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Special offer. Ruth Slenczynska - Complete American Decca Recordings
Ruth Slenczynska (piano), Wiener Symphoniker, Symphony of the Air, Carl Melles, Henry Swoboda
I’d rather listen to Ruth Slenczynska playing Chopin than just about anyone else. Three specific characteristics are her rhythmic acuity, razor-sharp precision in chord playing and rapid passagework,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Roger Desormiere: The Decca Recordings
Janine Michaeu (soprano), National Symphony Orchestra, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Roger Desormière
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Special offer. Songs for Courtiers and Cavaliers
Helen Watts (contralto), Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Philomusica of London
An intriguing record of the roots of historically-informed performance, Helen Watts and Desmond Dupré give passionate but (by today’s standards) heavy-handed accounts. —
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Collectionneur
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Special offer. Cavalli: La Calisto
James Bowman (countertenor), Janet Hughes (soprano), Peter Gottlieb (baritone), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Teresa Kubiak (soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ugo Trama (bass), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Marjorie Biggar (mezzo-soprano), Federico...
Leppard conducts a superb cast with Janet Baker in one of her greatest roles as the Goddess Diana, Ileana Cotrubas a touching Calisto and James Bowman in his prime as Endimione. —
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Réédition
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Special offer. J.S. Bach: Six Cantatas
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Julia Varady (soprano), Aldo Baldin (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Academy of St. Martin of the Fields, Neville Marriner
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Jean-Max Clément’s survey of the Cello Suites now feels like a last gasp in the grand rhetorical tradition: copious expressive vibrato, tasteful portamentos and soulful sarabandes. —
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Special offer. Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon - The Decca 78s
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber, Jean Martinon
Erich Kleiber delivers rhythmically compelling accounts of Mozart and Beethoven symphonies. Scrawny string sound undermines Jean Martinon’s refined accounts of Ravel and Chabrier. —
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Special offer. Handel: Coronation Anthems; Arias and Choruses
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean (bass), Joan Rodgers (soprano), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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