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MOZART / SCHUBERT / BERLIOZ / ROSSINI / SMETANA / DVORAK / etc
Erich Kleiber - The Complete Polydor 78s Erich Kleiber conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker & Staatskapelle Berlin [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Collected for the first time - Erich Kleiber's rare recordings with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berliner Philharmoniker made for Polydor/Grammophon and newly remastered for this release. |
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HAYDN / MOZART / HUMMEL
Haydn, Mozart, Hummel: Oboe Concertos Ernest Rombout (oboe) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Jul/2005 ] These peerless recordings of Oboe Concertos are despatched with beautiful clarity by Ernest Rombout both playing the oboe and directing the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra. |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Orchestral Suites (Incls 'Karelia Suite') Helsinki Radio Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfuncks, Eugen Jochum [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2010 ] Among the many Sibelius recordings in existence, those that have certainly been overlooked are the Okko Kamu readings of the Four Legends, Karelia Suite and two of the tone poems - The Bard and En Saga. Previously issued on a French 'Double' disc,... |
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W. A. MOZART
Felicity Lott sings Mozart Arias (Incls 'Exsultate, jubilate, K165') Felicity Lott (soprano) / London Mozart Players, Jane Glover [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "Exsultate, jubilate, fine as recorded sound, crisp in the playing, deliciously clear and clean in the singing, sets off with all the promise of a bright spring morning." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Fernando Corena: Arias for Bass Fernando Corena (bass) / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "'Corena sings with a fine, resonant, clean tone. His production is easy and completely natural, and his diction, phrasing and general musicianship are most praiseworthy" (Gramophone) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Fernando Corena: Verdi: Falstaff - Scenes (with arias by Rossini & Donizetti) Fernando Corena (bass) with Renato Capechi, Ilva Ligabue, Lydia Marimpietr / New Symphony Orchestra of London, Sir Edward Downes, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "Corena is an admirable Falstaff, vocally and dramatically, and he misses little or nothing of Verdi's superb musical characterization of the part." (Gramophone) |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin:: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Fitzwilliam String Quartet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "The Fitzwilliams' nervous energy can sometimes be brilliantly applied to the music, and be properly exciting" Gramophone |
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MOZART / SCARLATTI / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / etc
Fou Ts'ong - Complete Westminster Recordings Fou Ts'ong (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman, with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim, etc [ Westminster Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2021 ] The Westminster label legacy of a master Chopin interpreter, issued complete for the first time in an 'original covers' box of new remasterings. |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (highlights from the complete opera) Franco Corelli, Nicolai Ghiraurov, Joan Sutherland / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Recorded in 1966 in superb 'Decca Sound', these highlights from Gounod's most widely-performed opera extracts music from the second act onwards. The Soldier's Chorus has rarely been done with such swagger, Ghiaurov is a terrifying Mephistopheles and... |
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SCHUMANN
Schumann: Etudes symphoniques; Fantasiestucke; Papillons Friedrich Gulda [Fantasiestucke] Ingrid Haebler [Papillons] Nikita Magaloff [Etudes symphoniques] (pianos) [ Philips ABC Eloquence / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] "There is treasure here to be found amidst some problematic performances of three of Schumann's masterpieces" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
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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 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magnificat / Cantata BWV 31 / Easter Oratorio Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) Friederike Sailer (soprano) Margarete Bence (alto) August Messthaler (bass) / Stuttgarter Bach-Orchester, Marcel Couraud [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] In 1957, Fritz Wunderlich together with colleagues Friederike Sailer, Margarete Bence and August Messthaler, set down complete versions of three Bach choral works - the Magnificat, the Cantata BWV 31 and the Easter Oratorio. |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: String Quartets 1 - 3 / Souvenir de Florence Gabrieli String Quartet / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "the Gabrielis give a finely conceived performance, producing well-blended tonal quality" Penguin Guide |
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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 |
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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 |
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COLE PORTER / RICHARD ROGERS / FREDERICK LOWE / etc
Siepi and London on Broadway George London (baritone) Cesare Siepi (bass) / The Roland Shaw Orchestra [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] This recording will make you smile. Two of the most accomplished opera singers of the twentieth century turn their attention to some of the best known songs from Broadway musicals, and the effect is Wunderbar! Cesare Siepi was a prolific recording... |
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C. P. E. BACH / J. C. BACH / THOMAS ARNE
Arne, CPE Bach & JC Bach: Harpsichord Concertos George Malcolm (harpsichord) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Sep/2017 ] There were many worlds in George Malcolm's (1917-1997) universe - organist, harpsichordist, pianist, composer, choral director and conductor - and this one demonstrates his unique skill as a solo performer who, throughout his career, more than any... |
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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 |
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MOZART / SPOHR / WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis / Peter Maag [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] 'There are plenty of other recorded performances of Mozart's and Weber's concertos to choose from, even a couple of Spohr's, but these have acquired classic status ... De Peyer gives a fluent, easy performance of Mozart's concerto - the Adagio is... |
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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. |