Select Genre

Classical Music
Jazz and Blues
AudioBooks

   Essentials

   Highlights

   Search Options

   Subscribe to our
   Newsletter


Get Download Manager Now
Feedback
COL Gift Certificates
Newsletter Archive
Find Us in Facebook
Follow Us on Twitter
NaxosRip.com
 

Classicsonline Home » Artists » » Beecham, Thomas

 Update me on new releases by Beecham

Thomas Beecham


Puccini is not a composer with whom one would readily associate the quintessentially English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham (1879–1961) but he had known the composer personally and had discussed La Bohème in great detail with him in London in the 1920s. The conductor had spent a huge amount of time (and money) in the opera house in the years leading up to the First World War and immediately afterwards. He was in overall control of the International Seasons at Covent Garden from 1933 until 1939 and during his years in the United States between 1941 and 1944 had conducted opera at the Metropolitan in New York. His post-war operatic operations were confined to a series of BBC studio broadcasts, Strauss’s first version of Ariadne auf Naxos at the 1950 Edinburgh Festival, two operas at Covent Garden (Die Meistersinger and Balfe’s Bohemian Girl in 1951), Delius’s Irmelin at Oxford in 1953, and a memorable season at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1958. He also made commercial studio recordings of Gounod’s Faust (Naxos 8.110117–18) in 1948 and Bizet’s Carmen in 1958–59 in addition to this celebrated and much loved version of La Bohème in 1956.

more....





Discography


Page :    1   2   3

Castelnuovo-Tedesco: World Premiere and two Piano Concertos – 20% off companion titles

 

Affiliates  |  Classical Points  |  Press Room  |  About Us  |  Contact Us  |  Terms of Use  |  Privacy Policy

Bach   •   Beethoven   •   Handel   •   Mozart   •   Tchaikovsky   •   Vivaldi

ClassicsOnline Newsletter Archive

Monthly Features on ClassicsOnline

ClassicsOnline is your number one source for the newest classical music releases, standards, rarities and bargains from the most popular independent labels, with the largest online classical music catalogue of over 1 Million tracks and more than 50,000 classical music albums available in CD, MP3 (320kbps) and FLAC (lossless format). Recently honored with the 2010 Best Classical Download Site by the MIDEM Classical Awards Jury, ClassicsOnline proves to have a devoted following of classical music enthusiasts and audiophiles worldwide.

ClassicsOnline offers an enormous range of specialist repertoire not available from other classical music online stores. More than 500 new classical music albums are added every month, all at competitive prices. Other notable offerings include: Free preview streaming of every album/track, special advanced search facility enables you to find your favorite classical music composers/artists/works/albums, and DRM-free tracks allows you to ‘burn’ tracks to an unlimited number of CDs or transfer them to an mp3 player or iPod for personal use. Membership is free, and registration includes 5 free tracks for download. Get more free tracks every week and gain access to exclusive classical deals when you subscribe to our newsletter. Enter your email on the left side-bar under newsletter subscription to start getting your weekly free track.
Some titles may not be available in all countries because of possible copyright or licensing restrictions.

Copyright © 2012 Naxos Digital Services Ltd. All rights reserved.
Classicsonline.com – Your Classical Music Download Source
2:38:50 AM Friday, May 25, 2012  -207-