Catalogue Number:
 476 2470
Barcode:
 0028947624707
Label:
 Decca Eloquence CD
Release date:
13 November

ARTISTS
Christophe Coin, cello
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood

TRACKLISTING
HAYDN: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

One of the plums of the L'Oiseau-Lyre catalogue, this spry recording of the two Haydn Cello Concertos is once more available and released to coincide with Christophe Coin's Australian tour. He will perform the first Haydn Cello Concerto with the Melbourne Symphony.
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Catalogue Number:
 476 7863
Barcode:
 0028947678632
Label:
 Decca Eloquence CD
Release date:
20 November

ARTISTS
Catherine Bott, soprano I
Elizabeth Scholl, soprano II
Christopher Robson, countertenor
Paul Agnew, Andrew King, tenors
Michael George, bass
New London Consort
Philip Pickett

TRACKLISTING
Magnificat, BWV 243a
Cantata: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
Sanctus, BWV 238

All three works on this disc are taken from Bach's Christmas services for 1723, as they would have been performed in his two Leipzig churches, St. Nicholas' and St. Thomas'.
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Catalogue Number:
 476 8477
Barcode:
 0028947684770
Label:
 Philips Eloquence CD
Release date:
20 November

ARTISTS
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera [Beethoven]
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Edo de Waart [Viotti]

TRACKLISTING
BEETHOVEN : Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61
VIOTTI : Violin Concerto No. 22

Arthur Grumiaux's second recording of the Beethoven concerto (he recorded it previously with Eduard van Beinum and subsequently with Sir Colin Davis) is perhaps the most eloquent of them all. Beautifully recorded too, it is uniquely coupled with a charming work written in the 1790s by Giovanni Battista Viotti. Once the regular province of concert programs of violinists performing in the mid-20th century, it has fallen out of favour and receives a timely revival here.
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Catalogue Number:
 476 8485
Barcode:
 0028947684855
Label:
 Philips Eloquence CD
Release date:
20 November

ARTISTS
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Heinz Wallberg

TRACKLISTING
BRUCH : Violin Concerto No. 1
Scottish Fantasy

Two of Bruch's masterpieces in loving recordings by Grumiaux. The Scottish Fantasy receives its first international airing on CD.
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Catalogue Number:
 476 7930
Barcode:
 0028947679301
Label:
 Philips Eloquence CD
Release date:
20 November

ARTISTS
Arthur Grumiaux, violin & piano [Mozart; Brahms]
István Hajdu, piano [Grieg]

TRACKLISTING
MOZART : Violin Sonata in E flat, KV 481
BRAHMS : Violin Sonata No. 2 in A
GRIEG : Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor

This must surely be a unique event in recording history! In 1959 Arthur Grumiaux went into the studios to overdub - as both violinist and pianist - the Mozart and Brahms Violin Sonatas on this recording. A bold venture of its kind in instrumental classical music and on two such different instruments, the recording has been the subject of much conjecture over the years ("Does it really exist?"). Now, for the first time, it is being made widely available. The coupling is Grumiaux's first of two recordings of Grieg's delightful Third Violin Sonata which he recorded with István Hajdu - who became a regular performing partner for Grumiaux after the death of Clara Haskil.
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Catalogue Number:
 476 7105
Barcode:
 0028947671053
Label:
 Decca Eloquence CD
Release date:
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