RACHMANINOV
Vespers - All Night Vigil, Op.37 St Petersburg Chamber Choir [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 22/Jan/2015 ] ''The choir itself is excellent, with particularly fine sopranos who can chant high above the others in beautifully pitched thirds; while there is, as ever in Russian church choirs, a splendid bass section that can underpin the textures with... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Francesca da Rimini / Capriccio italien / Romeo & Juliet St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, with St.Petersburg Chamber Choir [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] 1812 - Romeo and Juliet - and more! |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 4 Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "this has a gleaming Vienna Philharmonic and a most touching soloist in von Stade" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5 "Emperor" Stephen Kovacevich (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "..beautifully-judged textures-limpid, clean and with a wide range of sonority and very sensitive pedalling...both performances are worthy of the very highest comparisons, from the majority of which they will emerge unscathed." (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / SOUSA / STRAUSS / FUCIK / VERDI / etc
Famous Marches Philip Jones Ensemble, Elgar Howarth / Chicago Symphony, Georg Solti / The Band Of The Grenadier Guards, Rodney Bashford / Vienna Philharmonic, Willi [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] From 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' to 'Entry Of The Gladiators' here is a feast to get those marching toes tapping! |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Discover Beethoven Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Henryk Szeryng (violin), Bernard Greenhouse (cello), Menahem Pressler (p [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 12/Dec/2019 ] Beethoven was a visionary genius whose trailblazing symphonies, sonatas and concertos paved the way for the Romantic era. |
BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY / KODALY / etc
Virtuoso Violin Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) & Albert Hirsh (piano) / Tibor Bisztriczky (violin) & Felix Schröder (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] A violinist who straddled the divide between the old ways and the new was the Viennese virtuoso Wolfgang Eduard Schneiderhan. He was born on 28 May 1915 and beginning violin lessons at five, he polished his technique under Sevcík and Winkler. From... |