VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Romantic Adagios Various Artists incls Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Georg Solti, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Charles Dutoit, Kyung Wha Chung, etc [ Decca / 2 CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] Over 2 hours of the world's most passionate music |
DVORAK
Dvorak Jubilee set Various artists incls Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Walter Susskind, Ruggiero Ricci (violin) [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] All composers are represented by some of their best known works. Also included are some pieces one might not expect. Performances are by prominent musicians. Some of the recordings were made as recent as only a few months ago. |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
The Best of Tchaikovsky (Incls 'Serenade in C for Strings' Waltz & Capriccio Italien) Various artists, including Ernest Ansermet, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Antal Dorati, Henry Lewis, Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 6/Feb/1997 ] All the very best of Tchaikovsky at a super special price. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Classical Chill Out: (Incls, Clair de lune, Moonlight Sonata, The Blue Danube & Faure's Pavane) Vladimir Ashkenazy, Radu Lupu, Sir Georg Solti, Sir Neville Marriner, Jorge Bolet & Herbert von Karajan, etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 16/Dec/2006 ] Relax - A programme to listen to over a glass of wine. Over 5 hours of the world's most relaxing classical melodies. |
Various Artists / Mixed By Sir Jinx
Thee Imperial Sir Jinx World Party Vol. 10 [ CD ] |
Various Artists / The Revolutionaries / Sir Coxsone Sound
The Missing Link Evolution Of Dub [ Greensleeves / 4 CD Box Set - released 8/Jun/2010 ] |
MAHLER / GLINKA / STRAVINSKY / BORODIN / BEETHOVEN / BARTOK / etc
Solti : A Passion for Music (5 CD set) Various Orchestras conducted by Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 5 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "Solti's achievement in Mahler has been consistent and impressive." Penguin Stereo Guide |
BERLIOZ
Complete Orchestral Works (Incl Symphonie fantasique & Harold en Italie) (Special price) Various Orchestras / Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 6 CD - released 8/Apr/2000 ] *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide. |
Various / Sir Coxsone Dodd
Down Beat Shuffle: The Birth of a Legend (180g Double LP) [ Sunrise Records / LP - released 25/Nov/2013 ] The late fifties and early sixties witnessed the rise of the Jamaican record producer, of whom none were more popular or influential than the legendary Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd. This he created, which in time would give rise to the legend. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Williams: Legendary Recordings (Incls 'On Wenlock Edge' & 'Serenade To Music') Recorded 1938-1955 George Maran (tenor) / London String Quartet / Ivor Newton (piano) / Isobel Baillie / Heddle Nash / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ ALTO / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "1938 was Sir Henry Wood's jubilee and the magical Serenade to Music which Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote for it… this, with the original soloists RVW had in mind, has obvious uniqueness but it possesses a very special beauty and atmosphere." - Gramophone |
BIZET
Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1959) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ ALTO / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "This superb Carmen wipes the floor with any other version I know. The instinctive rightness of the whole conception is simply marvellous." (Gramophone) |
WAGNER
The number one Wagner album: over 2 hours of favourites Vienna Philharmonic chorus and orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] The classic Solti recordings of choruses and orchestral music from the Wagner operas. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Overtures & Preludes / Siegfried Idyll Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Originals / CD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] Solti and Wagner - the ultimate combination! Stunning new remasters of Solti's exciting readings of these overtures as well as what is generally considered the most beautiful recording of Siegfried Idyll. |
SCHUBERT
Ultimate Schubert [Incls 'Rosamunde, Symphonies Nos 5, 8 & 9, & 'Death and the Maiden'] Vienna Philharmonic / Sir Clifford Curzon (piano) / Beaux Arts Trio / Quartetto Italiano / Weller Quartet / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 5 CDs in presentation slip case at SUPER-BUDGET price. Great value gift purchase. |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / BRUSTAD / GRIEG
Europakonzert 2016 from Røros, Norway - Beethoven: Symphony No 3 / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto / etc Vilde Frang (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] The Berliner Philharmoniker celebrate their founding day (May 1st, 1892) in a European city of cultural significance every year. In 2016, they travelled to Røros in Norway, to play in the town's beautiful baroque church. Norwegian violinist Vilde... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 5/Aug/1988 ] "He is one of those pianists who so often seems to me to sound just right. No gimmicks, the music just speaks as it should . . . innate musicality, impeccable taste." Jed Distler, Gramophone (London) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (complete) / Bagatelles Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Collector's Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 5/Aug/2013 ] "He is one of those pianists who so often seems to me to sound just right. No gimmicks, the music just speaks as it should . . . innate musicality, impeccable taste." Jed Distler, Gramophone (London) |
W.A. MOZART
Quintet for piano and wind instruments / Piano Quartet in G minor / Sonata for Two Pianos Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Wind Soloists / Melos Quartet / Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Mozart Collection Vol 12 / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] The Piano Quartet features a rare appearance by Sir Georg Solti at the keyboard |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] "With Berlioz champion Colin Davis conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in its own hall - one of the greatest venues in the world - the stage was set for what would turn out to be a landmark recording….. Let's hope PentaTone gives us more... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BRUCKNER / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / WAGNER / etc
Hans Knappertsbusch: The Orchestral Edition Wiener Philharmoniker, Münchener Philharmoniker, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Hans Knappertsbusch, with Sir Clifford Curzon (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 18 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Gathered together for the first time on Universal Music labels, including several first CD releases on Decca, is the orchestral legacy of an inimitable genius of the podium: Hans Knappertsbusch. |