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C. P. E. BACH / J. C. BACH / THOMAS ARNE
Arne, CPE Bach & JC Bach: Harpsichord Concertos George Malcolm (harpsichord) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Sep/2017 ] There were many worlds in George Malcolm's (1917-1997) universe - organist, harpsichordist, pianist, composer, choral director and conductor - and this one demonstrates his unique skill as a solo performer who, throughout his career, more than any... |
DEBUSSY / SCHMITT / WEBER / HOROVITZ / MARTINU / BENJAMIN
Clarinet Recital Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Cyril Preedy (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] "The brilliance and attack of both players to the Weber is such that you woud hardly think two such athletic performers could quickly assume a poetic disguise." Gramophone |
MOZART / SPOHR / WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis / Peter Maag [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] 'There are plenty of other recorded performances of Mozart's and Weber's concertos to choose from, even a couple of Spohr's, but these have acquired classic status ... De Peyer gives a fluent, easy performance of Mozart's concerto - the Adagio is... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Orchestral Works Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur, with Salvatore Accardo (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello) & Mischa Dichter (piano) [ Philips Decca Australian Eloquence Original Jackets Collection / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2019 ] Kurt Masur's burnished readings of Brahms's orchestral music with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig are issued for the first time as a Limited Edition box with Original Jackets. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Australian SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 10/Jul/2005 ] "Masur having the full measure of the character of these dances. The orchestra has no shortcomings whatsoever in their execution." (MusicWeb June 2005) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Slavonic Rhapsodies, Op. 45 / Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur [Rhapsodies] / Wiener Symphoniker / Karel Ancerl [Dances] [ Philips Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] Karel Ancerl's recording of the Dvorak's scintillating Slavonic Dances here receive their first release on CD. Recorded in 1958 they were some of the most popular LP recordings in their day and now, nearly 47 years later, receive their first... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21 Geza Anda (piano) / Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum. [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] "Géza Anda was a thoughtful and scholarly Mozartian, and indeed, this ground-breaking series established standards for "modern" Mozart concerto interpretation, laying down a path that Brendel, Perahia, and to a lesser degree Schiff have... |
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 |
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MESSIAEN
Le Banquet Celeste / Les Corps Glorieux / etc [recorded in 1966] Gillian Weir, at the organ of the Royal Festival Hall [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] An undiscovered treasure! Recorded in 1966 but never released we have nearly 100 minutes of Messiaen recorded by Gillian Weir shortly after she won the St. Alban's Competition. At the centrepiece of this recital is Les Corps Glorieux and the other... |
MOZART / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / ROSSINI
Graziella Sciutti - A Portrait Graziella Sciutti (soprano) / Wiener Philharmoniker, Argeo Quadri [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] A famous Decca operatic recital, long unavailable, celebrating the thrilling voice and short-lived career of a soprano who set operatic stages alight in the late 1950s. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R) - Salome (Complete opera recorded in 1972) Gwyneth Jones, Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, Richard Cassily / Hamburg State Opera, Karl Bohm [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "singing of grandeur and magical intensity [from Gwyneth Jones, in the last scene] [...] [Fischer-Dieskau's] denunciation of the "Tochter Sodoms" chills the spine" (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (alto), Jess Thomas (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass) / Vienna Philharmonic / Karl BAhm [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "one of the greatest recordings the piece has ever enjoyed... there is literally none better" - ClassicsToday.com |
ANTONIN DVORAK / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Dvorak / Brahms: Orchestral Music Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Newly remastered, and new to CD, the dramatically charged Dvořák recordings made by Hans-Schmidt-Isserstedt for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, coupled with the composer's (and Brahms) folkloric dances. |
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. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos, German Dances & Overtures Heinrich Schiff (cello) Alan Stringer (trumpet) George Malcolm (harpsichord) Simon Preston (organ) Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "The harpsichord concerto is neatly played, tempi distinctly on the lively side, but with spruce rhythms from Neville Marriner's orchestra and a crisp and brilliant account of the harpsichord part from George Malcolm." (Gramophone on the Harpsichord... |
MUSSORGSKY / WOLF / SCHUBERT / MARTIN
Heinz Rehfuss - The Decca Recitals Heinz Rehfuss (bass) with Hans Willi Häusslein (piano), Frank Martin (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence The Decca Recitals / CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "An enormously good performance, helped by extremely clear recording […] with tone, style, technique, good intonation and clarity all in abundance; and with the added advantage of a voice that probably sounds menacing when it asks you to pass the mu |
WOLF / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS
Helen Watts - Lieder Recital Helen Watts (contralto), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Presented on CD for the first time and newly remastered, a pair of Romantic Lieder recitals by the Welsh contralto who inherited the mantle of Kathleen Ferrier. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano) Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "As a combination of top-class recording, orchestral playing and conducting, this is one of the finest recordings I have ever listened to." Gramophone on No 1 |
W. A. MOZART
Hilde Gueden sings Mozart Hilde Gueden (soprano)/ Wiener Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede, Clemens Krauss, London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "Voi che sapete" and "Deh vieni" are both given excellent performances, the latter with its recitative "Giunse alfin" and here Gueden is on her home ground […] the recording is really excellent" (Gramophone on the original release of Figaro) |
FEL:IX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Symphonies / Octet I Musici [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] 'I Musici plays all this music impeccably, catching the gaiety of much of it and fully expressing the deep feeling in the symphony's first movement. Excellent recording, too.' Gramophone, February 1971 (Symphony No. 11) |
