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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Concertos / Symphonies Nos 25, 29, 32, 39 & 40 Hubert Barwahser (flute) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2020 ] 'The performances are consistently polished and elegant Barwahsers phrasing is unfailingly beautiful' Penguin Guide, 1982 (Flute Concertos) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Chamber Music [incls 'Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452'] András Schiff, Andre Previn (piano), Heinz Holliger (oboe), Elmar Schmid (clarinet) / Musikverein Quartet [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The wind players are excellent and blend well, while the overall ensemble displays a fine unity. The balance places the piano more backwardly than usual, but no detail of Schiff's playing is lost." (Gramophone on the Quintet) |
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI
Ponchielli: la Gioconda (complete opera recorded in 1958) Anita Cerquetti, Franca Sacchi, Mario del Monaco, Cesare Siepi, Giulietta Simionata / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] 'To compare Anita Cerquetti's Gioconda with Callas's is a revelation. Cerquetti brings to the role intelligence, musicianship, and an appealing voice' High Fidelity |
ANTONIO DVORAK
Cello Concerto in B minor (with works by Reger & Francaix) Anja Thauer (cello), with Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdeněk Mácal & Jean Françaix (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] In the year 2015 we should have been celebrating the seventieth birthdays of two uniquely talented women cellists who were both born in 1945, but instead we have been remembering a more tragic coincidence: in 1973, multiple sclerosis forced the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Decca Conductors' Gallery Ansermet, Van Beinum, Bernard, ·Blech, Celibidache, Coates, Coppola, Desormiere, Enescu, Fitelberg, Furtwangler, Harty, Van Kempen, Kleiber, Knapperts [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 21 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2023 ] An A-Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca's early years - 1929-1949 - including the golden age of its 'ffrr' technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources. |
BARTOK / TCHAIKOVSKY / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters Vol 2 - Antal Dorati in London Antal Doráti, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Festival Chamber Orchestra [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 28 CD Box Set - released 18/Apr/2025 ] Volume 2 of Antal Doráti's London recordings for Mercury covers sessions between June 1960 (Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony) and August 1966 (Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suites). By way of a bonus, the set concludes with a rarity issued on Philips and... |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / DEBUSSY / MENDELSSOHN / RESPIGHI / TCHAIKOVSKY/ MOZART / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters - The Mono Recordings Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 31 CD Box Set - released 26/May/2023 ] A tour de force of thrilling orchestral playing and brilliant audio engineering, Antal Doráti's mono recordings are collected for the first time. Newly remastered, this collection comprehensively documents a golden era in American classical recording |
PROKOFIEV / LISZT / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / SIBELIUS / etc
Antal Doráti: The Mercury Masters Vol 1 - Antal Dorati in London Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Byron Janis, Henryk Szeryng [ Australian Eloquence Mercury Living Presence / 29 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] Covering recordings from July 1956 to July 1961, here are early stereo spectaculars on Mercury, under the inspired baton of Antal Dorati: classic albums of Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and many more in a new 'Original Jackets' Limited... |
MAURICE RAVEL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Ravel/Debussy: Violin Sonatas (plus Debussy's Cello Sonata & Ravel's Piano Trio) Arthur Griumiaux (violin) Maurice Gendron (cello) / Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips ABC Eloquence / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901=1950) - The two Debussy sonatas date from late in the composer's life and are wistful pieces, though not without humour. The Ravel Violin Sonata is sleek, elegant and has a delightful... |
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
Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Symphony No.2 Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam / Eduard van Beinum [ Philips ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Peerless performances of Grumiaux's wonderful 1957 performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Concertgebouw and Eduard van Beinum, coupled with the first release on CD of Van Beinum's recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 2. Two radiant... |
BEETHOVEN / BERLIOZ / TCHAIKOVSKY / WIENIAWSKY / etc
Violin Romance Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Edo de Waart, Raymond Leppard [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/Sep/2015 ] A simply gorgeous recording of the most popular Violin romances. The recording has long been deleted from the catalogue and is now reissued with the added 'bonus' of the Schubert Rondo. |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Scottish Fantasy Arthur Grumiaux (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg [ Australian Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "For collectors, this Eloquence issue will prove a valuable, even endearing supplement" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
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 |
HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No 4 & 5 (with Saint-Saens-Violin Concerto No. 3) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Manuel Rosenthal [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] 'The late Arthur Grumiaux is reserved, stylish, infallible in technique, and also ready at moments to lift the heart of a listener by some magical turn of phrase, or by a momentary fall of light on his most beautiful tone.' (Saint Saëns) Gramophone |
FAURE / FRANCK / LEHEU / RAVEL / DEBUSSY / VIEUXTEMPS / YSAYE
French & Belgium Violin Sonatas Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Paul Crossley (piano) Gyorgy Sebok (piano) Dinorah Varsi (piano) István Hajdu (piano) [ Philips ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] 'Some of Grumiaux's soft playing will take your breath away. Likewise in the Debussy and Ravel sonatas with István Hajdu, all models of sensitively negotiated chamber playing.' Gramophone |
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 |
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... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / WOLF
10 Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Deutsche Gramophone Australian Eloquence / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] "A really lovely recital (MusicWeb July 2005) |
DEL TREDICI
Final Alice-Grand concerto for voice and orchestra Barbara Hendricks (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Commissioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to Sir Georg Solti, Final Alice is scored for gargantuan forces and is based on the last two chapters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It has been described by the composer as a "grand... |
