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TRADITIONAL
Kirsten Flagstad sings Norwegian Hymns Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Sigvard Fotland (piano) [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] These concerts were the result of radio broadcasts and recordings of Norwegian hymns - or, more accurately (in some cases, anyway), hymns sung in the Norwegian language - that were made over the course of three days in September 1956. |
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CLEMENTI
Piano Sonatas [2 CD set] Lamar Crowson (piano) [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] 'Lamar Crowson plays splendidly. He is accurate, fleet of finger, as expressive as the music allows and always decisive … Clementi clearly has a powerful advocate in Mr. Crowson.' Gramophone |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Lazar Berman plays Prokofiev & Shostakovich Lazar Berman (piano) [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2014 ] "The Allegro and Andante movements seem almost neo-Romantic in his hands and yet are not distorted. The final Vivace becomes a real tour de force that leaves one breathless" Fanfare (Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, etc (with Bartok - Rhapsodies for violin & orchestra) Leonidas Kavakos (violin) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly / with Peter Nagy (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 11/Oct/2013 ] Leonidas Kavakos tackles a pillar of the violin repertoire in a disc that establishes him as a concerto soloist for Decca Classics His first concerto disc for Decca features the Brahms Violin Concerto, for which he is joined by one of the world's... |
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BEETHOVEN
The Cello Sonatas Li-Wei Qin (cello) Albert Tiu (piano) [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] World-renowned cellist Li-Wei Qin navigates the Beethoven Cello Sonatas with marvelous technique and displays a sensitive tone that defines his charisma. |
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ELGAR / SULLIVAN / HAYDN / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / BARTOK / etc
Malcolm Sargent - Complete Decca Recordings London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, with Ruggero Ricci (violin), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] The complete Decca recordings of Sir Malcolm Sargent, from 78s to LPs, newly remastered and in original jackets |
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MESSIAEN / STRAVINSKY / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / LISZT / SHOSTAKOVICH / MENDELSSOHN
John Ogdon - The Argo Years John Ogdon (piano), with John Wilbraham (trumpet), Brenda Lucas (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 6 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] Scintillating pianism in music from Mozart to Messiaen: the complete Argo and Decca recordings of John Ogdon. |
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LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: In A Time Lapse (LP) Ludovico Einaudi (piano) [ Decca / 2 LP - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "It's not hard to understand why Ludovico Einaudi is one of the world's most successful living classical composers: there's a deeply satisfying emotional logic to his piano-based progressions that makes him as much the inheritor of Chopin and Satie... |
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EUDOVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Islands: The Essential Einaudi Ludovico Einaudi (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] Ludovico Einaudi is the world's most popular composer, and the source of hundreds of instantly familiar themes used in films, TV, advertising and synch activity (recent credits include American Airlines, This Is England '86 and Black Swan). His music... |
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LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Islands - The Essential Einaudi (Deluxe Edition) Ludovico Einaudi (piano) [ Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] "Islands' ability to stir up emotions with just a few chords shows that his works are far from easy listening fodder." Allmusic |
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LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Undiscovered Ludovico Einaudi (piano) [ Decca / 2 CD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] This remastered double album explores music from across Einaudi's catalogue, unearthing hidden gems from across nine albums. Includes tracks from his many collaboration projects such as Taranta, Diaro Mali & Cloudland, solo albums Eden Roc, I Giorni... |
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Ludovico Einaudi (piano)
Ludovico Einaudi - The Royal Albert Hall Concert - CD & DVD Edition [ Decca / 3 CD/DVD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Recorded live at London's legendary Royal Albert Hall at the peak of Einaudi's European and American tour in2010, showcasing his works/albums "Nightbook", "I Giorni"and "Divenire". |
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LUDIVICO EINAUDI
Einaudi: Cinema Ludovico Einaudi (piano), with Daniel Hope (violin), Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Prague [ Decca Classics / 2 CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Presenting Cinema - a brand new handpicked 2CD collection of Ludovico's most emotive musical works from film and television, including tracks from Oscars favourites Nomadland and The Father and much more. |
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LUDOVICO EINAUDI
In a Time Lapse (Special Edition) Ludovico Einaudi (piano), with guest Daniel Hope (violin) [ Decca / 2 CD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] "It's not hard to understand why Ludovico Einaudi is one of the world's most successful living classical composers: there's a deeply satisfying emotional logic to his piano-based progressions that makes him as much the inheritor of Chopin and Satie... |
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FAURE / SULLIVAN / BLOCH / HANDEL / CATALANI / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Andante Cantabile: Cello Encores Lynn Harrell (cello) / Bruno Canino (piano) [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] "Readers who have followed me this far probably need very little acumen to realise that I have enjoyed this disc enormously. "Light music" it may be, but light music is not synonymous with cheap music and performed with such musicality and conviction... |
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VERDI
Songs for Voice & Piano Margaret Price (soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "Salon songs to treasure - and spot the flickering echoes of Verdi's operas through them. Exquisitely sculpted performances, including Verdi's setting of Goethe's Gretchen songs." (BBC Music) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Grieg: Holberg Suite Martha Argerich (piano), Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Decca / CD - released 15/May/2020 ] "bubbles over with that ever-youthful sense of improvisation, of molten creativity taking place absolutely in the moment that always characterises this unique pianist's performances." Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.1 In C / Piano Concerto 1 Martha Argerich (piano), Mito Chamber Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa [ Decca / CD - released 2/Jun/2018 ] "Argerich and Ozawa spark off each other, and energy bubbles in the orchestra. As so often with her performances, her phrasing and articulation constantly surprise and illuminate." BBC Music |
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MAX RICHTER
Richter: In a Landscape Max Richter (piano, electronic percussion, hammond organ, synthesizer programming) and ensemble [ Decca / CD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Max Richter presents his 9th studio album 'In A Landscape'. A record about "reconciling polarities"; bringing together the electronic & the acoustic, the human and the natural world, the big questions of life and the quiet pleasures of living. "A... |
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DELIUS / WALTON / ELGAR / MIHALOVICI / BUSONI / RAVEL
Max Rostal: 20th-century Violin Sonatas Max Rostal (violin), with Colin Horsley (piano) Monique Haas (piano) Noël Mewton-Wood (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Six Violin Sonatas from the 20th century performed by German violinist Max Rostal and recorded for Argo and Deutsche Grammophon. |