Cat. No.: 476 5353
Barcode: 0028947653530
Label: Decca 6CD
Release Date: 7 October

STUART BURROWS | The Complete Decca Recitals

ARTISTS

Stuart Burrows, tenor
and associate artists

TRACK LISTING

CD 1

Mother o'mine (Tours)

The sunshine of your smile (Ray)

I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair (Foster)

Roses of Picardy (Wood)

I hear you calling me (Marshall; original version)

Come into the garden, Maud (Balfe; original version)

The Star of Bethlehem (Adams)

As I sit here (Sanderson)

I give thanks for you (Linton; original version)

Danny Boy (Traditional; original version)

Thora (Adams)

Somewhere a voice is calling (Newton)

Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)

Down in the forest (Ronald)

The stuttering lovers (Hughes)

The little road to Bethlehem (Head)

The gentle maiden (Somervell)

The lark in the clear meadow (Traditional)

I know of two bright eyes (Clutsam)

God keep you is my prayer (Ray)

The garden where the praties grow (Paterson)

Pleading (Elgar)

I love thee (Grieg)

The old house (O'Connor)

A dream (Bartlett; original version)

For your dear sake (Trotère)

I'll take you home again, Kathleen (Westendorf)

CD 2

Love, could I only tell thee (Capel)

Absent (Metcalf)

My lovely Celia (Munro)

Until (Sanderson)

At dawning (Cadman)

My dreams (Tosti)

Still as the night (C Böhm)

Elëanor (Coleridge-Taylor)

Serenade (Toselli)

The lost chord (Sullivan)

Mary of Argyll (Nelson)

The rose of Tralee (Glover)

My little Welsh home (Williams)

The rosary (Nevin)

Faery hour (Boughton: The Immortal Hour)

Nirvana (Adams)

I'll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay)

Kashmiri song (Pale hands I loved) (Woodford-Finden)

Annabelle Lee (Leslie)

A perfect day (Jacobs)

Maire my girl (Aitken)

Passing by (E Purcell)

Oh, promise me (de Koven)

Gortnamona (Green)

I heard you singing (Coates)

The Kerry dance (Molloy)

CD 3

O dry those tears (Del Riego)

Smilin' through (Penn)

Trees (Rasbach)

Parted (Tosti)

Dearest of all (Sharp)

Sitting by the window (Desmond)

In the gloaming (Harrison)

Mother Machree (Olcott & Ball)

I'll walk beside you (Murray)

Sul y blodau (Williams)

Arafa Don

Wyt ti'n cofior' lloer yn codi

Paradwys y bardd (Jones)

Dim ond Deilen (Henry)

Cartref

Elen Fwyn

Y ferch o blwy Penderyn

Bara Angylion duw (Franck: Panis angelicus)

Hyder (Ellis)

Arglwydd dyna fi (Hartsough)

Mannheim (Hassler)

Rhys (Rho im yr hedd na wyr y byd am dano) (Evans)

The Holy City

CD 4

Passing by (Purcell)

Oft in the stilly night (Moore)

Thora

Macushla

Roses of Picardy (Wood)

I'll walk beside you

Bless this house

Because

Gortnamona (Green)

I hear you calling me (Marshall)

Maire my girl (Marshall)

Trees (Rasbach)

Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)

Sento nel core (A Scarlatti)

Le violette (A Scarlatti)

Son tutta duolo (A Scarlatti)

Du bist die Ruh', D776 (Schubert)

Heidenröslein, D257 (Schubert)

Der Neugierige, D795/6 (Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin)

Sylvie, op.6 no.3 (Fauré)

Nell, op.18 no.1 (Fauré)

Lydia, op.4 no.2 (Fauré)

Prison, op.83 no.1 (Fauré)

Toujours (Fauré: Poème d'un jour, op.21)

Prelude -- I The bracelet

II The maiden blush

III To daisies

IV The night piece

V Julia's hair

Interlude -- VI Cherry ripe

CD 5

Jesu, lover of my soul (Aberystwyth) (Parry)

