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Britten The Complete Works
May 8, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
Pre-order at a special price. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of England’s greatest composer since Henry Purcell, Decca Classics presents the ultimate Britten box, the first ever Complete Works. Includes all works with opus numbers and all works commercially recorded to date. Includes folksongs, excludes Purcell realisations and Hindmarsh’s arrangements of incidental [...]
Bellini Norma Cecilia Bartoli
April 13, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
A new complete studio recording of one of the most iconic operas in music history, in its original form. For generations Bellini’s “Norma” has been looked at from the vantage point of the Verismo era at the beginning of the 20th century. Now Cecilia Bartoli unveils the opera’s original pre-romantic style and colour by taking [...]
Julia Lezhneva Alleluia
March 8, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
The vocal sensation everyone’s talking about – Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva – makes her Decca solo debut with a celebratory disc of motets from Vivaldi, Handel, Porpora and Mozart, partnered by one of the world’s leading early music ensembles, Il Giardino Armonico, conducted by Giovanni Antonini. Praised for her “pure tone” (Opernwelt) and “flawless technique” [...]
Jonas Kaufmann Wagner
February 7, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
Kaufmanns 5th solo album on Decca is specially recorded for the Wagner anniversary year by the world’s leading Wagner tenor. Kaufmann and Wagner is a classic combination. “For any Wagnerians who’ve been slumbering, Fafner-like, in their caves during the last few years, here’s your wake-up call: Jonas Kaufmann is the tenor we’ve been waiting for” [...]
Vladimir Ashkenazy 50 Years on Decca
February 1, 2013 | MDT Mail Order
A limited edition box set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the label’s remarkable 50 year recording partnership with Vladimir Ashkenazy. “He is one of those pianists who so often seems to me to sound just right. No gimmicks, the music just speaks as it should . . . innate musicality, impeccable taste.” – Jed [...]
