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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies & Overtures (1977 recordings) Blu-ray audio in Dolby Atmos Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray audio in Dolby Atmos / 2 Blu-Ray Audio - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "Beethoven is in no way déjà vu to Karajan, as this set gloriously proves" - Richard Osborne (Gramophone) |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas with the Academy Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The story of the birth of Jesus more than two thousand years ago has been the source of inspiration for countless poets and musicians, as well as practitioners of other forms of art. The infant, born of a virgin in a lowly cattle shed, because there... |
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."... |
Aled Jones, with the New Zealand Sinfonietta
Aled Jones: One Voice At Christmas [ Decca Records / CD - released 27/Apr/2005 ] Celebrate the festive season with Aled this year, as his latest album Aled Jones: One Voice at Christmas is released after the huge success of this year's best selling, One Voice. |
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. |
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... |
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) |
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) |
Andrea Bocelli
Sì Forever [ Decca / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Golden Globe-winning operatic tenor Andrea Bocelli is back with an extended special edition of his best-selling album Si. Featuring two new duets with Ellie Goulding and Jennifer Garner who add to the star-studded line-up on the original album: Ed... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Angela Gheorghiu - Plaisir d'amour Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Alexandra Dariescu (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 15/Nov/2019 ] Angela Gheorghiu returns to Decca to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her legendary La Traviata with Sir Georg Solti A 23-track album featuring rare and classic songs never before recorded by Gheorghiu Winner of five Gramophone Awards, twice... |
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 |
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 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Masterpieces Collection - Australian Classics Various orchestras & performers from the vast ABC catalogue [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2019 ] ABC Classics and the Art Gallery of New South Wales present a new collection of albums bringing together culture from through the ages. From nineteenth-century visions of grandeur in Epic Classics to the sacred tradition in Divine Classics. |
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... |
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'... |
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 |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Tchaikovsky / Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Boris Belkin (violin) /New Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2018 ] Now, Eloquence release, for the first time, Belkin's sizzling accounts of the Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich Violin Concertos.. |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
Strauss Waltz Gala The Waltz Collection (Incls The Blue Danube & Roses from the South) Boston Pops Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Dorati, Arthur Fiedler [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] From 'On the Beautiful Blue Danube' to 'Roses from the South'. The ideal romantic evening escape with the Austrian waltz master. |
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. |
ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Cecilia Bartoli: Farinelli Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] Renowned for portraying the music of the baroque like no one else, Cecilia Bartoli presents her new recording of arias famously performed by legendary castrato, Farinelli. |
