Cat. No.: 476 9910
Barcode: 0028947699101
Label: Decca Eloquence 2CD Slimline
Release Date: 13 January

ALICIA DE LARROCHA | SCHUMANN: Piano Works

ARTISTS

Alicia de Larrocha, piano

TRACK LISTING

SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op. 9*

Kreisleriana, Op. 16*

Novelette No. 8 in F sharp minor, Op. 21*

Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26

Allegro in B minor Op. 8

Romance No. 2 in F sharp, Op. 28, No. 2

Fantasie in C, Op. 17

*FIRST RELEASE ON CD

Alicia de Larrocha was, for long, an exclusive Decca artist, and besides making seminal recordings of Spanish repertoire, at which she excelled, she was also a Bach, Mozart, Schubert and Schumann player par excellence. She recorded Schumann's Carnaval twice for Decca and it's her earlier (1978) analogue version we release here. Together with Kreisleriana and the eighth Novelette - both recorded in 1971 - this is its first release on CD. This is Romantic piano music par excellence, complete with codes and ciphers from Robert to his beloved Clara, and Larrocha's playing has both tenderness and sweeping passion.

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Cat. No.: 476 9771
Barcode: 0028947697718
Label: Decca Eloquence 2CD Slimline
Release Date: 13 January

ZUBIN MEHTA | SCHUMANN: The Four Symphonies | Manfred Overture | Genoveva Overture

ARTISTS

Wiener Philharmoniker

TRACK LISTING

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 'Spring'

Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op.97 'Rhenish'

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Manfred Overture, Op. 115

Genoveva Overture, Op. 81

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE OF MEHTA'S COMPLETE DECCA SCHUMANN RECORDINGS

Zubin Mehta has had a long association with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducting them for his first ever recording for Decca (Bruckner's Ninth Symphony - Decca Eloquence 461 3572) and returning often to conduct them both in their home city and on tour. He conducts their 2007 New Year's Concert, for example. Collected here for the first time are his complete Decca recordings of Schumann - the four symphonies as well as two of the overtures, all played with immense verve and with a gloriously burnished sound from the Vienna Philharmonic.

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Cat. No.: 476 9974
Barcode: 0028947699743
Label: Philips Eloquence 2CD Slimline
Release Date: 13 January

WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR | IMOGEN COOPER | SCHUMANN: Lieder

ARTISTS

Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone

Imogen Cooper, piano

TRACK LISTING

SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe, Op. 48

Liederkreis, Op. 24

Liederkreis, Op. 39

12 Gedichte, Op. 35 (Kerner Lieder)

Rückert Lieder

Heine Lieder

Myrthen (selection)

WOLFGANG HOLZMAIR & IMOGEN COOPER'S COMPLETE SCHUMANN LIEDER RECORDING FOR PHILIPS.

"One of the great living partnerships in song" The Times (London)

"I was transfixed by the sheer artistry ... Rarely have I heard so sensitive, intelligent and gloriously musical a partnership." [...] "... no one could have asked for more attentive, detailed expressions nor more complete harmony of feeling between singer and pianist" The Independent (London)

"Singer and pianist work together almost by instinct in thinking themselves into the very heart of these songs ... Holzmair's plangent? very Viennese voice bespeaks the vulnerability that lies at the soul of Robert's Eusebius side? heard to mesmeric effect in the great? slower songs of Op 35? but he is just as capable of tramping the ways with Schumann when he is in his Florestan mood. ... [Imogen Cooper's] playing throughout the programme is at once supportive of her partner and individual in itself. The recording is faultless." Gramophone

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Cat. No.: 442 8410
Barcode: 0028944284102
Label: Decca Eloquence
2CD Slimline
Release Date: 13 January

INGRID HAEBLER | JOSHUA BELL | LYNN HARRELL | VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
SCHUMANN: Concertos | Concert Pieces

ARTISTS / TRACK LISTING

SCHUMANN:

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54*

Ingrid Haebler, piano · Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Eliahu Inbal

Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129     

Lynn Harrell, cello · The Cleveland Orchestra / Neville Marriner

Konzertstück in F major for Four Horns & Orchestra, Op. 86*

Dale Clevenger · Richard Oldberg · Thomas Howell · Norman Schweikert, horns

Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim

Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op. 92        

Concert Allegro with Introduction in D minor, Op. 134  

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano / conductor [Op. 92] · London Symphony Orchestra / Uri Segal [Op. 134]

Violin Concerto in D minor       

Joshua Bell, violin · The Cleveland Orchestra / Christoph von Dohnányi

Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52                                                                                                                

Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti

"unlikely to be surpassed for a long time" Gramophone (Violin Concerto)

"Every orchestral thread gleams ...the cellist's most confidential whisper (and there are many) is never lost." Gramophone (Cello Concerto)

A unique collection, bringing together Schumann's Concertos and concertante works, including the first international release of Ingrid Haebler's recording of the Piano Concerto and Barenboim's of the Konzertstück for Four Horns. The unjustly neglected Concert Pieces, Opp. 92 and 134 are given glorious readings by Ashkenazy, and both the Cello and Violin Concertos receive admirable performances from Lynn Harrell and Joshua Bell, respectively.

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