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Alicia de Larrocha - Concertos from Spain cover
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ALBENIZ / TURINA / MONTSALVATORE / SURINACH
Alicia de Larrocha - Concertos from Spain
Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ]
In 1977 Decca released an LP entitled 'Concertos from Spain' which coupled two contemporary piano concertos - those by Montsalvatge (Concerto Breve, written for Alicia de Larrocha) and Surinach's Piano Concerto. The Surinach - a kind of Spanish...
Flower Duet: The World's Most Beautiful Duets cover
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BELLINI / BERLIOZ / DELIBES / HANDEL / OFFENBACH / PUCCINI
Flower Duet: The World's Most Beautiful Duets
Brigitte Fassbaender, Marilyn Horne, Dame Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ]
Since the beginning of opera, the convention of the duet, in which two characters simultaneously express their feelings, has been one of the staple ploys of musical dramatists. Collected here are all the most beautiful opera duets ever written.
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1962) cover
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1962)
Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merill / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Sir John Pritchard
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2012 ]
"Sutherland's performance puts lovely things in the listener's way at every stage" (Gramophone)
The Wonderful World of Nursery Rhymes cover
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TRADITIONAL CHILDRENS
The Wonderful World of Nursery Rhymes
Kenneth McKellar & Vera Lynn
[ Australian Decca Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ]
In March 1959 and May 1963, respectively, Vera Lynn and Kenneth McKellar - two of Decca's best-selling exclusive artists - went into the studio to record albums of nursery rhymes. Simply, but deliciously scored, with several touches of humour, the...
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado / Trial By Jury cover
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GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado / Trial By Jury
Peter Pratt, Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Jean Hindmarsh, Kenneth Sandford, Julia Goss / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isadore Godfrey, Royston Nash
[ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2015 ]
I am pretty safe in saying that this recording is probably one of the best G & S recordings..ever! A cast to die for! Listen to Thomas Round's most beautiful rendering of "Wand'ring minstrel" and the horrific crazy laugh of Donald Adams as the Mikado
Birgit Nilsson Sings Wagner cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Birgit Nilsson Sings Wagner
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Leif Segerstam / London Symphony, Sir Colin Davis
[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ]
"Even allowing for the fact that these were demonstration records when they first appeared, the sound on this CD is astonishing in its lifelike presence and its warmth." Gramophone
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Russian Easter Festival Overture cover
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Russian Easter Festival Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult / London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux
[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ]
In his most famous orchestral composition, Scheherazade, Rimsky-Korsakov, like Beethoven in his 'Pastoral' Symphony before him, was more interested in evoking feelings and impressions than in spoon-feeding listeners a pre-digested program. So the...
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet music) with Meyerbeer's 'Les Patineurs' cover
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ANTONIN DVORAK / JULES MASSENET
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet music) with Meyerbeer's 'Les Patineurs'
London Symphony Orchestra / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean Martinon
[ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ]
"In Martinon's hands, Massenet's tunes fizz and effervesce like the best champagne." (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' / Oboe Concerto / Tuba Concerto / The Lark Ascending (with music by Delius & Walton) cover
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' / Oboe Concerto / Tuba Concerto / The Lark Ascending (with music by Delius & Walton)
Neil Black (oboe) Arnold Jacobs (tuba) Pinchas Zukerman (violin) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / English Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim
[ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2007 ]
Daniel Barenboim's sumptuous performances of English music have long been favourites and here they are beautifully remastered with state-of-the-art technology for this release.
Rozsa: Ben Hur, Julius Caesar & Quo Vadis cover
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MIKLOS ROZSA
Rozsa: Ben Hur, Julius Caesar & Quo Vadis
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Miklos Rozsa & Bernard Herrmann
[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ]
"The whole disc is brilliantly played and as brilliantly recorded" (Gramophone on Ben Hur)
Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat [The Soldier's Tale] / Octet for Wind Instruments (with Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No. 1) cover
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat [The Soldier's Tale] / Octet for Wind Instruments (with Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No. 1)
Sir John Gielgud (narrator), Tom Courtenay (The Soldier), Ron Moody (The Devil) / Boston Symphony Chamber Players
[ Australian Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ]
"These Boston players give immaculately polished accounts of all five [chamber] works … The recording is excellent - clear without dryness, warm without over-resonance" (Reissue of the Month Gramophone Feb 2011)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (both piano & orchestral versions) cover
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (both piano & orchestral versions)
Vladimir Ashkenazy / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
[ Australian Decca Eloquence / CD - released 23/May/2001 ]
Two versions of this masterpiece: the original piano work and the Ravel orchestration.
Mozart: Serenades & Divertimenti cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenades & Divertimenti
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
[ Philips Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ]
"This reissue … tends to sweep the board. The playing is marvellous, and Marriner's choice of tempi is equally apt. The Argo recording, rich in texture and detail, sounds admirably fresh here. […] The sparkle of this music-making is irresistible."...
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 Emperor / Concerto in D major for Piano & Orchestra (Arranged by the composer from the Violin Concerto) cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 Emperor / Concerto in D major for Piano & Orchestra (Arranged by the composer from the Violin Concerto)
Alicia de Larrocha, Olli Mustonen (pianos) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
[ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ]
Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha's first recording of Beethoven's Emperor is a grand and thrilling affair and this recording here receives its first release on CD.
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol 1 cover
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol 1
Andras Schiff (piano) Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Boris Pergamenschikow (cello)
[ ABC Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ]
'Schiff and his colleagues relish the wit, brilliance and sheer speed of Haydn's thoughts in the outer movements, with their comic off-beat accents, sudden changes of register and breathtaking harmonic scope., (Gramophone)
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol 2 cover
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol 2
Andras Schiff (piano) Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) Boris Pergamenschikow (cello)
[ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ]
'Schiff and his colleagues relish the wit, brilliance and sheer speed of Haydn's thoughts in the outer movements, with their comic off-beat accents, sudden changes of register and breathtaking harmonic scope., (Gramophone)
Brahms: Violin Concerto / Alto Rhapsody / Overtures cover
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto / Alto Rhapsody / Overtures
Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Aafje Heynis (contralto) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam / Eduard van Beinum
[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ]
"(Aafje Heynis') This is lovely, spontaneous singing. When the chorus enter the radiant solo line is further enhanced, integrated yet free. A truly moving performance unerringly paced." Gramophone Magazine
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D / Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22 cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D / Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22
Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
[ ABC Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ]
"Among the finest ever committed to disc...imbued with a spirit of classical serenity." - Penguin Guide to Compact Discs
Strauss (R.): Orchestral Songs / Tod und Verklärung cover
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Orchestral Songs / Tod und Verklärung
Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Kurt Masur / Royal Concergebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ]
Lovers of Richard Strauss' music have long considered the Jerusalem disc of orchestral songs a 'must-have' in their collection. They are sheerly glorious - as is the 'heldentenor' of Siegfried Jerusalem. They are now reissued with Haitink's searing...
Ravel: String Quartet / Piano Trio / Introduction et Allegro cover
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: String Quartet / Piano Trio / Introduction et Allegro
Beaux Arts Trio / Carmirelli Quartet / Chamber Music Society of Amsterdam / Eduard van Beinum
[ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ]
'this new Beaux Arts performance, even more than their previous one, is most sensitive to the music's ebb and flow, acutely aware of its inventive new combinations of sounds ... the new Beaux Arts recording now becomes the prime recommendation'...