Renaissance Period > Decca

Angels & Saints at Ephesus / Benedictines of Mary; Queen of Apostles

1 CD / Decca / 2013-05-07

Works: St. Alphonse Ligouri: O God of loveliness; Oreste Ravanello: Te Joseph celebrent, for chorus; Veritas mea, for chorus; Est secretum, for chorus; Gregorian Chant: Christe sanctorum decus Angelorum, hy...

Recording information: Priory of Our Lady of Ephesus (02/26/2013-02/28/2013)....continue...

Allegri: Miserere; Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah & other Renaissance masterpieces

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Orlande de Lassus: Timor et tremor; Jacob Obrecht: Salve regina; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Giovanni Pierlui...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Choir of King s College Cambridge; Gabrieli Consort; The Sixteen

From the heavenly stratospheric of Allegri's Miserere to the Elizabethan splendor of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, this outstanding collection celebrates the vocal magnificence of...continue...

1612: Italian Vespers - Music by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana / I Fagiolini

1 CD / Decca / 2012-06-05

Works: Lodovico Viadana: Deus, in adiutorium meum, for chorus; O dulcissima Maria, for chorus; Bartolomeo Barbarino: Exaudi, Deus, for chorus; Andrea Gabrieli: Benedictus Dominus Deus Sabaoth, motet for 8 v...
Performers: Roblou, David
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert;
Ensemble: I Fagiolini

I Fagiolini's recording of the Striggio 40-part Mass for Decca Classics was no.1 on the UK Specialist Classical Chart, winning both a Gramophone Award and...continue...
Recording information: St. John's, Upper Norwood (01/18/2012-01/20/2012).

Includes beatam me dicent, magnificat antiphon / magnificat by various composers.

Includes capitulum / hymn: ave...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...

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...

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...

Beauty of the Baroque / Danielle De Niese, Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Decca / 2012-01-10

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Third and Last Booke of Songes; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Samson; Acis and Galatea; Rodelinda; The Triumph of Time and Truth; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Claudio M...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bicket, Harry; Caminiti, Daniele; Niese, Danielle de; Paronuzzi, Giorgio; Scholl, Andreas; Zeller, Martin
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Since her early success in Glyndebourne's now famous production of Handel's Giulio Cesare, Danielle de Niese has become most closely associated with the music of...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (08/12/2010-08/16/2010)....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...

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...

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...

Giuseppe di Stefano: Decca Recordings / Recitals; L'Elisir d'Amore

5 CD / Decca / 2011-08-30

Works: Alberto Favara: A la Barcillunisa, Sicilian folk song; Sicilian Traditional: Nota di li lavannàri; A la vallelunghisa; Muttetti di lu paliu; Chiovu "Abballati"; Cantu a Timuni; Cesare Cesarini: ...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Pattacini, Iller; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France

24 July 2011 marks what would have been the 90th birthday of Giuseppe di Stefano (died 3 March 2008). Di Stefano's long career began with...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...

Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Little Music Lovers - Lullabies

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Stephen Foster: Beautiful dreamer; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 5...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jones, Della; Popp, Lucia; Price, Leontyne; Su...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Carl; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard

Healing - Music to Sooth the Mind and Body

1 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Claude Debussy: La Fille Aux Chevaux De Lin; Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals); Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit ein...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Kennedy, Nigel; Lenehan, John; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Robles, Marisa; Sanders, Samuel; Schiff, Andras; Schiff, Heinrich
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Judd, James; Münchinger, Karl; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Ultimate Classical Dreams - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pietro Mascagni: Cava...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Berbie, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Boskovsky, Willi; Breitenbach, Gunther; Brown, Iona; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Fassbaender, Brigitte [M...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick; Zinman, David; Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Munchinger, Karl; Tate, Jeffrey; Davis, Colin; Malcolm, George; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, Is...
Ensemble: ; Borodin Quartet; Weller Quartet

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...

Living a Dream

1 CD / Decca / 2009-01-27

Works: Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Francesco Sartori: Canto della terra, song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phanto...
Performers: Bold, M.; Finch, Catrin; Jenkins, Katherine; Paracelli, J.
Conductors: Inglis, Anthony

Katherine Jenkins' Italian-language version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" ("L'Amore Sei Tu"), first performed live at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire on August...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); The Prague Symphony (various instruments); J. Paracelli (guitar); Guillo (keyboards); M. Bold (percussion).

