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 |
ALBINONI / CORELLI / PACHELBEL / HANDEL / BACH
Baroque Favourites I Musici, with Enzo Altobelli (cello) Felix Ayo (violin) Walter Gallozzi (violin) Maria Teresa Garatti (organ) Severino Gazzelloni (flute) etc [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Dec/1999 ] Eloquence offers the perfect introduction to baroque music |
LECLAIR / VERACINI / NARDINI / TARTINI / CORELLI / VITALI / VIVALDI
Baroque Violin Sonatas Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Riccardo Castagnone (piano), Istvan Hajdu (piano) [ Philips ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] 'Corelli's La Follia and Veracini's Op. 1 No. 7 are both turned with style, brilliance and considerable sensitivity.' Gramophone |
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 |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SARASATE / LALO / WIENIAWSKI / etc
The Bel Canto Violin Vol 4 Alfredo Campoli (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, both in concerts with his own salon orchestra and on Decca. A series of six 2CD reissues from... |
DOHNANYI / TARTINI / KREISLER / WIENIAWSKI / DEBUSSY / etc
The Bel Canto Violin Vol 3: Violin Encores Alfredo Campoli (violin) / George Malcolm, Eric Gritton (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, both in concerts with his own salon orchestra and on Decca. A series of six 2CD reissues from... |
EDWARD ELGAR / MAX BRUCH / ARTHUR BLISS
The Bel Canto Violin Vol 5 Alfredo Campoli (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adian Boult, Arthur Bliss [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, both in concerts with his own salon orchestra and on Decca. A series of six 2CD reissues from... |
SAINT-SAENS
Best of Saint-Saens Pascal Roge, Cristina Ortiz (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [ Australian Philips Eloquence / CD - released 31/Jan/2001 ] All the best of Saint-Saens in one inexpensive package |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Orchestral Works Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur, with Salvatore Accardo (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello) & Mischa Dichter (piano) [ Philips Decca Australian Eloquence Original Jackets Collection / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2019 ] Kurt Masur's burnished readings of Brahms's orchestral music with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig are issued for the first time as a Limited Edition box with Original Jackets. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto Salvatore Accardo (violin) Heinrich Schiff (cello) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "The suave tonal opulence and technical brilliance of both Accardo and Schiff are unquestionably impressive in the Brahms Double Concerto" Fanfare |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Chamber Music (Incls Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, etc) Boston Symphony Chamber Players [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] 'remarkably transparent [Prelude] ... an attractive collection' (Penguin Guide to CDs) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / NIGG / FRANCK / BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / etc
Christian Ferras Edition Christian Ferras (violin) with Ernest Lush, Shuku Iwasaki, Pierre Barbizet, etc (piano) / various conductors [ Deusche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] This Limited Edition original-jackets collection brings together the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Christian Ferras, supplemented by those he made for these labels' French and Japanese divisions. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / BEETHOVEN
The Chungs play Tchaikovsky & Beethoven Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Myung-Wha Chung (cello) & Myung-Whun Chung (piano & conductor) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "The Chungs make a characterful trio and give a very fine account of the Triple Concerto which conveys a feeling of spontaneous chamber-playing, with the finale taken thrillingly fast, with sparkling results" (Penguin Guide) |
PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hindemith: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes of Carl Maria von Weber / Mathis Der Maler David Oistrakh (violin) London Symphony Orchestra / Paul Hindemith, Claudio Abbado, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Paul Kletzki [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] Classic recordings now available at a budget price |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Les Nations; Pieces de Violes Jacobean Ensemble, with Neville Marriner (violin) / Desmond Dupré & Dennis Nesbitt (viola da gamba) Thurston Dart (harpsichord) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] 'Dupre plays sensitively, and is fluent and convincing in ornamentation. Dennis Nesbitt...plays his part firmly but nevertoo obtrusively...the harpsichord [is] here played with style and refinement by Thurston Dart.' Gramophone, July 1958 (Piècesde v |
W. A. MOZART
Divertimento in E flat & Duos Nos. 1 & 2 Igor Oistrakh (violin) & David Oistrakh (viola) Rainer Küchl (violin) & Josef Staar (viola) Franz Bartolomey (cello) [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "I can warmly recommend this radiant performance of radiant music" (Gramophone) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Symphonies Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 21/Aug/2020 ] "A nice, stylish version … much neat and enjoyable solo playing, and some beautiful string tone." Gramophone, October 1959 (Scottish Symphony) |
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. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / STRAVINSKY / BERG
Tchaikovsky / Stravinsky / Berg: Violin Concertos Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / Royal Concertgebouw / Vienna Symphony / various conductors [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "[The Berg is] a performance that should be on every serious collector's shelves, and coupled as it is with an equally outstanding performance of the Stravinsky plus a respectable performance of the Tchaikovsky, all at an absurdly low price, this... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Quartets / Oboe Quartet // Clarinet Quintet (with Schubert - String Quintet in C) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) William Bennett (flute), Pierre Pierlot (oboe) George Pieterson (clarinet) / Grumiaux Trio [ Philips SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Grumiaux was an inveterate chamber musician and together with his Grumiaux Trio as well as selected soloists, delivers sublime, unforced yet probing performances of Mozart and Schubert. |