HANDEL
4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum The Choir Of King's College / Sir David Willcocks / The Choir of Winchester Cathedral / David Hill [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] Penguin Guide 3 star |
HANDEL
4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum / Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74 Judith Nelson, Shirley Minty, James Bowman, David Thomas / Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Brandenburg Consort, David Hill [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "the choir sing most beautifully throughout and of the soloists, John Elwes is particularly sensitive to Handel's setting of charitable texts." (Gramophone on the Foundling Hospital Anthem) |
JOSEF HAYDN
6 String Quartets, op.76 Takacs String Quartet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jan/2008 ] "The ensemble is Hungarian and relatively youthful and they bring to this music a joyful directness that is entirely refreshing and in no way inhibits them from the necessary sufficient underlining of this point or lingering over that. Strongly... |
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Paisley Abbey Choir, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and others
Abide With Me - 50 Favourite Hymns [ Double Decca / 2 CD ] 50 greatest hymns performed by a selection of great English choirs |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky / The Stone Flower / Suites from: Lieutenant Kija, Love for Three Oranges, etc. Various orchestras conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy / Silvio Varviso / Charles Dutoit / Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 3/Jan/2003 ] This programme includes such rarities as the early orchestral tone-poem Dreams and excerpts from the equally rarely heard Stone Flower. |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Aschenbradel, Ritter Pasman, Le Beau Danube (Ballets) National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2002 ] "The orchestra plays with enthusiasm and the 1974 sound is strikingly vivid." *** (Three Stars) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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... |
J. S. BACH
Essential Bach (36 greatest masterpieces) Various orchestras and performers [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2000 ] Two CDs of the very best of Bach! |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 (Complete) English Chamber Orchestra & Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Benjamin Britten and Neville Marriner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Penguin Stereo Guide *** Three Stars |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven:piano Sonatas Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole / Ma Mere l'Oye / Daphnis et Chloe Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] "Anyone beginning a Ravel collection, or coming fresh to most of this repertoire and willing to duplicate, will find this Double Decca unbeatable value" A Rosette recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
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 |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Chamber Works & Rarities (Includes 'Dumbarton Oaks' & the 'Concerto for Two Pianos') Dmitri Ashkenazy (clarinet) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Charles Dutoit / Riccardo Chailly / Ernest Ansermet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 5/May/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "In every respect this collection cannot be recommended too highly." - Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Favourite Piano Works Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] Original recordings from 1975 to 1985 |
J.S. BACH
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Complete) Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Elly Ameling, Tom Krause / Karl Manchinger, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Sep/2001 ] Double Decca - 2 CDs at a special price |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Complete Ballet) / Glazunov: The Seasons Cleveland Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic / Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jul/2000 ] "Ashkenazy gets excellent results from the Cleveland orchestra. The recording's fine definition is enchanced, yet not at the expense of atmosphere, and the bright, vivid image is given striking projection." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classics 2002-Classic artists on a classic double album Various Artists featuring Russell Watson, Nigel Kennedy, John Barry, Kiri te Kanawa, Pavarotti, + [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2002 ] Showcasing the most popular artists in the classical world today |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Mandolins / Concerto in D for lute / Concerto in C for 2 trumpets / etc New London Consort, Philip Pickett / The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ L'Oiseau-Lyre / Double Decca / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2008 ] The celebrated Concerto for 2 mandolins heads this richly varied programme of fourteen Vivaldi concertos. |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings / Percussion and Celesta / etc Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 11/Jul/2002 ] The great works from Béla Bartók at a special price |
COPLAND
Orchestral Works (Incl Rodeo, El Salon México & Billy The Kid) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman / The Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "They know how to party in Baltimore. I need hardly say how good the Argo sound is. When it comes to a showdown-and I'm thinking of bassdrum bucking broncos as well as gunfight rim-shots-you are right in the line of fire." (Gramophone) |