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PAGANINI / BETTHOVEN / BRUCH / MENDELSSOHN / KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Ruggiero Ricci - Complete Decca Recordings Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with Ernest Lush, Carlo Bussotti, Julius Katchen, Louis Persinger (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "... the great advantage of this box is its completeness. If you have a vacant two inch gap on your shelves, this box will fit nicely. The transfers come direct from the source material and have been well remastered." MusicWeb Jan 22 |
PAGANINI / SARASATE / VIVALDI / KREISLER / SAINT-SAËNS / BACH / etc
Ruggiero Ricci - Complete American Decca Recordings Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with Leon Pommers, Brooks Smith (piano) / Stradivarius Chamber Orchestra / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Max Rudolf [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 9 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "His hand has never been surer, his tone never more beautiful than in these enchanting performances, which are aglow with spontaneity, wit, and sheer delight … a classic matching of interpreter and material." Stereo Review |
CHOPIN / LISZT / SAINT-SAENS / SCHUMANN / VILLA-LOBOS / BARTÓK / etc
Ruth Slenczynska - Complete American Decca Recordings Ruth Slenczynska (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2020 ] A debut on CD for the American Decca legacy of Ruth Slenczynska, a prodigious Romantic-age keyboard lioness. 'Slenczynska has technique to burn, has it under complete control, and uses it with masculine vigour and shrewd musicianship' HighFidelity |
MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / A Midsummer Night's Dream / etc Saleem Ashkar (piano) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / CD - released 28/May/2014 ] The cornerstone of this album is one of Felix Mendelssohn's best known works, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the album includes the five instrumental pieces from the incidental music, with the world famous Wedding March closing the suite. The two... |
GODOWSKY / HOFMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / RUBENSTEIN / CHAMINADE / CHOPIN / etc
Kaleidoscope: Piano Encores Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 4/Jul/2006 ] This collection presents, for the first time in its entirety, the 1974 studio recordings of encores, entitled Kaleidoscope, after a piece by Cherkassy's teacher, Josef Hofmann. |
BARTOK
The Three Piano Concertos / The Two Violin Concertos / Two Portraits Pascal Roge (piano) Kyung Wha Chung, Iona Brown, Chantal Juillet (violins) / Chicago Symphony / Philharmonia Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Iona Brown gives a clean-cut and stylish performance, superbly recorded" Penguin Guide |
HECTOR BERLIOZ / JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Berlioz: Nuits D'ete / Canteloube: Chants de la France Suzanne Danco (soprano) / Cincinnati Symphony / Lucie Daullene (soprano), Joseph Canteloube (piano) [ Decca Austrailian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "when the music begins, the walls melt into field and hills, the ceiling becomes sky … Very highly recommended." High Fidelity, June 1956 (Canteloube) |
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 5 (Complete) Alexandre Toradze (piano) / Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 7/May/2012 ] "There are few more arresting and powerful accounts in the catalog, and Toradze plays with a forcefulness and authority that's suggestive of Martha Argerich." ClassicsToday |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Nuances Valentina Lisitsa (piano) [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 20/Dec/2015 ] Valentina Lisitsa records Liszt's most technically challenging work, the "unplayable" La Contrabandista, conceived by Liszt as a spectacular recital encore. Seldom recorded, this work is a true virtuosic challenge for any pianist. Performed with... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Schubert/Mendelssohn: Octets / 'Trout' Quintet (recorded 1950-1954) Vienna Octet, with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The result is exquisite. Perfection of tone and phrasing … polish and subtlety and rare beauty of tone" (Schubert Octet) Gramophone |
BERWALD / BORODIN / KREUTZER / MENDELSSOHN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Romantic Chamber Music (recorded 1968 - 1971) Vienna Octet with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "full of grace and charm and has all the polish and virtuosity one has come to expect from this ensemble….delicacy and lightness of touch … performances are first-class … The recording is quite superlative. Strongly recommended" (Gramophone) |
SPOHR
Spohr - Piano Quintet, Double Quartet, Octet & Nonet (recorded 1959 - 1969) Vienna Octet, with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The players sound as if they know [the Spohr Octet] inside out; the interpretation has matured, gaining in precision and also in insouciance" Gramophone |
BRUCKNER / SCHMIDT
Bruckner: String Quintet in F major / Schmidt: Piano Quintet in G major Vienna Philharmonia Quintet with Eduard Mrazek (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ] "Recorded at the Sofiensaal, Vienna in 1974, the sound engineer Gordon Parry has provided a clear, warm and well balanced sound for both scores. The well written but uncredited annotation is concise, interesting and informative. Hidden gems of the... |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scriabin: The Piano Sonatas Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "My favorites, in terms of performance and discounting sound, are the 3rd, 6th, 8th and particularly the impulsive youthful 1st. I also like the 9th; here Ashkenazy manages a luminous pianissimo." (Amazon.com) |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (both piano & orchestral versions) Vladimir Ashkenazy / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Australian Decca Eloquence / CD - released 23/May/2001 ] Two versions of this masterpiece: the original piano work and the Ravel orchestration. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / TANEYEV / LIADOV / BORODIN / RACHMANINOV / etc
Russian Piano Encores Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "This wide-ranging conspectus of Russian piano miniatures spans Ashkenazy's career from 1963 to 2004. Fine playing, occasionally short on charm." (BBC Music) |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Vers La Flamme Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "more reflective and sometimes indulgent, very much viewing these pieces through the prism of Romanticism rather than that of modernism." (The Guardian) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Discover Beethoven Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Henryk Szeryng (violin), Bernard Greenhouse (cello), Menahem Pressler (p [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 12/Dec/2019 ] Beethoven was a visionary genius whose trailblazing symphonies, sonatas and concertos paved the way for the Romantic era. |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (piano & orchestral versions) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Philharmonic Orchestra. Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca / CD - released 30/May/1986 ] 'Ashkenazy's account of the original piano version is distinguished by a strong poetic feel.' The Penguin Guide "The orchestral sound is characteristic of [the Kingsway Hall], richly textured, yet brilliant, with glowing detail." Gramophone |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Trios Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (violin) & Mats Lidstrom (cello) [ Decca / CD - released 16/Aug/2013 ] Ashkenazy Completes Lifelong Project To Record Each Of Rachmaninov's Works With Piano. Vladimir Ashkenazy, one of the most renowned and revered pianists of our times, crowns his lifelong project to record each of Rachmaninov's works with piano... |
