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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel - The Early Ansermet Recordings Motet de Genève / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2007 ] Recorded between October 1951 and June 1953, these mono recordings have been much prized and sought-after by collectors and now reappear on CD at super-budget price. Ravel and Ansermet were well acquainted and that adds a special authenticity to... |
BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / WOLF
String Quartets Musikverein Quartet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "the Musikverein's playing is proficient, polished, correct" (Gramophone on the Brahms/Schumann) |
W. A. MOZART
String Quartets Nos 16 - 19 Musikverein Quartet [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] "their playing is sheer delight; phrases breathe naturally, there is a delightful sense of give-and-take between the players, and above all, a sense of enjoyment." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'it makes fascinating listening … excellence of playing and recording' Gramophone |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 String Quintet, Op. 29 Sextet, Op. 81b (with Schubert: Octet) Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] 'their playing is richly eloquent [in the Beethoven String Quintet] … [the Beethoven Sextet] is impeccably played, unfailingly pleasing … the recordings which are firm and detailed, well-focused and lifelike' Gramophone |
ROYAL BALLET GALA
Royal Ballet Gala (Incls 'Nutcracker Suite', 'La Boutique fantasque' & 'Les Sylphides') Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "This is the stuff of which dreams are made. The Royal Ballet Gala is one of the finest RCAs recorded in London's Kingsway Hall. The chunks of great ballet music are well served by orchestra, conductor and engineer." Audiophilia Online Magazine |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Ballet at the Opera (from Eugene Onegin, Oprichnik, The Maid of Orleans, etc) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "An unhackneyed sample of the operatic-balletic Tchaikovsky culled from the well known and the neglected operas - brilliant performed and recorded." (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Suites & Concertos Osian Ellis (harp), Desmond Dupre (lute), Carl Pini, Neville Marriner (violins) / Philomusica of London, Anthony Lewis, Granville Jones [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] The works on this collection are drawn from two of the very first stereo LPs released by the L'Oiseau-Lyre sub-label of Decca. 'Music of Handel' was a 1958 album containing arias (recently reissued by Eloquence 482 4759) and this instrumental suite... |
MIKHAIL IVANOVICH GLINKA
Glinka: Ivan Susanin (A Life For The Tsar) (complete opera recorded in 1955) Maria Glavachevich, Miro Changalovich, Drago Startz, Vladeta Dimitrievich / The Yugoslav Army Chorus, Belgrade National Opera Orchestra, Oskar Danon [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Sep/2018 ] 'The stereo sound is remarkable for its time ... Cangalovc is quite moving as Susanin prepares for the supreme sacrifice in his country's cause.' - Gramophone, June 1974 |
![Fete a la Francaise [incls 'Rhapsodie Norvegienne' & Phedre - Overture] cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10177/10177187.jpg)
CHARPENTIER / FRANCK / LALO / MASSENET
Fete a la Francaise [incls 'Rhapsodie Norvegienne' & Phedre - Overture] Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique Paris, Albert Wolff [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ] "beautifully warm and clear orchestral sound … a most excellent recording" Gramophone Magazine (Liszt) // "played with finesse and recorded with clarity" Gramophone Magazine (Massenet) |
PERCY GRAINGER
Salute To Percy Grainger (Incls 'Shepherd's Hey' & 'The Warriors') Peter Pears (tenor) Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) John Shirley Quirk (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth Boys' Choir, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "This is an altogether delightful anthology, beautifully played and recorded by these distinguished artists … the recording is an extremely good one" Penguin Guide *** |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings / Les Illuminations, Op. 18 / Nocturne for tenor Peter Pears (tenor) Dennis Brain (horn) / New Symphony Orchestra / Eugene Goossens / Benjamin Britten [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] "Having these three song cycles on a single disc with the singer whose voice Britten knew better than any other is of course convenient. We have to be grateful to Eloquence for making these recordings available again after so many years. Whatever... |
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) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: 24 Minuets Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] "An essential addition to any collection of his orchestral music." (10/10 for performance and sound quality ClassicsToday.com) |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles / Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / London Symphony Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] *** 'The Concerto for Double String Orchestra receives a performance more sumptuous and warm-hearted than any before on record ... the recording is outstanding' Penguin Guide |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Thurston Dart: Consort Music Philomusica of London, Jacobean Ensemble, Thurston Dart (harpsichord) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] A feast of melancholia: three L'Oiseau-Lyre albums of early English chamber music from the dawn of the period-performance era, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time with much material new to CD. With this and several other... |
![Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op 35 (rec 1954) / Le Coq d'Or [The Golden Cockerel] Suite cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10145/10145995.jpg)
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade Op 35 (rec 1954) / Le Coq d'Or [The Golden Cockerel] Suite Pierre Nerini (violin) / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] While Ansermet's stereo Suisse Romande recording of Scheherazade is well-known and has been frequently reissued, his early (1954) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra recording of this piece is a relative rarity and here receives its first CD outing on... |
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... |
DAVY / LAMBE / CORNYSH / DUNSTABLE / des PRES / etc
The Eton Songbook Purcell Consort of Voices, Elizabethan Consort of Viols, Grayston Burgess [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] The first substantial survey of the Eton Choirbooks treasures on record, newly remastered, compiled and reissued on CD for the first time. Copied out between 1490 and 1502, the Eton Choirbook is the most substantial extant source of English... |
