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The Silver Violin - Music by Carlos Gardel, Korngold, John Williams, Howard Shores, Shostakovich / Nicola Benedetti, violin

1 CD / Decca / 2013-02-19

Works: John Williams: Schindler's List; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza, tango for voice & chamber orchestra; Dmitry Sh...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Elschenbroich, Leonard; Grynyuk, Alexei; Knowles, Gregory [Percussion]; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]; Sitkovetsky, Alexander; Tom Dunn [Violin/Viola]
Conductors: Karabits, Kirill
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Acclaimed as one of the leading violinists of her generation, best-selling violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti turns the spotlight on Hollywood in this collection of the...continue...
Recording information: The Guildhall, Southampton, England (2012-04-11_2012-04-12&2012-)....continue...

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Torke: Color Music / David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Michael Torke: Ecstatic Orange, ballet; Bright Blue Music; Green for orchestra; Purple, ballet; The Adjustable Wrench, for ensemble; Ash for orchestra; Javelin, overture for orchestra
Conductors: Zinman, David; Nagano, Kent; Levy, Yoel
Ensemble: ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

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These are amongst the most committed and persuasive performances of contemporary music I've heard for a long time; in the words of Heidi Waleson, when...continue...

Katherine Jenkins sings Music from the Movies

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Dolly Parton: L'amore sei tu (Italian version of "I Will Always Love You"); Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, son...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Katherine Jenkins, a Welsh mezzo-soprano, is Britain's all-time best-selling classical-pop crossover act, an achievement no doubt attributed as much to her fashion model looks as her operatic voice. T...continue...

Dario Marianelli: Anna Karenina [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2012]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-13

Works: Dario Marianelli: Anna Karenina, film score
Performers: Dale, Caroline; Hession, Eddie; Hunt, Matthew; Liebeck, Jack; Marianelli, Dario; Peel, Hannah
Conductors: Wallfisch, Benjamin

Personnel: Jody Jenkins (programming).

Recording information: Air Lyndhurst Recording Studios.

Befitting its tale of star-crossed love in Russia's late 19th century high society, Joe Wri...continue...

Brian Byrne: Tales From The Walled City / Nicole Bendetti, Danielle de Niese. RTE Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-30

Works: Brian Byrne: Tales from the Walled City, for violin & orchestra; Shall I Compare Thee, song for soprano & orchestra; Saxophone Concerto; Lament for the Fallen, for violin & orchestra
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Hitchcock, Nigel; Niese, Danielle de
Conductors: Byrne, Brian
Ensemble: ; RTE Concert Orchestra

Acclaimed composer Brian Byrne puts together the brilliant symphonic suite with eight short movements written from the point of view of the great Walls of...continue...
Recording information: Cauldron Studios, Dublin, Ireland (2012); Studio 1, RTÉ Radio Centre, Dublin, Ireland (2012)....continue...

Voice from Assisi / Friar Alessandro

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-16

Works: Donovan Leitch: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello sole, sorella luna); Steven Baker: Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer), for voice & orchestra; Paul Mealor: Le Lodi di Dio Altissimo, for voice & orche...
Performers: Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar

The legendary Mike Hedges (U2, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers) discovered Alessandro while in Italy, after years of searching for "the next Italian Tenor". Much...continue...

Violin Encores - Meditation; Salut d'Amour; Liebeslied et al. / Kyung Wha Chung; Joshua Bell; Nicola Benedetti

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); John Williams: Schindler's List; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gadfly Suite; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Camille S...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Benson, Clifford; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Grynyuk, Alexei; Jansen, Janine; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mintz, Shlomo; Moll, Phi...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Wordsworth, Barry; Dutoit, Charles; Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: ; Roby Lakatos Ensemble

This collection of popular encores celebrates the instrument's glittering brilliance and features some of the world's greatest violinists. It contains the intense lyricism of Massenet,...continue...

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

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Gorecki: Miserere / Los Angeles Master Chorale

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-04

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Lobgesang (Song of Praise), for chorus, Op. 76; Miserere, Op 44; Marian Songs (5) for chorus, Op. 54
Conductors: Gershon, Grant
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Master Chorale

The resident chorale of Disney Hall, recognized as one of the world's premier choruses, pays tribute to the late mystic minimalist, composer of the best-selling...continue...
Recording information: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (06/12/2012-06/14/2012)....continue...

