Decca Sound – 55 Great Vocal Recitals – Box Set 55CDs

26 Monday Dec 2016

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Andreas Scholl, Barbara Bonney, Bartoli, Berganza, Bergonzi, Birgit Nilsson, Burchuladze, Carissimi, Cesare Siepi, Del Monaco, di Stefano, Diego Flórez, Fassbaender, Fernando Corena, Flagstad, Fleming, Gerard Souzay, Gheorghiu, Ghiaurov, Gwyneth Jones, Hans Hotter, Hermann Prey, Hilde Gueden, James McCracken, Jennifer Vyvyan, Jonas Kaufmann, Joseph Calleja, Josephine Barstow, Kathleen Ferrier, Kiri Te Kanawa, Leo Nucci, Lisa della Casa, Lorengar, Maria Chiara, Marilyn Horne, Matthias Goerne, Mirella Freni, Paul Schoeffler, Pavarotti, Peter Pears, Régine Crespin, Regina Resnik, Robert Merrill, Scotto, Sherrill Milnes, Simionato, Soderstrom, Souliotis, Sumi Jo, Susan Dunn, Sutherland, Suzanne Danco, Sylvia Sass, Talvela, Tebaldi, Tom Krause, Tourangeau, Virginia Zeani

Label : Decca
Format : Ape
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Authoritative and comprehensive, this 55CD set presents a unique period in human history: a period when brilliant recorded sound on LP & CD, plus radio, TV, film and live all combined to offer huge new opportunities for singers, record labels and producers to expand the audience for classical music.

This box set puts the spotlight on fifty-five unique voices whose music and art shaped the century. Included are also the debut recitals of some of today’s biggest names, underlining Decca’s unparalleled ability at spotting vocal talent. The artists in this encyclopaedic set are a who’s who of the greatest singers from 1950 to the present day.

Presented in chronological order with their original cover artwork, this set proudly takes its place as the fifth in the hugely successful Decca Sound series which documents the label’s story from the early years of mono to the present day.

55 acclaimed recitals from Decca – many original LP recitals are complemented with bonus material.

Original cover art used for each sleeve and presented in chronological order of recording date.

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Bach – Sacred Masterworks – Munchinger – Box Set 10CDs

28 Friday Oct 2016

Posted by Thang Nguyen in Boxset, Decca, Decca Collectors

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Ameling, Bach JS, Helen Watts, Hermann Prey, Karl Munchinger, Marga Hoffgen, Peter Pears, Tom Krause, Walter Berry, Werner Krenn, Wunderlich, Yvonne Minton

Label : Decca
Format : Ape
Cover : Yes

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Noel Mewton-Wood – The Legendary Recordings

12 Sunday Jun 2016

Posted by Thang Nguyen in ABC

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Albeniz, Beethoven, Busoni, Chopin, Ida Haendel, Liszt, Max Rostal, Mewton-Wood, Peter Pears, Schumann, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Tippett, Walter Goehr, Weber

Label : ABC
Format : Flac (image + cue)
Cover : Yes

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Decca Legendary Performances Part 4

08 Sunday May 2016

Posted by Thang Nguyen in Collection, Decca, Decca Legendary Performances

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Adrian Boult, Ansermet, Anthony Lewis, Ashkenazy, Borodin, Boskovsky, Britten, Curzon, di Stefano, Dutoit, Eduard Strauss, Fistoulari, Giuseppe Taddei, Glinka, Janet Baker, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, Karajan, Kondrashin, Leontyne Price, Liszt, Maazel, Mussorgsky, Peter Pears, Prokofiev, Puccini, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Radu Lupu, Ravel, Respighi, Ricci, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Solti, Suppe, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams

: New Year’s Concert In Vienna, 1979 – Boskovsky

: Prokofiev – Piano Sonatas Nos. 7 & 8; Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No.1, etc – Ashkenazy

: Prokofiev – Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Symphony No. 5, etc – Ricci, Ansermet

: Puccini – Tosca – Karajan (2CDs)

: Purcell – Dido And Aeneas – Baker, Anthony Lewis

: Rachmaninov – Piano Concertos 2 & 3 – Ashkenazy, Kondrashin

: Rachmaninov – Preludes Op. 23 & 32 – Ashkenazy

: Rachmaninov – Symphony No. 3; Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 8 – Boult

: Ravel – Daphnis et Chloe – Dutoit

: Respighi – Roman Festivals, Pines of Rome – Lorin Maazel

: Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Antar – Ansermet

: Romantic Russia – Georg Solti

: Schubert – Impromptus D 899 & D 935 – Radu Lupu

: Schubert – Symphony No. 9, Wagner – Siegfried Idyll – Solti

: Schubert – Wanderer-Fantasie, Schumann – Fantasie, Kinderszenen – Curzon

: Schubert – Winterreise – Pears, Britten

Decca Legendary Performances Part 1

05 Thursday May 2016

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Allegri, Ansermet, Ashkenazy, Backhaus, Bartok, Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Britten, Bruckner, Christa Ludwig, Curzon, Erich Kleiber, Haydn, Josef Suk, Karajan, Karl Bohm, Katchen, Knappertsbusch, Mehta, Mozart, Palestrina, Perlman, Peter Pears, Régine Crespin, Solti, Szell, Walter Berry, Willcocks

: Allegri – Miserere; Palestrina – Stabat Mater – Willcocks

: Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra – Solti

: Bartok – Duke Bluebeard’s Castle – Kertesz

: Beethoven – Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 – Curzon

: Beethoven – Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 – Erich Kleiber

: Beethoven – Symphony No.7, Haydn – Symphony No.104 – Karajan

: Beethoven – Symphony Nos. 3, 5, 7 – Solti

: Beethoven – Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 & 9 – Ashkenazy, Perlman

: Berlioz – Les Nuits D’ete; Ravel – Sheherazade – Crespin, Ansermet

: Brahms – Alto Rhapsody, Haydn Variations – Knappertsbusch

: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1, Franck, Litolff – Curzon, Szell

: Brahms – Violin Sonatas – Josef Suk, Julius Katchen

: Brahms, Mozart – Piano Concertos – Backhaus, Bohm

: Britten – Peter Grimes – Pears, Britten (2CDs)

: Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 – Karl Bohm

: Bruckner – Symphony No. 9 – Mehta

(24-96) Puccini – Turandot – Zubin Mehta

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

Posted by Thang Nguyen in Decca, HD-24bit, Remastered

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Caballé, Ghiaurov, Mehta, Pavarotti, Peter Pears, Puccini, Sutherland

Label : Decca
Format : Flac track
Cover : Yes

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The Decca Sound – Box Set 50CDs

20 Wednesday Apr 2016

Posted by Thang Nguyen in Boxset, Decca

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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.

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