Decca

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Bach: Goldberg Variations (Decca)

Lim’s Carnegie Hall Goldbergs failed to engage me at all [DJB]

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Bellini: Norma (Decca)

Admirable in many regards [DBe]

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Lise Davidsen: Live at the Met (Decca)

The greatest soprano of our age in recital from the stage of the Met [PH]

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JS Bach: Goldberg Variations (Decca)

If perfection exists in a recording of this greatest of Baroque solo instrument works, it is here [RMo]

Rutter: Orchestral Works (Decca)

A different side of John Rutter in authoritative performances [LW]

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Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Decca)

A poised, classical account, beautifully played and recorded, but occasionally lacking the last degree of intensity [RMo]

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The Mozart Album – Daniele de Niesse (Decca)

(Déjà Review) An interesting and enjoyable collection from a young singer on the crest of a wave [RJF]

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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Decca)

A breath of fresh air [DC]

Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride (Decca)

(Déjà Review) Fully in touch with Gluck’s keen sense of drama [ST]

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas (Decca)

(Déjà Review) Still one of the best at any price [DC]

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The Verdi Tenor: Marcelo Alvarez (Decca)

(Déjà Review) A worthy survey of Alvarez’s Verdi career [ST]

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Danielle de Niese: The Mozart Album (Decca)

(Déjà Review) In spite of some reservations there is a lot to admire here [GF]

Puccini: La bohème (Decca)

(Déjà Review) One of the greatest opera recordings of all time! [GF]

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Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suites (Decca)

(Déjà Review) Compact good value and pleasing musical sense [RB]

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Strauss: Ein Heldenleben & Metamorphosen (Decca)

If you like your Richard Strauss vigorous and in full technicolour sound, then you will want to hear this performance [TP]

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse (Decca)

Mäkelä disappoints in French music [LD]

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 3 (Decca)

Lim’s superb musicianship and technical brilliance do not quite match the magic of the Horowitz-Ormandy live performance [RMo]

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Chopin: Piano music (Decca)

A rewarding recital, if you can take to the first Ballade [SB]

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto 2 & Britten: Cello Sonata (Decca)

Some of the 20th century’s greatest cello music, superbly played and recorded [GPJ]

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Puccini: Tosca (Decca)

A rare misfire in Decca’s hugely impressive opera back-catalogue [LD]

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Decca)

A fine Dutchman whose focus is firmly centred upon Lise Davidsen’s radiant Senta [RMo]

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Mahler: Symphony 9 (Decca)

An interesting, provocative reading of the Symphony and the performances of the songs are very good [JQ]

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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]