Serenity: The Beauty of Arvo Pärt

2 CD / Decca / 2012-08-21

Works: Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Für Alina; My Heart's in the Highlands, for chorus (or alto or countertenor) & organ; Canta...
Performers: Anderson, Mark; Anthony, Adele; Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Benedetti, Nicola; Carlsson, Roger; Grynyuk, Alexei; Kremer, Gidon; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Owens, Matthew; Risberg, Erik; Shaham, Gil; W...
Conductors: Short, Nigel; Järvi, Neeme; Owens, Matthew; Christophers, Harry; Pitts, Anthony

An album of peace and tranquility that will set you in complete bliss. 9 beautiful and relaxing tracks that will compliment the perfect day or...continue...

Harrison Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time / John Harle, Pierre Boulez, Andrew Davis

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-31

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Triumph of Time, for orchestra; Earth Dances, for orchestra; Panic, for saxophone, drum kit & orchestra
Performers: Clarvis, Paul; Harle, John
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Birtwistle's 30-minute orchestral processional is one of the works that established his international reputation in the early 1970s.

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Holst: The Planets; John Williams: Star Wars Suite / Zubin Mehta - Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; John Williams: Star Wars Suite
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Probably the most famous classical work by a British composer, The Planets was an instant success, admired as much for its originality of musical thought...continue...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...continue...

Eric Whitacre: Water Night

1 CD / Decca / 2012-04-03

Works: Eric Whitacre: Alleluia, for chorus; Equus, for wind ensemble or orchestra; Oculi Omnium, for chorus; The River Cam, for cello & string orchestra; Her sacred spirit soars; Water Night (version for st...
Performers: Davidson, Grace; Hymas, Benedict; Learmonth, Alexander; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Oldfield, Laura; Plitmann, Hila

Eric Whitacre's new album "Water Night" features no less than 7 world premiere recordings. Winning a Grammy in 2012 for his first recording as both...continue...

Jorge Luis Prats: Live in Zaragoza / Granados, Villa-Lobos, Farinas, Lecuona

1 CD / Decca / 2012-04-03

Works: Enriqué Granados: Goyescas; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras no 4; Carlos Fariñas: Alta Gracia, for piano; Ignacio Cervantes: Danzas cubanas; Ernesto Lecuona: Suite Andalucía
Performers: Prats, Jorge Luis

When a pianist in his mid-fifties makes his Decca debut release, you can be sure that there is a story attached - and that is...continue...
Recording information: Sala Mozart del Auditoro de Zaragoza (03/02/2011)....continue...

Song of the Reeds / Music for oboe solo by Schuman, Herzogenberg, Klughardt / Tabea Zimmermann, Marie-Luise Neunecker; and Markus Becker

1 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: August Klughardt: Schilflieder (5), Op. 28 "Fantasy Pieces after Poems by Lenau"; Robert Schumann: Romances (3) for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94; Heinrich von Herzogenberg: Trio for piano, oboe & horn in D...
Performers: Becker, Markus [Piano]; Mayer, Albrecht; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]

Albrecht Mayer - the acclaimed principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - delves into German Romantic music with his oboe and close friends Tabea...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (09/05/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...

One Fine Day / Soprano Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / Decca / 2011-12-13

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Michael K...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Released three years after she left Decca for Warner Bros., One Fine Day is the third time that the classical label has raided the back catalog of Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins for a new "best-of" c...continue...

Phantom Of The Opera: 25th Anniversary Collection [4 CDs + 1 DVD]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phantom of the Opera; Love Never Dies, musical; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]; [DVD]
Conductors: Reed, Michael; Lee, Simon

The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Celebration box set is a beautiful, limited edition 4-CD and 1 DVD set celebrating the 25th anniversary of...continue...
Personnel: Naomi Tate, Maria Kesselman, Sue Flannery, John Aron, Patricia Richards, Janet Mooney, Sierra Boggess, Dinah Jones, Paul Arden Griffith, Helen George, Nic Greenshields, Mostyn Evans, Chris ...continue...

Colors Of Christmas / John Rutter - The Bach Choir

1 CD / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Ríu, ríu, chíu; I Wonder As I Wander (American); Gabriel's Message (Basque); Deck the Halls (Welsh); John Rutter: The Colour...
Performers: Birch, John; Blane, Ralph; Webb, Huw
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Colours of Christmas is a collection of the greatest Christmas carols by the composer/conductor whose music has, for many, been so associated with Christmas....continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London / Royal Albert Hall, London (01/2011/04/2011)....continue...

