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LALO
Symphonie Espagnole / Namouna [excerpts] / etc (with music by Chabrier) Ruggiero Ricci (violin) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] It used to be fashionable to include the music of Lalo in concert in the mid-20th century. At the start of the 21st century, however, his works has fallen completely into neglect, in France as much as elsewhere. This is a cruel injustice for music... |
PAGANINI / BETTHOVEN / BRUCH / MENDELSSOHN / KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Ruggiero Ricci - Complete Decca Recordings Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with Ernest Lush, Carlo Bussotti, Julius Katchen, Louis Persinger (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "... the great advantage of this box is its completeness. If you have a vacant two inch gap on your shelves, this box will fit nicely. The transfers come direct from the source material and have been well remastered." MusicWeb Jan 22 |
PAGANINI / SARASATE / VIVALDI / KREISLER / SAINT-SAËNS / BACH / etc
Ruggiero Ricci - Complete American Decca Recordings Ruggiero Ricci (violin) with Leon Pommers, Brooks Smith (piano) / Stradivarius Chamber Orchestra / Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Max Rudolf [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 9 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "His hand has never been surer, his tone never more beautiful than in these enchanting performances, which are aglow with spontaneity, wit, and sheer delight … a classic matching of interpreter and material." Stereo Review |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto Salvatore Accardo (violin) Heinrich Schiff (cello) / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "The suave tonal opulence and technical brilliance of both Accardo and Schiff are unquestionably impressive in the Brahms Double Concerto" Fanfare |
GIUSEPPE TARTINI
Tartini: 5 Violin Concertos Salvatore Accardo (violin) / I Musici, English Chamber Orchestra [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2016 ] "amongst the finest contributions to the regrettably slender Tartini discography … Good recorded sound; strongly recommended" (Gramophone) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Salvatore Accardo (violin) / London Philharmonic, Charles Dutoit [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "[Accardo] applies his characteristically lithe, fresh style here to the concertos of Mendelssohn … Accardo's technique is secure and his playing, imbued with the classical spirit, undoubtedly gives pleasure" Gramophone |
LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
The Last Night of the Proms: Land of Hope & Glory Sarah Walker (mezzo) Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Roger Norrington [ Australian SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "A great collection of British favourites that are just right for any time of the year, very well recorded and performed … and at a great price too! You won't be disappointed." (MusicWeb June 2008) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 13 & 15 (with Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death) Sergei Aleksashkin (bass) Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] Solti came late in life to the music of Shostakovich, and in his introduction to the recording of the Thirteenth Symphony (reprinted in the booklet) explains the music's effect on him. These rare recordings have long been out of the catalogue, and... |
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance / Cox & Box Peter Pratt, Donald Adams, Thomas Round, Jean Hindmarsh, Kenneth Sandford / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isadore Godfrey, Royston Nash [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2015 ] "A classic recording and one of the very first Gilbert and Sullivan recordings ever made in stereo. The solo singing is all first-class with Thomas Round and Jean Hindmarsh (as Frederic and Mabel) being at their very best." Mel@Marbecks |
HINDEMITH / MAXWELL DAVIES / ELGAR / LEIGHTON / BRIDGE / etc
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - 20th-Century Organ Recordings Simon Preston (the organ of the Church of St John, Islington, Organ of Royal Festival Hall, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] Three original Argo albums demonstrating the vitality and variety of 20th-century organ music, newly remastered and compiled together for the first time in a 2CD set, with new booklet notes on the music and a tribute to Simon Preston. Simon... |
BRAHMS / FRANCK / REGER / REUBKE / LISZT / etc
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - Romantic Organ Music Simon Preston (the organ of Westminster Abbey, Organ of City Hall, Hull, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/2017 ] "Simon Preston plays Franck in a way that pleases the English ear, gauges tempi and climaxes skilfully, and wrests from King's organ colours that do no disservice to this music." MusicalTimes |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Simon Preston: The Argo Organ Recordings - Messiaen Simon Preston (the organ of Westminster Abbey, Organ of St. Albans Cathedral, etc) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] Simon Preston's recordings of Messiaen for Argo and Decca, newly remastered and compiled for the first time in a 2CD release. Preston championed Messiaen's organ works, both in recital and on disc, at a time when they were relatively unknown in... |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden [Snegurochka] (complete opera recorded in 1957) Sofiya Jankovic, Militza Miladinovich, Valeria Heybalova, Biserka Cvejic, Lubitza Versaykoun / Belgrade National Opera , Kreshimir Baranovich [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2019 ] 'The sound is amazingly smooth and clear, and the stereo spread even in those experimental days is really first rate.' - Opera magazine, August 1974 |
TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHOENBERG / etc
450 Years Staatskapelle Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin, Richard Strauss, Leo Blech, Otto Klemperer, Erich Kleiber, Herbert von Karajan, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Joseph Keilberth, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 3/Apr/2020 ] As the Staatskapelle Berlin celebrates its 450th anniversary, Deutsche Grammophon presents 15 discs of sound recordings of outstanding artistic merit from the venerable, world-class orchestra under its great conductors. |
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. |
BACH FAMILY / WASSENAER / COUPERIN / VIVALDI / etc
Karl Munchinger - The Baroque Legacy Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger, with Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A newly remastered treasury of Baroque ensemble music from Gabrieli to Haydn, including several recordings receiving their first international CD release. The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was founded by Karl Münchinger in 1946, and it was only... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Prometheus; Mephisto Waltz No. 1; Mazeppa; Hamlet. (with Wagner: Siegfried Idyll) Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Members of L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Karl Munchinger [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A quartet of Liszt tone-poem recordings, new to CD, plus a cherishable recording of Wagner's musical birthday card to his wife. Karl Münchinger founded the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1946, and Decca began making records with them three years... |
MOZART / HAYDN / BOCCHERINI
Karl Munchinger - The Classical Legacy Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Munchinger, with Christian Ferras, Willi Boskovsky, violin [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] A feast of Haydn and Mozart under the sure and stylish baton of Karl Münchinger, including several recordings making their first international appearance on CD. This box of Münchinger's legacy in Classical-era repertoire picks up where the... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rodelinda (complete opera) Joan Sutherland, Alicia Nafe, Curtis Rayam, Isobel Buchanan / Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "[The recorded sound] is vivid, rather spacious … Dame Joan Sutherland produces generous quantities of golden tone … Nafé does ['Dove sei'] very beautifully, gently yet with firm, well-formed tone." gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Cantatas BWV51, BWV202. BWV10, BWV80, BWV140, etc Suzanne Danco, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Tom Krause / Wiener Akademie Chor / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Muchinger [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "excellently transparent and well-detailed Decca digital recording and a fine team of soloists ... the chorus' vigorous contribution is given striking body and presence" - [BWV 80 and 140] Gramophone. |
