A 50-CD set of legendary recordings celebrating the world-renowned Decca Sound. Classic-status pioneering stereo recordings from the past 60 years and starring a galaxy of internationally-acclaimed artistic talent. A 200-page booklet documents the development of stereo recording as it developed in the 1950s through to modern digital recordings.
PACKAGING:
• 50CD Cube ‘Hinged lid’ box
• Sleeves presented in original jackets
• 200-page booklet featuring the evolution of classical recordings from stereo to digital. Plus full recording information for each disc and numerous rare photos from recording sessions.
CONTENTS
CD1 Ansermet - Falla: El Sombrero De Tres Picos ・ Debussy: Images
CD2 Argenta - España / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
CD3 Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 ・ Piano Sonata 2
CD4 Ashkenazy - Sibelius Symphony No. 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
CD5 Bartoli - Italian Songs
CD6 Bell - Barber & Walton Violin Concertos
CD7 Blomstedt - R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
CD8 Böhm – Bruckner Symphony No. 4
CD9 Boskovsky - New Year's Day Concert 1979
CD10 Britten - War Requiem
CD11 Chailly - Messiaen: Tarungalîla-symphonie
CD12 Chung - Bruch & Mendelssohn Violin Concertos
CD13 Curzon - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27
CD14 Dohnányi - Schoenberg, Berg & Webern
CD15 Dorati - Stravinsky: L'Oiseau De Feu / Le Sacre Du Printemps
CD16 Dutoit - Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye ・ Boléro
CD17 Fleming - Opera Scenes
CD18 Freire - Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 / Schumann: Carnaval
CD19 Haitink - Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9
CD20 Hogwood - Purcell: Dido And Aeneas
CD21 Jansen - Britten & Beethoven Violin Concertos
CD22 Karajan - Holst: The Planets
CD23 Katchen - Bartók & Prokofiev Piano Concerto 3 ・ Ravel Piano Concerto
CD24 Kertész – Dvořak Symphonies Nos. 8&9
CD25 Kings College Choir & St John's College Choir - Haydn: Nelson Mass & Paukenmesse
CD26 Larrocha - Granados: Goyescas ・ Falla: Noches En Los Jardines De España
CD27 Lemper - Berlin Cabaret Songs
CD28 Lupu - Beethoven: Moonlight, Pathétique & Waldstein Sonatas
CD29 Maag - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream ・ Symphony 3
CD30 Maazel - Respighi: Feste Romane ・ Pini Di Roma ・ Rimsky-Korsakov
CD31 Mackerras - Janáček: Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba ・ The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
CD32 Marriner - Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings ・ Souvenir De Florence
CD33 Martinon - Ibert: Divertissement / Borodin 2
CD34 Mehta - Varèse ・ Ives 2
CD35 Monteux - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé / Elgar: Enigma Variations
CD36 Münchinger - Bach: Magnificat /Cantatas 10 & 140
CD37 Nilsson ・ Solti - Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Great Scenes
CD38 Carreras ・ Domingo ・Pavarotti - In Concert 1990
CD39 Pavarotti - Puccini: Turandot - Highlights
CD40 Pickett - Susato: Dansereye
CD41 Rogé - Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 2, 4 & 5
CD42 Rousset - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
CD43 Schiff - Bach: Goldberg Variations
CD44 Solti - Romantic Russia / Suppé 4 Overtures
CD45 Solti - Mahler Symphony No. 8
CD46 Sutherland ・ Horne ・ Pavarotti - Live From Lincoln Center
CD47 Takács Quartet - Beethoven: Quartets Opp. 95, 130 & 133
CD48 Tebaldi ・ Del Monaco - Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West - Highlights
CD49 Wiener Oktett - Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven: Septet
CD50 Winchester ・ Terfel - Walton: Belshazzar's Feast