The Music Pages | February 2007

More 2CD releases from Eloquence - a real bargain if ever there was! Plus the long-awaited announcement of the catalogue and a header card.
	Cat. No.: ELOQCAT Release Date: 18 February			ELOQUENCE CATALOGUE The new Eloquence catalogue (2007) is published in convenient CD-size, pocket-fit format and is available free of charge. As with previous catalogues, entries are cross-referenced and there is a wealth of quotes from Australian and international publications in praise of the recordings in this series. It is also available as a PDF download from our website: [ADDRESS FROM KAREN FARRUGIA GOES HERE] RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: TBC Release Date: 18 February			ELOQUENCE HEADER CARD (BIN 36) A smart new Eloquence Header Card (fitting a Bin 36) is now available to order free or charge. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 442 8235 Barcode: 0028944282351 Label: Decca Eloquence 2CD Release Date: 10 February			SIR GEORG SOLTI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos. 13 & 15 MUSSORGSKY: Songs and Dances of Death \| Khovanshchina Prelude ARTISTS Sergei Aleksashkin , bass Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus chorus master: Duain Wolfe Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti TRACK LISTING SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar' (with poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko read in English by Sir Anthony Hopkins) Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 MUSSORGSKY: 'Khovanshchina' Prelude (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov) Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich) Solti came late in life to the music of Shostakovich, and in his introduction to the recording of the Thirteenth Symphony (reprinted in the booklet) explains the music's effect on him. These rare recordings have long been out of the catalogue, and are now issued as a 2CD set at super-budget price. Sergei Aleksashkin is the commanding bass in the Thirteenth and in the Mussorgsky songs, and Sir Anthony Hopkins intersperses Yevtushenko poems in this unique recording. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 442 8274 Barcode: 0028944282740 Label: Decca Eloquence 2CD Release Date: 10 February			DAVIDOVICH \| MICHELE CAMPANELLA MAGDA TAGLIAFERRO \| DANIEL CHORZEMPA SAINT SAËNS: The Five Piano Concertos \| Wedding Cake ARTISTS / TRACK LISTING SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 17 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 29 Pascal Rogé, piano Philharmonia Orchestra \| London Philharmonic Orchestra / Charles Dutoit 'Wedding Cake' for Piano & Strings, Op. 76 Daniel Chorzempa , piano \| Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Bella Davidovich, piano \| Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Neeme Järvi Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44 Michele Campanella, piano \| Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte Carlo / Aldo Ceccato Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103 'Egyptian' Magda Tagliaferro, piano \| Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux / Jean Fournet Saint-Saëns complete piano concertos on a 2CD Eloquence set presents some truly rare recordings - Campanella's of the Fourth and Tagliaferro's of the Fifth. And while the second is oft-played, this set gives the listener an opportunity to discover the lesser known First and Third. Also included is the first release on CD of Wedding Cake, with Daniel Chorzempa, familiar to all as an organist, playing the piano. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 442 8197 Barcode: 0028944281972 Label: Decca Eloquence 2CD Release Date: 10 February			DAME GILLIAN WEIR \| COUPERIN: Organ Masses ARTISTS Gillian Weir at the organ of the Prediger-Kirche, Zurich TRACK LISTING COUPERIN: Messe pour les paroisses Messe pour les Couvents Dame Gillian Weir's first and seminal recordings were made for Argo/Decca. They have systematically been issued in Australia and the final instalment brings her recording of the two Couperin Organ Masses, expertly and enchantingly performed on the organ of the Prediger-Kirche, Zurich. The Couperin scholar David Tunley provides the engaging liner notes. ALSO AVAILABLE King of Instruments - Vol. 1 \| Decca Eloquence 460 1862 King of Instruments - Vol. 2 \| Decca Eloquence 460 1872 King of Instruments - Vol. 3 \| Decca Eloquence 460 1882 King of Instruments - Vol. 4 \| Decca Eloquence 460 1892 King of Instruments - Vol. 5 \| Decca Eloquence 460 1902 RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 476 9907 Barcode: 0028947699071 Label: Decca Eloquence 2CD Release Date: 10 February			ZUBIN MEHTA \| STANDING OVATION: Popular Overtures ARTISTS Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta TRACK LISTING *POPULAR OVERTURES:* BERNSTEIN: Candide ROSSINI: William Tell, The Silken Ladder, La gazza ladra WEBER: Oberon, Der Freischütz VERDI: La Forza del Destino, I vespri siciliani, La Traviata: Acts I & III SUPPE: Poet and Peasant J. STRAUSS: Die Fledermaus BIZET: Carmen: Acts 1 & 4 MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro; Eine kleine Nachtmusik MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne & Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream DVORAK: Carnaval BEETHOVEN: Egmont A thrilling collection of Overtures and Preludes (with some popular orchestral pieces thrown in for good measure) from Zubin Mehta. As a showman of the best variety, his recordings remains one of the Decca catalogue's richest legacies, and more than half of this collection is being released on CD for the first time. RETURN TO THE TOP