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HINDEMITH / MAXWELL DAVIES / ELGAR / LEIGHTON / BRIDGE / etc
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - 20th-Century Organ Recordings Simon Preston (the organ of the Church of St John, Islington, Organ of Royal Festival Hall, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] Three original Argo albums demonstrating the vitality and variety of 20th-century organ music, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time in a 2CD set, with new booklet notes on the music and a tribute to Simon Preston. Simon... |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - Messiaen Simon Preston (the organ of Westminster Abbey, Organ of St. Albans Cathedral, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Simon Preston's recordings of Messiaen for Argo and Decca, newly remastered and compiled for the first time in a 2CD release. Preston championed Messiaen's organ works, both in recital and on disc, at a time when they were relatively unknown in... |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden [Snegurochka] (complete opera recorded in 1957) Sofiya Jankovic, Militza Miladinovich, Valeria Heybalova, Biserka Cvejic, Lubitza Versaykoun / Belgrade National Opera , Kreshimir Baranovich [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2019 ] 'The sound is amazingly smooth and clear, and the stereo spread even in those experimental days is really first rate.' - Opera magazine, August 1974 |
TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHOENBERG / etc
450 Years Staatskapelle Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin, Richard Strauss, Leo Blech, Otto Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Joseph Keilberth, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 3/Apr/2020 ] As the Staatskapelle Berlin celebrates its 450th anniversary, Deutsche Grammophon presents 15 discs of sound recordings of outstanding artistic merit from the venerable, world-class orchestra under its great conductors. |
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 |
BACH / BOCCHERINI / HOFFSTETTER / PACHELBEL / GLUCK / MOZART / etc
Münchinger Miniatures Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra], Karl Munchinger [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Two Decca LP albums of orchestral miniatures, newly remastered and issued complete for the first time on CD, with a substantial bonus from Karl Münchinger's varied discography. |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Prometheus; Mephisto Waltz No. 1; Mazeppa; Hamlet. (with Wagner: Siegfried Idyll) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A quartet of Liszt tone-poem recordings, new to CD, plus a cherishable recording of Wagner's musical birthday card to his wife. Karl Münchinger founded the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1946, and Decca began making records with them three years... |
MOZART / HAYDN / BOCCHERINI
Karl Munchinger - The Classical Legacy Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Munchinger, with Christian Ferras, Willi Boskovsky, violin [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A feast of Haydn and Mozart under the sure and stylish baton of Karl Münchinger, including several recordings making their first international appearance on CD. This box of Münchinger's legacy in Classical-era repertoire picks up where the... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rodelinda (complete opera) Joan Sutherland, Alicia Nafe, Curtis Rayam, Isobel Buchanan / Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "[The recorded sound] is vivid, rather spacious … Dame Joan Sutherland produces generous quantities of golden tone … Nafé does ['Dove sei'] very beautifully, gently yet with firm, well-formed tone." gramophone |
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) |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas BWV51, BWV202. BWV10, BWV80, BWV140, etc Suzanne Danco, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Tom Krause / Wiener Akademie Chor / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Muchinger [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "excellently transparent and well-detailed Decca digital recording and a fine team of soloists ... the chorus' vigorous contribution is given striking body and presence" - [BWV 80 and 140] Gramophone. |
DEBUSSY
Pelleas et Melisande (1952 recording) Suzanne Danco, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Rehfuss, Andre Vessieres, Helene Bouvier / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] This was the first of two recordings by Ernest Ansermet of Pelléas et Mélisande, a work he conducted several times on stage. This recording was made in April 1952 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Dramatic works & ballet music (Incls 'Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien' & '6 Epigraphes antiques') Suzanne Danco (soprano), Nancy Waugh (contralto) & Marie-Lise de Montmollin (contralto) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] This volume of Debussy's dramatic works and ballet music is dedicated, by and large, to 'rarities' by the composer. Few of Debussy's works have divided critical opinion more than Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, banned as it was by the Archbishop of... |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 Sydney Harth (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Feb/2001 ] Two classic works now reissued at a very special price |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande Suite / Pavane / etc Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Marriner's pacing is ideal, and the clean choral attack is matched by superb singing from Sylvia McNair and Thomas Allen." (Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
ZOLTAN KODALY
Kodaly: Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13 / Missa brevis / Pange lingua / etc (with Bartok - Cantata Profana 'The Nine Enchanted Stags') Tamas Daroczy, Alexandru Agache, Elizabeth Gale, Sally le Sage, Hannah Francis, Benjamin Luxon, etc / Brighton Festival Chorus, László Heltay, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Kertesz's intense Psalmus Hungaricus is the keeper here but Heltay's Missa Brevis and Weir playing the rarely heard Laudes Organi are among other considerable valuables." (Gramophone) |
BACH / BRUCKNER / PERGOLESI / STRADELLA / DVORAK / etc
Ave Maria: Sacred Songs Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) Mirella Freni (soprano), Lisa Otto (soprano), Maria Stader (soprano), Rita Streich (soprano), Hertha Topper (contralt [ Deutsche Grammophon ABC Eloquence / CD - released 7/Jul/1995 ] Eloquence - great classical recordings reissued at a budget price |
NIELSEN
Symphonies No. 1 & 5 / Flute & Clarinet Concertos / etc Ib Erikson (clarinet) Gilbert Jespersen (flute) / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Jensen [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2010 ] Nielsen's six symphonies are the backbone of his compositional career. His bold and individual melodies and fresh-sounding ideas marked him out immediately as an individual voice among the new music of the day. The concertos were written for his... |
SAINT-SAENS
Best of Saint-Saens Pascal Roge, Cristina Ortiz (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [ Australian Philips Eloquence / CD - released 31/Jan/2001 ] All the best of Saint-Saens in one inexpensive package |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera recorded in 1955) Miroslav Čangalović, Sofija Janković, Zlata Sesardić, Milica Miladinović, Stepan Andrashev / Belgrade National Opera Chorus, Kreshimir Baranovich [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2018 ] A first release on CD of Mussorgsky's epic tragedy recorded by the Belgrade National Opera. With this and six companion issues, Eloquence makes available for the first time on CD the seven complete Russian operas recorded in 1955 by Decca with the... |
