Since you are interested in Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JACQUES OFFENBACH
The World of Offenbach Regine Crespin, Plácido Domingo, Sumi Jo, Joan Sutherland & Huguette Tourangeau [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "Joan Sutherland gives a virtuoso performance … Bonynge's direction is unfailingly sympathetic … Domingo gives one of his finest performances on record … Superb atmospheric recording quality" (Penguin Guide) |
MICHAEL HAYDN
Horn Concerto / 6 Minuets / Duo Concertante / netc Barry Tuckwell (horn) Simon Preston (organ) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "The neatest of orchestral playing informs these performances: alert strings, restrained wind, and enterprising harpsichord" (Gramophone) |
JOHN MAYNARD
Maynard - The XII Wonders of the World (with Character songs by Campion, Hume, etc) Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "...the singing is most attractive, the accompaniments rhythmically supportive, the recording clear and efficient" Gramophone Magazine |
JOHN WARD
Ward - The First Set of English Madrigals / Four Fantasias for Viols Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "To hear such expressive singing and to encounter Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb as well as Joseph Cornwell and Richard Wistreich in their prime and freshness is unbeatable. Anthony Rooley's own contribution cannot be underestimated." Bargain of the... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Symphonies Vol 1: Nos 1 - 4 & 8 "Unfinished" Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Mehta secures neat, articulate, musically fluent performances from his Israeli orchestra and the Decca engineers reproduce them with admirable lucidity and absence of fuss" (Gramophone on 4 & 8) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70 (complete oratorio recorded in 1954) Jacqueline Delman, Norma Procter, George Maran / London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir & Hampstead Parish Church Boys' Choir, Josef Krips [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Boyce sings the part with studied beauty, as indeed do all the other soloists, and the chorus is in excellent form. Josef Krips sets them some rapid tempi here and there, but the result is lively and interesting … plenty of orchestral detail even in... |
BACH / BOCCHERINI / HOFFSTETTER / PACHELBEL / GLUCK / MOZART / etc
Münchinger Miniatures Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra], Karl Munchinger [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Two Decca LP albums of orchestral miniatures, newly remastered and issued complete for the first time on CD, with a substantial bonus from Karl Münchinger's varied discography. |