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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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