Various - Classic BBC Proms (5CD) - Various

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This set presents some exceptional performances given at the world famous BBC Proms festival. It features piano virtuoso Garrick Ohlsson, Russian maestro Yuri Temirkanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, who has had a strong association with the Proms throughout his career, and Sir Georg Solti with his much-loved Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The set also comprises the compilation DVD 'Viennese Night at the BBC Proms', which brings together the greatest Viennese classics performed at the Proms festival.American pianist Garrick Ohlsson won the Chopin Competition in 1970 and is at the height of his powers in Brahms's challenging Second Piano Concerto. Internationally acclaimed music writer Jeremy Siepmann wrote that Ohlsson's performance is 'subtle, brilliant and generous'. The Viennese Night concert has been a tradition at the Proms since 1947 and its audience's enthusiasm rivals that of the Last Night. Classics featured on this DVD include the Blue Danube Waltz, the Radetzky March, the Csardas and 'Laughing Song' from Die Fledermaus, conducted by Viennese music specialists James Loughran and Walter Susskind.