Classic Love At The Movies 1

1 CD / Decca / 2011-08-09

Works: James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the film "Titanic"); Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Nino Rota: Romeo & Juliet; Buffy Sainte-Marie / Jack Nitzsche / Will Jennings: Up Where We Belong; J...
Conductors: Ingman, Nick; Williams, John; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

The hottest release in the history of Decca Classics. This 2-disc compilation gathers the steamiest and most passionate moments in movie history to create the...continue...

Nico Muhly: Seeing Is Believing / Thomas Gould, Nico Muhly, Nicholas Collon

1 CD / Decca / 2011-06-21

Works: Nico Muhly: Seeing Is Believing, concerto for electric violin & orchestra; Motion, for orchestra; By All Means, for orchestra; Step Team, for orchestra; William Byrd: Cantiones sacrae, Book 2; Civita...
Performers: Gould, Thomas [Violin]
Conductors: Collon, Nicholas

Influenced by the great minimalists, early English choral music and the latest electronic fusions, Nico Muhly has been called the poster boy of contemporary classical...continue...
Recording information: Britten Studio, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh (10/19/2010/10/20/2010)....continue...

Martha Argerich: The Collection 4 - Complete Philips Recordings

6 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Suite for 2 Pianos no 2, Op. 17; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Camille Saint-Saëns: ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashkirova, Elena; Brunner, Eduard; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Goudswaard, Willy; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Hortnagel, Georg Maximilian; Kovacevich, Stephen; Kremer, Gidon; La...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Kondrashin, Kirill; Zinman, David

One of the releases marking Argerich's 70th birthday is a further installment in the very successful Martha Argerich Collection (already available: Solo Recordings, Concerto Recordings,...continue...

Classical Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Franz Liszt: Liebestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Benedetti, Nicola; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fisc...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo; Fischer, Adam; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Chailly, Riccardo; Armiliato, Marco; Lanchbery, John; Fischer, Iván; Dutoit, Charles; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Mackerras, Charles, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name...continue...

Pride Of The Nation

1 CD / Decca / 2011-05-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Music for Royal Fireworks; Hubert Parry: Jerusalem; Anonymous, English: The British Grenadiers; Edward Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory with the Fron Male Voi...
Performers: Cohen, Jon; Costa, Phil da; Lawson, Jeff
Conductors: Jones, Graham

Personnel: Jon Cohen (programming).

Recording information: AIR Studios.

Includes medley: a nation's pride medley by various composers.

Includes medley: british radio classics by v...continue...

A Gershwin Collection from Decca

7 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Lullaby, for string quartet; An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Girl Crazy; Oh, Kay!; Funny Face; Let...
Performers: Austin, Patti; Austin, Patty; Boatwright, McHenry; Brown, William; Buck, John; Clemmons, Frarncois; Conrad, Barbara [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Deane, Christopher; Floyd, Alpha; Hagan, Samuel; Hendricks, ...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Fiedler, Arthur; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Herrmann, Bernard; Dorati, Antal; Mauceri, John; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; London Festival Ensemble

An unparalleled collection of many of Gershwin's most popular pieces from Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris to a collection of songs and...continue...

Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold

1 CD / Decca / 2011-04-05

Works: Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Hebrew Love Songs (5), for chorus & string quartet; The Seal Lullaby, for chorus & piano; A boy and a girl; Leonardo dreams of his flying machine; Songs of Faith (3); The...
Performers: Glynn, Christopher; Lovenest, Gary; Lumsdaine, Scott; Plitmann, Hila; Williams, Owain
Conductors: Whitacre, Eric
Ensemble: ; Pavao Quartet

An accomplished composer, conductor and lecturer, Eric Whitacre has quickly become one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. To date, Whitacre's...continue...
Recording information: St. Silas Church, Kentish Town, London, England (08/2010)....continue...

Beau Soir / violinist Janine Jansen

1 CD / Decca / 2011-02-22

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Beau soir; Clair de lune; Richard Dubugnon: La Minute Exquise, for violin & piano; Hypnos, for violin & piano; Retour à Montfort-Lamaury, ...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Jansen, Janine

For her first recital recording celebrated Dutch virtuoso Janine Jansen has chosen a program of French music performed with celebrated pianist Itamar Golan. The album,...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin (05/14/2010-05/17/2010).

