Since you are interested in Tchaikovsky: Serenade / Ballet Music [Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
PIZZETTI
La Pisanella - Suite / Concerto de l'estate (with works by Respighi and Rota) I Musici / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Lamberto Gardelli / Argo Chamber Orchestra / Laszlo Heltay [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Appearing on CD for the first time, Lamberto Gardelli's Pizzetti recording has been one of the most venerated in the Decca catalogue, not only because the music is comparatively rare, but because the recording is true state-of-the-art. |
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,... |
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 |
KREISLER / WIENIAWSKI / ELGAR / TCHAIKOVKSY / CHAMINADE / SAINT-SAENS / BRAHMS / etc
Con Amore: Violin Encores Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Phillip Moll (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] This much-loved disc of encores, was a mainstay of the Decca catalogue and is a cornerstone of Kyung Wha Chung's repertoire. Beautifully recorded, it includes favourites both of the virtuosic and reflective kind, and is a winner on every count. |