DVORAK / SMETANA / BARTOK / MOUSSORGSKY / HINDEMITH / SCHOENBERG / etc
Rafael Kubelík - The Mercury Masters Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik [ Mercury Living Presence / Eloquence / 12 CD Box Set - released 28/May/2021 ] To mark the 70th anniversary of Mercury Living Presence, this limited-edition box presents the complete Chicago Symphony/Rafael Kubelík recordings, newly remastered by Thomas Fine and including never-before-published material. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Collegium Regale / St Paul's Service (with works by Vaughan Williams) Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Sir David Willcocks [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] Issued following several requests is Sir David Willcocks complete 1966 LP of Howells choral music originally issued on Argo makes its first appearance on CD. Howells contributes his own notes (reprinted from the original LP) in which he outlines the... |
GIBBONS / BYRD / PARRY / PURCELL / etc
Evensong of the Feast of the Translation of Saint Edwards Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston & William McKinney [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Simon Preston's rendering of Widor's organ toccata is brilliant." BBC Music "The recording captures a wide range of tone … An enjoyable record, reaching a very high standard" (Gramophone) |
TRADITIONAL
Christmas at Westminster Abbey Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston, with Christopher Herrick, organ [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / CD - released 10/Dec/2017 ] "The Choir of Westminster Abbey is on its toes in a lively mixture of old and new, familiar and less so." Gramophone |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HOWELLS / WARLOCK / IRELAND / FINZI / etc
Christmas Fantasy Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner Choruses Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Silvio Varviso, Pierre Boulez & James Levine [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Bayreuth is the holy grail of Wagner lovers and this outstanding disc captures great choral moments from Wagner's operas over a period of nearly 30 years, with key 'big' moments from seven operas, from the Sawallisch Tannhäuser (1962) to Peter... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / NIGG / FRANCK / BACH / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / etc
Christian Ferras Edition Christian Ferras (violin) with Ernest Lush, Shuku Iwasaki, Pierre Barbizet, etc (piano) / various conductors [ Deusche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] This Limited Edition original-jackets collection brings together the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon recordings of Christian Ferras, supplemented by those he made for these labels' French and Japanese divisions. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Christophe Coin (cello) / The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - One of the plums of the L'Oiseau-Lyre catalogue, this spry recording of the two Haydn Cello Concertos has been out of the catalogue for some time. |
GILES FARNABY / PETER PHILIPS / WILLIAM BYRD / JOHN BULL / etc
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord, virinal, organ, spinet) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "The present performances, in a recording of exemplary fidelity and clarity, are shapely and always alive. Hogwood can preserve a long line where needed, or infuse an infectious springiness into dance tunes like Watkin's ale. Decorative passages are |
RALF YUSUF GAWLICK
Ralf Yusuf Gawlick: O Lungo Drom - An oratorio for soprano, baritone and chamber ensemble Clara Meloni (soprano) Christoph Filler (baritone) / Alban Berg Ensemble Wien [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] This large-scale work, scored for a chamber ensemble including soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, cimbalom, piano and string quartet, integrates texts from all around the world into an oratorio to create a Lied of the scattered Sinti and Roma. |
TELEMANN / VIVALDI / ALBINONI / FASCH / HERTEL / etc
Concerto à la Carte Claude Monteux (flute) John Wilbraham (trumpet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ SBS Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] "The most alert string-playing distinguishes this record … first-class quality of recording throughout" The Gramophone |
BACH / MOZART / GLUCK
Music for flute & orchestra Claude Monteux (flute) / London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] "Claude Monteux's tone is clear and cool, his technique impeccable, his style admirably Mozartian, and in choosing his own cadenzas to play he chose right: these are at once the most idiomatic and the most effective of all those at present on offer". |
W. A. MOZART / J. S. BACH / GLUCK
Music for flute & orchestra Claude Monteux (flute) / London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "Claude Monteux's tone is clear and cool, his technique impeccable, his style admirably Mozartian, and in choosing his own cadenzas to play he chose right: these are at once the most idiomatic and the most effective of all those at present on offer" |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder Siegfried Jerusalem, Sharon Sweet, Marjana Lipovšek, Philip Langridge / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] The reception at the first performance was overwhelming: the ovation lasted fifteen minutes; the composer's denigrators were silenced, and many members of the audience wept. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Overtures / Haydn Variations Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "The finale [of the Third Symphony] is beautifully shaped and flighted … this is an excellent version of the Third" Gramophone Magazine |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette / Harold in Italy / Roman Carnival Overture The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] Shakespeare and Byron meet for a double-CD of Maazel's recordings of two of Berlioz's symphonies for Decca, coupled with the Roman Carnival Overture, included on an Overtures disc for Decca. Back on CD after a long absence, the 1972 Vienna Roméo... |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade & other works (with Prokofiev - Symphony No 5) The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] 'Maazel draws characteristically brilliant playing from the Cleveland Orchestra ... a conclusion relentless in its power ... superb playing and powerfully brilliant recording.' (Prokofiev) Gramophone |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Rapsodie Espagnole / etc Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Of course, these new performances have many rivals, some of them very fine, that have long been established in the catalogue, but few of them can match the clinging air of nocturnal mystery which Haitink gives to the "Prelude" of Rapsodie espagnole,... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Orchestral Music (Incls Danse sacree et danse profane & Jeux) Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink / Eduard van Beinum / etc [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jun/2006 ] "This Eloquence release makes for a delightful Debussy collection, excellently performed." (MusicWeb June 2006) |
SCHUBERT / NICOLAI / SIBELIUS / BORODIN / BERLIOZ / SOUSA / etc
Concertgebouw Lollipops [2 CD set] Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Igor Markevitch, Willem van Otterloo, Antal Dorati, etc [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "Haitink's sane if not intoxicating choices provide firm ballast." BBC Music |