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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. |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic] / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] "This Bruckner 8th reissue is a real feast. Solti's achievement on this classic Decca recording is Bruckner as the composer surely wanted it and is hard to fault...it would be silly to miss the chance of buying this low price Australian Decca... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: The Nine Symphonies Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti, Horst Stein, Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 9 CD Box Set - released 22/Mar/2024 ] The Vienna Philharmonic's distinguished Bruckner tradition, documented through a series of superb Decca recordings from the 1960s and 70s on a Limited Edition 9-CD box set, with Original Jackets. |
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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) |
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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) |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Hans Knappertsbusch conducts Wagner Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Hans Knappertsbusch [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "He always allows Wagner's music to unroll at its own natural pace, never forces or drives it. One hears details that one had never noticed in the score." (Gramophone) |
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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. |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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BRAHMS
Kempff plays Brahms Vol 2 [incls Piano Concerto No 1 & Piano Sonata No 3) 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 'poetry in almost every phrase' Gramophone |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Manfred & Genoveva Overtures Wiener Philharmoniker [Viennna Philhamonic], Zubin Mehta [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ] Zubin Mehta has had a long association with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducting them for his first ever recording for Decca (Bruckner's Ninth Symphony - Decca Eloquence 461 3572) and returning often to conduct them both in their home city and on... |
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W. A. MOZART
Kempff plays Mozart Volume I (Piano concertos Nos 8, 21-24) Wilhelm Kempff, piano, with Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernhard Klee [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence Wilhelm Kempff Edition / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] 'When he is at his best he plays more beautifully than any of us,' Alfred Brendel told William Steinberg, and described Kempff as 'an Aeolian harp, ever ready to respond to whatever interesting wind blew his way'. |
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W. A. MOZART
Kempff plays Mozart Volume II [Piano Concertos 9,14 & 27, Fantasias & Piano Sonatas] Wilhelm Kempff (piano) with Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence Wilhelm Kempff Edition / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] 'When he is at his best he plays more beautifully than any of us,' Alfred Brendel told William Steinberg, and described Kempff as 'an Aeolian harp, ever ready to respond to whatever interesting wind blew his way'. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Kempff plays Schumann [incls Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54] Wilhelm Kempff (piano) with London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence Wilhelm Kempff Edition / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] 'When he is at his best he plays more beautifully than any of us,' Alfred Brendel told William Steinberg, and described Kempff as 'an Aeolian harp, ever ready to respond to whatever interesting wind blew his way'. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos Los Romeros / San Antonio Symphony Orchestra. Academy of St Martin in the Fields [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 20/Dec/2002 ] A collection of some of the most famous of Vivaldi's Guitar Concertos, many of these being transcriptions of lute works, and some in unique arrangements for four guitars or guitars with strings. Los Romeros are of course a legendary favourite. |
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BARTOK / STRAVINSKY / SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY / KODALY / etc
Virtuoso Violin Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin) & Albert Hirsh (piano) / Tibor Bisztriczky (violin) & Felix Schröder (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] A violinist who straddled the divide between the old ways and the new was the Viennese virtuoso Wolfgang Eduard Schneiderhan. He was born on 28 May 1915 and beginning violin lessons at five, he polished his technique under Sevcík and Winkler. From... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: 24 Etudes, Opp. 10 & 25 (LP) Yunchan Lim (piano) [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / LP - released 3/May/2024 ] Yunchan Lim is the one of the most talked-about classical artists on the planet. In 2024 he presents his debut studio album on Decca Classics. Yunchan Lim became the youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022,... |
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WAGNER / LISZT
Wagner Transcriptions Zoltan Kocsis (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "Kocsis's performance [of the "Feierlicher Marsch" from Parsifal] is excellent. The digital recording is at once lifelike and unobtrusive." (Gramophone) |