FOLEY / PERKINSON / GERSHWIN / STILL / PRICE / COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / DVORAK
Roots Randall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano), Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass) [ Decca / CD - released 30/Jul/2021 ] "This is selfless, stylish playing which - paradoxically - ends up by projecting the personalities of both artists with even more freshness and warmth." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2021 |
Various Artists
The Freakbeat Scene (RSD 2019 Double LP) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 13/Apr/2019 ] The Freakbeat Scene features 25 rare and influential tracks/artists that helped shaped the Freakbeat Scene. Includes early recordings from The Attack, The Birds, Marc Bolan and The Small Faces. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto Salvatore Accardo (violin) Heinrich Schiff (cello) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "The suave tonal opulence and technical brilliance of both Accardo and Schiff are unquestionably impressive in the Brahms Double Concerto" Fanfare |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI / GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Rossini: Sonate a quattro / Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante Salvatore Accardo (violin) / I Musici [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] In the summer of 1804 while on a summer holiday in the village of Conventello near Ravenna, Rossini, then aged twelve, composed his six Sonate a quattro for two violins, cello and double-bass. Many years later, the composer wrote on the front of the... |
J. S. BACH
Bach Adagio [incls 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring' & 'Air on a G string'] Riccardo Chailly, Kyung-Wha Chung, John Eliot Gardiner, Benjamin Grosvenor, Friedrich Gulda, Janine Jansen, Andreas Schiff, Pepe Romero, etc [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] The Adagios series has generated almost €7 million since the late 90s. Here with a refreshed tracklist and presented with a contemporary look is Bach Adagio. This compilation includes over two hours of instrumental music from orchestral to chamber... |
VARIOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE; The Hoffnung Festival of Music - Royal Festival Hall 1988 Guests include Bill Oddie, Jane Glover, Jill Gormez, Robin Ashby, Felicity Lott, Joseph Horovitz,, Richard Watkins, etc [ Double Decca / CD - released 27/Aug/2014 ] On February 12th & 13th, 1988, two reprise concerts were performed and recorded at the Royal Festival Hall and released by Decca. Many distinguished guests appeared, including Donald Swann, Annetta Hoffnung (playing the role of "orchestral maid"),... |
VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera) Pilar Lorengar, Giacomo Aragall, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Stefania Malagù [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "With Fischer-Dieskau a searchingly intense intense Germont and Aragall making a ringing a ringingly impressive Alfredo, this is a strong cast. Maazel's conducting is characteristically forceful." (Penguin Guide) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: La stravaganza - 12 concerti, Op. 4 Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Original recordings 1973-74 |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Khachaturian: Piano & Violin Concertos / Symphony No 2 / Maskerade Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Ruggiero Ricci (Violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos & Anatole Fistoulari [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "As befits Ricci's imperturbable individuality this is an individual reading and unusually relaxed. Maybe that quality was at least partially dictated by Fistoulari.." MusicWeb (Violin Concerto) |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Appalachian Spring / Fanfare for the Common Man / Dance Symphony / Lincoln Portrait / etc Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Neville Marriner, Antál Do [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini Overtures [Incls 'L'Italiana in Algeri' & 'Semiramide'] National Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Original recordings from 1981 and 1985 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Laudate Dominum: Vespers & Litanies Schola Cantorum of Oxford, the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The Wren Orchestra, Neville Marriner, George [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Mozart at his most imaginative and vital...highly responsive performance" Penguin Guide |
SCHUMANN
Symphonies 1-4 / Overtures Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] |
STRAVINSKY
Petrouchka / Les Noces / The Rite of Spring / The Firebird L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Favourite Piano Works Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Original recordings from 1975 to 1985 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Works [Incls Piano Concerto Nos. 2 & 3] Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Classic Rachmaninov/Ashkenazy recordings on one double CD set. 144 minutes playing time! |
ALBENIZ / GRANADOS
Musica Espanola - Piano Music volume 2 Alicia De Larrocha (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] |
W. A. MOZART
The Wind Serenades Amadeus Winds (on authentic instruments), Christopher Hogwood [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] |