Originally released in Europe in 2005 b...continue...

Incanto

1 CD / Decca / 2008-11-04

Works: Guido Maria Ferilli: Un amore così grande, for voice & orchestra; Enrico Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Giovanni D'Anzi: Voglio vivere così, for voice & orch...
Performers: Ausiello, Emidio; Berti, Veronica; Bocelli, Andrea; Bonitatibus, Anna; Melotti, Lele; Mesolella, Fausto; Mirra, Gianluca; Sansone, Maurizio
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven; D'Aquino, Luigi Lombardi; Pitolo, Felice

Andrea Bocelli's new studio album is a collection of the most famous Italian songs - including Mamma, Funiculi Funicula and Santa Lucia. They are the...continue...
Personnel: Andrea Bocelli (tenor); Veronica Berti (vocals); Fausto Mesolella (classical guitar); Maurizio Sansone (keyboards); Paolo Costa (bass guitar); Gianluca Mirra, Lele Melotti (drums); Emidio A...continue...

Incanto [CD & DVD]

2 CD / Decca / 2008-11-04

Works: Guido Maria Ferilli: Un amore così grande, for voice & orchestra; Enrico Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Giovanni D'Anzi: Voglio vivere così, for voice & orch...
Performers: Ausiello, Emidio; Berti, Veronica; Bocelli, Andrea; Bonitatibus, Anna; Melotti, Lele; Mesolella, Fausto; Mirra, Gianluca; Sansone, Maurizio
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven; D'Aquino, Luigi Lombardi; Pitolo, Felice

This is a DELUXE EDITION which includes a CD and DVD in a hard bound book. A standard version is available as DEC B00121161. Andrea...continue...
Personnel: Andrea Bocelli (tenor); Veronica Berti (vocals); Fausto Mesolella (classical guitar); Maurizio Sansone (keyboards); Paolo Costa (bass guitar); Gianluca Mirra, Lele Melotti (drums); Emidio A...continue...

Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Christmas Traditional: Good King ...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bonney, Barbara; Clark, Patricia; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; McNair, Sylvia; Price, Leontyne; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Ka...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delfs, Andreas; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard; Marin, Ion; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pinnock, Trevor; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Guadagno, Anton; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; R...

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and...continue...

Ultimate Classical Guitar - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Concierto serenata for Harp; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425; Concerto for Flute ...
Performers: Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; LaGoya, Alexandre; Michel, Catherine [Harp]; Paris, Massimo; Romero, Angel [Guitar]; Romero, Celedonio; Romero, Pepe
Conductors: Almeida, Antonio de; ; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; I Musici; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

A Mother's Love - Music for Mary / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Decca / 2008-03-11

Works: Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150; William Cornysh: Ave Maria mater Dei; Josquin Desprez: Gaude virgo, mater Christi, motet for 4 parts; Anton Bruckner: Tota pulchra es, WAB 46; Camille Saint-Sa...
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Berridge, Simon; Cooper, Julie; Davidson, Grace; Dobell, Mark; Dougan, Eamonn; Dunkley, Sally; Jones, Timothy; Outram, Rebecca; Roy, David; Unwin, William
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Britain’s best-selling choir of the 21st Century, The Sixteen, releases a new album of music inspired by the Virgin Mary. Harry Christophers, the most prolific...continue...

The #1 Guitar Album - Segovia, Romero, Bream, Lagoya, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for solo cello no 6 in D major, BWV 1012; Prelude for Lute in C minor, BWV 999...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Erquiaga, Steve; LaGoya, Alexandre; Miller, Dominic; Peña, Paco; Presti, Ida; Romero, Pepe; Söllscher, Göran; Segovia, Andrés; Williams, John [Guitar];...
Conductors: ; Sillito, Kenneth; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rondin, Mats
Ensemble: ; I Musici; Members of the Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra (Memb

The '#1 Guitar Album' features the best-loved and most popular works for guitar - the world’s most popular instrument! Featuring a "who’s who" of the...continue...
The list of distinguished artists on Decca's The #1 Guitar Album reads like a Who's-Who of classical guitarists, and this 2008 double-disc compilation matches that roster with a highly varied program ...continue...

