Danny Kaye
August 24, 2020Newly remastered from the original tapes, Danny Kaye sings the tall tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
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Ida Haendel at the Huberman Festival
August 24, 2020Ida Haendel at the Huberman Festival – Vivaldi, plus her “live” recording of the Sibelius Violin Concerto – and, published for the first time ever, The Lark Ascending, with the LPO and Norrington.
Joseph Keilberth conducts Mozart
August 6, 2020Joseph Keilberth conducts Mozart – extremely rare L’Oiseau-Lyre recordings on Decca/ Eloquence CD for the first time.
Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41 from Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt on Mercury Living Presence.
August 5, 2020Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41 from Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt on Mercury Living Presence.
Haydn’s ‘Surprise’ and ‘Drum Roll’ Symphony by Antal Doráti (Mercury Living Presence).
August 5, 2020Haydn’s ‘Surprise’ and ‘Drum Roll’ Symphony by Antal Doráti (Mercury Living Presence).
The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) and Oberon (Weber) by Antal Doráti on Mercury Living Presence.
August 5, 2020Extremely rare recordings of overtures to The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) and Oberon (Weber) by Antal Doráti on Mercury Living Presence.
Schumann’s Fourth Symphony and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40
August 5, 2020Schumann’s Fourth Symphony and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in stereo from Antal Doráti (Mercury Living Presence).
Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40
August 5, 2020Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 on Mercury Living Presence in mono from Antal Doráti.
Suzanne Danco – The Decca Recitals
July 28, 2020The complete Decca recital recordings compiled and newly remastered in tribute to a superlative Mozart soprano of the last century – released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her passing (10 August 2000). The Belgian-born Suzanne Danco (1911–2000) made her operatic debut in Genoa as Fiordiligi in 1941, and it seems appropriate that in July […]
Jan Smeterlin – Jan Smeterlin Plays Chopin
June 30, 2020Jan Smeterlin was a born Chopin interpreter on home soil. Presented here is a collection that includes rare and previously unissued recordings. Writing to Gramophone in 1965, a Royal Navy Commander stationed in India made an impassioned plea: ‘I have heard Rubinstein, Ashkenase, even Paderewski, playing the Chopin Mazurkas … None has approached the sublimity of Smeterlin’s […]
Sir Arthur Bliss – The Decca Originals
June 30, 2020Bliss: The Decca Originals: a new collection of Decca recordings of Bliss’s music, including tracks previously unreleased on Decca CD as well as the complete version of the Violin Concerto with Alfredo Campoli. The career of Arthur Bliss was launched in London in the 1920s with provocative ensemble pieces such as Rout, but it was […]