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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake / Rococo Variations / Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, with Maurice Gendron, cello [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The 2CD Tchaikovsky/Ansermet sets represent his complete Tchaikovsky recordings for Decca. Many will find fascinating his own sequencing of numbers from Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty. Refined, yet passionate, many of the pieces on these... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Walter Weller [ ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Although they have been intermittently available, Walter Weller's cycle of the three Rachmaninov Symphonies have hidden their blazing light under the Decca bushel for far too long. Recorded in absolutely thrilling Decca sound with L'Orchestre de la... |
SIBELIUS
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Tapiola (with Rachmaninov-Isle of the Dead) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] While it remains a pity that Ansermet didn't venture further into the bleaker landscapes of Sibelius, less may well be more, and these epic recordings of the Second and Fourth symphonies, together with a raw reading of Tapiola are collected together... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Popular Overtures (Including William Tell, The Silken Ladder, Die Fledermaus & Poet and Peasant) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2007 ] A thrilling collection of Overtures and Preludes (with some popular orchestral pieces thrown in for good measure) from Zubin Mehta. As a showman of the best variety, his recordings remains one of the Decca catalogue's richest legacies, and more than... |
SHOSTAKOVICH / PROKOFIEV / SEIBER
Shostakovich / Prokofiev / Seiber: Chamber Music Melos Ensemble of London, with Peter Pears (narrator) & the Dorian Singers [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "(Shostakovich) We all know that the Melos Ensemble is a virtuoso group, but I have never heard them give a clearer demonstration of sheer musicality than this." (Gramophone) |
MOZART / WEBER / BRAHMS
Chamber Music Melos Ensemble of London [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "(Mozart) ...a very satisfying performance of the Mozart Clarinet Trio... warranting the very strongest recommendation." Gramophone. |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Antar / May Night / The Tale of Tsar Saltan / The Flight of the Bumblebee / Capriccio Espagnol / etc Motet de Genève / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Paris Conservatoire Orch / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "The Tsar Saltan suite shows Ansermet and the Decca engineers in glittering form... The Christmas Eve suite is played with much affection and that mixture of spontaneity and remarkably graphic orchestral palette which made Ansermet's performances... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Serenade No. 4 in D major, KV 203 / Serenade No. 9 in D major, KV 320 'Posthorn' New Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Peter Maag [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 16/Jun/2006 ] Newly mastered from the original tapes and released on Decca for the first time, this Maag release couples the familiar Posthorn Serenade with the lesser known D major, KV 203. |
ROYAL BALLET GALA
Royal Ballet Gala (Incls 'Nutcracker Suite', 'La Boutique fantasque' & 'Les Sylphides') Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "This is the stuff of which dreams are made. The Royal Ballet Gala is one of the finest RCAs recorded in London's Kingsway Hall. The chunks of great ballet music are well served by orchestra, conductor and engineer." Audiophilia Online Magazine |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Suite in D for the Birthday of Prince Charles / Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Philip Jones Brass Ensemble / London Symphony Orchestra / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] *** 'The Concerto for Double String Orchestra receives a performance more sumptuous and warm-hearted than any before on record ... the recording is outstanding' Penguin Guide |
RICHARD MILLS
Mills: Orchestral Works (Incls Aeolian Caprices & Soundscapes for Percussion & Orchestra) Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Richard Mills & Werner Andreas Albert [ ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] One of Australia's leading composers, the music of Richard Mills weaves a rich tapestry of colour. His operas, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Batavia have won him an array of accolades and his orchestral music is some of the most enduring of our... |
BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique / Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 / La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (excerpts) plus rehearsal sequence Regine Crespin (soprano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Penguin Guide Rosette Winner (for Les Nuits d'été) |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI / WILLIAM LOVELOCK / FRANCIS POULENC
Respighi/Lovelock/Poulenc: Organ Concertos Robert Boughen (organ) Michael Dudman (organ) / Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Vanco Cavdarski, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 18/Aug/1994 ] Three classic works for organ and orchestra. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies (plus Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet) Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Aug/2018 ] A newly compiled, generous 4CD collection of high-octane Russian orchestral masterpieces, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the firebrand musicianship of Dutch maestro Edo de Waart. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Piano Concerto No 3 Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Julius Katchen (piano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] These CD sets represent all of Ansermet's Prokofiev recordings for Decca. Ruggiero Ricci and Julius Katchen are sterling soloists in the concertos. This is Katchen's first of two Decca recordings of the Prokofiev Third. |
GODOWSKY / HOFMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / RUBENSTEIN / CHAMINADE / CHOPIN / etc
Kaleidoscope: Piano Encores Shura Cherkassky (piano) [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 4/Jul/2006 ] This collection presents, for the first time in its entirety, the 1974 studio recordings of encores, entitled Kaleidoscope, after a piece by Cherkassy's teacher, Josef Hofmann. |
DEBUSSY
Pelleas et Melisande (1952 recording) Suzanne Danco, Pierre Mollet, Heinz Rehfuss, Andre Vessieres, Helene Bouvier / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] This was the first of two recordings by Ernest Ansermet of Pelléas et Mélisande, a work he conducted several times on stage. This recording was made in April 1952 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Dramatic works & ballet music (Incls 'Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien' & '6 Epigraphes antiques') Suzanne Danco (soprano), Nancy Waugh (contralto) & Marie-Lise de Montmollin (contralto) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] This volume of Debussy's dramatic works and ballet music is dedicated, by and large, to 'rarities' by the composer. Few of Debussy's works have divided critical opinion more than Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, banned as it was by the Archbishop of... |
BACH / BRUCKNER / PERGOLESI / STRADELLA / DVORAK / etc
Ave Maria: Sacred Songs Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) Mirella Freni (soprano), Lisa Otto (soprano), Maria Stader (soprano), Rita Streich (soprano), Hertha Topper (contralt [ Deutsche Grammophon ABC Eloquence / CD - released 7/Jul/1995 ] Eloquence - great classical recordings reissued at a budget price |
DVORAK / JANACEK / TCHAIKOVSKY
Cello Concerto / Sinfonietta / Romeo And Juliet - Fantasy Overture Vienna Philharmonic / Rafael Kubelik (conductor) / Pierre Fournier (cello) [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD ] Legendary cellist Pierre Fournier's stereo recording of the Dvorák Cello Concerto is well known, but his earlier recording from July 194? for Decca is largely forgotten. It is revived in this Kubelik-led anthology, also bringing back to the catalogue... |
