Search Results: australian eloquence
Displaying items 281 to 300 of 462
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21 Geza Anda (piano) / Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum. [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] "Géza Anda was a thoughtful and scholarly Mozartian, and indeed, this ground-breaking series established standards for "modern" Mozart concerto interpretation, laying down a path that Brendel, Perahia, and to a lesser degree Schiff have... |
DUPRÉ / SAINT-SAËNS / CHARPENTIER / VIERNE
French Virtuoso Organ Music Gillian Weir, at the Hradetzky organ in The Royal Northern College of Music [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] "it is great to have this exciting, technically demanding and imaginative recording in my library once again." MusicWeb |
![Le Banquet Celeste / Les Corps Glorieux / etc [recorded in 1966] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10530/10530712.jpg)
MESSIAEN
Le Banquet Celeste / Les Corps Glorieux / etc [recorded in 1966] Gillian Weir, at the organ of the Royal Festival Hall [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] An undiscovered treasure! Recorded in 1966 but never released we have nearly 100 minutes of Messiaen recorded by Gillian Weir shortly after she won the St. Alban's Competition. At the centrepiece of this recital is Les Corps Glorieux and the other... |
CAMILLERI / WIDOR / VIERNE / DAQUIN / TOMKINS / etc
King of Instruments: The Art of Gillian Weir Vol 5 Gillian Weir (organ) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] 'an astonishing range of organ technique and sonority ... Weir gives a thrillingly dedicated performance ... The recording is superb. It is as clear and clean as a whistle, immensely wide in dynamic range' [Camilleri] Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Motets & Psalms Gillian Weir (organ) with Felicity Palmer (soprano) / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Mendelssohn's 'Hear my prayer' (or, in its English adaptation also known as 'O for the wings of a dove') is a much loved piece of 'Victoriana', made famous by, among others, Master Ernest Lough. Often sung by boy sopranos, it is here performed by... |
MOZART / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / ROSSINI
Graziella Sciutti - A Portrait Graziella Sciutti (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Argeo Quadri [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] A famous Decca operatic recital, long unavailable, celebrating the thrilling voice and short-lived career of a soprano who set operatic stages alight in the late 1950s. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (alto), Jess Thomas (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass) / Vienna Philharmonic / Karl BAhm [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "one of the greatest recordings the piece has ever enjoyed... there is literally none better" - ClassicsToday.com |
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) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos, German Dances & Overtures Heinrich Schiff (cello) Alan Stringer (trumpet) George Malcolm (harpsichord) Simon Preston (organ) Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "The harpsichord concerto is neatly played, tempi distinctly on the lively side, but with spruce rhythms from Neville Marriner's orchestra and a crisp and brilliant account of the harpsichord part from George Malcolm." (Gramophone on the Harpsichord... |
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 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano) Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "As a combination of top-class recording, orchestral playing and conducting, this is one of the finest recordings I have ever listened to." Gramophone on No 1 |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Aromatherapy No 5 - The Heart of Tchaikovsky Herbert von Karajan, Neville Marriner, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lorin Maazel [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 21/Jun/2001 ] A unique CD collection of music for relaxation |
FEL:IX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Symphonies / Octet I Musici [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] 'I Musici plays all this music impeccably, catching the gaiety of much of it and fully expressing the deep feeling in the symphony's first movement. Excellent recording, too.' Gramophone, February 1971 (Symphony No. 11) |
PIZZETTI
La Pisanella - Suite / Concerto de l'estate (with works by Respighi and Rota) I Musici / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Lamberto Gardelli / Argo Chamber Orchestra / Laszlo Heltay [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Appearing on CD for the first time, Lamberto Gardelli's Pizzetti recording has been one of the most venerated in the Decca catalogue, not only because the music is comparatively rare, but because the recording is true state-of-the-art. |
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 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Mysteries of Byzantine Chant Ian Buga (priest) Gabriel Oprea, Marian Fartat, Nicolae Giolu, Aurel Frangulea (psalm singers) / Kontakion [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] As a follow-up to the best selling Deutsche Grammophon disc of Gregorian Chant this reissue returns a sublime Philips recording of Byzantine Chant to the catalogue. |
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) |
W. A. MOZART
Mass in C major 'Coronation' / Vesperae solennes de confessore / Exsultate, jubilate Ilena Cotrubas / Helen Watts / Felicity Palmer / Erna Spoorenberg / Academy St Martins, Neville Marriner [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "George Guest was an experienced choral conductor, whose reputation in the classical repertoire still goes before him. Hearing this performance it is not hard to see why, and this makes a most pleasing compilation for the discerning... |
BRUCH / MENDELSSOHN / PROKOFIEV / MILHAUD / DEBUSSY / etc
Ion Voicu: The Decca Recordings Ion Voicu (violin) with Monique Haas (piano) Victoria Stefanescu (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] "Ion Voicu is a player of considerable quality and with a lot of technique […] He plays the Bruch with impeccable technique" (Gramophone on Bruch / Mendelssohn) |