Steal away (spiritual arr.McCarthy)

Jericho (spiritual arr.McCarthy)

Goin' home (Dvorák)

The Lord's Prayer (Malotte)

The Holy City (Adams)

How lovely are thy dwellings (Psalm 84) (Liddle)

Abide with me (Monk arr.McCarthy)

You are my heart's delight (Lehár The Land of Smiles )

Maiden, o maiden (Lehár Frederica )

Farewell, my love, farewell (Lehár Frasquita )

Girls were made to love and kiss (Lehár Paganini )

Alone, always alone! (Lehár Der Zarewitsch)

Comrades , this is the life for me (Lehár Giuditta)

Vienna, city of my dreams (Sieczynski)

Serenade (Romberg The Student Prince )

My heart and I (Tauber Old Chelsea )

Don't ask me why (Stolz)

Shine through my dreams (Novello Glamorous Night )

I'm only a strolling vagabond

(Künnecke Der Vetter aus Dingsada)

CD 6

Silent worship

Deeper, and deeper still ... Waft her, angels

Il mio tesoro intanto (Mozart)

Dalla sua pace (Mozart)

Hier soll ich dich denn sehen* (Mozart)

Wenn der Freude Tränen fließen* (Mozart)

Konstanze! Konstanze! Dich wiederzusehen! ...

Ich baue ganz auf deine Stärke* (Mozart)

Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (Mozart)

Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton (Mozart)

Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro* (Mozart)

Ah! Lo veggio, quell'anima bella (Mozart)

In qual fiero contrasto ...(Mozart)

Fuor del mar ho un mar in seno* (Mozart)

The lost chord (Sullivan)

O divine redeemer (Gounod)

The crown of roses ("Legend), op.54 no.5 (Tchaikovsky)
Ave Maria, D839

In both opera and song, Stuart Burrows was a regular fixture on the Decca scene for many years. His honeyed tenor voice has been an inspiration to many - not least, Aled Jones - and here, at last, are his collected Decca recordings in a nifty 6CD box set, sure to be a best seller.

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Cat. No.: 475 7955
Barcode: 0028947579557
Label: Decca 4CD
Release Date: 7 October

FRANS BRÜGGEN | SCHUBERT: The Symphonies

TRACK LISTING

CD 1

Symphony No.1 in D major D82

Symphony No.4 in C minor D417 "Tragic"

CD 2

Symphony No.2 in B flat major D125

Symphony No.3 in D major D200

Symphony No.5 in B flat major D485

CD 3

Symphony No.8 in B minor D759 "Unfinished"

Symphony No.6 in C major D589

CD 4

Symphony No 9 in C major D944 "Great"

Announcing the much-requested re-release of Franz Bruggen's revolutionary Schubert Symphonies Cycle. Featuring illuminating interpretations on period instruments.

All complete on 4 CDs at a budget price.!

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Cat. No.: 475 7947
Barcode: 0028947579472
Label: Decca 7CD
Release Date: 7 October

CLAUDIO ARRAU | The Final Sessions

TRACK LISTING

CD 1
BACH:
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
CD2
BACH:
Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829
Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827
CD 3
BEETHOVEN:
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, op.2 no. 1
Piano Sonata No. 16in G major, op.31 no. 1
Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, op.54
CD 4
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, op. 2 no. 2
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, op.78 "For Theresa"
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, op.79
CD 5
SCHUBERT:
Piano Sonata in G major, D894
Moments musicaux, D780
CD 6
SCHUBERT:
Impromptus, D935
Klavierstucke, D946
CD 7
DEBUSSY:
Suite bergamasque
Pour le piano - Sarabande
La plus que lente - valse
Valse romantique

A unique collection of recordings from one of the 20th Century's greatest artists. The master pianist's final statements on many of his most cherished composers.

