Serkin:Bach/Reger/Beethoven (BBC Legends 4177-2)
Pianist Rudolf Serkin is captured here in recital from the Royal Festival Hall in 1973 performing Bach's Capriccio in E Major, Reger's Variations on a Theme of JS Bach and Beethoven Piano Sonatas No 24 and the popular Waldstein (No 21).
Hess: Beethoven/Schumann/Bach (BBCL 4173-2)
Dame Myra Hess gives a magnificent performance of Beethoven's Piano Concert No 2 in this 1960 recording with the Scottish National Orchestra. The album includes a superlative rendition of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor.
Mahler: Maderna (BBCL 4179-2)
Conductor and composer Bruno Maderna makes his debut on the label with this performance of Mahler's symphony No 9. His account illuminates the rich complexities of the work with an effortless grace. A real pleasure.
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