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Alleluia - Arias by Mozart, Porpora, Handel, Vivaldi / Julia Lezhneva, soprano; Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

1 CD / Decca / 2013-06-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Alleluia; George Frederick Handel: Saeviat tellus inter rigores, motet for soprano, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in D major, HWV 240; Nicola Porpora: In coelo stelle clare, motet for ...
Performers: Lezhneva, Julia
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: ; Il Giardino Armonico

Still in her early twenties, Lezhneva astounds audiences wherever she sings. Praised for her "Pure Tone" (Opernwelt) and "flawless technique" (Guardian), her brief appearance at...continue...

Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...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...

Villazon Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor. Gianandrea Noseda

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio; I due Foscari; Brindisi I ("Mescetemi il vino!"), song for voice & piano; L'esule, song for voice & piano; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; In solitaria...
Performers: Barilli, Armando; Erdmann, Mojca; Favaro, Ugo [Horn]; Lukic, Relja; Ombuena, Vicente; Picatto, Luigi [Clarinet]; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Tori

Released to coincide with Verdi's anniversary year (1813 to 2013).

A unique and carefully-crafted personal selection of Verdi arias and songs that takes us on

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Recording information: Auditorio RAI Arturo Toscanini, Turin, Italy (09/2012)....continue...

Vivaldi: Gloria; Stabat Mater / Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Caroly Watkinson, James Bowman

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Nulla in mundo pax sincera in E, RV 630; Amor, hai vinto (I), cantata for voice, strings & continuo, RV 651; Amen
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Kirkby, Emma; Nelson, Judith [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Preston, Simon; Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral

Iconic recordings from the most legendary classical artists in history. The Virtuoso Series brings back many of these cherished titles back into the forefront at...continue...

Górecki: Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' / Joanna Kozlowska

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs")
Performers: Kozlowska, Joanna
Conductors: Kord, Kazimierz
Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Gorecki's Third Symphony, subtitled 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs", caused a sensation in 1992 when it became a worldwide commercial and critical success, selling more than...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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Faure: Requiem; Pavane / Sylvia McNair, Thomas Allen, Neville Marrinier - ASMF

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music and suite for orchestra, Op. 80; Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op. 79; Pa...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bennett, William; Birch, John; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Guest, George; Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: ; Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields

In recognizing Faure's standing among French composers, his compatriot Jean Roger-Ducasse declared "more profound than Saint-Saens... more classic than Debussy, Grabriel Faure is the master...continue...

Mozart: Requiem / Sylvia McNair, Caroly Watkinson, Francisco Araiza; Robert Lloyd. Marriner - ASMF

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Schreier, Peter
Ensemble: ; Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields

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I have heard virtually all the recordings in the catalogue and feel pretty confident in saying that the new one under Sir Neville Marriner is...continue...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

Méditation: The Beautiful Music of Massenet

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-03

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Le Cid; Werther; Hérodiade; Manon; Esclarmonde; Thaïs; Valse très lente, for piano; Chérubin; Cendrillon; Oh! si les fleurs avaient...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Fleming, Renée; Gheorghiu, Angela; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Kaufmann, Jonas; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Lisni...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mauceri, John; Armiliato, Marco; Abel, Yves; Rizzi, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Lewis, Henry; Agoult, Raymond

Julesl Massenet, who died 100 years ago in 1912, was a French composer best known for his operas, and was widely considered in his day...continue...

Beethoven for All: Music of Power, Passion and Beauty / Daniel Barenboim

2 CD / Decca / 2012-06-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Sonata for Piano...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Koch, Wolfgang; Meier, Waltraud; Samuil, Anna; Seiffert, Peter
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Highlights - The essential 2 CD collection of Beethoven's extraordinary music performed and conducted by the iconic and legendary Daniel Barenboim, "one of the greatest...continue...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...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...

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Elder, Gheorghiu, Kaufmann [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2012-05-01

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers: Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Andriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Elder, Gheorghiu, Kaufmann [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-04-17

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers: Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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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...

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition: The Complete Decca Recordings

15 CD / Decca / 2012-03-20

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV 439; Bist du...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Curzon, Clifford; Dobson, Michael; Gal, Hans; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Gunter, Horst; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, Will...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Krauss, Clemens; Klemperer, Otto; Beinum, Eduard Van; Walter, Bruno

She was an artist held in awe and affection by numerous colleagues and countless fans worldwide and her reputation is undiminished to this day. A...continue...

Richard Strauss: Arabella / Te Kanawa, Grundheber and Fontana

3 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fontana, Gabrielle [Vocals]; Runkel, Reinhild
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Jeffrey Tate's prime virtue is his ability to convey a score's harmonic and textural chiaroscuro and it is very evident here, though at some cost...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (07/1986)....continue...