7 CD cap box at budget price!

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Cat. No.: 475 7960
Barcode: 0028947579601
Label: Decca 12CD
Release Date: 7 October

PIERRE BOULEZ | WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen

ARTISTS

Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Pierre Boulez

Das Rheingold
Donald MacIntyre Wotan
Martin Egel Donner
Siegfried Jerusalem Froh
Heinz Zednik Loge
Matti Salminen Fasolt
Fritz Hübner Fafner
Hermann Becht Alberich
Helmut Pampuch Mime
Hanna Schwarz Fricka
Carmen Reppel Freia
Ortrun Wenkel Erda
Norma Sharp Woglinde
Ilse Gramatzki Wellgunde
Marga Schiml Flosshilde

Die Walküre
Peter Hofmann Siegmund
Matti Salminen Hunding
Donald McIntyre Wotan
Jeannine Altmeyer Sieglinde
Gwyneth Jones Brünnhilde
Hanna Schwarz Fricka
Carmen Reppel Gerhilde
Karen Middleton Ortlinde
Katie Clarke Helmwige
Gabriele Schnaut Waltraute
Marga Schiml Siegrune
Ilse Gramatzki Grimgerde
Gwendolyn Killebrew Schwertleite
Elisabeth Glauser Rossweisse

Siegfried
Manfred Jung Siegfried
Heinz Zednik Mime
Donald McIntyre Der Wanderer
Hermann Becht Alberich
Fritz Hübner Fafner
Ortrun Wenkel Erda
Gwyneth Jones Brünnhilde
Norma Sharp Waldvogel

Götterdämmerung
Manfred Jung Siegfried
Franz Mazura Gunther
Fritz Hübner Hagen
Hermann Becht Alberich
Gwyneth Jones Brünnhilde
Jeannine Altmeyer Gutrune
Gwendolyn Killebrew Waltraute
Ortrun Wenkel 1.Norn
Gabriele Schnaut 2. Norn
Katie Clarke 3.Norn
Norma Sharp Woglinde
Ilse Gramatzki Wellgunde
Marga Schiml Flosshilde

TRACK LISTING

CD 1 & 2 Das Rheingold

CDs 3-5 Die Walküre

CDs 6-8 Siegfried

CDs 9-12 Götterdämmerung

ON 12 DISCS AT BUDGET PRICE

The groundbreaking production of Wagner's massive 4 part operatic cycle

The centenary production from the Festival Wagner himself established in Bayreuth, Germany

Under the baton of acclaimed Wagnerian Pierre Boulez

A superb cast is led by New Zealand bass-baritone Donald MacIntyre as Wotan, ruler of the Gods, and Welsh soprano Gwyneth Jones as his daughter Brühnhilde

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Cat. No.: 475 7942
Barcode: 0028947579427
Label: Decca 3CD
Release Date: 7 October

RICCARDO CHAILLY | BRAHMS: The Symphonies

ARTISTS

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly

TRACK LISTING

BRAHMS
CD 1
Symphony No.1 in C minor op.68
Academic Festival Overture op.80
CD 2
Symphony No.2 in D major op73
Symphony No.3 in F major op.90
CD 3
Symphony No.4 in E minor op.98

Riccardo Chailly has built up a substantial Decca discography since his first recording for the label in 1978 - the complete Guglielmo Tell . In 1982 he signed his first exclusive contract with Decca and in 1985 it was announced that he would take up the appointment as Principal Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in September 1988. One of the first recordings Chailly made with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra was of Brahms - Symphony No.1 and the Academic Festival Overture and he went on to complete the cycle of symphonies over the next three years. These recordings have not been available for some time and are reissued as a collector edition alongside his complete cycles of the Bruckner & Mahler Symphonies.

Complete on 3 CDs at budget price!

"The recording is outstanding, as is the playing of the full orchestra" The Classical Good CD Guide.

