Boston Symphony Orchestra Historic Telecasts: Sir John Barbirolli
VAI DVD 4304, $29.95

The only extant video of Sir John’s work with the BSO, this 1959 telecast finds the conductor in exemplary form, leading performances of Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, Walton’s Partita for Orchestra, Delius’s "The Walk to the Paradise Garden" (from A Village Romeo and Juliet), and Barbirolli’s own arrangement of selections from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, entitled An Elizabethan Suite. Black & White, 94 minutes. Mono with an alternate stereo soundtrack provided. Playable in all regions.

Playable in all regions