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Sir Thomas Beecham
Title:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Author:
Beecham, Thomas, 1879-1961 conductor.
Publication Information:
[London] : IMG Artists : EMI Classics, [2003]

℗2003
Physical Description:
2 audio discs : digital, stereophonic, monophonic ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
IMG Artists: 7243 5 75938 2 3 (7243 5 75939 2 2--7243 5 75940 2 8).

Mendelssohn originally for piano; arr. for orchestra.

Compact discs.

Biographical notes on the conductor by Graham Melville-Mason in English, with French, and German translations, and text of the 3rd work in German with English, and French translations (30 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Language:
German

English

French
Contents:
Guillaume Tell. Ouverture / Gioachino Rossini (11:32) -- Legend in G major, op. 59 no. 2 / Antonin Dvořák (4:17) -- Das Rheingold. Einzug der Götter in Walhall / Richard Wagner (8:02) -- Divertimento no. 15 in B flat major for 2 horns and strings, K287 (movements II and III) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (9:04) -- Appalachia : variations on an old slave song with final chorus / Frederick Delius (34:07) -- Der Freischütz. Overture / Carl Maria von Weber (9:41) -- Symphony no. 2 "Antar" / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (27:40) -- Songs without words. Nos. 44 & 45 / Felix Mendelssohn (4:01 -- Symphony no. 4 (1st mvt) / Peter Tchaikovsky (42:15) -- Amaryllis suite. Sarabande / George Fredericc Handel, arr. Beechum (3:24).
UPC:
724357593823
Format :
Music CD