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R. STRAUSS / J. STRAUSS / VERDI / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / WAGNER / etc
Clemens Krauss - Complete Decca Recordings Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Krauss, with Pierre Fournier (cello) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 26/Nov/2021 ] The most comprehensive collection ever issued of Clemens Krauss's commercial legacy of recordings, newly remastered and presented as an original jackets limited edition. |
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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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BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / MOZART / HAYDN / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / etc
Wilhelm Backhaus - Complete Decca Recordings Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), with Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Pierre Fournier (cello) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm, Clemens Krauss, etc [ Decca Original Masters / 39 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Newly remastered and complete for the first time, presented with original sleeves and spined wallets, this limited edition 39CD set of the legendary German pianist Wilhelm Backhaus's recordings for Decca. |
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W.A. MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3 (with Paganini - Violin Concerto No. 1 (recorded 1934-1952) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult / George Enescu / Pierre Monteux [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 12/Jan/2007 ] Not often does a recording change the public perception of a piece of music and its composer, but it happened when the 18-year-old Yehudi Menuhin set down this recording of Paganini’s First Concerto in Paris in May 1934. |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Violin Concertos; Viola Concerto; Violin Rhapsody Nos. 1 & 2; etc Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Nell Gotkovsky (violin) / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Antal Dorati; BBC Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Welcome to Gemini, the new two-for-the-price-of-one series from EMI Classics: 'Two CDs in perfect harmony for the price of one CD' |