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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... |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / variations on a theme by Haydn Vienna pHilharmonic Oorchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Sep/2015 ] Monteux recorded Brahms's Second Symphony several times; in addition to the present recording for Decca with the Vienna Philharmonic, there are versions with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. He recorded the... |
W. A. MOZART
String Quartets Kv 499 & Kv 589 Vienna Philharmonic Quartet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "played with a smooth velvet tone … the recording quality is mellow and inviting. … All four players can produce a singing tone of golden lyrical quality and their technique is astonishing." (Gramophone) |
SCHUBERT
String Quartets Nos. 10, 12 & 14 / String Trio / String Quintet Vienna Philharmonic Quartet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "These are highly polished performances, lovingly captured. It is commendable that they have been restored to circulation. They would make a pleasing addition to any chamber music collection." (Musicweb Sept 2013) |
DONIZETTI / BELLINI / VERDI / PUCCINI
Virginia Zeani: The Decca Recitals Virginia Zeani (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Franco Patané / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavaz [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "she has an excellent sense of rhythm (witness the finale to the Traviata Act I) and she has what all too few sopranos even attempt on more than an occasional phrase: a steady legato" (Gramophone) |
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) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony / Mephisto Waltz / Battle of the Huns (with Magnard-Symphony No. 3) Werner Krenn (tenor) / Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Liszt's Eine Faust-Symphonie, based on the Faust legend, is an hour-long work for tenor, choir and orchestra, based on the Faust legend. The Suisse Romande Orchestra take to this complex score, one with which they could hardly have been familiar,... |
W. A. MOZART
Divertimentos 1, 10, 15, 17 Wiener Oktett [Vienna Octet] [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "Chamber music at its most orchestral...The musicians play these riches with enchanting naturalness." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Opera Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Kirsten Flagstad, Martti Talvela, Hans Hotter, George London, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] A priceless collection of Hans Knappertsbusch's opera recordings made for Universal Music, including the legendary live Parsifal performances of both 1951 and 1962, the Vienna studio Die Meistersinger of 1950-51, the Munich Fidelio of 1961, etc. |
BEETHOVEN / TCHAIKOVSKY / DVORAK / BRAHMS
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition - Volume 1 Wiener Philharmoniker, Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Wilhelm Backhaus, Joan Sutherland, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 14 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2023 ] The two stereo Beethoven cycles, those of the Symphonies (1965-70) and the Piano Concertos (with Wilhelm Backhaus, 1958-59), form the core of this edition of the complete Decca recordings of Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900-1973). |
R. STRAUSS / J. STRAUSS / VERDI / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / WAGNER / etc
Clemens Krauss - Complete Decca Recordings Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Krauss, with Pierre Fournier (cello) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 26/Nov/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Clemens Krauss's commercial legacy of recordings, newly remastered and presented as an original jackets limited edition. |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BRUCKNER / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / etc
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Orchestral Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Münchener Philharmoniker, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Sir Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 18 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Gathered together for the first time on Universal Music labels, including several first CD releases on Decca, is the orchestral legacy of an inimitable genius of the podium: Hans Knappertsbusch. |
STRAUSS II / REZNICEK / SUPPE / HEUBERGER / NICOLAI
Romantic Overtures - Vol. 4: Overtures of Old Vienna Wiener Philharmoniker [Vieena Philharmonic], Willi Boskovsky [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] During the 1950s, 60s and 70s, Decca recorded a number of albums with some of its key conductors of Overtures. Many of these were singled out by the press for their terrific sound quality (the fabled 'Decca Sound') and for their often adventurous... |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Petrushka (complete ballet) [with Bartok - Miraculous Mandarin] Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Christoph von Dohnanyi [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "Sonically this stands among Decca's best recordings from this source. A sensational reissue, and a bargain to boot." (ClassicsToday) |
BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 / etc Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Claudio Abbado [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] "These very early Abbado recordings are far finer than his recent work on the composer, and may be as good a coupling of these two masterpieces as you can find." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 / Haydn Variations Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] The Penguin Guide has nominated Kertész's recordings of the Brahms Serenades as one of the 1000 Finest Classical recordings ever made. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete) Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra], Rafael Kubelík [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Kubelík's performance has a splendid impulse to it; and the Vienna Philharmonic is at its best … this is an exciting version." Gramophone [Sym 2] |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique (with Mendelssohn - 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' excerpts) Wiener Philharmoniker [Viennna Philharmonic], Pierre Monteux [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "a lyrical interpretation … beautifully done … excellently recorded" (Gramophone on the Berlioz) |
BACH / RAMEAU / BEETHOVEN / HANDEL
Fur Elise - Kempff Transcriptions and Encores (recorded in 1950s) Wilhelm Kempff, piano [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] '…excellently recorded programme of arrangements made by Kempff himself…' Gramophone |
BRAHMS
Kempff plays Brahms Vol 1 [incls Rhapsodies Op 79 & Piano Pieces Op 118 & 119) Wilhelm Kempff (piano) [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] 'almost anything played by this keyboard titan is worth hearing' International Piano |
