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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 Sydney Harth (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Feb/2001 ] Two classic works now reissued at a very special price |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem / Pelleas et Melisande Suite / Pavane / etc Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "Marriner's pacing is ideal, and the clean choral attack is matched by superb singing from Sylvia McNair and Thomas Allen." (Three Stars Penguin Guide) |
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ZOLTAN KODALY
Kodaly: Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13 / Missa brevis / Pange lingua / etc (with Bartok - Cantata Profana 'The Nine Enchanted Stags') Tamas Daroczy, Alexandru Agache, Elizabeth Gale, Sally le Sage, Hannah Francis, Benjamin Luxon, etc / Brighton Festival Chorus, László Heltay, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Kertesz's intense Psalmus Hungaricus is the keeper here but Heltay's Missa Brevis and Weir playing the rarely heard Laudes Organi are among other considerable valuables." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenades [Incls 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'] Philomusica of London, Thurston Dart / Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Oct/2020 ] A first international CD issue for two contrasting albums of light-orchestral Mozart from Joseph Keilberth and Thurston Dart. |
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SAINT-SAENS
Best of Saint-Saens Pascal Roge, Cristina Ortiz (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [ Australian Philips Eloquence / CD - released 31/Jan/2001 ] All the best of Saint-Saens in one inexpensive package |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera recorded in 1955) Miroslav Čangalović, Sofija Janković, Zlata Sesardić, Milica Miladinović, Stepan Andrashev / Belgrade National Opera Chorus, Kreshimir Baranovich [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2018 ] A first release on CD of Mussorgsky's epic tragedy recorded by the Belgrade National Opera. With this and six companion issues, Eloquence makes available for the first time on CD the seven complete Russian operas recorded in 1955 by Decca with the... |
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CHERUBINI / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / MILHAUD / MOZART / BERLIOZ / etc
Igor Markevitch: the Deutsche Grammophon Legacy Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Berliner Philharmoniker, Igor Markevitch [ Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 21 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] Issued complete for the first time, Igor Markevitchs Deutsche Grammophon legacy from Berlin, Paris, Prague and New York, made between 1953 and 1965. |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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... |
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BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / variations on a theme by Haydn Vienna pHilharmonic Oorchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Sep/2015 ] Monteux recorded Brahms's Second Symphony several times; in addition to the present recording for Decca with the Vienna Philharmonic, there are versions with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. He recorded the... |
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W. A. MOZART
String Quartets Kv 499 & Kv 589 Vienna Philharmonic Quartet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "played with a smooth velvet tone … the recording quality is mellow and inviting. … All four players can produce a singing tone of golden lyrical quality and their technique is astonishing." (Gramophone) |
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SCHUBERT
String Quartets Nos. 10, 12 & 14 / String Trio / String Quintet Vienna Philharmonic Quartet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "These are highly polished performances, lovingly captured. It is commendable that they have been restored to circulation. They would make a pleasing addition to any chamber music collection." (Musicweb Sept 2013) |
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DONIZETTI / BELLINI / VERDI / PUCCINI
Virginia Zeani: The Decca Recitals Virginia Zeani (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Franco Patané / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavaz [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "she has an excellent sense of rhythm (witness the finale to the Traviata Act I) and she has what all too few sopranos even attempt on more than an occasional phrase: a steady legato" (Gramophone) |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (both piano & orchestral versions) Vladimir Ashkenazy / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Australian Decca Eloquence / CD - released 23/May/2001 ] Two versions of this masterpiece: the original piano work and the Ravel orchestration. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / TANEYEV / LIADOV / BORODIN / RACHMANINOV / etc
Russian Piano Encores Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "This wide-ranging conspectus of Russian piano miniatures spans Ashkenazy's career from 1963 to 2004. Fine playing, occasionally short on charm." (BBC Music) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony / Mephisto Waltz / Battle of the Huns (with Magnard-Symphony No. 3) Werner Krenn (tenor) / Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Liszt's Eine Faust-Symphonie, based on the Faust legend, is an hour-long work for tenor, choir and orchestra, based on the Faust legend. The Suisse Romande Orchestra take to this complex score, one with which they could hardly have been familiar,... |
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W. A. MOZART
Divertimentos 1, 10, 15, 17 Wiener Oktett [Vienna Octet] [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "Chamber music at its most orchestral...The musicians play these riches with enchanting naturalness." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Opera Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Kirsten Flagstad, Martti Talvela, Hans Hotter, George London, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 19 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] A priceless collection of Hans Knappertsbusch's opera recordings made for Universal Music, including the legendary live Parsifal performances of both 1951 and 1962, the Vienna studio Die Meistersinger of 1950-51, the Munich Fidelio of 1961, etc. |