W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concerto for 2 & 3 Pianos / Piano Concerto in D minor, KV 466 Daniel Barenboim, Andras Schiff, Sir Georg Solti (pianos) / English Chamber Orchestra [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2006 ] 'The finale, a kind of rondo-minuet, is delightful, with energetic keyboard work that nevertheless dances' [Concerto for 3 Pianos] Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven For All: The Piano Concertos [3 CD set] Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) / Staatskapelle Berlin [ Decca Music Group / 3 CD - released 16/Aug/2012 ] The third release in Daniel Barenboim's Beethoven For All project is the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos featuring Barenboim as soloist and conductor with the Staatskapelle Berlin. |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Complete Nocturnes Elizabeth Joy Roe (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] "Roe brings pin-sharp accuracy coupled with tender lyricism to the pieces, that hopefully will now win back the attention they so richly deserve." (ClassicFM) |
BRITTEN / BARBER
Piano Concertos & Nocturnes Elizabeth Joy Roe (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov [ Decca / CD - released 5/Mar/2015 ] "Her playing of Britten's powerful 1938 concerto has an allure that is anything but sexy; it's urgent and occasionally darkly sinister, a perfect reflection of the nervous year in which it was written. And Roe is more than a match for the demands of |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / WAGNER
James Levine - Live at Carnegie Hall Evgeny Kissin (piano) / The MET Orchestra, James Levine [ Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Recorded live on May 19, 2013, this concert marked maestro James Levine's return to the stage after a two-year absence due to injury. His entrance on the stage of Carnegie Hall was greeted with a standing ovation which led into a concert that met... |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven:piano Sonatas Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 14, 17, 25 & 26 / etc Friedrich Gulda (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
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 |
FREDERICK DELIUS / JEAN SIBELIUS
Delius & Sibelius: String Quartets George Isaac (cello), Martin Jones (piano) / Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Powerhouse performances of three little known works" MusicWeb |
SCHUMANN
Gerard Souzay: Schumann: Dichterliebe and other songs Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 43 / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] The legendary Italian bass Cesare Siepi was one of the great Don Giovannis and at the height of his career - during the 1950s and 1960s - this particular role was very much his 'calling card'. |
SCHUMANN
Gerard Souzay: Schumann: Liederkreis Op. 39 and other songs Gerard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano) & Jacqueline Bonneau (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 44 / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Souzay should...rank as one of the most elegant and sensitive song interpreters on record." (Sunday Telegraph) |
DEBUSSY / SCHMITT / WEBER / HOROVITZ / MARTINU / BENJAMIN
Clarinet Recital Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Cyril Preedy (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] "The brilliance and attack of both players to the Weber is such that you woud hardly think two such athletic performers could quickly assume a poetic disguise." Gramophone |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Complete Works [18 CD set] Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano / conductor), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Valentina Lisitsa (piano), etc [ Decca / 18 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2016 ] Drawn principally from Decca's distinguished catalogue, the set also features no fewer than 64 newly-recorded tracks - over 200 mins of music, newly recorded by Vladimir Ashkenazy and Valentina Lisitsa especially for this set. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of the Trumpet Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner / with Roland Pontinen & Peter Solomon (piano) [ Decca Collector's Edition / 5 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] This collection of three centuries of trumpet music ranges from Baroque concertos by Vivaldi and Albinoni and cornerstones of the trumpet repertory such as the concertos by Haydn and Hummel, to contemporary classics such as Luciano Berio's Sequenza... |
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. |
WOLF / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / R. STRAISS / LOEWE
The Art of Hans Hotter Hans Hotter (bass) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "Though recorded later in his career, when this great artist was 64, he is on magnificent form, and brings a lifetime's insights to some of the greatest songs in the Lied repertoire. Indispensable." (BBC Music) |
WOLF / SCHUBERT
The Art of Hans Hotter Vol. 1 Hans Hotter (bass) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 22 / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Piano Trios Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Lynn Harrell (cello) & Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] Recorded: 1996-11-10 |
MUSSORGSKY / WOLF / SCHUBERT / MARTIN
Heinz Rehfuss - The Decca Recitals Heinz Rehfuss (bass) with Hans Willi Häusslein (piano), Frank Martin (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence The Decca Recitals / CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "An enormously good performance, helped by extremely clear recording […] with tone, style, technique, good intonation and clarity all in abundance; and with the added advantage of a voice that probably sounds menacing when it asks you to pass the mu |
HUGO WOLF / RICHARD STRAUSS
Hermann Prey: Lieder Recital Hermann Prey (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 35 / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "The finest German baritone of the second half of the 20th century is here at his peak in well selected Lieder." BBC Music Five Stars |