TRADITIONAL
Christmas with the Academy Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] The story of the birth of Jesus more than two thousand years ago has been the source of inspiration for countless poets and musicians, as well as practitioners of other forms of art. The infant, born of a virgin in a lowly cattle shed, because there... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Overtures & Tone Poems Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2019 ] 'an outstanding version of the Scherzo capriccioso - considered the finest available in its day' Penguin Guide to CDs |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenades & Divertimenti Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Philips Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "This reissue … tends to sweep the board. The playing is marvellous, and Marriner's choice of tempi is equally apt. The Argo recording, rich in texture and detail, sounds admirably fresh here. […] The sparkle of this music-making is irresistible."... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Best of Britten (Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Peter Grimes Interludes, Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / English Chamber Orchestra / Royal Concertgebouw [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Apr/2002 ] "The bargain-price gems from Eloquence continue with this marvellous selection... first-rate performances and quality sound. Highly recommended." - The Age |
FRANZ LISZT / JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Agnelle Bundervoet - Complete Recordings on Decca France Agnelle Bundervoet (piano) [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Three exceptionally rare Decca LPs of a much prized French pianist, newly remastered and released on CD for the first time. |
HAYDN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Albert Ferber - Decca Recordings 1945 - 1951 Albert Ferber (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] "Albert Ferber is very successful at catching the changing moods of the music … His scale passages are beautifully even and his singing tone is a joy." Gramophone, March 1947 (Beethoven) |
ROBERTO GERHARD / WILLIAM WALTON / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Gerhard: The Plague / Walton: Facade / Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat [The Soldier's Tale] Alec McCowen, Glenda Jackson, Rudolf Nureyev, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Scofield (narrators) / National Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, etc [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A trio of twentieth-century classics, sardonic and timely tales, in long-unavailable Decca/Argo recordings from the 1970s. |
HAYDN / CHOPIN / MESSIAEN / VINE / SCRIABIN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Alexander Gadjiev - Live Alexander Gadjiev (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] ALEXANDER GADJIEV, winner of the 2021 Sydney International Piano Competition, makes his debut recording for Decca (Australia) on the Eloquence "New Series" imprint, devoted to brand new recordings. |
FRITZ KREISLER
Hommage to Fritz Kreisler - 22 favourite miniatures Alfred Campoli (violin) Eric Gritton (piano) and Norihko Wada (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 25/May/2005 ] "Campoli's performances are full of flair" (Penguin Guide) |
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE / THOMAS CAMPION / HENRY PURCELL / etc
Alfred Deller - Campion, Purcel,l Buxtehude Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), with Maurice Bevan (bass-baritone), Desmond Dupre (lute), etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] For music-lovers who grew up between the 1950s and the 1970s, Alfred Deller (1912-1979) was the embodiment of the countertenor voice, just as Segovia was the guitar and Casals was the cello. Many who heard his earliest LPs will have applauded the... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SARASATE / LALO / WIENIAWSKI / etc
The Bel Canto Violin Vol 4 Alfredo Campoli (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, both in concerts with his own salon orchestra and on Decca. A series of six 2CD reissues from... |
DOHNANYI / TARTINI / KREISLER / WIENIAWSKI / DEBUSSY / etc
The Bel Canto Violin Vol 3: Violin Encores Alfredo Campoli (violin) / George Malcolm, Eric Gritton (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, both in concerts with his own salon orchestra and on Decca. A series of six 2CD reissues from... |
EDWARD ELGAR / MAX BRUCH / ARTHUR BLISS
The Bel Canto Violin Vol 5 Alfredo Campoli (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adian Boult, Arthur Bliss [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2018 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, both in concerts with his own salon orchestra and on Decca. A series of six 2CD reissues from... |
EDWARD ELGAR / ARTHUR BLISS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Violin Concerto / Bliss: Theme and Cadenza / Introduction & Allegro Alfredo Campoli (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adian Boult, Arthur Bliss [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, both in concerts with his own salon orchestra and on Decca. Edward Elgar dedicated his Violin... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 Emperor / Concerto in D major for Piano & Orchestra (Arranged by the composer from the Violin Concerto) Alicia de Larrocha, Olli Mustonen (pianos) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ] Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha's first recording of Beethoven's Emperor is a grand and thrilling affair and this recording here receives its first release on CD. |
SCARLATTI / SOLER
Piano Sonatas Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] 'A quality of gentility [in the Scarlatti] … and the Soler is splendid' Gramophone |
CHOPIN
Emil Gilels plays Chopin Emil Gilels (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "richly eloquent and beautiful' [Sonata No. 3] … 'The Polonaises combine warmth with sturdiness … The disc is exemplary in quality of recorded sound" (Gramophone) |
MANUEL DE FALLA
Piano Works Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2014 ] Although she never liked being pigeon-holed as a Spanish piano music specialist, Alicia de Larrocha was supreme in the music of her country. This CD brings together all of the solo piano recordings of music by Falla she made for Decca in 1973... |
GRIEG / MENDELSSOHN / LISZT
Piano Works Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2014 ] Alicia de Larrocha's magisterial, sonorous, even coruscating performance of Liszt's B minor Sonata is here preceded by altogether more genteel repertoire from the 19th century - pairs of pieces by Grieg and Mendelssohn. A rarity - making its first... |
ALBENIZ / TURINA / GRANADOS / FALLA / etc
Spanish Piano Encores Alicia de Larrocha (piano) [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] 'Each track is excellently recorded, and Miss de Larrocha does everything possible for these little pieces, from the piquant sub-Scarlatti of Matéo Albéniz and Soler to the items by Isaac Albéniz and Granados ... This music is mainly an evocation o.. |