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Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012

3 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Giacomo Puccini: Tur...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Einaudi, Ludovico; Freni, Mirella; Gendron, Maurice; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Previn, Andre; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kempe, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Boskovsky, Willi; Khachaturian, Aram; Wordsworth, Barry; Dorati, Antal; Malone, Gareth; Leppard, ...
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

Illumina: Music of Light / Choir of New College Oxford

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Barrington Pheloung: Inspector Morse; Morten Lauridsen: Ave dulcissima Maria, for chorus; O magnum mysterium; Sergey Rachmaninov: Vespers; Wolfgang Amad...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford

The Observer
[The repertoire] shows off the warm, immediate New College, Oxford sound in which individuals are encouraged to sing out rather than, as some collegiate...continue...

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Mozart: Symphonien 40 g-moll & 41 "Jupiter"

1 Super Audio CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Conductors: Krips, Josef

Recording information: Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal (06/1972)....continue...

Gloria!

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-05-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe"; Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K. 33...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Farnes, Richard; Goode, David; Hopkinson, Thomas; Humphreys, George; Jones, Della; Pinnock, Trevor; Te ...
Conductors: Preston, Simon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Hill, David; Higginbottom, Edward; Layton, Stephen; Phillips, Daniel [Choral]; Darlington, Stephen; Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Lole, Simon; ...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Capricorn (Ensemble); The English Concert

Music for Royal Weddings

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Water Music 1;...
Performers: Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; Palmer, Felicity; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Runnett, Brian; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Riddle, Nelson; Schreier, Peter; Hill, David; Guest, George; Page, Neil; ...

Artist's Choice

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-01-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453; Franz Schubert: Fantasy for P...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Abbado, Claudio

Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-09-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, K 377 (374e); Sonata for Violin and Piano in C major, K 303 (293c); Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K 304 (300c); Sonata for v...
Performers: Steinberg, Mark; Uchida, Mitsuko

Recording information: Snape Maltings Cocnert Hall (06/28/2004-07/01/2004)....continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Karita Mattila; Sir Neville Marriner

3 CD / Decca Import / 2009-06-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Szmytka, Elzbieta
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

For Mother - A Classical Bouquet

4 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-10

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Symphony no 2 in E ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Cohen, Franklin; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Goossens, Marie; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Har...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Khachaturian, Aram; Solti, Sir Georg; Segal, Uri; Agoult, Raymond; Kempe, Rudolf; Gavazzeni, Giana...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

In time for Mother's Day comes this new box-set, a bouquet of classical gems for every mother's music library. This 4-CD set includes a wide-range...continue...

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Renée Fleming by Request

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588;...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fleming, Renée; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey

Erwin Schrott - Arias by Mozart, Verdi, Berlioz, etc / Riccardo Frizza, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-09-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Macbeth; I vespri siciliani; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. ...
Performers: Schrott, Erwin
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo

Hailed as the "Brando of opera," Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott joins Decca with a deliciously charismatic and seductive debut album. Showcasing some of opera's most...continue...

Marches & Dances - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, etc / Claudio Abbado, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Contradances (5), K 609; Contredanse for orchestra in D major, K. 609/3; German Dances (3), K 605; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Franz Schubert: Galop & ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Gretchen; Erfurt, Ulrike; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hasler, Renate; Kenny, Yvonne; Nafe, Alicia; Pogson, Geoffrey; Sandison, Gordon; Sattmann...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Abbado 2008 is a celebration of the 75th birthday (June) of Claudio Abbado, "the most respected living conductor" (The New York Times). The maestro himself,...continue...

Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto; Flute Concerto No. 1; Bassoon Concerto

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 315 (285e); Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e); Concerto for Flute...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Bond, Danny; Hogwood, Christopher; Kelly, Frances [Harp]
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher

Penguin Guide
The performances are peerless and have 'authentic' timbres, notably Danny Bond's bassoon.
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, K467 "Elvira Madigan" & K414; Quintet, K452

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 12 in A major, K 414 (385p); Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452
Performers: de Vries, Han; Lupu, Radu; Pieterson, George; Pollard, Brian; Zarzo, Vicente
Conductors: Segal, Uri

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (03/1974); Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (03/1974); Kingsway Hall, London (06/1984); Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (06/1984)....continue...

