Decca
Mozart: The Great Symphonies 21-41 (Decca)
Classic accounts from a Mozart specialist, full of life and spirit [RMo]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Compellingly truthful performances of a triptych of Shostakovich symphonies [AG]
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Decca)
A tour de force from the leading dramatic soprano of the modern age [PH]
Puccini: La bohème (Decca; Warner Classics)
Quite similar recordings, both with many but different strengths, so difficult to choose between [RMo]
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Decca)
A lush, Romantic, thoroughly engaging and technically brilliant account of a Tchaikovsky “warhorse”, with some seductive bonuses [RMo]
Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Classic historic recordings. For RVW enthusiasts a classic page in the history of these symphonies [RB]
Turnage: Greek (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Whether uncomfortable or not this remains essential listening for lovers of contemporary music theatre [TH]
Puccini: La Bohème (Decca)
A classic recording in a splendid remastering [JQ]
Schubert: Octets (Decca)
A beautifully engineered recording which simply exudes the joy of music-making [RMo]
Nelson Freire (piano) Schumann: Carnaval, Papillons, Kinderszenen (Decca)
Freire enthusiasts should love the performances, sound deficiencies or not [DS]
Turnage: Orchestral Collection (Decca)
One of the most individual voices in British contemporary music [CT]
Chopin: Études (Decca)
A good recording but maybe not quite as impressive as his Liszt [MB]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Terrific performances of three very contrasting Shostakovich symphonies [JQ]
Sibelius & Prokofiev: Violin Concerti (Decca)
Terrific performances of two key works in the violin concerto repertoire [JQ]
Tippett: Orchestral works (Decca)
(Déjà Review) Something special – treasurable and pleasurable, all in excellent sound [RB]
Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano): Aigul (Decca)
By far the best mezzo-soprano to emerge for a generation [RMo]
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 , A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (Decca)
(Déjà Review) A level of involvement I haven’t heard from Chailly in years [SV]
Bennett: Piano Concerto & Concerto for Stan Getz (Decca)
(Déjà Review) From Boulez-inspired serialism to film scores and out and out jazz. A useful overview of the prolific and diverse output of a truly versatile composer [CT]
Elgar: Symphony No 1 (Decca)
Barenboim imposes his own conception upon this wonderful symphony [RMo]
Chopin: Études Op.10 & 25 (Decca)
Spectacular in every respect [SG]
Chopin: Études (Decca)
These Études aspire to a narrative unlike any other recording ever made – and is often remarkable in doing that [MB]
Zemlinsky: Lyrische Symphonie, Symphonische Gesänge (Decca)
A very valuable disc of Zemlinsky’s sharply contrasting scores [JQ]
Gershwin: Gershwin Rhapsody (Decca)
The concert platform meets Broadway in this thoroughly enjoyable disc of piano music and songs by Gershwin [PT]
Stravinsky: Petrouchka & Debussy: Jeux, Poème Dansé (Decca)
A fine follow-up to Klaus Mäkelä’s previous Stravinsky disc [JQ]
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