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Rosamunde (complete incidental music) cover
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SCHUBERT
Rosamunde (complete incidental music)
Rohanzig Yachmi (contralto) / Vienna State Opera Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Munchinger
[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ]
"glows with an affectionate warmth... one of Munchinger's very best records... the VPO is at its magnificent best" (Penguin Guide)
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies (plus Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet) cover
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies (plus Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
[ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Aug/2018 ]
A newly compiled, generous 4CD collection of high-octane Russian orchestral masterpieces, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the firebrand musicianship of Dutch maestro Edo de Waart.
handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350 / Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351 cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
handel: Water Music Suites Nos. 1-3, HWV348-350 / Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink
[ Australian Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ]
These are unashamedly old-fashioned, but beautifully clear performances of these timeless masterpieces. They were recorded in the famed 'old' Concertgebouw and the sound of the winds especially - horn (track 3) and oboe (track 2) - is beautifully...
Pictures at an Exhibition (with works by Ravel & Debussy) cover
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (with works by Ravel & Debussy)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ]
"this is one of Decca's ripely brilliant Concertgebouw recordings, very full and powerful, and that comes out strikingly in the Mussorgsky" (Gramophone)
Symphony No. 8 / Rosamunde [excerpts] cover
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SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8 / Rosamunde [excerpts]
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Monteux
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ]
"beautiful performances […] the playing [of the Vienna Philharmonic] is distinguished by the lovely string tone and the sensitive woodwind playing"(Gramophone)
Debussy: Trois Nocturnes / La Mer / Images for Orchestra cover
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Trois Nocturnes / La Mer / Images for Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Women's Voices of the Collegium Musicum, Eduard van Beinum
[ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ]
Beinum was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, where he received his first violin and piano lessons at an early age. He joined the Arnhem Orchestra as a violinist in 1918. His grandfather was conductor of a military band. His father played the double bass...
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / Elegie for Strings cover
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / Elegie for Strings
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
[ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ]
'The alertness of the Philharmonia's playing consistently conveys the feeling of live communication ... an outstanding choice' Gramophone
Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures & Choruses [2 CD set] cover
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures & Choruses [2 CD set]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & various orchestras, Isidore Godfrey, Royston Nash, Sir Charles Mackerras, James Walker & Sir Malcolm Sargent
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ]
"This is a marvellous and well-presented double disc compilation consisting of all of Sullivan's overtures as well as popular choruses from a wide variety of the most well known operettas." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2011)
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Piano Concerto No 3 cover
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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.
Symphonie Espagnole / Namouna [excerpts] / etc (with music by Chabrier) cover
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LALO
Symphonie Espagnole / Namouna [excerpts] / etc (with music by Chabrier)
Ruggiero Ricci (violin) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
[ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ]
It used to be fashionable to include the music of Lalo in concert in the mid-20th century. At the start of the 21st century, however, his works has fallen completely into neglect, in France as much as elsewhere. This is a cruel injustice for music...
Romantic Violin Concertos cover
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BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / DVORAK / BRUCH
Romantic Violin Concertos
Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with various orchestras and conductors
[ SBS Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ]
A double-CD of Romantic Violin Concertos celebrating the art of Ruggiero Ricci, this set includes the first international release on CD of the Ricci/Boult 1952 recording of the Beethoven.
Virtuoso Violin Concertos cover
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SAINT-SAENS / SIBELIUS / SARASATE / KHACHATURIAN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Virtuoso Violin Concertos
Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with various orchestras and conductors
[ SBS Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ]
Ruggiero Ricci is in his element in these virtuoso concertos and showpieces. All the recordings were made in a five-year period from 1956 (Khachaturian) to 1961 (Tchaikovsky).
Rossini: Sonate a quattro / Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante cover
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI / GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Rossini: Sonate a quattro / Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante
Salvatore Accardo (violin) / I Musici
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ]
In the summer of 1804 while on a summer holiday in the village of Conventello near Ravenna, Rossini, then aged twelve, composed his six Sonate a quattro for two violins, cello and double-bass. Many years later, the composer wrote on the front of the...
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos cover
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
Salvatore Accardo (violin) / London Philharmonic, Charles Dutoit
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ]
"[Accardo] applies his characteristically lithe, fresh style here to the concertos of Mendelssohn … Accardo's technique is secure and his playing, imbued with the classical spirit, undoubtedly gives pleasure" Gramophone
Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Six Humoresques cover
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Six Humoresques
Salvatore Accardo (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
[ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ]
"this set of six miniatures [Humoresques] would probably tempt me to lay out the whole price of the disc by themselves." Fanfare
The Art of Sandor Konya cover
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PUCCINi / DONIZETTI / VERDI / MEYERBEER / WAGNER / FLOWTOW
The Art of Sandor Konya
Sandor Konya (tenor) with various conductors
[ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ]
'Konya has a fine voice, a very beautiful, firm, pure tenor [in the Wagner songs] … The voice also sounds well in the seven Verdi songs … Konya does have a feeling for line, for joining note to note, and the sheer sound of his manly voice is a pleasu
The Best of Baroque (Incls Albinoni's Adagio & The arrival of the Queen of Sheba) cover
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2-4 weeks
The Last Night of the Proms: Land of Hope & Glory cover
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LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
The Last Night of the Proms: Land of Hope & Glory
Sarah Walker (mezzo) Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Roger Norrington
[ Australian SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ]
"A great collection of British favourites that are just right for any time of the year, very well recorded and performed … and at a great price too! You won't be disappointed." (MusicWeb June 2008)
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 13 & 15 (with Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death) cover
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 13 & 15 (with Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death)
Sergei Aleksashkin (bass) Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ]
Solti came late in life to the music of Shostakovich, and in his introduction to the recording of the Thirteenth Symphony (reprinted in the booklet) explains the music's effect on him. These rare recordings have long been out of the catalogue, and...
Kaleidoscope: Piano Encores cover
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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.