Evening, night, and morning seems to be the progression in the program music chosen by violinist Janine Jansen and pianist ...continue...

"Bonjour Paris" / Albrecht Mayer, oboe

1 CD / Decca / 2011-02-08

Works: Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Clair de lune; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Jean Françaix: L' Horloge de Flore, for oboe & orchestra; Gotthard Odermatt: Images (3) for oboe &...
Performers: Mayer, Albrecht
Conductors: Monius, Mathias
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Since first visiting Paris with his parents at the age of twelve, Albrecht Mayer has been in love with France and especially the savoir-vivre of...continue...
Recording information: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, E (04/20/2010-04/24/2010)....continue...

James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years At The Met

193 CD / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera; Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; John Harbison: The Gr...
Performers: Adams, Warren; Baker, Matt; Baker, Matt [Photography]; Bjorneboe, Andreas; Cardoso, Simone; Davis, Brian [Vocals]; Flair, Nicholas; Fracker, Richard; Gallo, Sarah Weber; Greenlaw, Ian; Guyer, Joyce; ...
Conductors: Levine, James

The Met Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of James Levine’s Company Debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met: a Box Set of 32...continue...

Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

The King's Speech - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

1 CD / Decca / 2010-11-22

Works: Alexandre Desplat: The King's Speech, film score; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"
Performers: Arch, Dave; Bowes, Thomas; Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Desplat, Alexandre; Davies, Terry

Composer Alexandre Desplat provides discreet, restrained music to accompany The King's Speech, the drama about the struggle of Britain's King George VI to overcome his stuttering and speak to his peop...continue...

Santo: Sacred Songs / Juan Diego Flórez

1 CD / Decca / 2010-10-25

Works: Johann Joseph Fux: Plaudite, sonat tuba; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Vincenzo Bellini: Ma...
Performers: Ayala, Carlos; Breddermann, Ulrich Stephan; Espinoza, Edgar Espinoza; Florez, Juan Diego; Guerrero, Armando; Mezzini, Nicoletta; Milani, Luca; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele

Today's leading bel canto tenor, and one of the world's biggest opera stars, celebrates this Christmas season with a very personal choice of sacred arias...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/15/2010-01/27/2010); Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/2010)....continue...

Playing The Piano / Sakamoto

2 CD / Decca / 2010-09-28

Works: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Amore, for piano; Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, theme from the film score for piano; A Flower is not a Flower, for piano; The Sheltering Sky, theme from the film score for piano; Ta...
Performers: Fennesz, Christian; Filskov, Karen H.; Leong, Dana; Moose, Rob; Oyamada, Keigo; Sakamoto, Ryuichi; Shimizu, Shimmy Hirotaka; Sverrisson, Skuli; Touno, Tamami

In 2009, Universal International released Ryuichi Sakamoto's Playing the Piano, a collection of solo piano pieces he calls "self-covers"; that is, a newly recorded collection of his own compositons an...continue...

Nico Muhly: I Drink The Air Before Me

1 CD / Decca / 2010-09-21

Works: Nico Muhly: I Drink the Air Before Me, ballet
Performers: Baer, Seth; Clayville, Michael [Trombone]; Muhly, Nico; Sirota; Sopp, Alex

'I Drink the Air I Breathe' is a ballet score written for the Stephen Petronio Dance Company's 25th anniversary. The New York Times commented, "The...continue...
Recording information: Clinton Recording Studio, New York City.

REVIEWS:

Pitchfork (Website) - "Throughout, Muhly realizes some magical effects, like transforming string drones into a wi...continue...

Nico Muhly: A Good Understanding

1 CD / Decca / 2010-09-21

Works: Nico Muhly: Bright Mass with Canons, for chorus & organ; First Service (Magnificat & Nunc dimittis), for chorus & organ; Senex puerum portabat, for chorus & brass; A Good Understanding, for chorus, o...
Performers: Benedict, Marissa; Cravens, Terry; Englander, Michael; Fedoruk, Claire; Greene, Fred; Hoffman, Michael; Leighton, Lesley; Mitchell, Joseph; Morrell, Kristy; Morrison, Ralph III; Pitelka, Kazi; Pressl...
Conductors: Gershon, Grant

Decca is proud to announce its newly formed relationships with American composer Nico Muhly as well as the Los Angeles Master Chorale. For this all-new...continue...
Recording information: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (06/10/2010-06/11/2010).

