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GERSHWIN / RODGERS / BERLIN / HERRMANN / SCHOENBERG / WAXMAN / etc
John Mauceri - The Sound of Hollywood John Mauceri, with Julie Andrews, Ben Kingsley, Marilyn Horne, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir John Gielgud, Patti LuPone [ Decca / Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2023 ] The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra breathed new life into the orchestral pops repertoire, told new stories and brought in new audiences when it was revived under the conductor John Mauceri in the 1990s. |
GILBERT & SULLIVAN
The Gondoliers (complete operetta recorded in 1977) John Reed, Geoffrey Shovelton, Kenneth Sanford, Barbara Lilley / D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Philharmonic, Royston Nash [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] "the appealing gondoliers of Meston Reid and Michael Rayner, John Reed's typically reliable Duke and Kenneth Sandford's pillar of strength Don Alhambra" (Gramophone) |
FRANCESCO CAVALLI
Cavalli: L'Ormindo (complete opera) John Wakefield, Peter-Christoph Runge, Jean Allister, Anne Howells, Hanneke van Borke / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] 'Leppard […] welds all his forces together to produce one of those wonderfully integrated performances that still characterizes Glyndebourne at its best.' Opera magazine, April 1969 |
NAZARETH / SCOTT / LAMB
Rags & Tangos Joshua Rifkin (piano) [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Joshua Rifkin is a musical polymath - a Bach scholar and a Ragtime specialist. His performances of Ragtime are gentle and inviting and in this wonderful recording of Rags and Tangos (made in 1990 for Decca) he treats us to a Scott Joplin-free... |
J. S. BACH
Jörg Demus - The Bach Recordings on Westminster Jörg Demus (piano), with Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) [ Westminster Australian Eloquence / 11 CD Box Set - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Bach playing to refresh the spirits as well as satisfy the mind: the early recordings of consummate Viennese pianist, Jörg Demus, unfailingly lively as well as faithful. |
COUPERIN / MONTECLAIR / FORQUERAY / LECLAIR / MARAIS
Musique pour la Chambre du Roy Judith Nelson (soprano) Christophe Coin (bass viol) Monica Huggett (violin) & Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord/director) / Academy of Ancient Music [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] " Fine playing and a fine, reverberant recording which captures every detail of the instruments' character make this a notable release. There is much repertoire here which is, furthermore, new to the catalogue." (Gramophone) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLELCTABLE: Brahms Masterworks - Handel Variations / Paganini Variations / 6 piano pieces / etc Julius Katchen (piano) [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/1997 ] Julius Katchen, that colossus that bestrode the pianistic firmament for all too short a time, recorded the Brahms Handel and Paganini Variations three times, twice in mono and once in stereo. This CD set contains the stereo recordings from 1962 and 1965. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat / Paganini Variations Op. 35 Julius Katchen (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Janos Ferencsik [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 10/Feb/2006 ] 'Julius Katchen relishes their challenges like a meat-deprived lion jawboning a stack of raw, juicy steaks' ClassicsToday.com |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (highlights from the opera recorded in 1990) Kathleen Battle, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Enzo Dara, Dawn Upshaw / Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, james Levine [ Deutache Grammophon Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Jun/2018 ] "Levine conducts a lively performance, Battle makes a sympathetic Adina, Dara is a thoroughly professional purveyor of the elixir … spirited virtuosity in the orchestral playing" Gramophone |
TRADITIONAL
Kenneth Mckellar's Book of Hymns Kenneth McKellar (tenor) & John Turner (organ) / Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Released by popular demand, this collection brings together 21 favourite hymns and sacred songs sung by that most beloved of tenors, Kenneth McKellar |
TRADITIONAL CHILDRENS
The Wonderful World of Nursery Rhymes Kenneth McKellar & Vera Lynn [ Australian Decca Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] In March 1959 and May 1963, respectively, Vera Lynn and Kenneth McKellar - two of Decca's best-selling exclusive artists - went into the studio to record albums of nursery rhymes. Simply, but deliciously scored, with several touches of humour, the... |
ANDREA & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Glory of Venice King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stepen Cleobury / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] With Charles Brett (countertenor), Ian Caddy (bass), Thomas Elias (treble), Richard Farnes (organ), Peter Hall (tenor), William Kendall (tenor), Stephen Layton (organ), John Scott (organ) |
GRIEG / SIBELIUS / EGGEN / ALNAES / LIE
The Flagstad Recitals Vol 2: Scandinavian Songs Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Edwin McArthur (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Oivin Fjeldstad [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "…what a marvellously fresh and original work Haugtussa is and how glorious is Flagstad's tone and characterisation! I do urge readers who do not know this song-cycle to invest in this record." Gramophone |
GIOVANNI BONONCINI
Griselda (highlights from the opera) Lauris Elms, Joan Sutherland, Monica Sinclair, Margreta Elkins / The Ambrosian Singers & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "Monica Sinclair rattles through three octaves with enough masculinity for the whole cast. In the title role Lauris Elms sings with charm, and makes much of her opportunities." (Gramophone) |
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 |
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. |
MOZART / SCHUBERT / WEBER
Mozart / Schubert: Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Walter Susskind, Antal Dorati [ Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] 'Like most of the great European conductors,' wrote the critic Harold C. Schonberg, '[Schmidt-Isserstedt] has been brought up in a tradition that insists on selflessness before great music.' |
HAYDN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / STRAVINSKY / etc
Markevitch - the Philips Legacy Clara Haskil, Arthur Grumiaux, Galina Vishnevskaya / Various Orchestras, Igor Markevitch [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 26 CD Box Set - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Igor Markevitch's complete recordings for Philips, made between 1959 and 1968, including several recordings new to CD. |
ANTONIN DVORAK / JULES MASSENET
Dvorak: Slavonic Dances / Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet music) with Meyerbeer's 'Les Patineurs' London Symphony Orchestra / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean Martinon [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "In Martinon's hands, Massenet's tunes fizz and effervesce like the best champagne." (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
Josef Krips: Memories of Vienna London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips, with Hilde Gueden [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Newly remastered from the original tapes and in the case of two works these hellac discs this compilation presents recordings made in London and Vienna by a conductor born and bred to the rhythms of the Strauss family. |
