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J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Andras Schiff (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "The playing is indeed exceptional ... the sound is splendid, with an ideal balance of warmth and clarity ... the performance offers more with, fantasy and sheer fun than any I've heard ..." Gramophone |
GERSHWIN / BARBER / BEACH / COLERIGDE-TAYLOR / COPLAND
Isata Kanneh-Mason - Summertime Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 6/Sep/2021 ] "'Summertime' indeed, from a profound and greatly gifted artist who radiates warmth, joy and much-needed musical sunshine." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2021 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / CESAR FRANCK
Brahms / Franck: Chamber Music Itzhak Perlman (violin) Barry Tuckwell (horn) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] 'Perlman is among the sweetest of violinists, as Ashkenazy is among the most fluent of pianists; in this work the combination is a formidable one...an absolutely equal partnership between violin and piano' Gramophone May 1969 |
FALLA / SUK / SCHUMANN / VIEUXTEMPS / TCHAIKOVSKY etc
12 Stradivari Janine Jansen (violin), Antonio Pappano (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "What emerges from this comparative listening odyssey...is simply an even richer love and admiration for Jansen's own artistry." - Gramophone MagazineAwards Issue 2021 |
KREISLER / WIENIAWSKI / ELGAR / TCHAIKOVKSY / CHAMINADE / SAINT-SAENS / BRAHMS / etc
Con Amore: Violin Encores Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Phillip Moll (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] This much-loved disc of encores, was a mainstay of the Decca catalogue and is a cornerstone of Kyung Wha Chung's repertoire. Beautifully recorded, it includes favourites both of the virtuosic and reflective kind, and is a winner on every count. |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg Lise Davidsen (soprano), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] 'This is the outstanding Lise Davidsen recording many of us who've experienced the phenomenon live have been waiting for...The partnership with Leif Ove Andsnes doubles the pleasure.' BBC Music - Choral & Song Choice Feb 2022 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16 / Carnaval, Op.9 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] 'I have the impression that her aim was to make them wholly and uniquely her own...much of what we hear is as refreshingly imaginative as it is pianistically exemplary...she relishes the fantasy and caprice of Carnaval with an arrestingly vivid... |
SAMUEL BARBER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Muse Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 17/Dec/2021 ] Classical music's star duo have performed together all over the world, they present an impassioned programme of Barber & Rachmaninov. This disc includes each composer's Cello Sonata and a selection of beautiful songs transcribed for cello. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Discover Beethoven Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Henryk Szeryng (violin), Bernard Greenhouse (cello), Menahem Pressler (p [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 12/Dec/2019 ] Beethoven was a visionary genius whose trailblazing symphonies, sonatas and concertos paved the way for the Romantic era. |
BACH / RAMEAU / BEETHOVEN / HANDEL
Fur Elise - Kempff Transcriptions and Encores (recorded in 1950s) Wilhelm Kempff, piano [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] '…excellently recorded programme of arrangements made by Kempff himself…' Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas (incls Appassionata, Moonlight & Pathetique) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] The era of Classical music lasted for no longer than half a century, from around 1770 to 1825, yet it gained a particular significance through the work of three celebrated Viennese composers: Haydn, Mozart & Beethoven. Here are the greatest of the... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concerto Nos. 3 & 4 Alicia de Larrocha (piano) / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 27/Jan/1995 ] Recorded: June 1983 (No. 3); September 1984 (No. 4) |
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) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fur Elise: Piano Favourites Vladimir Ashkenazy, Radu Lupu, Jorge Bolet, Alicia de Larrocha (pianos) [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] Eloquence - the specially priced quality label from Europe |
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue / Concert in F major for piano and orchestra Julius Katchen (piano) / Mantovani and his orchestra [ Decca Heritage / CD - released 25/Aug/2004 ] This album brings together two artsists who enjoyed long and highly productive associations with Decca in two of Gershwin's most popular works. |
Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conducting from the keyboard)
Mozart, W.A. - Piano Concerto No 15, Symphony No 36 [ Decca Legends / CD - released 25/Oct/2000 ] One of the first meetings between Bernstein and the Vienna-Philharmonic ! |
W.A. MOZART
Quintet for piano and wind instruments / Piano Quartet in G minor / Sonata for Two Pianos Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Wind Soloists / Melos Quartet / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Mozart Collection Vol 12 / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] The Piano Quartet features a rare appearance by Sir Georg Solti at the keyboard |
HUGO WOLF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wolf: 13 Lieder nach Gedichten von Eduard Morike (with lieder by Loewe, Grieg & Brahms) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] In memory of an outstanding soprano, the legendary German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf passed away on August 3rd 2006 (born December 9th 1915), this is Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's last recording - on CD for the first time in over 20 years. |
SCHUMANN / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / MUSSORGSKY / BRAHMS / etc
Piano Encores (Incls Liebestraum No 3 & Rondo 'Alla Turca') Martha Argerich, Alexis Weissenberg, Emil Gilels, Christoph Eschenbach, Wilhelm Kempff, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] An inexpensive introduction to the world's most favourite piano pieces. |
HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Albert Ferber - Decca Recordings 1945 - 1951 Albert Ferber (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] "Albert Ferber is very successful at catching the changing moods of the music … His scale passages are beautifully even and his singing tone is a joy." Gramophone, March 1947 (Beethoven) |
