Beecham Conducts Music Of The Later Tradition

Beecham, Sir Thomas

Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Wagner, etc.

An 8CD set
There can be few, if any, musicians who have singlehandedly done so much in the establishment of resources for musical performance than Sir Thomas Beecham. During WWI he conducted and supported financially both the Hallé and London Symphony Orchestras and the Royal Philharmonic Society. In 1915 he formed the Beecham Opera Company which trained many young British singers in this field. Eight years later this became the British National Opera Company and was absorbed into Covent Garden in 1932 when Beecham returned to be its Musical Director and he also formed the London Philharmonic Orchestra that same year. Aged 67, he launched the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This was the orchestra with which he committed to disc so many classic recordings with which EMI Classics marks the 50th anniversary of his passing.