Great Performers from the Past (39)

A unique historical glimpse into our classical heritage featuring great performances from legendary artists of the golden age: Maria Callas, Glenn Gould, Yehudi Menuhin, Artur Rubinstein, Leopold Stokowski, Sviatoslav Richter, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Georges Cziffra, Régine Crespin, Carlo-Maria Giulini, Nathan Milstein, and others...

Maria Callas sings two recitals in Paris

In 1965 and 1958

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris, France)
Palais Garnier (Paris, France)

Karajan conducts Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

Orchestre de Paris

Alexis Weissenberg plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Chopin

Archives from the 1960s

Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter play Beethoven's Cello Sonatas No. 3 and No. 5

Edinburgh Festival 1964

Francis Poulenc plays his own works with his favorite performers

Denise Duval (soprano), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Jacques Février (piano), Georges Prêtre (conductor)

Salle Gaveau (Paris, France)

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony of Psalms

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre et Choeurs de l'ORTF

Royal Festival Hall (London, Great Britain)

Yehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh play Bach's Double Violin Concerto

Orchestre de chambre de la RTF, Pierre Capdevielle

Salle Pleyel (Paris, France)

Emil Gilels plays Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1

And Stanislav Neuhaus plays Scriabine and Debussy

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris, France)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Christa Ludwig perform Lieder

Gerald Moore, piano

Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter play Beethoven's Cello Sonatas No. 1 and No. 2

Edinburgh Festival 1964

Usher Hall (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Leopold Stokowski conducts Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony, Wagner and Debussy

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Fairfield Hall (Croydon, London, Great Britain)

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