Spacious, generous performances of two of the most popular piano concertos in the repertory. These recordings have been unavailable for a very long time.

Magnificent performances from the great Arthur Grumiaux of three thrilling sonatas for violin and piano. The Tartini is often sought after and not easily available.  The Franck recording is something of a ‘benchmark’ performance and a true rarity making an appearance in the form of the almost swooningly lush Lekeu sonata, from a composer whose […]

All the popular songs and choruses from five G&S favourites performed by the most renowned interpreters of their music.

Swaggering performances of Americana from two celebrated conductors whose interpretation of this music ranks amongst the very finest.

Never has a more sublime recording of German Opera Choruses been made. Varviso and his Leipzig and Dresden teams deliver some of the most ravishing sonorities you’ll ever here in a compilation that focuses on Wagner and is surrounded by Weber, Nicolai and Beethoven.

One of the most fizzing, entertaining recordings of ‘The Barber of Seville’, brought off with tremendous panache by the principals with instinctively shaped, pliant playing from the Naples orchestra under Silvio Varviso.

Two murders, an attempted rape and a suicide, all packed into about a hundred minutes, makes for spellbinding drama. And this performance of highlights from ‘Tosca’ is just that, in one of Tebaldi’s early recordings for Decca.

This is Renata Tebaldi’s first (and more silvery) recording of ‘Madama Butterfly’ with some very strong singing from the supporting cast.

One of the most touching portrayals of Puccini’s immortal opera, this recording includes all the favourite arias and ensemble pieces.

The legendary 1972 recording of Mahler’s First Symphony, here beautifully remastered for super-budget release. Haitink conveys all the joy and the angst beneath Mahler’s score and the recording has warmth and bloom.

From Decca’s rich catalogue of piano music comes a generous selection of miniatures for piano, many of them quiet, all of them popular and much sought-after, in the finest of performances, of course.

Hymn singing is a wonderful way for people of all backgrounds, regardless of faith, regardless of any particular musical ability, to join together in worship and in song. It’s very often the text, rather than the tune to which it is set that has ensured a hymn’s lasting popularity. Indeed some of these texts, though […]