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FRANCESCO SACRATI
Sacrati: La finta pazza Leonardo García Alarcón; Cappella Mediterranea [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/May/2022 ] 1645: for the pleasure of the Queen Mother Anne of Austria, and attended by a young King Louis XIV, Cardinal Mazarin put on the first Italian opera in Paris. The Italian company, invited at great expense, performed Sacrati's La Finta Pazza. |
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MONTEVERDI / BONONCINI / CHARPENTIER / HANDEL / LULLY / PURCELL / RAMEAU
William Christie: The Complete Erato Recordings Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, with Sophie Daneman, Natalie Dessay, Renee Fleming, Ian Bostridge, Philippe Jaroussky, Mark Padmore, etc [ Erato / 61 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2025 ] William Christie is renowned for his pioneering work in the revival of Baroque music. Born in 1944, he founded the ensemble Les Arts Florissants in 1979, which has become a leading force in historically informed performance. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Lindsay String Quartet [ Decca Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 23/Jul/2021 ] "The present set has always been highly regarded amongst the top performances of these ever-rewarding works and returning to them is a great pleasure." MusicWeb Recommeded |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (complete opera) Lise Davidsen (soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone) / Orchestra and Chorus of Norwegian National Opera, Edward Gardner [ Decca Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 23/May/2025 ] "Gardner conducts an electrifying account from Norwegian National Opera, the chorus deftly adapting to the drama, a Chicagoan edge to the brass, and well-cast leads." Gramophone Recording of the Month May 2025 |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete oratorio) Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres, John Chest / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Nov/2022 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2023 - Choral |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BRAHMS / HANDEL / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / ROSSINI / etc
Roger Norrington - The Complete Erato Recordings London Classical Players, The Schutz Choir of London, Sir Roger Norrington, with Melvyn Tan (piano) & Daniel Hope (violin) [ Erato Veritas / 45 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Innovator, erudite, entertaining and acclaimed conductor Sir Roger Norrington founded the Schütz Choir, became founding music director of Kent Opera and established the London Classical Players, the period-instrument orchestra. |
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BACH / HANDEL / MENDELSSOHN / PARRY / etc
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 2 - Baroque & Sacred Music London Philharmonic & London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Kirsten Flagstad, Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, Kenneth McKellar, Joan Sutherland, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 13 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The second volume of Sir Adrian Boult's Decca legacy brings together the conductor's Messiah recordings of 1954 and 1960, plus Baroque and sacred music recitals from Kenneth McKellar, Kirsten Flagstad and Kathleen Ferrier. LIMITED EDITION. |
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ELGAR / ARNOLD / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SEARLE / HOLST / WALTON
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 1 - British Music London Philharmonic Orchestra / BBC Chorus & BBC Symphony, Adrian Boult / Melos Ensemble / Alfredo Campoli (violin) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The first in a three-volume edition of the complete Decca recordings of Sir Adrian Boult, this set represents the most complete survey ever issued of Sir Adrian Boult's British music recordings for Decca. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The New Collector's Edition Joan Rodgers, William Shimmell, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Richard Hickox, Helen Watts, Janet Baker, Robert Tear, etc [ Warner Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2022 ] This edition presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV / DOHNÁNYI / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MAHLER
Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Volume 3 - 19th & 20th Century Music London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Kirsten Flagstad, Julius Katchen, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 7/Oct/2022 ] The third volume of Boult's complete Decca recordings features Boult the insightful accompanist and inspired Russian interpreter, featuring many long-unavailable and newly remastered Decca recordings. LIMITED EDITION. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Academy Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Composed over a period of nearly 50 years, Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 symphonies are astonishingly diverse in conception and expression, reflecting the composer's personal experiences, the history of the 20th century and the tensions and struggles of... |
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DVORAK / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MOZART / VERDI / SCHUBERT / etc/
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition - Volume 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, with Alfred Brendel, Henryk Szeryng, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 15 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2023 ] Supplementary to his legendary Beethoven cycles for Decca are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt's recordings for Philips, Mercury, Deutsche Grammophon and Accord. They date from 1944 (Sutermeister) to 1972, when he made his last recording, fittingly by Mozart. |
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ELGAR / SULLIVAN / HAYDN / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / BARTOK / etc
Malcolm Sargent - Complete Decca Recordings London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, with Ruggero Ricci (violin), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] The complete Decca recordings of Sir Malcolm Sargent, from 78s to LPs, newly remastered and in original jackets |
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MESSIAEN / STRAVINSKY / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / LISZT / SHOSTAKOVICH / MENDELSSOHN
John Ogdon - The Argo Years John Ogdon (piano), with John Wilbraham (trumpet), Brenda Lucas (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 6 CD Box Set - released 11/Jul/2025 ] Scintillating pianism in music from Mozart to Messiaen: the complete Argo and Decca recordings of John Ogdon. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies & Overtures London Symphony Orchestra, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Lucy Crowe (soprano) [ LSO / 4 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2019 ] LSO Live presents Sir John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning Mendelssohn series together in its entirety for the first time. Captured over three seasons during critically acclaimed concerts in the Barbican Hall, this set offers listeners the definitive... |
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RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Symphonic Dances London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, London September 2008 - February 2015 This highly anticipated box set brings together Valery Gergiev's acclaimed cycle of the complete Rachmaninov symphonies, which were recorded alongside the London Symphony... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Il Trittico (complete operas) Carlo Guelfi, Maria Guleghina, Neil Shicoff, Ricardo Cassinelli, Jose van Dam, Angela Gheorghiu / London Voices, London Symphony, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 4/Jun/2012 ] The dark, dangerous drama of Il tabarro… The heart-wrenching pathos of Suor Angelica… The merciless comedy (leavened with youthful romance) of Gianni Schicchi… Puccini's scores for his triptych of one-act operas are as compelling for their subtlety... |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / RACHMANINOV / MENDELSSOHN / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERLIOZ / etc
Lorin Maazel - The Complete deutsche Grammophon Recordings Lorin Maazel (conductor) with Jane Berbie, Jean Giraudeau, Gabriel Bacquier, Placido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gidon Kremer, Elena Obraztsova [ Deutsche Grammophon / 39 CD Box Set - released 19/May/2023 ] At the age of 9, he made his conducting debut with the LA Philharmonic, and at 11 Toscanini invited him to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra: Lorin Maazel is undoubtedly one of the greatest conductors of his century. His first album with Deutsche... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (complete musical drama) Louise Alder, Hugo Hymas, Lucile Richardot, Carlo Vistoli, etc / The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ SDG / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "A new recording is always welcome, especially when it comes from someone who knows his dramatical business as John Eliot Gardiner does." Gramophone Editor's Choice Sept 2020 |
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HANS LEO HASSLER
Hassler: Complete Organ Music Manuel Tomadin (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Another labour of love from the Italian organist Manuel Tomadin, adding to his much-praised catalogue of collections by masters of the German and Italian Baroque. |