Amore - Essential Romantic Collection

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-09-25

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Torna a Surriento; Voce'e notte; Ti voglio tanto bene; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Passione; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Vincenzo De Cresc...

Tenor

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-01-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Missa Solenne (Messa di Gloria); Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia de...
Performers: Basrak, Karen; Binelli, Daniel; Bruton, Laura; Ciapponi, Raffaella; Clay, William; CollinsBray, Shields; Decosta, Adriana Voirin; Florez, Juan Diego; Galvez, David; Mijalovic, Nikola; Shih, Michael
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Chailly, Riccardo; Rousset, Christophe

UK-only release from Peru's finest vocalist, the obvious successor to Luciano Pavorotti's throne. Although comparisons to Pavorotti are warranted, Florez' main inspiration is Spanish tenor...continue...

Relaxing Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Léo Delibes...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Berbié, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Hasson, Maurice; Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Kulka, Konstanty; Lab&eg...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; ; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Nicholas; Masur, Kurt; Jorda, Enrique
Ensemble: ; Capricorn (Ensemble); Du Brassus; I Musici; Lausanne Pro Arte

This CD includes a great selection of "soothing and relaxing" music as well as a great introduction to the classics....continue...

Essential Choral Classics

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer; Elijah, Op. 70; César Franck: Panis angelicus...
Performers: Brown, Wilfred; Burrowes, Norma; Freni, Mirella; Goodman, Roy; Harper, Heather; Hussain, Alastair; Kollo, Rene [Tenor Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Morris, James; Norman, Jess...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Willcocks, David; Daniel, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen; Gandolfi, Romano; Ottley, Jerold D.; Britten, Benjamin; Solti, Sir Georg; Preston, Simon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Guest, George; Hai...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Cambridge University Music Society; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chr...

This 2-CD set Includes more than 21/2 hours of the greatest 'hits' of the chorus. Performances are by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kings College Choir...continue...

Mozart Portraits / Bartoli, Fischer, Vienna CO

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Davidde penitente, oratorio, K. 469; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a)
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Fischer, György

"Cecilia Bartoli boasts a voice of extraordinary charm and unassuming virtuosity; her vocal characterizations would be the envy of the finest actresses and her intuitive...continue...

Odyssey [UK]

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Enya: May It Be (for the film Lord of the Rings; American Traditional: The Water Is Wide (after O Waly, Waly); Andrea Sandri: Dell'amore non si sa; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Rolf Lovland: Pra...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Bould, Miles; Chamberlain, Simon; Christie, Rupert; Clarvis, Raul; Cole, Helen; Furey, Finbar; Hinnegan, Tony; Jiear, Alison; Kenyon, Carol; Mariotti, Davis; McIntosh, Robbie; McKenn...
Conductors: Brett, James; Ingman, Nick; Malavasi, Mauro; Hawes, Patrick; Hussey, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Ensemble of Bologna

The young singer's sophomore album "Odyssey" has been re-outfitted with different cover art and three previously unreleased recordings for this issue: "The Water Is Wide",...continue...
Personnel: Hayley Westenra (vocals, piano); Mae McKenna, Alison Jiear, Andrea Bocelli, Carol Kenyon (vocals); Robbie McIntosh (guitar); Angie Passarella (acoustic guitar); Francois Rive (cello); Davi...continue...

Lover's Adagio

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Har...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Hasson, Maurice; Hurford, Peter; Jansen, Janine; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Krebbers, Herman; LaGoya, Alexandre; Ort...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dutoit, Charles; Karajan, Herbert von; Sillito, Kenneth; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bonynge, Richard; Kondrashin, Kirill;...

2 CD set. This is a great collection for lovers of classical music. Decca. 2006....continue...

Classic Recitals - Prima Donna in Vienna / Pilar Lorengar

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Tannh&aum...
Performers: Lorengar, Pilar
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Orchestra

The Spanish soprano's wonderful operatic skills were truly realized in her interpretations of Mozart. This original recording from 1971 includes some superb tracks, including a...continue...

Mozart: Idomeneo (Complete)

3 CD / Decca Import / 2005-12-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Conductors: Pritchard, John

The Penguin Guide
Pavarotti has the natural magnetism of the superstar...On balance this is the not only the most heroic and the most beatutiful but also...continue...