Gesualdo: Quinto libro dei madrigali / Anthony Rooley, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigals for 5 voices, Book 5
Performers: Cornwell, Joseph; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, Emma; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Rooley, Anthony [Lute]
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

The fifth out of six books of madrigals here exemplifies the free style of the ‘seconda prattica', employing an outstanding range of inventive harmony and...continue...

Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore / Philip Pickett, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Chateauneuf, Paula; Cheetham, Richard [trombone]; Eaton, Nigel; Finucane, Tom; Hamilton, Kenneth; Hunt, Richard; Isserlis, Anette; Kelly, Frances; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Nieman, Pau...
Conductors: Pickett, Philip
Ensemble: New London Consort

"The New London Consort, numbering forty players for this recording, presented Pickett the fullest possible range of period instruments indicated in Praetorius' 'Syntagma musicum', so...continue...

'O Sole Mio - Favourite Neapolitan Songs / Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Paolo Tosti: 'A vucchella; A Marechiare; Enrico Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato; Salvatore Gambardella: O ma...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Recorded in 1977 and 1979, this fabulous recital of Favourite Neapolitan songs is one of Luciano Pavarotti’s twelve original studio albums made during the course...continue...

Mamma / Henry Mancini, Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Vivere; Parlami d'amore, Mariù; La mia canzone al vento; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lolita "Spanish Serenade"; Stanislao Gastaldo...
Performers: Griminelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Mancini, Henry
Ensemble: Mancini Chorus; Mancini Orchestra

'Mamma', recorded in 1984, one of Luciano Pavarotti’s twelve original studio albums made during the course of his unparalleled career. Sixteen Italian songs by Cesarini,...continue...

Pavarotti - The Studio Albums

12 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; I due Foscari; Un ballo in maschera; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; La Favorita; Dom Sébas...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bartoli, Alberto; Beck, Jeff; Bonaviri, Daniele; Brown, Kameron; Bunger, Reid; Centonze, Michele; Cortesi, Manuela "Manu"; Fabbri, Giorgio "Cartolo"; Flossman, Gilels; ...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Mehta, Zubin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, ...

'The Studio Albums' comprise the twelve original studio albums Luciano Pavarotti recorded during the course of his unparalleled career spanning four decades from the earliest...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

Dowland: The Collected Works / Rooley, Consort of Musicke

12 CD / Decca / 2007-03-13

Works: John Dowland: The Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres of Fowre Parts; The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres of 2, 4. and 5. parts; The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires; A Pilgrimes Solace, lute song; ...
Performers: Bailes, Anthony; Lindberg, Jakob; North, Nigel [Lute]; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]; Simpson, Glenda; Tilney, Colin; Wilson, Christopher [Lute]
Conductors: Rooley, Anthony
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

This acclaimed 12 CD box of Dowland's collected works features Anthony Rooley directing the Consort of Musicke and is a complete set of all of...continue...

Ultimate Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; MEDLEY; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Blyth, Bruce; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Willi; Burrows, Stuart; Farnes, Richard; Flood, David; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruenberg, Erich; Howarth, Elgar; Jo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Munchinger, Karl; Morris, Wyn; Gamba, Piero; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Previn, Andre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Anserm...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Decca's Ultimate Classics is a five-CD box set that presents the best-known pieces of classical music in a straightforward, no-frills program. Most of the selections are quite famous, taken from large...continue...

Essential Hymns - 50 Best Loved Hymns of All Time

2 CD / Decca / 2006-07-04

Works: John Goss: Hymn; John Stainer: Love Divine, all loves excelling; Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Tune; William Henry Monk: Abide with me; All things bright and beautiful; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and ...
Performers: Anderson, Alexander; Blyth, Bruce; Bowen, John; Brown, Wilfred; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Farnes, Richard; How, Martin; MacDonald, Charles; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Roberts, Roland...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Morris, Wyn; Dakers, Lionel; Hill, David; Willcocks, David; Layton, Stephen; Guest, George; Smart, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Warburton, John; Page, Neil

"Essential Hymns" features the voices of the Choirs of King's College Cambridge, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, John Rutter's...continue...

