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Verdi Heroines / Gheorgiu, Chailly, Giuseppe Verdi SO Milan

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello
Performers: Downes, Shana; Gheorghiu, Angela; Polverelli, Laura; Tramonti, Tizana
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"...this stunning new disc captures Angela Gheorghiu in some big roles we would not expect her to take into her repertoire at present...it is refreshing...continue...

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

España! Songs and Dances from Spain

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-11-15

Works: Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole; La vida breve; El amor brujo; Enriqué Granados: Goyescas; 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37; Pablo de Sarasate: Danzas españolas, Op. 23; Isaac Al...
Performers: Maisky, Lily; Maisky, Mischa

Gramophone Magazine
This is an attractive recital of transcriptions of favourite Spanish pieces - I hesitate to describe them as 'lollipops' as they are more than...continue...
Recording information: Schloss Elmau, Groáer Saal (03/2011)....continue...

The Last Rose

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-08-02

Works: Patrick Hawes: The Last Rose of Summer, folk song setting for voice, cor anglais & orchestra; Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, folk song setting for voice, violin & orchestra; Skye Boat Song, folk s...
Performers: Andras, Tamas; Kamminga, Helen; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Stephenson, Karen; Wright, Laura
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry

Recording information: Angel Studios, London (2011-04-13_2011-04-15&2011-).

Formerly one-quarter of classical crossover girl group All Angels, 21-year-old Royal College of Music Student Laura W...continue...

Islands: Essential Einaudi [Deluxe Edition]

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-07-05

Works: Ludovico Einaudi: I Giorni (The Days); The Earth Prelude, for piano quartet; Le Onde (The Wave), for piano; Nightbook, for piano, guitar, cello & percussion; Divenire (To Become); Dietro Casa, for pi...
Performers: Decimo, Marco; Einaudi, Ludovico; Leofreddi, Antonio; Riccardi, Laura

One of those composers whose name you might not be instantly familiar with, but whose music you certainly will be, Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi has been captivating audiences for the best part of ...continue...

Islands: Essential Einaudi

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-07-05

Works: Ludovico Einaudi: I Giorni; The Earth Prelude, for piano quartet; Le Le Onde; Nightbook, for piano, guitar, cello & percussion; Divenire; Dietro Casa, for piano; Fairytale, for piano & cello; Nuvole ...
Performers: Decimo, Marco; Einaudi, Ludovico; Leofreddi, Antonio; Riccardi, Laura

One of those composers whose name you might not be instantly familiar with, but whose music you certainly will be, Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi has been captivating audiences for the best part of ...continue...

100 Years of Strauss

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-26

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Musikalischer Scherz"; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Fata Morgana, Op. 330; The Gypsy Baron; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Casanova; Sp...
Performers: Awouters, Michel; Awouters, Veronique; Bercu, Jan; Bertholome, Marie Helene; Brepols, Mireille; Casteleyn, Elke; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Das, Monica; Delplanque, Claire; Derwahl, Tanja; D...
Conductors: Rieu, André
Ensemble: Johann Strauss Orchestra

Recording information: Wijngrachttheater, Kerkrade, The Netherlands....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake/Rococo Var/Sym No 6

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33; Symphony no 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74
Performers: Gendron, Maurice
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland....continue...

Schumann: Sym Nos 1 & 2/Pno Cto/Clo Cto

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-01-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129; Adagio and Allegro ...
Performers: Gendron, Maurice; Leloir, Edmond; Lipatti, Dinu
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

The decca ansermet legacy on eloquence continues to garner the highest plaudits from publications all around the world and the latest batch presents the maestro's...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland....continue...

R. Strauss: Capriccio / Kiri Te Kanawa; Ulf Schirmer

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-06-02

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Hagegard, Hakan; Halem, Victor von; Heilmann, Uwe; Herzer, Wolfgang; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Schneider, Jorg; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf

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...

Tchaikovsky Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Romeo & Juliet; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; C...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hajdu, Istvan [Piano]; Josefowicz, Leila; Kotova, Nina; Moll, Phillip; Postnikova, Viktoria; Sakonov, Josef; Schnitzler, Mic...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles; Karajan, Herbert von; Maazel, Lorin; Haitink, Bernard; Stokowski, Leopold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dorati, Antal; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Orbel...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Moscow Chamber Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orc...

This release is the perfect CD for those who would like an introduction to the music of Tchaikovsky, one of the best selling composer's of...continue...

Cello Concertos

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-09-16

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H. 7b/1; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, H. 7b/2 (Op. 101)
Performers: Coin, Christophe; Hogwood, Christopher
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (10/1982)....continue...

Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Pieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Pieces (8) for Piano, Op. 76; Intermezzi (3) for Piano, Op. 117; Rhapsodies (2) for Piano, Op. 79; Fantasies (7) for Piano, Op. 116; Inter...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Brabec, Emanuel
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

As An Eleven-year-old In 1895, Wilhelm Backhaus Met And Performed For D'albert, Grieg, Nikisch And Brahms, Among Others. Here Was A Pianist Who Shunned Hectoring...continue...

Land of Hope and Glory

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Thomas Arne: Rule Britannia; William Walton: Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Charles Villiers Stanford: Songs of the Sea, for baritone, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 91; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Fawbert, Andrew; George, Michael; Hill, Robert [Clarinet]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christo...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger

Viva! Rodrigo

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-05

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Sones en la Giralda; Concierto para una fiesta for Guitar
Performers: Muraji, Kaori; Prokopenko, Rouslana
Conductors: Pérez, Victor Pablo

The #1 Baroque Album

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Handel - Bourée; Rinaldo; Der Messias; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; MEDLEY; The Water Music; Coronation Anthem; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gig...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Adeney, Richard; Bennett, William; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brown, Iona; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cuckston, Alan...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Munchinger, Karl; Preston, Simon; Brown, Iona; Hogwood, Christopher; Cleobury, Stephen; Malcolm, George; Bicket, Harry; ; Solti, Sir Georg; Rousset, Christophe; Leppard, Raymon...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Les talens l...

'The #1 Baroque Album' features the best-loved and most popular works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Pachelbel and many others. This disc features performances of Renee...continue...

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals
Performers: Graffman, Gary; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Katchen, Julius
Conductors: Henderson, Skitch

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (highlights) / Valery Gergiev, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Performers: Bondarenko, Vadim; Kryuchkov, Sergei; Kundyanok, Pavel; Shlykova, Natalia; Terentiev, Kirill; Voshchak, Odarka; Zalizajlo, Zinon
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, St. Petersburg

Geminiani: Cello Sonatas Op 5 / Pleeth, Webb, Hogwood

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Francesco Geminiani: Sonate (6) for cello & continuo, Op. 5
Performers: Hogwood, Christopher; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Webb, Richard

Recorded in 1975 for the L’Oiseau Lyre label, this recording features Anthony Pleeth performing Geminiani’s 6 Cello Sonatas from 1746, with Christopher Hogwood and Richard...continue...

Britten: Cello Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, etc / Britten

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-09-04

Works: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Cantata misericordium, for tenor, baritone, chorus, string quartet, strings, piano, harp & tympani,
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Pears, Peter, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (1963-1964)....continue...

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...

Vivaldi: Concertos / Hogwood, Academy of Ancient Music

6 CD / Decca Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins, strings & continuo in D major ("L'estro armonico" no 1), Op. 3/1, RV 549; Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estro armonico" no ...
Performers: Bury, Alison; Hirons, Christopher; Holloway, John; Huggett, Monica; Mackintosh, Catherine; Piguet, Michel; Sheppard, Susan; Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

Includes La cetra, Op. 9/1-12; Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op. 8/1-12 "Four Seasons"; L'estro armonico, Op. 3/1-12; La stavaganza, Op. 4/1-12. "There is no...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...

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Janine Jansen, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2005-10-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"
Performers: Jansen, Jan; Jansen, Janine; Jansen, Maarten; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Rachlin, Julian; Rubingh, Henk; Thompson, Candida; Watton, Stacey

Janine Jansen follows her first Decca album of violin favorites with this high-energy account of Vivaldi's four violin concertos, known and loved as 'The Four...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...

Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas & Concertos / Bell, Mustonen

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-05-10

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for violin & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 80; Melodies (5) for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D major, Op. 94bis; Concerto for Violin no 1 in ...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Isserlis, Steven; Mustonen, Olli [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Faure: Piano Quartets & Quintets

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-11-20

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintet no 1 in D minor, Op. 89; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 15; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in G minor, Op. 45; Piano Quintet no 2 in C mino...
Performers: Coppey, Marc; Roge, Pascal; Silva, Miguel de; Sutre, Guillaume

Fauré's large musical output includes many solo piano pieces and songs but just a handful of chamber works; two violin sonatas and two cello sonatas;...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...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-02-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Performers: Gabarro, Francisco; Minchev, Mincho
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (08/1975)....continue...