The Art of Peter Hurford

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Fugue for organ in G major, BWV 577 (BC J61); Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BWV 541;...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Hurford, Peter; Kracht, Johan; Pollard, Brian; Rubingh, Henk; Singers, Alban; Straesser, Wim; Trotter, Thomas; Urquhart, Margaret
Conductors: ; Rifkin, Joshua
Ensemble: Michael Laird Brass Ensemble; Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

A virtuoso recitalist, Peter Hurford won wide acclaim and his influence on organ design and his performance has been significant. This 2-CD set provides a...continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigo...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mehta, Zubin; Chailly, Riccardo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Kertész...

Original Masters - George Szell

5 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Pyotr Il'y...
Performers: Lehmayer, Walter; Lorengar, Pilar
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The legendary conductor George Szell's recordings, made for Decca and Philips, have been highly praise and sought-after by collectors for years, this set contains all...continue...

Mozart: Coronation Mass K.317, Litaniae Lauretanae K.195, Etc.

1 CD / Decca Import / 2005-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; Laudate Dominum; Litaniae Lauretanae (de Beata Maria Virgine) for soloists, chorus & orch...
Performers: Cable, Margaret; Cotrubas, Ileana; Langridge, Philip; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Malcolm, George; Palmer, Felicity; Roberts, Stephen; Shirley-Quirk, John; Spoorenberg, Erna; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Guest, George

Essential Piano - The Ultimate Piano Collection

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-03-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Cherkassky, Shura; Cooper, Joseph; De Larrocha, Alicia; Katchen, Julius; Kocsis, Zoltan; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lapu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Roge, Pascal; Schiff, And...
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Davis, Colin; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Una Voce Poco Fa - Portrait of Teresa Berganza

2 CD / Decca Import / 2004-05-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ch'io mi scordi di te...No...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Hagger, Roger; Lauret, Benito; Lavilla, Felix; Parsons, Geoffrey
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Pritchard, John; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Lauret, Benito; Gombau, Gerardo
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza was one of the most sought-after artists for her interpretations of Rossini and Mozart for years from the late 1950s onwards. CD...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 25

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-11-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503; Concerto for Piano no 16 in D major, K 451; Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537...

Andras Schiff's Mozart cycle with the Camerta Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg and S ndor V‚gh was recorded between 1987 and 1993 and quickly came to...continue...

Essential Violin - Over 2 1/2 hours of glorious melodies

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-09-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Jules Massenet: Thaïs; Niccolò Paganini: Conce...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Cleveland Orchestra; Coker, Paul; Dutoit, Charles; Fujikawa, Mayumi; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hait...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Litton, Andrew; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chailly, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Previn, Andre; Weller, Walter; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Or...

Personnel: Paul Coker, Ernest Lush, Phillip Moll (piano)....continue...

Midnight Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-05-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no...
Performers: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Cleveland Orchestra; Coker, Paul; English Chamber Orchestra; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Gillespie, Rhondda;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Dutoit, Charles; ; Patanè, Giuseppe; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Malcolm, George; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonynge, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Borodin Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; I Salonisti; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Phi...

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Marisa Robles (harp); Joshua Bell, Nigel Kennedy (violin); Miklós Perényi , Janos Starker (cello); Heinz Holliger (ob...continue...

Vissi d'arte - The Magnificent Voice of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-04-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro; I masnadieri; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Giacomo Meyerbe...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bello, Vincenzo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Oliver, Alexander; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Ba...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Masini, Gianfranco; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Mehta, Zubin; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Maag, Peter; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; López-Cobos, Jesús; Bon...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Wandswort...

Essential Mozart Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366; La Clemenza de Tito; ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bar, Olaf; Barham, Edmund; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Burrows, Stuart; Collins, Anne; Davies, Ryland; Gruberova, Edit...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Kertész, István
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Magic Flute (Highlights)

1 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute

Personnel: August Jaresch, Léopold Simoneau , Hilde Gueden , Emmy Loose, Wilma Lipp, Kurt Böhme , Walter Berry (vocals)....continue...