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Cat. No.: 477 6360
Barcode: 0028947763604
Label: DG 9CD
Release Date: 7 October

EMIL GILELS | BEETHOVEN: The Piano Sonatas

ARTISTS

Emil Gilels, piano

TRACK LISTING

BEETHOVEN: The Piano Sonatas

No. 2 in A major Op. 2 No. 2
No. 3 in C major Op. 2 No. 3
WoO 47 'Kurfürsten' Sonatas
No. 4 in E flat major Op. 7
No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 'Pathétique'
No. 10 in G major Op. 14 No. 2
No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 No. 1
No. 6 in F major Op. 10 No. 2
No. 7 in D major Op. 10 No. 3
No. 11 in B flat major Op. 22
No. 12 n A flat major Op. 26
'Eroica' Variations Op. 35
No. 13 in E flat major Op. 27 No. 1
No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 21 'Moonlight'
No. 15 in D major Op. 28 'Pastoral'
No. 16 in G major Op. 31 No. 1
No. 17 in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 'The Tempest'
No. 18 in E flat major Op. 31 No. 3
No.19 in G minor Op. 49 No. 1
No. 20 in G major Op. 49 No. 2
No. 21 in C major Op. 53 'Waldstein'
No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 'Appassionata'
No. 25 in G major Op. 79
No. 26 in E flat major Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'
No. 27 in E minor Op. 90
No. 30 in E major
No. 31 in A flat major
No. 28 in A major Op. 101
No. 29 in B flat major Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'

DG remembers Emil Gilels with three exceptional releases.

The Russian pianist Emil Gilels (1916 - 1985) would have been 90 on 26 October this year. He was one of the greats; to use an old-fashioned expression, he was the Real Thing. We are celebrating this anniversary in style, with the three releases detailed below.

Though left unfinished at this death, Gilels' Beethoven cycle is considered one of the most distinguished of our time. This great cycle, which is currently available as two multipacks in a slipcase (453 221-2), still has sales of nearly 1,500 sets per year after ten years on the market.

'One can listen to Gilels's Beethoven for hours on end without wishing a single passage to be differently phrased or moulded.' Sunday Times

'He was in many ways an ideal Beethoven pianist' Ovation

'As it is, we simply have some of the best Beethoven recordings of recent times' Ovation

'...there is indeed something miraculous about a touch so precise, so rapid, and yet so distinctive; a sensibility which can shape, colour and chord the music with so much fine precision. In a word, Gillels's astounding technique has been used with an alchemist's skill, transmuted and purified to the ends of the greatest art. Always, Gilels's virtuosity leads one back to the music.' Gramophone

'My career has been my whole life, and I have always searched. Earlier, I searched for sonorities, perhaps sometimes for effect; I loved the technical, virtuoso things; perhaps I tried more to play with passion. Later I came to understand that music is related to the other arts, to poetry and painting - to that big word, philosophy. Now I seek for the time of the composer, the fortunate man who had the idea; and I hear polyphony, which is always the most important. It is like the Alpinist on the mountain: there are several roads to the top.' (Emil Gilels)

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Cat. No.: 475 7987
Barcode: 0028947579878
Label: Decca 3CD
Release Date: 7 October

SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS

BACH JS: St. Matthew Passion (sung in ENGLISH)

ARTISTS

Robert Tear, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
Felicity Lott, soprano
Neil Jenkins, tenor
Alfreda Hodgson, alto
Stephen Roberts, baritone
Bach Choir
Sir David Willcocks

TRACK LISTING

J.S. BACH: St Matthew Passion (SUNG IN ENGLISH)

This much loved English language performance of Bach's great setting of the Passion of Christ makes a welcome return to the Decca catalogue at a very special price.

Sir David Willcocks is a major figure in the English choral tradition, holding positions as organist and choral director at several English cathedrals before taking up the role of Director of Music at King's College Cambridge in 1957 - a role which he held with distinction until 1974, making many acclaimed recordings.

From 1960 until 1988 he was also Director of London's Bach Choir, giving definitive Easter performances of Bach's great Passion at London's Royal Festival Hall.

Outstanding vocal soloists on this recording include Welsh tenor Robert Tear as the Evangelist, Dame Felicity Lott as soprano soloist and the alto Alfreda Hodgson.

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