REVIEWS:

Pitchfork (Website) - "A GOOD UNDERSTANDING is remarkably whole. Its mostly-religious songs...continue...

Seiji Ozawa Anniversary Edition [11 CDs]

11 CD / Decca / 2010-09-14

Works: Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, ...
Performers: Arimori, Hiroshi; Croft, Dwayne; Firth, Everett; Honeck, Rainer; Kobayashi, Mariko; Nicolet, Aurele; Pinnock, Trevor; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Scholz, Rudolf; Yasue, Sawako; Yoshino, Naoko
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

In honor of internationally acclaimed Maestro Seiji Ozawa's 75th Birthday, this 11-CD set presents Seiji Ozawa in a wide variety of symphonic repertory in collaboration...continue...

Ultimate Collection - Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / Decca / 2010-08-03

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Traditional: I Vow To Thee My Country; Robert John Lange: Everyt...
Performers: Bradbury, Adrian; Jenkins, Katherine; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

2009 collection from the world's favorite mezzo-soprano. From the crossovers of Cohen's 'Hallelujah' to the straight operatic conventions of Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Jenkins...continue...
Released shortly after the Welsh soprano turned 30, the Katherine Jenkins compilation The Ultimate Collection is a good summation of her recording career so far. In that sense, it tends to confirm the...continue...

Rock Symphonies

1 CD / Decca / 2010-07-20

Works: Krist Novoselic: Smells Like Teen Spirit; Axl Rose / J. Isbell / S. Hudson / Duff "Rose" McKagan: November Rain; Franck Van Der Heijden: The 5th, for rock orchestra (after Beethoven); Vivaldi vs. Ver...
Performers: Allen, Jeff [Bass]; Allen, Jeff [Comedy]; Garrett, David; Haywood, John [Composer]; Lipstein, Jeff; Orianthi; Van Der Heijden, Franck; Wolf, Marcus

Recording information: Electric Lady Studios, Greenwich Village, NY; Electric Lady Studios, New York City; Smecky Studio, Prague.

After a self-titled release that flirted with pop crossover, vi...continue...

Voices Of Bach

1 CD / Decca / 2010-03-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 75 "Die Elenden sollen essen" BWV 75; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 167, "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe" BWV 167; Ca...
Performers: Mayer, Albrecht
Conductors: Mayer, Albrecht
Ensemble: The English Concert

Principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic and a hugely successful recording artist in his native Germany, Albrecht Mayer is a world-renowned musician and winner of...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Deptford, London (03/02/2009-03/06/2009)....continue...

Love Never Dies [Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / Decca / 2010-03-09

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Love Never Dies, musical
Performers: Andrews, Stuart; Dexter, Sally; Perry, Niamh [Vocals]
Conductors: Lee, Simon

2010 two CD release, the original cast recording of the long-awaited sequel to Phantom Of The Opera. Set 10 years after the mysterious disappearance of...continue...
Few musicals have enjoyed the cultural (and financial) longevity of The Phantom of the Opera. Lyricists Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and composer Andre Lloyd Webber's take on the classic French n...continue...

Love Never Dies - Cast Recording [Deluxe Edition] [CD/DVD]

3 CD / Decca / 2010-03-09

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Love Never Dies, musical
Performers: Andrews, Stuart; Dexter, Sally; Perry, Niamh [Vocals]
Conductors: Lee, Simon

Limited deluxe three disc (2CD/DVD) edition comes housed in a nicely bound 40 page book and includes bonus DVD that contains interviews with the cast...continue...
Few musicals have enjoyed the cultural (and financial) longevity of The Phantom of the Opera. Lyricists Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and composer Andre Lloyd Webber's take on the classic French n...continue...

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

A New Heaven - Parry, Wood, etc / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Decca / 2009-07-07

Works: Hubert Parry: I was glad; Jerusalem; Songs (6) of Farewell; Charles Wood: O Thou, the central orb; Hail, gladdening light; William H. Harris: Faire Is the Heaven, for chorus; Charles Villiers Stanfor...
Performers: Davies, Ben; Dobell, Mark; Quinney, Robert; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

2009 release from Britain's best selling choir of the 21st Century and Brit-Award winners, The Sixteen. Features 14 tracks including 'The Lord Is My Shepherd',...continue...