Odyssey

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-18

Works: Rolf Lovland: Prayer; Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now; Jeff Franzel: Never Saw Blue; Andrea Sandri: Dell'amore non si sa; Stephan Moccio: What You Never Know; Enya: May It Be (for the film Lord of the ...
Performers: Aderwall, Marica; Arthurs, Tom; Bocelli, Andrea; Chamberlain, Simon; Christie, Phil; Clarvis, Raul; Critchley, Greg; Foster, Will; Heliling, Emil; Holmgren, Emma; Jaimes, Mark; Jiear, Alison; Kenyon,...
Conductors: Brett, James; ; Hawes, Patrick; Ahlin, Johan
Ensemble: ; Ensemble of Bologna

Last year, Hayley Westenra sold over 250,000 units of her debut album, Pure, and appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning,...continue...
Personnel: Hayley Westenra (vocals); Hayley Westenra; Larry Salzman, Mark Jaimes, Robbie McIntosh (guitar); Angie Passarella (acoustic guitar); Davis Mariotti (flute); Giles Martin (recorder); Phil S...continue...

A Christmas Nativity

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: I Wonder As I Wander (American); Away in a Manger; Il est né, le divin enfant (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Child...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Martineau, Malcolm; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scott, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tebaldi, Renata; Terfel, Bryn; Thalben-Ball, George,...
Conductors: Westenburg, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Music], John Scott [Choral; Bonynge, Richard; Sanchez, Damian; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rutter, John; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Davis, Carl; Pinnock, Trev...
Ensemble: ; Bilbao Choral Society; Clare College Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; The English Concert; Vienna Singverein

The Nativity, the enchanting and enduring story that tells of the birth of Jesus Christ, is perhaps the best known tale in the history of...continue...

The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album II

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); The First Nowell (English); Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (American); The Twelve Days of Christmas; Richard Storrs Willi...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Goss, Stephen; Keenlyside, Simon; King, Robert; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scott, John; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tinkler, Mark; Way, Anthony
Conductors: Westenburg, Richard; Mantovani, The Orchestra; Rose, Barry; Rutter, John; Guest, George; Rogers, Eric; Adler, Kurt Herbert;
Ensemble: ; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Eric Rogers Chorale; Musica Sacra (New York); National Philharmonic Orchestra; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Trapp Family Singers

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garde...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

Personnel: Hervey Alan (bass baritone); Andrew Creswell Davis , Simon Preston (organ)....continue...

Christmas Recitals - Renata Tebaldi - Christmas Festival

1 CD / Decca / 2004-10-12

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Repentir "O Divine Redeemer"; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Christmas Traditional: What...
Performers: Brahms, Johannes; Franck, Cesar; Gounod, Charles [Composer]; Gruber, Franz Xaver [Composer]; McGillivray, James; Schubert, Franz [Vienna]; Tebaldi, Renata; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir [Composer/Organ];...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Personnel: James McGillivray (musette).

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London, England (04/1971)....continue...

Choral Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op....
Performers: Aronsky, Peter; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Conn, Michael [Guitar]; Gardner, Edward; Hussain, Alastair; Kampen, Christopher van; Tunstall, Helen; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]; Vivian, Jame...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Munchinger, Karl

Cello Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, Op. 19; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Johann Sebast...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Canino, Bruno; Cleobury, Nicholas; Dorati, Antal; English Chamber Orchestra; Harrell, Lynn; Judd, James [Conductor]; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Lloyd Webber, Ju...
Conductors: Judd, James; Menuhin, Yehudi; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Nicholas; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Personnel: Lynn Harrell, Julian Lloyd Webber, Janos Starker (cello); Vladimir Ashkenazy, John Lenehan , Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)....continue...

For Your Life - For Your Baby

1 CD / Decca / 2004-01-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (12) for Piano in C major on "Ah vous dirai-je maman", K 265 (300e); Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sona...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Arrau, Claudio; BBC Concert Orchestra; Berry, Walter; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Burrowes, Norma; English Chamber Orchestra; Eschenba...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Solti, Sir Georg; Judd, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Ozawa, Seiji; Previn, Andre; Davis, Carl; Munchinger, Karl
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Marilyn Horne (mezzo soprano); Naoko Yoshino (harp); Toyohiko Satoh (lute); Christian Ferras (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber (cel...continue...

