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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Cantatas; Arias Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Of the works by Handel presented here, three are cantatas devoted to the Patron Saint of music, St. Cecilia, another is an Italian cantata that was probably presented for a private patron in Rome, while the remaining two works are drawn from Handel's... |
STRAUSS 11 / KALMAN / OSCAR STRAUSS / LEHAR / DOSTAL / STOLZ
Hilde Gueden sings operetta Hilde Gueden (soprano) / Vienna State Opera / New Promenade Orchestra / Hans May [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2015 ] "my first choice is "Operetta Evergreens" in which Hilde Gueden is the lovely soloist in selections from Johann Strauss, Lehár, Kálmán, Zeller and others" (Gramophone Dec 1962) |
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) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in 1970) Hildegard Hillebrecht, Tatiana Troyanos, Reri Grist, Jess Thomas / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Karl Böhm [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 3/Apr/2015 ] "Reri Grist is my ideal Zerbinetta, precise of rhythm and intonation, witty in phrasing and verbal inflexion, tough in attack yet delectably sensual in vocal quality, the whore of one's dreams, sweet and permissive and utterly natural, never calculat |
DVORAK / GLUCK / MASCAGNI / GIORDANO / BEETHOVEN / STRAUSS / etc
The Decca Recitals Inge Borkh (soprano) & Ljuba Welitsch (soprano) / various accompaniments [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2015 ] These recordings of the voices of Inge Borkh and Ljuba Welitsch are very fine examples of the art of the dramatic soprano from the 1950s and early 1960s. Borkh acquired a considerable reputation as Aida, Tosca, Turandot, and Medea in Cherubini's... |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Anthems Inia Te Wiata, Robert Tear, Charles Brett, Paul Esswood / Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "Vibrant readings of some of Purcell's best loved choral works unalloyed by 'authentic' prissiness" (Gramophone) |
HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italianisches Liederbuch Irmgard Seefried (soprano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Erik Werba, Jörg Demus (piano) [ Deutche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] 'The most original and artistically consummate of all my works,' Hugo Wolf said (with justice) of the Italienisches Liederbuch which he wrote in 1890-1 to the poetry of Paul Heyse. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Irmgard Seefried Volume 7 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) Erik Werba (piano) with Raili Kostia (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Eberhard Waechter (baritone) [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] "Seefried tackles the rarely heard Deutsche Volkslieder alone, and is joined by distinguished colleagues including Waldemar Kmentt for the Liebeslieder sets." Five Stars BBC Music |
MOZART / BIZET / RESPIGHI / HANDEL
Irmgard Seefried Volume 1 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) with various accompliments [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] After Irmgard Seefried's death in 1988, her contemporary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - never one to dish out compliments lightly - commented: 'All of us envied her, because what we had to achieve laboriously worked for her so naturally and as a matter of... |
LORTZING / THOMAS / WEBER / RICHARD STRAUSS / MOZART
Irmgard Seefried Volume 2 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) with various accompliments [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] After Irmgard Seefried's death in 1988, her contemporary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - never one to dish out compliments lightly - commented: 'All of us envied her, because what we had to achieve laboriously worked for her so naturally and as a matter of... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Cello Suites Jean-Max Clément (cello) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Newly remastered from the original L'Oiseau Lyre tapes, a little-known Bach recording in the true French style. The modern phenomenon of the Cello Suites as a staple of any record collection may be laid at the feet of the Catalan cellist Pablo... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Works (Incls Piano Sonata in B minor) Jean-Rodolphe Kars (piano), Pascal Rogé (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 30/Apr/2018 ] Two pupils of the great Julius Katchen are featured in the piano music of Liszt on this 2CD set. Pascal Rogé was eighteen years old when he recorded the Liszt Piano Sonata, Mazeppa, Vallée d'Obermann and the third Liebestraum in London in 1969. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 1954) (with Bach: Magnificat) Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, George Maran, Owen Brannigan, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/2019 ] "Beautifully engineered sound. Balance is exceptional … excellent singing … really fine choral discipline" High Fidelity (Handel) |
ANONYMOUS / TRADITIONAL / ARNE / HOWELLS / QUILTER / etc
Songs of England Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Ernest Lush (piano) / Norma Procter (contralto), Alec Redshaw (piano) [ Australian Decca Eloquence / CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] In the August 1953 issue of Opera magazine, the editor looked back on outstanding vocal achievements in the preceding season of opera. Drawing largely from stagings in London, he could pick out Maria Callas as Norma, Kathleen Ferrier as Orpheus and... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Jess Thomas sings Wagner Jess Thomas (tenor) / Orchestras conducted by Walter Born, Herbert von Karajan & Wolfgang Sawallisch [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "Mr. Thomas sings, and sings most sensitively, producing a steady flow of pleasing tone. He sings with intelligence and musicianship, too." (Gramophone) |
ARNE / ELGAR / WOOD / PARRY / WALTON / WILLIAMSON
The Last Night Of The Proms 1969 • 1971 • 1972 - Highlights Jessye Norman (soprano) Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Choral Society, BBC Chorus, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] Compiled together for the first time, historic recordings of the grand finale to the world's greatest music festival. |
AMBROISE THOMAS
Thomas: Hamlet (complete opera recorded in 1984) Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, James Morris / Chorus and Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "In the title role, Milnes is simply superb … I can't think of a better performance of his on disc! Sutherland, despite an occasional unsteady moment, continues to astound" Fanfare |
OFFENBACH / MEYERBEER / MASSENET / CHARPENTIER / GOUNOD / etc
Joan Sutherland - Romantic French Arias Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / London Symphony & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor/piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] One of Dame Joan Sutherland's own favourite recordings, long unavailable on its own, reissued with additional material recorded at the Geneva sessions, with rarely seen photographs and a new booklet introduction. |
PICCINNI / DONIZETTI / VERDI / BELLINI / MOZART / HANDEL / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Age of Bel Canto (2CD) Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / London Symphony & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, with Marilyn Horne & Richard Conrad [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] A groundbreaking Decca album celebrating the glory of both bel canto and the voice of Sutherland in her prime, long unavailable on its own, reissued complete with a booklet introduction from Richard Bonynge. |
GRAUN / MOZART / BELLINI / GLIERE / GOUNOD / etc
Joan Sutherland: My Favourites Joan Sutherland (soprano) with various orchestras. Richard Bonynge (conductor) [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "She was a dab hand at charming the listener in Noël Coward numbers, operetta and songs from the 19th century. In all these one felt she could relax and enjoy herself." Opera |
