PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Popular Orchestral Works (Incls 1812 Overture & Marche Slave) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 24/May/2000 ] |
GIULIANI / PAGANINI / VIVALDI
Favourite Guitar Concertos Eduardo Fernandez (guitar), Norbert Blume (viola d'amore) / English Chamber Orchestra, George Malcolm [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] The growing popularity of the guitar throughout Europe in the late eighteenth century is mirrored in the careers of Paganini, Vivaldi and Mauro Giuliani. |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
The Best of Tchaikovsky (Incls 'Serenade in C for Strings' Waltz & Capriccio Italien) Various artists, including Ernest Ansermet, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Antal Dorati, Henry Lewis, Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 6/Feb/1997 ] All the very best of Tchaikovsky at a super special price. |
CHERUBINI / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / MILHAUD / MOZART / BERLIOZ / etc
Igor Markevitch: the Deutsche Grammophon Legacy Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 21 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] Issued complete for the first time, Igor Markevitchs Deutsche Grammophon legacy from Berlin, Paris, Prague and New York, made between 1953 and 1965. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Schubert/Mendelssohn: Octets / 'Trout' Quintet (recorded 1950-1954) Vienna Octet, with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The result is exquisite. Perfection of tone and phrasing … polish and subtlety and rare beauty of tone" (Schubert Octet) Gramophone |
BERWALD / BORODIN / KREUTZER / MENDELSSOHN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Romantic Chamber Music (recorded 1968 - 1971) Vienna Octet with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "full of grace and charm and has all the polish and virtuosity one has come to expect from this ensemble….delicacy and lightness of touch … performances are first-class … The recording is quite superlative. Strongly recommended" (Gramophone) |
SPOHR
Spohr - Piano Quintet, Double Quartet, Octet & Nonet (recorded 1959 - 1969) Vienna Octet, with Walter Panhofer (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The players sound as if they know [the Spohr Octet] inside out; the interpretation has matured, gaining in precision and also in insouciance" Gramophone |
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... |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / LANNER / BEETHOVEN / STRAUSS
Dances of Old Vienna Musician from the Vienna Philharmonic, Willi Boskovsky [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2017 ] ""Is it enjoyable?" Yes, it is. If you want the highest possible quality of background music, this is it. If you occasionally pay it some attention, most of it is quite marvellously crafted and full of good tunes." MusicWeb Aug 2017 |
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... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Orchestral Suites Nos 3 & 4 'Mozartiana' Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] "It's a bargain of a lifetime. There is no need to delay, only extreme enjoyment awaits you" (MusicWeb) |
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) |
DVORAK / JANACEK / TCHAIKOVSKY
Cello Concerto / Sinfonietta / Romeo And Juliet - Fantasy Overture Vienna Philharmonic / Rafael Kubelik (conductor) / Pierre Fournier (cello) [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD ] Legendary cellist Pierre Fournier's stereo recording of the Dvorák Cello Concerto is well known, but his earlier recording from July 194? for Decca is largely forgotten. It is revived in this Kubelik-led anthology, also bringing back to the catalogue... |
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) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fur Elise: Piano Favourites Vladimir Ashkenazy, Radu Lupu, Jorge Bolet, Alicia de Larrocha (pianos) [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] Eloquence - the specially priced quality label from Europe |
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) |
MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / SPOHR / SCHUBERT / BERWALD / BORODIN / etc
Wiener Oktett - The Decca Recordings Wiener Oktett [Vienna Octet] [ Decca Eloquence / 27 CD Box Set - released 19/Jan/2024 ] The sweet, silvery tone of the Wiener Oktett and the easy give-and-go of its phrasing helped establish it as one of the most distinguished of Viennese chamber ensembles. Its sound was that of the sublime Vienna Philharmonic in microcosm and the group... |