Dreaming Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-01

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Piet...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Kocsis, Zoltan; LaGoya, Alexandre; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Sillito, Kenneth; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Stein, Horst; Chailly, Riccardo; Tate, Jeffrey; Malcolm, George; Bonynge, Richard; Haitink, Bernard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Agoult, Raymond; ...

Mozart: Magic Flute (Complete)

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-09-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Cachemaille, Gilles; Chang, Min-Ju; Hagegard, Hakan; Hansen, Pia; Jo, Sumi; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Mottaw, Karl; Naseband, Dennis; Petzold, Martin; Randsholdt, Hans; Saloma...
Conductors: Östman, Arnold

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Complete)

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-08-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Bonney, Barbara; Cachemaille, Gilles; Jones, Della; Meel, Nico van der; Sigmundsson, Kristinn; Tatlow, Mark; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Östman, Arnold

Eloquence - Mozart: Don Giovanni (Highlights) / Bonynge

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Gramm, Donald; Grant, Clifford; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krenn, Werner; Lorengar, Pilar; Monreale, Leonardo; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Eloquence - Mozart: Piano Concerto no 25 & 27 / Ashkenazy

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-04-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503; Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir

"...[Ashkenazy's] performances are big, bold, and lively. He makes Concerto 25 a virtuoso experience. Its discmate, the most serious and darkest-hued of Mozart's concertos, is...continue...

An Equal Music - Music featured in the novel by Vikram Seth

2 CD / Decca Import / 2000-08-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Strings in C minor, Op. 104; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for St...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Buck, Peter; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Hagen, Clemens; Hagen, Lukas; Hagen, Veronika; Hayroudinoff, Rustem; Honore, Philippe; Iwabuchi, Maya; Melcher, Wilhelm; Pendlebury, Sally Jane; Pi...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

The Greatest Mozart Show on Earth

2 CD / Decca Import / 2000-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Cohen, Franklin; Dolezal, Fritz; Fleming, Renee; Hink, Werner; Jo, Sumi; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Kroisamer, Hubert; Lupu, Radu; Pe...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Segal, Uri; Fischer, György; Cleobury, Stephen; Hogwood, Christopher; Solti, Sir Georg; Boskovsky, Willi; Karajan, Herbert von; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Chung, Myung-...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Vienna Mozart Ensemble; Winchester College Quiristers; Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

Mozart: Wind Concertos / Tuckwell, de Peyer, Maag, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2000-02-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K. 313 (K. 285c); Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Concerto for Bassoon in B flat majo...
Performers: Bennett, William; de Peyer, Gervase; Mack, John; McGill, David; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]
Conductors: Maag, Peter; Malcolm, George; Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This is a generous coupling featuring such well kown Mozart interpreters as Gervase de Peyer and Barry Tuckwell in his classic recordings from 1959 and...continue...

Brahms, Mozart: Piano Concertos / Backhaus, Böhm

1 CD / Decca Import / 1999-09-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"The interpretation gives me such deep satisfaction". -Gramophone "Wilhelm Backhaus was 83 years old when (in 1967) he taped the Second Brahms Concerto in Vienna....continue...

Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 - 4, Concert Rondo

1 CD / Decca Import / 1999-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K. 412/514 (K. 386b); Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, K. 417; Concerto for Horn no 3 in E flat major, K. 447; Concerto for Horn no ...
Performers: Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]
Conductors: Tuckwell, Barry

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Erich Kleiber, Cesare Siepi, et al

3 CD / Decca Import / 1999-08-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Danco, Suzanne; Dickie, Murray; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Poell, Alfred; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"A classic of the gramophone". -Gramophone...continue...

Mozart: Great Mass in C minor / Christopher Hogwood, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 1999-07-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Auger, Arleen; Dawson, Lynne; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Smith, Julian
Ensemble: Winchester Cathedral Choir

The Mass in C minor is probably the most opulent and complete of all Mozart's choral works. Hogwood's interpretation remains very close to the composer's...continue...

Mozart: Mitridate / Rousset, Bartoli, Sabbatini, et al

3 CD / Decca Import / 1999-04-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a)
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Bartoli, Cecilia; Corre, Helene Le; Dessay, Natalie; Florez, Juan Diego; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

Beloved mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli and the astonishing French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay together with Gramophone Award-winning conductor Christophe Rousset perform Mozart's early opera "Mit...continue...