The Westminster Legacy - audio sampler

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Learn more: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/westminster Order on Amazon: http://smarturl.it/Westminster_Amz Order on iTunes: Vol. 1 http://smarturl.it/Westminster1_iTu Vol. 2 http://smarturl.it/Westminster2_iTu When the Westminster Recording Company was founded in New York in 1949, the timing could hardly have been more propitious. After the traumas of World War II and its aftermath, both Europe and America were ready for new beginnings and musical life was getting back to normal. Home listening -- tied for half a century to clunky 78rpm shellac discs holding not more than five minutes of music per side -- was undergoing huge changes. Recordings featured in this audio sampler: * WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756--1791): Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K 466, 2. Romance CLARA HASKIL * FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797--1828): Octet in F major D 803, 2. Adagio VIENNA KONZERTHAUS QUARTET * ANTON BRUCKNER (1824--1896): Symphony No. 8 in C minor, 3. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH * FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797--1828): Impromptus D 899, No. 4 in A flat major PAUL BADURA-SKODA * REINHOLD GLIÈRE (1875--1956): Symphony No. 3 in B minor "Ilya Muromets" op. 42, 1. Pèlerins errants. Ilia Mourometz et Sviatogor HERMANN SCHERGEN * WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756--1791): Piano Sonata in A minor K 310, 1. Allegro maestoso DANIEL BARENBOIM * LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827): Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36, 2. Larghetto HERMANN SCHERGEN * GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934): The Plane

Published 2014-01-08 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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