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Explore a hand-picked selection of releases from Decca, Deutsche Grammophon & other leading labels. This month we feature defining recordings of the greats: Carlos Kleiber & Kathleen Ferrier; Wagner's mighty Ring, the vocal music of Berlioz, the seven symphonies of Tchaikovsky, great contraltos and mezzo-sopranos of the last 75 years, ten must-have Blue Note albums and much more!

Feature Albums

Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann cover
CLARA SCHUMANN
Romance: The Piano Music of Clara Schumann
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Holly Mathieson
Rising pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason illuminates the world of her musical heroine, Clara Schumann, in her...
$33.00
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss cover
RICHARD WAGNER / RICHARD STRAUSS
Lise Davidsen sings Wagner and Strauss
Lise Davidsen (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
A selection of Richard Strauss's most-loved lieder and songs, and Elisabeth's arias from Wagner's Tannhäuser,...
$33.00
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New Releases

Mari Samuelsen cover
MARTYNOV / RICHTER / GLASS / VASKS / ENO / JOHANNSSON
Mari Samuelsen
Mari Samuelsen (violin) / Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Jonathan Stockhammer $35.00
One Hundred Days Away cover
TRADITIONAL
One Hundred Days Away
Evergreen Ensemble $33.00
Elusive Affinity cover
SCHNITTKE / SHCHEDRIN / RIHM
Elusive Affinity
Anna Gourari $35.00
Sol y Vida cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Sol y Vida
Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) / Orquesta Filarmónica De Gran Canaria, Karel Mark Chichon $33.00

Classics Unlocked

Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust [recorded in 1959] (2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio) cover
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust [recorded in 1959] (2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio)
Richard Verreau, Consuelo Rubio, Michel Roux, Pierre Mollet / Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch $70.00
Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Tone Poems [7 CD set] cover
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Tone Poems [7 CD set]
Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev $65.00
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete operas) cover
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete operas)
Birgit Nilsson, Regine Crespin, Kirsten Flagstad, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, George London / Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti $95.00
Daniel Barenboim - The Complete Berlioz Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon cover
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Daniel Barenboim - The Complete Berlioz Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Plácido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, Yvonne Minton, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jessye Norman, Itzhak Perlman / Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim $80.00

Classic Recordings

Berlioz Rediscovered [8 CDs + 1 DVD] cover
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz Rediscovered [8 CDs + 1 DVD]
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner $95.00
Beethoven: Symphony Nos 5 & 7 cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony Nos 5 & 7
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber $20.00
Tchaikovsky: 6 Symphonies [remastered CDs plus Blu-ray audio] cover
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: 6 Symphonies [remastered CDs plus Blu-ray audio]
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan $65.00
Bruckner: 9 Symphonies [9 CDs plus Blu-ray audio] cover
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: 9 Symphonies [9 CDs plus Blu-ray audio]
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra], Herbert von Karajan $110.00

Celebrate Decca's 90th birthday

Jonas Kaufmann Sings Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner cover
MOZART / SCHUBERT / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER
Jonas Kaufmann Sings Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado $35.00
Allegri: Miserere / Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Magnificat primi toni; etc cover
ALLEGRI / PALESTRINA
Allegri: Miserere / Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Magnificat primi toni; etc
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks $25.00
Holst: The Planets cover
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets
Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit $35.00
Britten: War Requiem (plus Rehearsal sequences bonus) (Rec 1963) cover
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem (plus Rehearsal sequences bonus) (Rec 1963)
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Peter Pears (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) / London Symphony & chorus, Benjamin Britten, with Simon Preston $40.00
» The Decca Top Ten

Eloquence

Handel: Sosarme (complete opera recorded in 1955) cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sosarme (complete opera recorded in 1955)
Alfred Deller, William Herbert, Nancy Evans, Margaret Ritchie, etc / The Saint Cecilia Orchestra, Anthony Lewis $25.00
Helen Watts - Lieder Recital cover
WOLF / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS
Helen Watts - Lieder Recital
Helen Watts (contralto), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) $25.00
Songs for Courtiers and Cavaliers [recorded 1956 - 1958] cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs for Courtiers and Cavaliers [recorded 1956 - 1958]
Helen Watts (contralto), Thurston Dart (harpsichord) Philomusica of London $25.00
Handel: Cantatas; Arias cover
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Cantatas; Arias
Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner $18.00
» Decca Eloquence: legendary recordings for the collector. Browse the full catalogue here

Atomospheric & Easy Listening

In a Time Lapse cover
LUDOVICO EINAUDI
In a Time Lapse
Ludovico Einaudi (piano) $25.00
Fireside Classics (Deluxe Edition) cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fireside Classics (Deluxe Edition)
Australian Chamber Orchestra, Slava Grigoryan, Karin Schaupp, Tamara Anna Cislowska, Jayson Gillham, Simon Tedeschi, etc $33.00
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, Vols. 1 & 2 cover
Ray Charles
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, Vols. 1 & 2 $33.00
Farewell - Deluxe Collector's Edition Box cover
The Seekers
Farewell - Deluxe Collector's Edition Box $230.00

Blue Note Top 10

Speak No Evil cover
Wayne Shorter
Speak No Evil $25.00
Cool Struttin' cover
Sonny Clark
Cool Struttin' $25.00
Genius Of Modern Music Vol.1 cover
Thelonious Monk
Genius Of Modern Music Vol.1 $25.00
Midnight Blue cover
Kenny Burrell
Midnight Blue $25.00
» Celebrating Blue Note's 80th anniversary! Here's our top 10

Opera & Ballet DVD - restocked

Aragon: Snow White (complete ballet recorded in 2005 with choreography by Ricardo Cué) cover
EMILIO ARAGON
Aragon: Snow White (complete ballet recorded in 2005 with choreography by Ricardo Cué)
Tamara Rojo & Inaki Urlezaga / Bilbao Symphony Orchestra / Emilio Aragon $40.00
Massenet: Manon (complete ballet recorded in 2008) cover
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete ballet recorded in 2008)
The Royal Ballet / Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Jose Martin / Martin Yates (cond) $55.00
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1981) cover
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1981)
Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Judith Blegen, Sesto Bruscantini, Brent Ellis / Nicola Rescigno $40.00
Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in December 2013) cover
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Falstaff (complete opera recorded in December 2013)
Metropolitan Opera / Ambrogio Maestri, Angela Meade, Franco Vassallo, Lisette Oropesa, Paolo Fanale / James Levine (cond) $40.00