Essential Rachmaninoff - 15 of his greatest masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Songs (14), Op. 34; Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Suite for 2 Pianos no 1, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux"; Symphony no 2 in E minor, O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Fleming, Renee; Kocsis, Zoltan; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Mostovoy, Vladimir; Orozco, Rafael; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Rachmaninov, Sergei
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Tate, Jeffrey; Gergiev, Valery; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; De Waart, Edo; Fistoulari, Anatole; Korniev, Nikolai
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber Choir

Schubert: Music for Violin and Piano / Goldberg, Lupu

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-03-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonatina for Violin and Piano in D major, D 384/Op 137 no 1; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G minor, D 408/Op 137 no 3; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in A minor, D 385/Op. 137 no 2;...
Performers: Françaix, Jean; Gendron, Maurice; Goldberg, Szymon; Lupu, Radu

"These performances give me much pleasure... there is an unaffected, Schubertian feeling in the performances which is most appealing." -Penguin...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

Essential Bach

2 CD / Decca Import / 2000-06-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); Brandenb...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Adeney, Richard; Bennett, William; Carmirelli, Pina; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Colandrea, Italo; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Dart, Thurston; De Larrocha,...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Marriner, Sir Neville; Leppard, Raymond; Agoult, Raymond; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra

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)

Schubert: Piano Quintet 'trout', 6 Moments Musicaux D.780

1 CD / Decca Import / 1999-09-01

Works: Franz Schubert: "Trout" Quintet; Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94
Performers: Hagen, Clemens; Hagen, Lukas; Hagen, Veronika; Posch, Alois; Schiff, Andras

Vivaldi: Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-06-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'est...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Blum, Norbert; Brown, Iona; Brown, Timothy; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Davis, Robin; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Finucane, Tom; Gatt, Martin; Hirons...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Malcolm, George; Pickett, Philip; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hogwood, Christopher; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; New London Consort

Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico, Flute Concertos / Hogwood, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-07-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 4...
Performers: Holloway, John; Huggett, Monica; Mackintosh, Catherine; Preston, Stephen; Sheppard, Susan; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op.6/3, HWV 321; Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6/5, HWV 323; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.6/7, HWV 325; Conce...
Performers: Lutzke, Myron; Quan, Linda; Ritchie, Stanley [Violin]; Stepner, Daniel
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher

Recording information: Methuen Memorial Hall, Boston, MA....continue...

Schubert: The Piano Trios / Ashkenazy, Zukermann, Harrell

2 CD / Decca Import / 1997-11-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op 99; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, Op. 100, D 929
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Harrell, Lynn; Zukerman, Pinchas

"...Schubert's two fully-fledged trios are among the few genuinely great examples of the form...One of the main challenges in both works, superbly met here, is...continue...

Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems, etc / King's College, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1997-09-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Dixit Dominus; Blessed Are They That Considereth the Poor (Foundling Hospital Anthem), HWV 268; Utrecht Te Deum, HWV 278; Jubilate (Utrecht), canticle...
Performers: Black, Neil; Brett, Charles; Buchanan, Isobel; Chance, Michael; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Crabtree, Libby; Dart, Thurston; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Elwes, John; Farnes, Richard; Fisher, Gillian; Herfor...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Cleobury, Stephen; Hill, David; Preston, Simon
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; English Chamber Orchestra; Winchester Cathedral Choir

Vivaldi: La Cetra / Iona Brown, St Martin in the Fields

2 CD / Decca Import / 1997-06-10

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in C major ("La cetra" no 1), Op. 9/1, RV 181a; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in A major ("La cetra" no 2), Op. 9/2, RV 345; Concert...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Brown, Iona; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Hogwood, Christopher; Latchem, Malcolm; Nicklin, Celia; Tilney, Colin
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 / Gardiner

2 CD / Decca Import / 1994-10-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Exultent caeli et gaudeant angeli, motet for 5 voices, SV 304; Giovanni Gabrieli: Audite principes; Angelus ad pastores ait; Quem vidistis pastores, mo...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Gomez, Jill; Hicks, Malcolm; Hill, Martyn; Kraemer, Nicholas; Langridge, Philip; Messana, John Angelo; Palmer, Felicity; Rippon, Michael; Ross, Ala...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: David Monrow Recorder Ensemble; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Philip Jones Wind Ensemble

Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3, Carnival of the Animals / Dutoit

1 CD / Decca Import / 1992-04-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Carnival of the animals
Performers: Bell, Sebastian; Hurford, Peter; Kampen, Christopher van; McGee, Robin; Ortiz, Cristina; Pay, Antony [Clarinet]; Roge, Pascal
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Cello Suites 1 & 2 / Mstislav Rostropovich

1 CD / Decca Import / 1991-01-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 1, Op. 72; Suite for solo cello no 2, Op. 80; Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Rostropovich, Mstislav

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
This is a classic recording of the Cello Sonata, with Rostropovich and Britten playing with an authority impossible to surpass, and is...continue...

Vivaldi: 6 Cello Concertos / Christophe Coin, Hogwood, AAM

1 CD / Decca Import / 1989-04-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Cello, strings & continuo in B minor, RV 424; Concerto for Cello in G minor, RV 416; Concerto for Cello in F major, RV 410; Concerto for Cello, strings & continuo in F m...
Performers: Coin, Christophe
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music