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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...

Music for Royal Weddings

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-12

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

Ernest Ansermet Conducts Lalo & Chabrier

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-01-26

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 21; Namouna; Divertissement, for orchestra (from opera "Fiesque"); Scherzo for orchestra in D minor; Rapsodie norvégienn...
Performers: Cuvit, Michel [Trumpet]; Pepin, Andre; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

It used to be fashionable to include the music of Lalo in concert in the mid-20th century. At the start of the 21st century, however,...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland....continue...

Sailing By

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-18

Works: Ronald Binge: Sailing By, for orchestra (theme for BBC Radio 4's Late Night Shipping Forecast); The Watermill; Albert W. Ketèlbey: In a Monastery Garden for chorus & orchestra; In a Persian Ma...
Performers: Hulse, Gareth
Conductors: Heller, Walter; Rogers, Eric; Lewis, Paul [Composer]; Nabarro, Malcolm; Sutherland, Gavin; Fennell, Frederick; Wilson, John; Gerhardt, Charles; Wick, Denis

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

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-07-08

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

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

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

New Year's Concert 2008 / Georges Prêtre, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: Napoleon-Marsch, Op. 156; Orpheus-Quadrille, Op. 236; Indigo und die vierdig Räuber (Indigo and the 40 Thieves), overture to the operetta; Freut euch des Lebens, Op. 340; Blue...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The New Year’s Concert in Vienna has been a glorious tradition for over six decades. A best-selling classical event, the concert has a unique global...continue...

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...

The Ultimate Wedding Album

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Domingo, Placido; Hurford, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rudel, Julius; Chailly, Riccardo; Bonynge, Richard; Riddle, Nelson

An American Songbook [Australia]

1 CD / Decca Import / 2005-02-22

Works: Stephen Foster: Jeannie with the light brown hair; Beautiful dreamer; If you've only got a moustache; Camptown races; Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; John W. II Work: I've Just Come from th...
Performers: Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]

Australian pressing. Quintessential mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne treats us to a program of great songs from The American Songbook - a veritable quilt of many-coloured delights....continue...

New Year's Day Concert In Vienna, 1979

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-07-11

Works: Johann Strauss I: Loreley-Rhein-Klänge, Op. 154; Radetzky March, Op. 228; Johann Strauss II: Bitte schön! (If You Please!), polka française for orchestra, Op. 372 (RV 372); Wein, Weib ...
Conductors: Boskovsky, Willi

Recording information: Groáer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna (01/01/1979)....continue...

Great Romantic Organ Works

2 CD / Decca Import / 2000-06-01

Works: Charles-Marie Widor: from Symphony no 5, Op. 42 no 1; Symphony no 6, Op. 42 no 2; César Franck: Chorales (3); 3 Pièces; Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for organ in C minor, Op. 37/1; So...
Performers: Hurford, Peter

Emma Kirkby sings Handel, Arne, Haydn & Mozart / Hogwood

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-07-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alessandro Severo, pasticcio, A13; Hornpipe for orchestra in D major, HWV 356; Ariodante; Alcina; March for orchestra in D major, HWV 345; Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; L'Allegr...
Performers: Hirons, Christopher; Kirkby, Emma; Lubin, Steven
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

The Kreisler Album / Joshua Bell, Paul Coker

1 CD / Decca Import / 1996-03-12

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Schön Rosmarin; Tambourin Chinois; Caprice Viennois; La Précieuse in the style of Couperin; Liebesfreud; Liebesleid; La Git...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Coker, Paul

"There have been many fine Kreisler "tribute" collections on CD, from Perlman, Shumsky, and others. Joshua Bell's is quite attractive; very well filled, very well...continue...

World Of Wedding Music

1 CD / Decca Import / 1992-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; John Goss: Hymn; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Scottish Traditional: The Lord's my shepherd (Psalm 23 "Crimond", attributed to Davi...
Performers: Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; Palmer, Felicity; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Price, Leontyne; Runnett, Brian; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Wh...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Rudel, Julius; Morris, Wyn; Karajan, Herbert von; Guest, George; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches 1-5, Enigma Variations

1 CD / Decca Import / 1987-03-16

Works: Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Enigma Variations; Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra