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Alicia de Larrocha – Complete Decca Recordings – Box Set 41CDs
10 Thursday Oct 2019
10 Thursday Oct 2019
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30 Monday Sep 2019
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Alan Feinberg, Alexander Tamir, András Schiff, Argerich, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Bernstein, Bolet, Bracha Eden, Cherkassky, Curzon, Eileen Joyce, Freire, Grosvenor, Gulda, Haskil, Ivan Davis, Jean-Rodolphe Kars, Jorge Luis Prats, Katchen, Kathleen Long, Kempff, Kun-Woo Paik, Larrocha, Lipatti, Lisitsa, Lympany, Michelangeli, Ogdon, Olli Mustonen, Pascal Roge, Peter Jablonski, Peter Katin, Radu Lupu, Robert Levin, Thibaudet
19 Monday Aug 2019
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András Schiff, Andre Watts, Argerich, Arrau, Arthur Rubinstein, Arthur Schnabel, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Barenboim, Bolet, Brendel, Byron Janis, Cherkassky, Cortot, Curzon, Cziffra, Earl Wild, Edwin Fischer, Emil Gilels, Eschenbach, Freire, Gavrilov, Geza Anda, Gieseking, Glenn Gould, Grigory Ginsburg, Gulda, Haebler, Haskil, Horowitz, Ignacy Friedman, Josef Hofmann, Kapell, Katchen, Kempff, Kissin, Kovacevich, Larrocha, Lhevinne, Lipatti, Magaloff, Maria João Pires, Michelangeli, Moiseiwitsch, Moravec, Myra Hess, Ogdon, Paderewski, Perahia, Pletnev, Pollini, Previn, Rachmaninov, Radu Lupu, Robert Casadesus, Rudolf Serkin, Samson Francois, Sofronitsky, Solomon, Sviatoslav Richter, Tureck, Uchida, Van Cliburn, Weissenberg, Yudina, Zimerman, Zoltan Kocsis
Label : Philips
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes
Great Pianists of the 20th Century was a 202-CD box set released by Philips Records in 1999 and sponsored by Steinway & Sons.
The box set comprised 101 volumes featuring 72 pianists of the 20th century, each volume with two CDs and a booklet about the life and work of the featured pianist. The set contains a variety of composers from different eras, from Baroque to Contemporary classical. The material was the result of a collaborative association between Philips (who had access to the Polygram Records back catalogue) and a number of other labels, notably EMI Classics, as no single label possessed a representative set of recordings for every pianist considered to be significant. Material from Warner Classics and Sony Classics was also used.
15 Monday Jul 2019
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in29 Friday Mar 2019
Posted Decca, DG-Decca Virtuoso
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04 Friday May 2018
Posted Collection, Decca, Decca Double
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Albeniz, Ansermet, Ashkenazy, Atherton, Bolet, Bonynge, Claudio Abbado, Copland, Delibes, Delius, Dorati, Elgar, Granados, Gustav Holst, Haydn, Iona Brown, Janacek, Jussi Jalas, Khachaturian, Larrocha, Liszt, Mackerras, Marriner, Mehta, Poulenc, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Ricci, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Varviso, Vivaldi
02 Wednesday May 2018
Posted Collection, Decca, Decca Double
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Albeniz, Alfredo Campoli, Ansermet, Berlioz, Boskovsky, Colin Davis, Debussy, Dorati, Haydn, Joaquin Rodrigo, Kodaly, Larrocha, Mahler, Marisa Robles, Mehta, Mozart, Pascal Roge, Richard Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sarasate, Solti, Turina, Wagner
26 Sunday Nov 2017
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Argerich, Arrau, Arthur Rubinstein, Bolet, Bronfman, Byron Janis, Chamayou, Dalberto, Emanuel Ax, Emil Gilels, Freire, Glenn Gould, Horowitz, Katia Labèque, Kissin, Lang Lang, Larrocha, Lazar Berman, Le Sage, Leon Fleisher, Luisada, Marielle Labèque, Perahia, Radu Lupu, Rudolf Serkin, Sviatoslav Richter, Varsano, Volodos
19 Saturday Aug 2017
Posted Boxset, Collection, RCA
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Argerich, Arthur Fiedler, Arthur Rubinstein, Barenboim, Bashmet, Charles Munch, Claudio Abbado, Colin Davis, Daniele Gatti, Fritz Reiner, Günter Wand, Heifetz, Horowitz, James Galway, Kissin, Kondrashin, Koopman, Larrocha, Leonard Slatkin, Maazel, Michala Petri, Nakamichi, Paillard, Rudolf Serkin, Seiji Ozawa, Sigiswald Kuijken, Starker, Stutzmann, Sviatoslav Richter, Szeryng, Temirkanov, Tilson Thomas, Tokyo String Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma
21 Friday Jul 2017
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20 Thursday Jul 2017
19 Wednesday Jul 2017
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18 Tuesday Jul 2017
Posted RCA
in17 Monday Jul 2017
Posted RCA
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16 Sunday Jul 2017
Posted Decca
in15 Saturday Jul 2017
Posted Decca
in14 Friday Jul 2017
Posted Decca
in13 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted Decca
in12 Wednesday Jul 2017
Posted RCA
in11 Tuesday Jul 2017
Posted RCA
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10 Monday Jul 2017
Posted RCA, RCA-Sony Masters
in09 Sunday Jul 2017
Posted RCA
in14 Tuesday Feb 2017
Posted Boxset, RCA, RCA-Sony Masters
in19 Thursday Jan 2017
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András Schiff, Argerich, Arrau, Arthur Rubinstein, Backhaus, Barenboim, Curzon, Gavrilov, Gulda, Haskil, Katchen, Kempff, Kissin, Kovacevich, Larrocha, Lazar Berman, Luisada, Olli Mustonen, Pascal Roge, Previn, Radu Lupu, Roberto Szidon, Rudolf Serkin, Sviatoslav Richter, Thibaudet, Toradze, Zoltan Kocsis
14 Wednesday Dec 2016
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Arrau, Bach JS, Beethoven, Busoni, Egon Petri, Granados, Larrocha, Lewenthal, Moiseiwitsch, Mompou, Mussorgsky, Schumann, Scriabin, Turina
24 Friday Jun 2016
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Albeniz, Bach JS, Beethoven, Chopin, Comissiona, Dutoit, Falla, Fruhbeck de Burgos, Granados, Haydn, Khachaturian, Larrocha, Lawrence Foster, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mompou, Montsalvatge, Mozart, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann, Soler, Turina, Zinman
06 Friday May 2016
Posted Collection, Decca, Decca Legendary Performances
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Albeniz, Argenta, Chabrier, Claudio Abbado, Debussy, Dvorak, Falla, Fruhbeck de Burgos, Granados, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Hindemith, Janacek, Kempe, Kertész, Kodaly, Kubelik, Larrocha, Marriner, Molinari-Pradelli, Montsalvatge, Moszkowski, Previn, Prokofiev, Radu Lupu, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schumann, Soler, Sutherland, Tchaikovsky, Turina, Vivaldi, Willcocks
27 Wednesday Apr 2016
Posted Collection, Decca
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Albeniz, Bach JS, Beethoven, Chailly, Chopin, Domenico Scarlatti, Falla, Granados, Grieg, Larrocha, Mendelssohn, Mompou, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Soler, Solti, Turina, Uri Segal
Label : Decca
Format : Flac (image + cue)
Cover : Front + Back
20 Wednesday Apr 2016
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Adrian Boult, Alfredo Campoli, András Schiff, Ansermet, Argenta, Ashkenazy, Bach JS, Barber, Bartok, Bartoli, Beethoven, Berg, Bloch, Blomstedt, Boskovsky, Brahms, Britten, Bruch, Bruckner, Chailly, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Curzon, Debussy, Dorati, Dvorak, Elgar, Falla, Fistoulari, Fleming, Freire, Granados, Grieg, Gustav Holst, Haitink, Haydn, Hogwood, Janacek, Janine Jansen, Joshua Bell, Karajan, Karl Bohm, Karl Munchinger, Katchen, Kempe, Kertész, Kyung Wha Chung, Larrocha, Maazel, Mackerras, Marriner, Martinon, Mehta, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Monteux, Moszkowski, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Pascal Roge, Peter Maag, Peter Pears, Pickett, Prokofiev, Puccini, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Radu Lupu, Ravel, Respighi, Richard Strauss, Saint-Saëns, Schoenberg, Schubert, Schumann, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Solti, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Walton, Webern, Willcocks, Zinman
Label : Decca
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes
This set is a marvel, a mostly wonderful 50-CD tribute to some of the finest stereo recordings ever made in the Classical medium. Smartly packaged, and intelligently chosen, the box is worth having even if one owns some of the contents already. And you are bound to, for even a novice collector will recognize the great singers, conductors, and soloists on display. It’s also reasonably priced on both sides of the pond, and is undoubtedly a limited edition, in the sense it will be pulled soon and sold at outrageous eBay prices. So if the prospect interests you, by all means indulge.
By and large the historical recordings are of more worth than the more recent offerings. Argenta, Martinon, and Maag all get a nod, and it’s equally nice to see that Ashkenazy is being recognized as both an arranger and conductor here. Karajan and Solti naturally appear, although it must be said that those are wholly successful appearances, Dorati gets tons of kudos on Mercury, so one disc will do here; I wish only that it were Haydn. Schiff’s justly famous Goldberg’s are here, and Radu Lupu gets a disc, even if it’s hardly the best. Britten’s War Requiem with the composer conducting has been jammed onto one disc, as if it could get any more essential, and Kerstez’s Vienna 9th and London 8th make a memorable Dvorák disc indeed.