Berg: Wozzeck; Schoenberg: Erwartung / Waechter, Silja, Winkler

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Arnold Schoenberg: Erwartung, Op. 17
Performers: Silja, Anja; Wachter, Eberhard; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / McNair, Asaw, Lloyd, Davis

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64
Performers: Conway, Claudia; Ferguson, Carl; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Newman, David; Rey, Sara
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Everything is heard with great clarity, the sensuousness of Britten's ravishing score, with all its mysterious harmonies and sonorities, is fully realized, action and reaction...continue...
Recording information: Barbican Centre, London (12/1995)....continue...

Poemes: Songs by Ravel, Messiaen, Dutilleux / Renée Fleming, soprano

1 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Henri Dutilleux: Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou; Le Temps l'ho...
Performers: Fleming, Renée
Conductors: Gilbert, Alan; Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: ; French National Radio Orchestra

As the sensual centrepiece of an album of 20th century French vocal masterpieces, Renée Fleming makes her first-ever recording of Ravel's ravishing Shéhérazade. Complementing Sh&e...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Oscar Hammerstein II: Out of My Dreams

1 CD / Decca / 2012-02-28

Performers: Andrews, Julie; Brightman, Sarah; Brynner, Yul; Clayton, Jan; Clooney, Rosemary; Cook, Barbara [pop vcl]; Drake, Alfred; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Fisher, Connie; Haynes, Dick; Mitchell, B...
Conductors: Mauceri, John; Young, Victor; Lee, Simon; Dvonch, Frederick; Gemignani, Paul; Blackton, Jay; Littau, Joseph; Waters, Willie Anthony

Out Of My Dreams is the audio companion to an acclaimed new documentary about the celebrated theater lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein II. The documentary, written and...continue...

The Decca Delius Edition / Charles Mackerras [8 CDs]

8 CD / Decca / 2012-01-24

Works: Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; In a Summer Garden, rhapsody for orchestra, RT vi/17; A Village Romeo and Juliet; North Country Sketches, for orchestra, RT vi/20; Appalachia - Ame...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Forsberg, Bengt; Hampson, Thomas; Hoare, Peter [; Kars, Jean-Rodolphe; Little, Tasmin; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Mora, Barry; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Washington, Daniel
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Collins, Anthony

Marking the 150th Anniversary of Delius' birth date in 1862, Decca Classics releases the 'Delius Edition' - the most comprehensive Collection of Delius' music ever...continue...

Strauss: Capriccio / Davis/Met, Renee Fleming [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2011-12-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Braun, Russell; Connolly, Sarah; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Larsen, Morten Frank; Rose, Peter [bass voice]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"The role suits her ideally at this stage of her career, and she sang splendidly. The performance over all, sensitively conducted by Andrew Davis and...continue...
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Giordano: Fedora / Magda Olivero, Mario del Monaco, Tito Gobbi

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini (Highlights); Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Gasparini, Annamaria; Monreale, Leonardo; Olivero, Magda
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: ; Monte Carlo Opera Chorus

Artists:
Mario Del Monaco (Loris Ipanoff), Magda Olivero (Fedora), Tito Gobbi (De Siriex), Leonardo Monreale (Lorek/Nicola), Lucia Cappellino (Olga Sokarev), Piero De Palma (Il Barone Rouvel...continue...
Recording information: Salle Alcazar, Monte Carlo (05/1969)....continue...

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Strauss: Capriccio / Renee Fleming, Met Opera [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-11-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Braun, Russell; Connolly, Sarah; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Larsen, Morten Frank; Rose, Peter [bass voice]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Following the success of Fleming’s Der Rosenkavalier DVD, comes Fleming’s interpretation of Strauss’s chamber-opera, Capriccio....continue...

The Art of the Prima Donna / Joan Sutherland, soprano

3 CD / Decca / 2011-11-08

Works: Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes; George Frederick Handel: Samson; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et ...
Performers: Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Many albums claim to be legendary but few have been as genuinely influential as this one, for singers as for aficionados of opera and the...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (08/1960)....continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Pavarotti, Guleghina, Pons, Levine [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-11-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Guleghina, Maria; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

In continuing the great tradition of Decca's magnificent Met Opera DVDs, Giordano's Andrea Chénier is captured here in excellent quality, showcasing Luciano Pavarotti, the premiere...continue...

The World's Greatest Operas / Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Magic Flute [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bespalovaite, Irena; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Damrau, Diana; Gerhaher, Christian; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Gu...
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony; Chailly, Riccardo; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;...

The World's Greatest Operas is a 6 DVD Deluxe set, containing 4 of the most famous and most performed operas - Aida, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte...continue...

Stravinsky: The Complete Ballets & Symphonies / Ashkenazy, Chailly, Dutoit et al.

7 CD / Decca / 2011-10-18

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion; Movements (5), ...
Performers: Banens, J.; Blakeslee, D. [tuba]; Blokker, C.; Boiko, Galina; Brink, Ruud Van Den; Decroos, Jean; Hakii, Ken; Leer-Studebaker, Julia van; Ludha, Ludovit; Maruna, Margarita; Masseurs, Peter; Mustonen,...
Conductors: ; Dutoit, Charles; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chailly, Riccardo; Bychkov, Semyon; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Piano Circus

A unique collection of all Stravinsky's ballets and symphonies in superb digital recordings under the direction of five of today's most celebrated conductors; two other...continue...

Vivaldi Masterworks: Complete Concertos & Sonatas Op. 1-12

28 CD / Decca / 2011-09-20

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonatas (Suonate da camera a 3), for 2 violins & continuo, Op. 1; Sonatas (12) for violin & continuo, Op. 2; L'estro armonico, concertos (12) for 1-4 solo instruments, strings &...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bond, Danny; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bruine, Frank de; Bylsma, Anner; Canino, Bruno; Caudle, Mar...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Pickett, Philip; Preston, Simon; Dyer, Paul
Ensemble: ; New London Consort

This 28-CD set offers all the greatest Concertos, Sonatas and Vocal Works by the most popular Baroque composer of all time! These celebrated recordings -...continue...

"Gioia!" Rossini, Donizetti Verdi, Puccini / Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano

1 CD / Decca / 2011-09-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Gi...
Performers: Demuro, Francesco; Dimceuski, Gjorgi; Kurzak, Aleksandra [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Wellber, Omer Meir
Ensemble: Orchestra De La Comunitat Valenciana

The Polish lyric soprano, Aleksandra Kurzak, is one of the most exciting young singers on the international stage - thrilling press and public alike with...continue...
Recording information: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia (2010-12-09_2010-12-12&2010-)....continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Layer, Andersen, Kiberg [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Andersen, Stig; Hakala, Tommi; Kiberg, Tina; Milling, Stephen; Resmark, Susanne
Conductors: Layer, Friedemann
Ensemble: Royal Danish Opera Orchestra

This visionary Tannhauser, filmed by Cubus Films in high definition and with surround sound, takes the art of the opera on DVD to new peaks...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Nelsons, Guleghina, Giordani, Poplavskaya [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Giordani, Marcello; Guleghina, Maria; Poplavskaya, Marina; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in...continue...
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Verdi: Aida / Daniele Gatti. Urmana, Botha, Zajick [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Botha, Johan; Guelfi, Carlo; Urmana, Violeta; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi's epic drama of ancient Egypt comes to life in the Met's monumental production, captured here in a breathtaking Live in HD presentation. Violeta Urmana...continue...
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Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

The Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; H.M.S. Pinafore; Trial by Jury; The Sorcerer; Patience; The Yeomen of the Guard; The Pirates of Penzance; Ruddigore; Iolanthe; The Gondoliers; The Gongoliers; Princess Ida
Performers: Adams, Donald; Allister, Jean; Brannigan, Owen; Cook, George; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Hindmarsh, Jean; Holland, Lyndsie; Hood, Ann; Jones, Peggy Ann; Knight, Gillian; Lawlor, Thomas; Mas...
Conductors: Nash, Royston; Godfrey, Isidore; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir

This 2-CD, 52-track collection offers favourite songs and choruses from: The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, HMS Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard, The...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...

Puccini: Tosca / Carignani, Magee, Kaufmann, Hampson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Kaufmann, Jonas; Magee, Emily
Conductors: Carignani, Paolo
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Superstar opera tenor Jonas Kaufmann is featured in this DVD, the next in a series of critically acclaimed opera DVDs from the artist. The DVD...continue...

Verismo Arias

1 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Giulietta e Romeo; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Fedora; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Pagliacci; Pi...
Performers: Della, Cristina; Feola, Rosa; Kaufmann, Jonas; Reale, Cristina; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio

Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Italian verismo tradition to sing arias that define opera's most passionate and vulnerable leading men. Kaufmann's international reputation is soaring...continue...
Recording information: Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Petrassi Hall (03/18/2010-03/22/2010); Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Petrassi Hall (03/2010)....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...

Rimsky-Korsakov: 5 Operas / Gergiev

11 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Kashchey the Immortal (Kashchey bessmertnïy), opera ("autumnal parable") in 1 act; Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya; The Maid of Pskov (Ps...
Performers: Cherenkov, Vaneltin; Fokine, Yuri; Kazakov, Andrei; Lupachev, Viacheslav; Pluzhnikov, Konstantin; Shaguch, Marina; Zagorodnyuk, Yuri
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery

Enter the magical world of Rimsky-Korsakov opera with five celebrated recordings made by the Kirov Opera under Valery Gergiev: Kashchey the Immortal, Legend of the...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...

Rossini: Armida / Frizza/Met, Renee Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-02-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida
Performers: Brownlee, Lawrence; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming continues her reign as 'Queen of the Met', starring in a bel canto rarity specially staged for her - a showcase for her...continue...
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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...

Halevy: Clari / Bartoli, Zurich Opera, Fisher [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Jacques Halévy: Clari
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Kaluza, Stefania; Liebau, Eva; Osborn, John; Scorsin, Giuseppe; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Orchestra La Scintilla; Zurich Opera Chorus

Maria Malibran, like Pauline Viardot, was a daughter of the influential vocal pedagogue, Manuel García. In Halévy's obscure Clari, composed for Malibran in 1828, Cecilia...continue...
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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...