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French Virtuoso Organ Music cover
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DUPRÉ / SAINT-SAËNS / CHARPENTIER / VIERNE
French Virtuoso Organ Music
Gillian Weir, at the Hradetzky organ in The Royal Northern College of Music
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ]
"it is great to have this exciting, technically demanding and imaginative recording in my library once again." MusicWeb
Beethoven: Fidelio (Complete Opera recorded in 1978) [Remastered CDs plus Blu-ray Audio] cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Fidelio (Complete Opera recorded in 1978) [Remastered CDs plus Blu-ray Audio]
Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Rene Kollo, Hans Sotin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Manfred Jungwirth / Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
[ Deutsche Grammophon Remasteres CDs plus Blu-ray audio / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Aug/2019 ]
"The set has a lot to recommend it: strong atmosphere, plentiful musical detail, dialogue to appreciate, real characters and much fine singing." (Gramophone)
Debussy: 24 Préludes cover
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: 24 Préludes
Hans Henkemans (piano)
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ]
Debussy's 'Preludes' represent one of the great cultural 'events' of the 20th century, exploring both the vivid and near-invisible colours of the piano...all 24 'Preludes' on a single disc.
Timeless cover
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Il Divo
Timeless
[ Universal / CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ]
To celebrate their 15th Anniversary, Il Divo (original members Spain's Carlos Marin, Switzerland's Urs Buhler, France's Sebastien Izambard and America's David Miller) release their 7th album, TIMELESS, marking their first recording for Decca Gold, an...
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor / En Saga / Tapiola / Finlandia / Four Legends / etc (rec 1953 & 1958) cover
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor / En Saga / Tapiola / Finlandia / Four Legends / etc (rec 1953 & 1958)
Jan Damen (violin) / Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Eduard van Beinum
[ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ]
Eduard van Beinum was quite a Sibelius pioneer and collected here are his complete Sibelius recordings for Decca and Philips. The set also marks the first appearance on CD of his Violin Concerto in a 1952 performance by Jan Damen.
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Hungarian Fantasy / etc cover
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Hungarian Fantasy / etc
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) / Orchestre symphonique de Montreal / Charles Dutoit
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ]
"Indeed, I have only praise. Each of the four works here is well characterized, and the typically Lisztian varying tempos are spot on, unrushed but never deliberate and always leading naturally from one to the next. Climactic passages are powerful,...
Blue World cover
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John Coltrane
Blue World
[ Verve / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ]
Three weeks after recording his eighth Impulse! album, Crescent - and six months before he would commit to tape his universally-acknowledged magnum opus, A Love Supreme - John Coltrane arrived at 445 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood...
Bach & Scarlatti: Guitar Suites and Sonatas cover
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J. S. BACH / DOMENICO & ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Bach & Scarlatti: Guitar Suites and Sonatas
John Williams (guitar)
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 14/Apr/1994 ]
'self recommending' 24 Hours
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (Complete operetta) [2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio] cover
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (Complete operetta) [2 CDs plus Blu-ray audio]
Julia Varady, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey / Bavarian State Opera Orchestra / Carlos Kleiber
[ Deutsche Grammophon 2 CDs + Blu-ray audio / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2019 ]
"Twenty-five years after its original release there's still no recording of Die Fledermaus that, for many collectors, matches this one for the compelling freshness of its conductor's interpretation " Gramophone
Ode an die Freiheit / Ode to freedom - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (CD + DVD) cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Ode an die Freiheit / Ode to freedom - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (CD + DVD)
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein
[ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD/DVD - released 4/Oct/2019 ]
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Deutsche Grammophon has remastered its landmark recording of the festive concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein on Christmas Day, 1989, in Berlin's Emil Berliner Studios. This special...
Respighi: Pines of Rome, The Birds, Fountains of Rome cover
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Pines of Rome, The Birds, Fountains of Rome
London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ]
Three of Respighi's most colourful and popular orchestral works in truly legendary performances.
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) / Suite No. 3 / Suite No. 4 'Mozartiana' cover
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) / Suite No. 3 / Suite No. 4 'Mozartiana'
LOrchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
[ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ]
The 2CD Tchaikovsky/Ansermet sets represent his complete Tchaikovsky recordings for Decca. For many, Ansermet's recording of The Nutcracker is in a league of its own. Refined, yet passionate, many of the pieces on these recordings make their first...
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Rococo Variations / Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' cover
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Rococo Variations / Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique'
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, with Maurice Gendron, cello
[ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ]
The 2CD Tchaikovsky/Ansermet sets represent his complete Tchaikovsky recordings for Decca. Many will find fascinating his own sequencing of numbers from Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. Refined, yet passionate, many of the pieces on these...
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 cover
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Walter Weller
[ ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ]
Although they have been intermittently available, Walter Weller's cycle of the three Rachmaninov Symphonies have hidden their blazing light under the Decca bushel for far too long. Recorded in absolutely thrilling Decca sound with L'Orchestre de la...
I Giorni cover
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Ludovico Einaudi (piano)
I Giorni
[ Decca / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ]
2001 release from the world renowned symphonic composer. The inspiration for Ludovico Einaudi's 'I Giorni' was a 12th-century folk song from Mali about a hippopotamus who was cherished by the residents of a nearby village but killed by a hunter. 'The...
Ravel - The Early Ansermet Recordings cover
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel - The Early Ansermet Recordings
Motet de Genève / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2007 ]
Recorded between October 1951 and June 1953, these mono recordings have been much prized and sought-after by collectors and now reappear on CD at super-budget price. Ravel and Ansermet were well acquainted and that adds a special authenticity to...
Bach: Concertos cover
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Concertos
Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ]
'it makes fascinating listening … excellence of playing and recording' Gramophone
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 13-16, 23-27, 29, 32 cover
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 13-16, 23-27, 29, 32
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ]
'The performances have splendid life and polish … the disc can be warmly recommended to all Mozartians' (Nos. 25, 29) Penguin Guide to CDs
Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 String Quintet, Op. 29 Sextet, Op. 81b (with Schubert: Octet) cover
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 String Quintet, Op. 29 Sextet, Op. 81b (with Schubert: Octet)
Neil Black (oboe d'amore) Carmel Kaine (violin) William Bennett (flute) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2003 ]
'their playing is richly eloquent [in the Beethoven String Quintet] … [the Beethoven Sextet] is impeccably played, unfailingly pleasing … the recordings which are firm and detailed, well-focused and lifelike' Gramophone
Salute To Percy Grainger (Incls 'Shepherd's Hey' & 'The Warriors') cover
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PERCY GRAINGER
Salute To Percy Grainger (Incls 'Shepherd's Hey' & 'The Warriors')
Peter Pears (tenor) Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) John Shirley Quirk (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth Boys' Choir, Benjamin Britten
[ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ]
"This is an altogether delightful anthology, beautifully played and recorded by these distinguished artists … the recording is an extremely good one" Penguin Guide ***