My Years With Beecham

Specially recorded for this website, Basil Tschaikov, in an interview with Jon Tolansky, recalls playing with Sir Thomas Beecham in the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras, included in his book The Music Goes Round And Around.

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"Leon McCawley's reading of Barber's solo piano works is a superb collection, admirably and intelligently delivered. The piano output isn't extensive but it is attractive. Here we have all the mature pieces and some juvenilia in a fine recording on the enterprising Somm label."
Peter Dickinson, Gramophone CRITICS' CHOICE 2011

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"Schubert's 9th receives an intense live performance from the great conductor."
David Cairns -- The Sunday Times' Top 100 Albums of 2011

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