CHAUSSON
Symphonie, Piano Quartet, Poemes & Concert Pascal Roge (piano) Chantal Juillet (violin) Pierre Amoyal (violin) / Quatuor Ysaye. Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2005 ] Chausson's musical output is not vast and his career was short-lived. His earliest works date from the late 1870s and his last were produced shortly before he was killed as a result of a cycling accident in 1899. |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Solo Piano & Chamber Works [5 CD set] Pascal Roge (piano) Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) Chantal Juillet (violin) AndrAC Cazalet (horn) Patrick Gallois (flute) etc [ Decca / 5 CD - released 26/Feb/2006 ] The name of Pascal Rogé is synonymous with French music and throughout his association with Decca which lasted some twenty-five years. |
Pascal Roge, piano
Faure-Piano works (Including the Nocturnes and Impromptus) DELETED! [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Aug/2001 ] World renowned French pianist, Pascal Roge |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Nos 1 - 5 Pascal Roge (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] All the Saint-Saens piano concertos together at a bargain price |
TIPPETT
The Tippett Collection (Incl Piano Sonatas Nos.1, 2 & 3 & Symphonies 1 - 4) SPECIAL PRICE Paul Crossley (piano) Gyargy Pauk (violin) Nobuko Imai (viola) Ralph Kirschbaum (cello) Heather Harper (sop) Academy of St Martin in the Fields and ot [ Decca Collector's Edition / 6 CD - released 25/Aug/2005 ] January 2005 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir Michael Tippett who died in 1998. During a long and distinguished career as teacher, conductor and composer Tippett produced works in all the important forms |
HOLST
Four Songs for Voice & Piano / Two Carols / Six Canons / etc Peter Pears (tenor) Norbert Brainin (violin) / The Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "Throughout the record the Purcell Singers are in splendid form. Miss Holst is a most sensitive conductor, and the choir seems able to reflect every nuance of her intention." (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Schwanengesang D957 / Auf dem Strom D943 Peter Schreier (tenor) Andres Schiff (piano) Radovan Vlatkovic (piano) [ Australian SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 10/Mar/2013 ] "Schiff's realization of the piano's role seconds the singer's probings perfectly. […] This is really a 'must' for any Lieder collection." (Gramophone) |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto / An American in Paris André Previn (piano & conductor) / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra [ Decca Originals / CD - released 25/Jan/2010 ] The popular Gershwin triptych features André Previn as both pianist and conductor in this 1984 recording, which now appears at mid-price for the first time |
FAURE
Piano Quartet No 1 / Piano Trio The Pro Arte Piano Quartet [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] The Pro Arte Piano Quartet was made up of leading London-based instrumentalists, many of whom also played in the Melos Ensemble of London. Pianist Lamar Crowson was, and remains, one of the great chamber music pianists of all time (and a soloist in... |
FAURE
Piano Quartets & Quintets Quatuor Ysaye / Pascal Roge, piano [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 5/May/2005 ] Fauré's large musical output includes many solo piano pieces and songs but just a handful of chamber works; two violin sonatas and two cello sonatas; a string quartet; a piano trio and other small miscellaneous pieces and the four works included... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas (incls "Moonlight") Radu Lupu (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 5/Mar/2000 ] "full of absorbing and inspired pianism" (Classics Today) |
EDWARD GRIEG / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos in A min Radu Lupu (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Decca legends / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] "Lupu's clean boldness of approach to the first movement (of the Schumann) is appealingly fresh." Gramophone |
BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
The Complete Decca Solo Recordings (special price 10 CD set) Radu Lupu (piano) [ Complete Decca Recordings / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "This is playing of quite exceptional insight and naturalness...and this set as a whole is well worth seeking out." (Penguin Guide) |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1-5 / Rondos / Piano Sonata No.14 'Moonlight' / etc SPECIAL PRICE Radu Lupu (piano) with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca / 4 CD Box Set - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Lupu is one of those rare artists who has achieved something approaching cult status and the release of these sets of discs is a timely reminder of the artistry of this very fine pianist. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor / 2 Rhapsodies, op.79 / Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor / etc (special price) Radu Lupu (piano) with London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart (cond) [ Decca / 3 CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Lupu is one of those rare artists who has achieved something approaching cult status and the release of these sets of discs is a timely reminder of the artistry of this very fine pianist. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Ultimate Tchaikovsky: Includes Piano Concerto No.1, Symphony No.5 & 6 & The Nutcracker [selection] Rafael Orozco (piano) Henryk Szeryng (violin) / Chantal Juillet (violin) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Montreal Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2007 ] 5 CDs in presentation slip case at SUPER-BUDGET price. An outstanding collection of Tchaikovsky favourites. Great value gift purchase. |
SATIE
Piano Music (Including 6 Gnossiennes, 3 GymnopACdies & Sonneries de la Rose-Croix Air de l'Ordre) plus bonus DVD Reinbert de Leeuw (piano) with Marjanne Kweksilber (soprano) [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 4 CD/DVD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] This collector edition makes Reinbert de Leeuw's digital recordings of a selection of Satie solo pieces available again. Also included are some of Satie's Mélodies (these making their first international CD appearance) with Marjanne Kweksilber. |
SCHUMANN / WOLF / DEBUSSY / POULENC
Régine Crespin: Song Recital Régine Crespin (soprano), John Wustman (piano) [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 11 / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "Arguably the sexiest of classical female singers, Crespin creamily performs German and French songs, and there are four Italian operatic arias as makeweights. This would seduce anyone." (BBC Music) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Piano Concerto No 3 Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Julius Katchen (piano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] These CD sets represent all of Ansermet's Prokofiev recordings for Decca. Ruggiero Ricci and Julius Katchen are sterling soloists in the concertos. This is Katchen's first of two Decca recordings of the Prokofiev Third. |