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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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Schwarz
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Night on Bald Mountain (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Major, Op. 64 (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Khatchaturian: Gayne (Ballet Suite) (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets including the Grosse Fugue (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes)
Classical - Released by Everest on Jan 1, 1966
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major & Melody, Op. 42, No. 3 (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr, Tossy Spivakovsky
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Ludwig
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Jorge Bolet: A Chopin Piano Recital (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Classical - Released by Everest on Aug 2, 1961
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Respighi: The Fountains of Rome & The Pines of Rome (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
De Falla: The Three Cornered Hat (Complete Ballet) (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Enrique Jorda
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Antill: Corroboree - Ginastera: Panambi (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite & Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferde Grofe, Jesús María Sanromá
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Villa-Lobos: Little Train of the Caipira (from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2) - Ginastera: Estancia & Panambi (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor & Tapiola (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Tauno Hannikainen
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 & Hamlet, Op. 67
Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Léopold Stokowski
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Milhaud: La Création du Monde & Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), John Carewe
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Arnold: 4 Scottish Dances & Symphony No. 3 (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Arnold
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Copland: Billy The Kid & Statements for Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" - Mozart: Symphony No. 40 (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Ludwig
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Classical - Released by Everest on Oct 6, 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo