Since you are interested in Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (both piano & orchestral versions), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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. |
OFFENBACH
The World of Offenbach Regine Crespin, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Joan Sutherland & Huguette Tourangeau [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "Joan Sutherland gives a virtuoso performance … Bonynge's direction is unfailingly sympathetic … Domingo gives one of his finest performances on record … Superb atmospheric recording quality" (Penguin Guide) |
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) |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 3 (with Weber - Overtures) [recorded 1951 & 1953] Vienna Philhamonic Orchestra, Karl Bohm [ Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] During the 1950s, Karl Bohm made a handful of orchestral recordings for Decca with the Wiener Philharmoniker of, music by, among others, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms Schubert and Weber. |
SCHUBERT
Rosamunde (complete incidental music) Rohanzig Yachmi (contralto) / Vienna State Opera Chorus / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Munchinger [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "glows with an affectionate warmth... one of Munchinger's very best records... the VPO is at its magnificent best" (Penguin Guide) |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Savitri / 7 Part-Songs / Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda / etc Osian Ellis (harp) Janet Baker, Robert Tear & Thomas Helmsley / The Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This classic performance will be difficult to better...Janet Baker gives a radiant and most moving interpretation of the title role" (Gramophone Magazine Re-issue of the Month - July 2011) |
GRIEG
Peer Gynt - incidental music, Op. 23 San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "the best single-disc version of Peer Gynt to be had … Blomstedt conducts with a great deal of dash and flair … excellent engineering" (Gramophone) |
HOLST
Vocal Works (Incls 'The Hymn of Jesus' & '12 Humbert Wolfe settings') Sir Peter Pears (tenor) & Benjamin Britten (piano) / The Purcell Singers, Imogen Holst / BBC Chorus & BBC Symphony, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "Britten's accompanying matches the unfailing understanding of the singing, and with its excellent quality this can be warmly recommended" (Gramophone on Humbert Wolfe Songs) "this is a fine and vital performance that vividly conveys the exultant... |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Pineapple Poll / Henry VII / Victoria and Merrie England Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royston Nash [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "its glowing ambience casts a pleasing bloom over the spirited and elegantly polished playing of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Mackerras conducts with great warmth" Penguin Guide (Pineapple Poll) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures & Choruses [2 CD set] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & various orchestras, Isidore Godfrey, Royston Nash, Sir Charles Mackerras, James Walker & Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "This is a marvellous and well-presented double disc compilation consisting of all of Sullivan's overtures as well as popular choruses from a wide variety of the most well known operettas." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
W. A. MOZART
Five Divertimenti (recorded 1961 - 1964) Vienna Octet [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] The recordings of the Divertimenti KV 136 and No. 15 in B flat make their first international appearance on Decca CD and the release is accompanied by extensive and probing notes on the music and the performers by renowned commentator Tully Potter. |
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 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Sextet, String Quintet & String Quartet Vienna Octet [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "..the recording, clean and warm-toned, is the equal of the playing" Gramophone Magazine (Quintet, Op. 77) |
BRAHMS / MOZART
Clarinet Quintets (with Baermann - Adagio) (recorded 1953 - 1961) Vienna Octet, with Alfred Boskovsky (clarinet) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Boskovsky's performance is round-toned, fluent, musical, and without vibrato" [Mozart] 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 |
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 *** |
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... |