Original Masters - Leopold Stokowski

5 CD / Decca / 2003-11-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Mein Jesu, was für Seelenweh, BWV 487; Wir gläuben all'an einen Gott, BWV...
Performers: Civil, Alan; Gray, David; Snell, Howard
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Guitar - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2003-11-04

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; España, 6 Feuilles d'album, Op. 165; Enriqué Granados: Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37; Francisco T...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; LaGoya, Alexandre; Pendrill, Christine; Romero, Celin; Romero, Pepe; Segovia, Andres; Sollscher, Goran; Symphony of th...
Conductors: Füri, Thomas; Brown, Iona; Marriner, Sir Neville; Jorda, Enrique
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Bern; Symphony of the Air

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Alexandre Lagoya, Eduardo Fernandez , Celina Romero, Pepe Romero, Andrés Segovia, Göran Söllscher, Narciso Yepes ...continue...

Heavenly Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-11-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (H...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berbié, Jane; Bonynge, Richard; Brown, Iona; Caracciolo, Franco; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chorus, Vienna State Opera; Davis, Colin, Sir [Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; Gergie...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles; Agoult, Raymond; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Judd, James; Page, Neil; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rogé, Pasca...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Sinfonia; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Naples Rossini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New...

Personnel: Anthony Way (treble); Marie Goosens, Marisa Robles (harp); Michael Kennedy, Iona Brown (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber, Miklós Perényi (cello); Pascal Rogé (piano)....continue...

Simply Christmas

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Lowell Mason: Jo...
Performers: Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen; Corkhill, David; Domingo, Placido; Finucane, Tom; Haynes, Simon; Hughes, Christopher; Keenlyside, Simon; Kendall, William; Lamb...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Willcocks, David, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Stephen; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Guadagno, Anton; Münchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, C...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group members; Goldsborough Orchestra; Ki...

The #1 Wedding Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-05-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; John Stanley: Voluntaries (10) for Organ, book 2, Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Trumpet Tune; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum in D major, H 146; Johann Sebas...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Augér, Arleen; Bilgram, Hedwig; Carreras, José; Cleobury, Stephen; Cochereau, Pierre; Delmotte, Roger; Domingo, Placido; Francescatti, Zino; Hurford, Pe...
Conductors: Howarth, Elgar; ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Münchinger, Karl; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Arndt, Günther; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Bernstein, Leonard; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Hogwood, Christopher; Mackerr...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Handel Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Mus...

For Your Life - For a Quiet Evening

1 CD / Decca / 2003-03-18

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Stanley Myers: He was beautiful; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et M&...
Performers: English Chamber Orchestra; Erquiaga, Steve; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Hall, Nicola; LaGoya, Alexandre; Romero, Pepe; Sollscher, Goran
Conductors: Sillito, Kenneth; Malcolm, George; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Concert

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Alexandre Lagoya, Steve Erquiaga, Eduardo Fernandez , Nicola Hall, Pepe Romero, Göran Söllscher (guitar).

Anothe...continue...

Greatest Hits - Pachelbel and other Baroque Favorites

1 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Partie á 4, for violin, 2 violas & violone (or continuo) in G major, T. 339; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and ...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Hardenberger, Håkan [Trumpet]; Haskil, Clara; Holliger, Heinz; Hurford, Peter; Jones, Philip; Läubin, Bernhard; Läubin, Hannes; L...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Goebel, Reinhard; ; Minkowski, Marc; Negri, Vittorio; Howarth, Elgar
Ensemble: ; Dresden Staatskapelle; I Musici; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln

This selection features both DDD and ADD recordings....continue...

Essential Guitar - 24 Guitar Masterpieces / Romero, Segovia

2 CD / Decca / 2002-08-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Isaac Albéniz: España, 6 Feuilles d'album, Op. 165; Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Hall, Nicola; LaGoya, Alexandre; Pena, Paco; Presti, Ida; Romero, Celin; Romero, Pepe; Romeros, Los; Segovia, Andres; Sollscher, Goran; ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Sillito, Kenneth; Almeida, Antonio de; Jorda, Enrique; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; Symphony of the Air