano)
Testament SBT 1442 (CD, Mid Price) [concert performance Bucharest 20th September 1958]
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Richard Strauss – The Last Concerts
(R. STRAUSS: Don Juan Op. 20; Burleske in D minor; Sinfonia domestica Op. 53; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28; Don Juan Op. 20)
Alfred Blumen (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Strauss (conductor)
SBT2 1441 (2 CDs, Mid Price) [London 1947]
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