ARTISTS
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate

TRACKLISTING
MOZART: The Piano Concertos
Rondo in D major, K382

The incomparable Mozartian Mitsuko Uchida in definitive recordings of the great Mozart piano concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra under Jeffrey Tate.

This new box set to complement Uchida's definitive recordings of the Mozart Piano Sonatas is an outstanding bargain on 8 budget priced CDs.

Music by Mozart - the sonatas and the piano concertos - has been absolutely central to Mitsuko Uchida throughout her career and she continues to perform these piano concertos with the world's leading orchestras. Uchida's cycle of Mozart concertos is one of the regularly recommended cycles and is now available as a box set as part of the Mozart 250th anniversary year.

MARKETING PLANS
Title advertised in Limelight - April issue.

ARTISTS
Steven Lubin, fortepiano
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood

TRACKLISTING
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Piano Sonatas - 'Moonlight'; 'Pathetique'; 'Tempest'

The first cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos to be recorded on period instruments is a wonderful bargain on 3 budget price CDs.

This cycle of Beethoven pianos concertos was first released in 1988 to mark the 15th anniversary of The Academy of Ancient Music. It was also the first recording of the Beethoven concertos to use period instruments and four different fortepianos are used for the cycle. This lively and fresh cycle was very enthusiastically received when first released and this reissue now includes the bonus of three popular solo sonatas Steven Lubin recorded in 1989.

ARTISTS
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra*
Zubin Mehta

TRACKLISTING
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphonies Nos. 1-6
Capriccio italien*
1812 Overture
Swan Lake - Suite*
Marche slave, Op.31
Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture
The Nutcracker - Suite

Another superb release from Decca to celebrate the 70th birthday of the conductor Zubin Mehta.

Tchaikovsky's 4th, 5th and 6th symphonies are as popular on record as in the concert hall and many conductors have recorded these pieces. The first three symphonies in Tchaikovsky's cycle are less well-known and less frequently recorded. Zubin Mehta recorded this complete cycle in 1977 during his tenure as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the complete cycle appears on CD for the first time as an international release. Also included are some of Tchaikovsky's most popular orchestral pieces -- including the ever-popular 1812 Overture and the fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet.

The release of this set also coincides with the release of a 6-CD box set with a selection of recordings with Mehta and the Los Angeles, Israel Philharmonic, and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras -- a set which charts Mehta's work with these orchestras while a Decca artist in the 1960s and 1970s and which is released to mark his 70th birthday on 29 April 2006.

ARTISTS
Zoltán Kocsis, piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer

TRACKLISTING
DEBUSSY: Préludes - Livre I · Préludes - Livre II · Images - Livre I · Images - Livre II · Images oubliées · D'un cahier d'esquisses · L'Isle joyeuse · 2 Arabesques ? Hommage à Haydn · Rêverie · Page d'album · Berceuse héroique · Children's Corner · Pour le piano · Estampes · La plus que lente · Nocturne · Valse romantique · Ballade slave · Le petit nègre · Elégie · Pièce pour piano (Morceau de concours) · Mazurka · Danse - Tarantelle styrienne · Suite bergamasque · Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
Piano Concerto in D major (for the left hand)

This collector's edition brings together all of Zoltán Kocsis's solo Debussy recordings made for Philips between 1983 and 1997; also included is Debussy's only work for piano and orchestra, the early Fantasie of 1889/90. Debussy's piano music represents one of the most important contributions to early twentieth century keyboard music and this collection contains all of Debussy's solo literature with the exception of the 12 Études. Also included are Ravel's two piano concertos - the only music by that composer Kocsis recorded for Philips.

These recordings of Debussy received very enthusiastic reviews when first released and the original CD comprising Images I & II and a selection of short pieces was the winner of the 1990 Gramophone Instrumental Award.