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CATALOGUE NR: 8111336  (barcode: 0747313333622)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TITLE: Yehudi Menuhin
TRACKS: Violin Concerto Number 2 Sz112. Sonata Number 1 for Violin and Piano Sz75.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin   Adolf Baller    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Sep-1953 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No.1 London / 29-Dec-1947 in RCA Studio No.2 New York City - producer: Mark Obert-Thorn

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111343  (barcode: 0747313334322)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jan-2010

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TRACKS: Contrasts for violin clarinet and piano Sz111 : Verbunkos - Recruiting dance / Piheno - Relaxation / Sebes - Fast dance. Rhapsody Number 1 for violin and piano Sz86. Mikrokosmos Sz107 : excerpts.
ARTISTS: Joseph Szigeti   Benny Goodman   Bela Bartok  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 13-May-1940 in New York / 4-May-1940 in New York / 29/30-Apr-1940 & 7/16-May-1940 in New York - producer and audio restoration engineer: Mark Obert Thorn - Apr-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110859  (barcode: 0636943185926)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony Number 6 'Pastoral' (Beethoven). Fireworks (Stravinsky). Iron Foundry (Mosolov). Juventus (de Sabata). From the Middle Ages (Glazunov).
ORCHESTRA: Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra and Turin Orchestra of Italian Broadcasting Authority
CONDUCTOR: Victor de Sabata

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110862  (barcode: 0636943186220)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 31-Mar-2003

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Great Conductors : Weingartner
TRACKS: Symphony Number 7 in A opus 92. Symphony Number 8 in F opus 93. Egmont Overture opus 84.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and London Philharmonia
CONDUCTOR: Felix Weingartner

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1936-1938 - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the sound is generally more than just acceptable. It has complete authenticity of feeling, and even younger collectors coming to it without the encumbrance of nostalgia will certainly sense its stature'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110864  (barcode: 0636943186428)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jul-2003

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Great Conductors
TRACKS: Overtures: The Creatures of Prometheus. Leonore Number 1. Leonore Number 3. Coriolan opus 62. Egmont opus 84 (Beethoven). Rosamunde Overture (Schubert).
ORCHESTRA: Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
CONDUCTOR: Willem Mengelberg

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: original recordings 1927-1942

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110854  (barcode: 0636943185421)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 30-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Great Conductors: Toscanini
TRACKS: Symphony Number 1 in C opus 21. Symphony Number 4 in B flat opus 60. Leonore Overture Number 1.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Arturo Toscanini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: studio recordings 1937 and 1939 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110844  (barcode: 0636943184424)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 27-Dec-2001

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Great Conductors - Toscanini
TRACKS: Symphony Number 5 (Beethoven). A Midsummer Night's Dream. Scherzo and Nocturne - with alternative takes (Mendelssohn). The Sorcerer's Apprentice - with alternative takes (Dukas).
ORCHESTRA: New York Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Arturo Toscanini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1926 / 1929 / 1931

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110840  (barcode: 0636943184028)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jul-2001

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony Number 5. Symphony Number 7.
ORCHESTRA: New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Arturo Toscanini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1933-36

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CATALOGUE NR: 811081516  (barcode: 0636943181522)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-1998

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Symphony Number 2. Symphony Number 4. Overture: Leonore Number 3.
ORCHESTRA: NBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Arturo Toscanini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded from the concert of 4th November 1939.

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110926  (barcode: 0636943192627)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jul-2000

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Symphony Number 5. Symphony Number 7.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Richard Strauss

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1926-28 - Penguin Guide 2 star 'Recorded in the 1920's for what was designed as a Beethoven centenary profect, these are above all dynamic, biingly energetic performances, not alwayswell disciplined but always magnetic'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110919  (barcode: 0636943191927)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Oct-2000

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Symphony Number 2. Symphony Number 4.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Erich Kleiber and Hans Pfitzner

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1928 - 1929

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110910  (barcode: 0636943191026)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jun-2000

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Symphony Number 3. Symphony Number 8.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Hans Pfitzner

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1929-1933

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111098  (barcode: 0747313309825)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Nov-2005

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Early Recordings 1915-1923
TRACKS: Fidelio : O war ich schon mit dir vereint (Beethoven). Der Freischutz : Trube Augen Liebchen (von Weber). Der Freischutz : Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen (von Weber). Mignon : Connaistu le pays? (Thomas). Le nozze di Figaro : Non so piu / Voi che sapete (Mozart). Don Giovanni : Vedrai carino (Mozart). Der Wildschutz : Auf des Lebens raschen Wogen (Lortzing). Faust : Air des bijoux (Gounod). Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail : Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln (Mozart).
ARTISTS: Elisabeth Schumann      

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110856  (barcode: 0636943185629)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 04-Nov-2002

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Great Conductors - Weingartner
TRACKS: Symphony Number 1. Symphony Number 2. Overture: Leonora Number 2. Overture: Fidelio. Overture: The Ruins of Athens. Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Felix Weingartner

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Historical recordings 1936 - 1940 - Penguin Guide 3 star 'has complete authenticity of feeling'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110877  (barcode: 0636943187722)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Great Conductors - Toscanini
TRACKS: Symphony Number 6 in F opus 68 Pastoral (Beethoven). Die Zauberflote - Overture (Mozart). La Scala di Seta - Overture (Rossini). Invitation to Dance (Wagner orch. Berlioz). Tragic Overture opus 81 (Brahms).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Arturo Toscanini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1937 and 1938 - Penguin Guide 3 star 'more than deserves its classic status'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110956  (barcode: 0636943195628)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 06-Jan-2003

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Symphony Number 3 in E flat opus 55 Eroica. Symphony Number 4 in B flat opus 60.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Felix Weingartner

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1933 and 1936

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111263  (barcode: 0747313326327)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Claudio Arrau
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Number 3 in C minor opus 37 (Beethoven). Konzertstuck in F minor opus 79 (von Weber). Piano Sonata Number 1 in C major opus 24 (von Weber).
ORCHESTRA: Philadelphia Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Eugene Ormandy and Desire Defauw
ARTISTS: Claudio Arrau      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 24-Dec-1947 in the Academy of Music Philadelphia / 13-Apr-1946 in Orchestra Hall Chicago / 20-Feb-1941 in Victor Studio 2 New York City - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110995  (barcode: 0636943199527)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 27-Feb-2006

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Coriolan Overture opus 62. Quartet Number 13 : 5th Movement Cavatina. Symphony Number 3 in E flat opus 55 Eroica.
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Wilhelm Furtwangler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1940-1949

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CATALOGUE NR: 8111032  (barcode: 0747313303229)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Great Conductors - Bruno Walter
TRACKS: Symphony Number 6 in F major opus 68 'Pastoral'. Leonore Overture Number 3 opus 72a. Overture to Fidelio opus 72. Overture to Coriolan opus 62. Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus opus 43.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Bruno Walter

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1930-1938 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 811094950  (barcode: 0636943194928)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.19
RELEASE DATE: 03-Dec-2001

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Great Cellists: Casals
TRACKS: Cello Sonata Number 1. Cello Sonata Number 2. Cello Sonata Number 3. Cello Sonata Number 4. Cello Sonata Number 5. Minuet in G (Beethoven). Cello Sonata Number 2 (Brahms).
ARTISTS: Pablo Casals   Mieczyslaw Horszowski   Otto Schulhof  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1930 - 39 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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