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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: 24 Minuets Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] "An essential addition to any collection of his orchestral music." (10/10 for performance and sound quality ClassicsToday.com) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'it makes fascinating listening … excellence of playing and recording' Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat / Cantata BWV 31 / Easter Oratorio Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) Friederike Sailer (soprano) Margarete Bence (alto) August Messthaler (bass) / Stuttgarter Bach-Orchester, Marcel Couraud [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] In 1957, Fritz Wunderlich together with colleagues Friederike Sailer, Margarete Bence and August Messthaler, set down complete versions of three Bach choral works - the Magnificat, the Cantata BWV 31 and the Easter Oratorio. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas (incls "Moonlight") Radu Lupu (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 5/Mar/2000 ] "full of absorbing and inspired pianism" (Classics Today) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 String Quintet, Op. 29 Sextet, Op. 81b (with Schubert: Octet) Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'their playing is richly eloquent [in the Beethoven String Quintet] … [the Beethoven Sextet] is impeccably played, unfailingly pleasing … the recordings which are firm and detailed, well-focused and lifelike' Gramophone |
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) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 / Haydn Variations Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] The Penguin Guide has nominated Kertész's recordings of the Brahms Serenades as one of the 1000 Finest Classical recordings ever made. |
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... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), James King (tenor) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra /Bernard Haitink [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "This is the only Das Lied you'll ever need, and the recorded sound is of demonstration quality" - 10/10 ClassicsToday.com |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: 24 Préludes Hans Henkemans (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Debussy's 'Preludes' represent one of the great cultural 'events' of the 20th century, exploring both the vivid and near-invisible colours of the piano...all 24 'Preludes' on a single disc. |
CAMPION / DOWLAND / MORLEY / BARTLETT / etc
An Elizabethan Songbook Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] "This a wonderful disc. Delightful songs. Kirkby's clear, pure voice complemented by Rooley's sympathetic lute accompaniment" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
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. |
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. |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Galina Vishnevskaya sings Russian Songs Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) & Mstislav Rostropovich (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "Intensity is the keynote of these performances. Mme. Vishnevskaya has a rich dramatic voice of characteristically Slavonic timbre, highly charged emotionally..she is invaluably aided by accompaniments of infinite sensibility by her husband" Gramopho |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with John Reed, Pauline Wales, Thomas Lawlor, Christine Palmer, Ralph Mason / James Walker (cond) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] "There is a real sense of staging and movement which is all to the good. The dialogue is well handled and is very much a plus factor.' Fanfare, November/December 1983 |
FREDE GROFE
Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite (with Gershwin-Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture) Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati / Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "never more beautifully recorded … the performance is totally memorable and the sound quite superb" [Porgy and Bess] Penguin Guide to CDs |
J. S. BACH / DOMENICO & ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Bach & Scarlatti: Guitar Suites and Sonatas John Williams (guitar) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ] 'self recommending' 24 Hours |
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) |
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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) |
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 |
