Since you are interested in The Lost Concerts (Rec 1947) [two CD set], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
WAGNER
Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman recorded in 1955) Hermann Uhde / Ludwig Weber / Astrid Varnay / Rudolf Lustig / Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth [ Testament / 2 CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - For this 1955 production Wolfgang and his conductors chose to perform the so-called 'one-act' version of the opera, incorporating the modifications that Wagner made to the score... |
J. S. BACH
Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin Ida Haendel (violin) [ Testament / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] Ida Haendel (violin) |
SIBELIUS / ELGAR
Violin Concertos (recorded 1984 & 1993) Ida Haendel (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ Testament / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "..it is Haendel's thoroughly personal input of humanity, expressive power, and her dynamic fusion of immediacy and profound insight that puts this performance in a class of its own. It is simply mind-blowing." The Telegraph, 28th July 2009 ***** |
SCARLATTI / MONTEVERDI / LAWES / HANDEL
Dame Janet Baker Sings Baroque Favourites Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard [ Testament / CD - released 26/Feb/2004 ] The Monteverdi and Scarlatti recital reissued here was made in the summer of 1969 and published the following year. Though well-established as one of England's leading singers and an artist of international repute, Dame Janet Baker had not up to then... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Die Schopfung (The Creation) Jeannette van Dijck, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam / Gurzenich Orchestra & Choir of Cologne / GAnter Wand [ Testament / 2 CD - released 30/Dec/2007 ] "Wand's Creation was highly thought of in its time, and again the reasons are obvious enough. Back in 1963 this must have seemed a performance of exceptional clarity, with Wand showing a fine feeling for the music and driving it forwards with energy,... |
RACHMANINOV / BUSONI
Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 / Sonatina No.6; Chamber Fantasy on Carmen (1920) etc John Ogdon (piano) [ Testament / CD - released 27/May/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - John Ogdon's 1961 recording launched one of the most sensational of all musical careers. Here is playing as precise and crystelline as it is vivacious and evocative. |
BACH / SOR / TURINA / TIPPETT / SCHUBERT
Guitar Recital Julian Bream (guitar) [ Testament / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] Reissued on the Testament label. Also features guitarist John Williams |
JUSSI BJORLING
In Song (including previously unpublished test recordings) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) various orchestras and conductors [ Testament / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] Historic Masters Ltd. is delighted to be associated with, and to have contributed to, this CD release of little known material by one of the truly great tenors of the twentieth century. |
WAGNER
Gotterdammerung (complete opera) [Recorded in stereo live at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival] Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schartel, Maria Graf, Wolfgang Windgassen, Georgine von Milinkovic / Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Joseph Keilberth [ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "Windgassen may be more vocally secure for Solti but nowhere else is he so tender, so moving as here. Josef Greindl is a far more saturnine, charismatic Hagen here than elsewhere. But it is Astrid Varnay who is the great revelation." Recording of... |
BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / STRAUSS / WOLF / SCHUMANN
Recital (recorded 1957 & 1962) Lisa Della Casa (soprano) with Karl Hudez & Sebastian Peschko (pianos) [ Testament / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] Lisa Della Casa (soprano), Karl Hudez & Sebastian Peschko (piano accompaniments) |
MOZART / DVORAK
Serenades London Baroque Ensemble [ Testament / CD - released 14/Jul/2000 ] Important London Baroque Ensemble recordings from the early 1950s ! |
MAHLER
Symphony No.1 (with Strauss - Tod und Verklarung) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bruno Walter [ Testament / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] In the winter of 1947 Bruno Walter returned to London to conduct some concerts with an orchestra that he had appeared with several times since the end of the War - the London Philharmonic. |
LALO / SAINT-SAENS
Cello Concertos Zara Nelsova (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult & Ernest Ansermet [ Testament / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] Recorded 1954-55, mono |