Everest
The Everest label is cherished by record lovers, audiophiles and collectors. The label is full of legendary recordings and forgotten gems.
Mainly concentrating on 20th century orchestral repertoires, it took advantage of the competition between the great artistic figures of the time who might not have been first choices for big labels such as Decca, HMV, Deutsche Grammophon, RCA or Capitol.
The label has two main operational bases: London, and New York.
New York had Leopold Stokowski and his Stadium Symphony Orchestra: their October 1958 rendition of Villa-Lobos's Uirapurú remains unequalled. Then there was Carlos Chavez who recorded his Symphonies with Everest.
London saw an avalanche of masterpieces, each as irresistible as each other. Sir Adrian Boult, with the London Philharmonic, would record, amongst other things, Symphonies by Hindemith and Vaughan Williams (9th, Job) – real cornerstone works.
Over at the London Symphony, Tauno Hannikainen recorded some of the most important Sibelius in the entire discography, including one Violin Concerto with Spivakovsky (now very rare). Sir Eugene Goossens gave Everest the best of his work with an immensely poetic Manfred by Tchaikovsky, as well as a very smart and tenaciously-performed Ginastera.
The astonishing Walter Susskind also took part in the adventure: Chout by Prokofiev, Appalachian Spring by Copland (with such a dynamic team around him!) and various other works of his like the Third Symphony or Billy the Kid. Anatole Fistoulari had some fun with Khachaturian (Gayaneh), lest we forget Sir Malcolm Sargent who signed off on some wonderful works by Respighi, he was up for anything! Rarer still, and sometimes forgotten, Leopold Ludwig left behind some recordings which are quite important landmarks from the 1960s (Mahler 9, Ein Heldenleben by R. Strauss, etc.).
In terms of soloists, Jorge Bolet gave the world some "recitals" of Chopin and Liszt which aren't his best-known recordings. Then there's Ernst (Ernő) von Dohnányi (!) who performed some of his own compositions.
In short, it is a catalogue which will reward fearless exploration of every corner: you'll find something to make you smile. It's not called "Everest" for nothing.
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Antill: Corroboree - Ginastera: Panambi (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 & Egmont Overture (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Léopold Stokowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Léopold Stokowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan" (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner: Magic Fire Music & Wotan's Farewell - Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 17, 28 & 64 - Canning: Fantasy On A Hymn Tune by Justin Morgan (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Léopold Stokowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 01.01.1960
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Symphonien - Erschienen bei Everest am 26.01.2019
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Works of Lili Boulanger: Du Fond De L'abime - Psaume 24 & 129 - Vieille Prière Bouddhique - Pie Jesu (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Orchestre Lamoureux, Elisabeth Brasseur Choir, Igor Markevitch
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 01.01.1960
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Ludwig
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Villa-Lobos: Uirapurú & Modinha (from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1) & Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite
Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Léopold Stokowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto & Symphony in 3 Movements (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Woody Herman And His Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy & Amirov: Azerbaijan Mugam (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Léopold Stokowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner: Parsifal - Good Friday Spell & Symphonic Synthesis Act III (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Houston Symphony Orchestra, Léopold Stokowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Copland: Appalachian Spring & Gould: Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra & Walter Susskind
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 01.01.1958
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel - Salome - Don Juan
Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Léopold Stokowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 06.10.2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bennett: A Commemoration Symphony to Stephen Foster & A Symphonic Story of Jerome Kern (Arr. and Orch. by Robert Russell Bennett)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Klassik - Erschienen bei Everest am 01.04.1960
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo