CATALOGUE NR: 4663732
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Gregorio Allegri  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Miserere sung in English (Allegri). Stabat Mater. Hodie beata Virgo maria. Senex puerum portabat. Magnificat. Litaniae de Beata Virgine Maria (Palestrina).
CONDUCTOR: David Willcocks
ARTISTS: King's College Cambridge Choir   Roy Goodman    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Fabulous is the only word for it.' Grammophone. Recorded 1963 - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the famous 1963 Kings' performance of Allegri's Miserere with its equally arresting treble solo s beautifully and securely sung by Roy Goodman is now impressively remastered'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4671152
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 11.99 including VAT, or £ 10.20 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 16-Oct-2000

COMPOSER: Thomas Arne  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Art of the Prima Donna
TRACKS: Artaxerxes - The soldier tir'd (Arne). Samson - oratorio HWV57 - Let the bright Seraphim (Handel). Norma - Sediziose voci Casta diva. Ah! Bello a me ritorna. I Puritani - Son vergin vezzosa (Bellini). Semiramide - Bel raggio lusinghier (Rossini). La Sonnambula - Care compagne Come per me sereno Sovra il sen (Bellini). Faust. Romeo et Juliette - Je veux vivre (Gounod). Otello- Willow Song (Verdi). Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail - Martern aller Arten (Mozart). La Traviata - E strano Ah fors e lui Sempre libera (Verdi). Hamlet -A vos jeux mes amis (Thomas). Lakme - Ah Ou va la jeune Indoue (Delibes). Les Huguenots - O beau pays de la Touraine (Meyerbeer). Rigoletto - Gaultier Malde Caro nome (Verdi).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
ARTISTS: Joan Sutherland      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1960 - Feb-2001 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4663772
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Bela Bartok
TITLE: Duke Bluebeard's Castle BB62 op.11
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Istvan Kertesz
ARTISTS: Walter Berry   Christa Ludwig    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Astonishing evocative and full of atmosphere.. This is a thrilling recording of a great work.' Gramophone. Recorded 1965 - Dec-1999 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4671262
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 16-Oct-2000

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor op.58. Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major op.73 'Emperor'.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Hans Knappertsbusch
ARTISTS: Clifford Curzon      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1957 - Jan-2001 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide Rosette star 'the Fourth Concerto is an Elysian performance, full of delicate lyrical feeling, the slow movement unsurpassed on record'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4702562
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2002

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.7 in A major op.92 (Beethoven). Symphony No.104 in D major 'London' (Haydn).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'a really noble account, powerful and forward-looking'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4663802
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major op.84 (Brahms). Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major K595 (Mozart).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Karl Bohm
ARTISTS: Wilhelm Backhaus      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Marvellous playing.' Gramophone. Recorded 1967

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CATALOGUE NR: 4663762
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor op.15 (Brahms). Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra (Franck). Scherzo from Concerto symphonique No.4 op.12 (Litolff).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: George Szell and Adrian Boult
ARTISTS: Clifford Curzon      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Curzon has surpassed himself and given a performance of a lifetime..' Gramophone. Recorded 1962 - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the fierceness of attack in the upper strings, especially in the opening tutti, sounds naturally focused on CD, adding a leonine power to Szell's orchestral contribution'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4676822
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 11.99 including VAT, or £ 10.20 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 09-Apr-2001

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Peter Grimes - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Claire Watson   Geraint Evans   Owen Brannigan

- Jul-2001 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4663782
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Emmanuel Chabrier  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Espana (Chabrier). Capriccio espagnol op.34 (Rimsky-Korsakov). Andaluza (Granados). Spanish Dances Book 1 op.12 (Moszkowski). Images pour orchestre (Debussy).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Suisse Romande Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Ataulfo Argenta

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CATALOGUE NR: 4664992
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Feb-2000

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TRACKS: The Four Ballades. The Four Scherzi. Prelude in C sharp minor op.45.
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ashkenazy      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'This is by no means another recording of Chopin Ballades. It stands out for a number of reasons, chief among them the sheer freshness and individuality of Ashkenazy's playing..' Gramophone - Jun-2000 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4676882
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 16.99 including VAT, or £ 14.46 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 09-Apr-2001

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Lucia di Lammermoor - complete
ORCHESTRA: Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Pritchard
ARTISTS: Joan Sutherland   Renato Cioni   Robert Merrill   Cesare Siepi

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CATALOGUE NR: 4702622
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2002

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Serenade for strings in E major op.22 (Dvorak). Serenade for strings in C major op.48 (Tchaikovsky). Holberg Suite op.40 (Grieg).
ORCHESTRA: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
CONDUCTOR: Neville Marriner

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4669912
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2000

COMPOSER: Manuel de Falla
TRACKS: El sombrero de tres picos. El Amor Brujo. La Vida Breve: Interlude & Dance.
ORCHESTRA: Suisse Romande Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Ernest Ansermet
ARTISTS: Teresa Berganza   Marina de Gabarain    

- Sep-2000 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the performance has lots of character and shows the conductor and his orchestra on top form'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4663832
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Feb-2000

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Piano Concertos
TRACKS: Piano Concerto in A minor (Grieg). Piano Concerto in A minor (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andre Previn
ARTISTS: Radu Lupu      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'The performance (of the Grieg) is a fine one: there is warmth and poetry in the slow movement: the hushed opening is particularly telling. The orchestral contribution under Previn is a strong one… Lupu's clean boldness of approach to the first movement (of the Schumann) is appealingly fresh.' Penguin Guide - Apr-2000 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4586232
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Feb-2000

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Missa in angustiis - Nelson Mass (Haydn). Gloria RV589 (Vivaldi). Zadok the Priest (Handel).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: David Willcocks
ARTISTS: King's College Cambridge Choir   Sylvia Stahlman   Helen Watts   Wilfred Brown

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'This is an issue of outstanding interest and importance.. ..a performance which send shivers down the spine.' Gramophone on the Nelson Mass - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4603152
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Feb-2000

COMPOSER: Aram Khachaturian  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Spartacus : Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Variation of Aegina & Bacchanalia / Scene & Dance with Crotalums / Scene of the Gaditanae Maidens & Victory of Spartacus (Khachaturian). Gayaneh : Sabre Dance / Ayesha's Dance / Lezghinka / Gayaneh's Adagio / Gopak (Khachaturian). The Seasons op.67 : Winter / Spring / Summer / Autumn (Glazunov).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic and Suisse Romande Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Aram Khachaturian and Ernest Ansermet

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1962 (Khachaturian) and 1966 (Glazunov) - 'Khachaturian achieves a brilliant response from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and everything is most vivid, notably the famous 'Adagio' from Spartacus, which is both expansive and passionate.' Penguin Guide - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4586222
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 09-Apr-2001

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.1.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georg Solti

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4665762
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 16-Oct-2000

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TITLE: Das Lied von der Erde
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Bruno Walter
ARTISTS: Kathleen Ferrier   Julius Patzak    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1952 - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4663812
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TITLE: Das Lied von der Erde
TRACKS: The Song of the Earth.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Bernstein
ARTISTS: James King   Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'An excellent recording, with vivid presence.. And Bernstein is at his most intense.' Gramophone. Recorded 1966 - 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4669902
RECORD LABEL: Decca Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jun-2000

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn
TRACKS: Symphony No.3 'Scottish'. Midsummer Night's Dream Overture & Incidental Music.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Peter Maag

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Peter Maag is in complete sympathy with Mendelssohn's music. The LSO plays superbly throughout, in the very highest class of orchestral playing.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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