David Garrett

1 CD / Decca / 2009-06-02

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; James Hetfield: Nothing Else Matters, song; Hans Zimmer / Klaus Badelt: He's a Pirate (as used in the film Pirates of th...
Performers: Bacon, Kevin; Bryant, Ben; Dyani, Thomas; Garrett, David; Genus, James; Haywood, J.; Heijden, Francine van der; McIntosh, Robbie; Pena, Paco; Quarmby, Jonathan; Rowe, Samantha; Serci, Giorgio; Sherid...
Conductors: Kozhuharov, Ivan; Groslot, Robert

2009 album from the non-conforming Classical artist. Garrett's unique, and wholly individual style, pays as much homage to Metallica as to Mozart. This self-titled release...continue...
Personnel: David Garrett (violin); Mark Sheridan (guitar, flamenco guitar); Giorgio Serci, Robbie McIntosh (guitar); Paco Peña (flamenco guitar); Samantha Rowe (cello); Ian On Awi Watson (accor...continue...

The Tribute To Pavarotti / Bocelli, Sting, Domingo, Gheorghiu, Carreras [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-02-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Eldo Di Lazzaro: Chitarra Romana; Federico Moreno Torroba: La maravilla; Ernesto De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Aaron Copland: Shall we gather; Lanny Wol...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gheorghiu, Angela; Griminelli, Andrea; Jovanotti; Kandour, Aleem; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence, Cynthia; Milnes, Sherrill; Pausini, Laura; Pavarotti, L...
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD set contains THE star-studded official Pavarotti Memorial Concert, filmed live at the stunning ancient city of Petra, Jordan. DVD 1 includes the complete...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English (Except Concert Footage)
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The Tribute To Pavarotti / Bocelli, Sting, Domingo, Gheorghiu, Carreras [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2009-02-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Eldo Di Lazzaro: Chitarra Romana; Federico Moreno Torroba: La maravilla; Ernesto De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Aaron Copland: Shall we gather; Lanny Wol...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gheorghiu, Angela; Griminelli, Andrea; Jovanotti; Kandour, Aleem; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence, Cynthia; Milnes, Sherrill; Pausini, Laura; Pavarotti, L...
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This releases is a BLU-RAY DVD and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DEC B001261609. This set...continue...

Maazel: 1984 / Maazel/Royal Opera House, Keenlyside, Gustafson, Margison [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-02-17

Works: Lorin Maazel: 1984
Performers: Brownlee, Lawrence; Damrau, Diana; Danby, Graeme; Gustafson, Nancy; Keenlyside, Simon; White, Jeremy
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

When this new Decca DVD release of "1984" came out in Italy, it was the best-selling new music DVD on the national charts in the...continue...

From The Heart

1 CD / Decca / 2009-02-17

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Cinema Paradiso; Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir&o...
Performers: Allwood, Ralph; Banbury, James; Bold, M.; David Rowland [Choir Director, Harpsichord]; Franglen, Simon; Guillio; Jenkins, Katherine; King's Consort Choir; King, Robert; Meirion, Rhys; National Youth ...

Katherine Jenkins' album 'From The Heart - The Best Of Katherine Jenkins' was only released in China in 2007. It is a compilation CD of...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Rhys Meirion (tenor); James Banbury (keyboards, percussion); Simon Franglen (keyboards, programming)....continue...

Fanshawe: African Sanctus, Salaams / John Lambert, Owain Arwel Hughes, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2009-02-10

Works: David Fanshawe: African Sanctus, for chorus, ensemble & tape; Salaams, for cantor, 11 singers, piano, tapes & drums
Performers: Addy, Mustapha Tettey; Ashe, Rosemary; Bamber, Peter; Beavan, David; Butler, Gerry; Cable, Margaret; Campo, Tony; Clark, Patricia; Emery, Terry [Percussion]; Fanshawe, David; Harrison, Elisabeth; Hil...
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel; Lambert, John
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers

Written by English composer and ethnomusicologist David Fanshawe, 'African Sanctus' is a unique setting of the traditional Latin Mass harmonized with traditional African music. Fanshawe...continue...
Personnel: Peter Bamber, Gareth Roberts (tenor); David Beavan (bass voice); Alan Parker (guitar); Gerry Butler (organ); Terry Emery, Mustapha Tettey Addy, Gary Kettel (percussion).

Recording ...continue...