West Hill Radio Archive
-
Sviatoslav Richter’s Boston Debut
first release of the complete concert from the original broadcast tapes
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Richter and his accompanists are elegant and airy as well as noble, with the pianist offering a curtailed version of the longest cadenza option. The slow movement has a rapt, meditative quality... — More…
2 CDs
$26.50Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
This WHRA set is a splendid one. The sound quality is good while the documentation is fully up to the label’s usually high standards. As for the music-making, well the quality of that is quite... — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Sixty years on, the Bartók series is still one of the most accomplished and emotionally engaging cycles ever made of these quartets… These are among the great pioneering performances of some... — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Pierre Monteux in Boston
Previously Unissued Performances
Leon Fleisher (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux
2 CDs
$26.50 -
The Art of George Szell, Vol. 2
Previously Unissued Concerts 1943-57
Alfredo Campoli (violin), Clifford Curzon (piano)
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
4 CDs
$39.25 -
The Art of George Szell, Vol. 1
Previously Unissued Concerts 1943-57
Eugene List (piano), Josef Szigeti (violin)
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
4 CDs
$39.25 -
Barbirolli in New York: The 1959 Concerts
Berl Senofsky (violin), Richard Lewis (tenor), Maureen Forrester (contralto), Morley Meredith (baritone), William Lincer (viola), John Corigliano & Leopold Rybb (violin) & Laszlo Varga (cello)
New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir, Sir John Barbirolli
[Gerontius] anticipates the superlative studio recording Barbirolli and Lewis made together with Janet Baker five years later, though Maureen Forrester is a more than capable Angel here and... — More…
4 CDs
$39.25 -
Leonard Bernstein: Historic Broadcasts 1946-1961
Adele Addison (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Laurence Olivier (narrator), Irma Gonzales (soprano), Raoul Jobin (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass)
Boston Symphony Orchestra & New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Excitement? Charisma? Sweat? Here in plenty. But there is also meticulous musicianship, particularly on view in some of the set’s most precious documents...Speeds hurtle; the heart races; the... — More…
11 CDs
$86.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
The Art of Fritz Reiner Vol.1
American Broadcast Performances 1942-1952
Alexander Kipnis (Boris), Frank Miller (cello), Carleton Cooley (viola), Mischa Mischakoff (violin), Oscar Levant (piano), Bidú Sayão (soprano), Frank Miller (solo cello)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra,...
6 CDs
$56.25 -
Charles Munch conducts a Treasury of French Music
Joseph de Pasquale (viola), Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Adele Addison (soprano) & Donald Graham (bass-baritone)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Radcliffe Choral Society, Radcliffe Choral Society & Harvard Glee Club, Charles Munch
6 CDs
$56.25
