Decca Sound - The Mono Years 1944-1956 Limited edition

Limited-Edition set of acclaimed ffrr recordings from the Mono era. Conductors including: Ernest Ansermet, Georg Solti, Erich Kleiber, Adrian Boult, Anthony Collins and Hans Knappertsbusch Orchestras Including: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and many more. Soloists including: pianists Clifford Curzon, Julius Katchen, Friedrich Gulda and Moura Lypmany; violinists Ruggiero Ricci and Alfredo Campoli and cellists Zara Nelsova and Pierre Fournier Chamber Ensembles including: Quartetto Italiano, Griller Quartet, Trio Di Trieste, Quintetto Chigiano and Wiener Oktett. This latest cube explores Decca’s earliest high-fidelity history, and restores some restores critically acclaimed albums from ensembles such as the Trio di Trieste, Quintetto Chigiano and Griller Quartet which have not been available since their original LP release more than sixty years ago. An equally impressive array of soloists includes pianists Clifford Curzon, Juliua Katchen, Friedrich Gulda and Moura Lypmany and violinists Ruggiero Ricci and Alfredo Campoli. Several generations of cellists are represented with recordings by Pierre Fournier, Maurice Gendron and Zara Nelsova. List of Albums: CD1: STRAVINSKY: Petrouchka; Le Sacre du printemps L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)/Ansermet CD2: ROUSSEL: Le Festin de l'araignée; Petite Suite pour orchestre; RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales OSR/Ansermet CD3:RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead*; DUKAS: La Péri*; DEBUSSY: 6 Épigraphes antiques; Jeux Paris Conservatoire Orchestra(PCO)*/OSR/Ansermet CD4:ALBÉNIZ: Iberia*; TURINA: Danzas fantásticas*; POULENC: Les Biches – Suite PCO/Argenta* + Desomière CD5:HAYDN: Symphonies 101 “Clock” & 88; BEETHOVEN: Emperor Concerto* Backhaus/Wiener Philharmoniker (WP)/Krauss*/Münchinger CD6:BARANOVIČ: Gingerbread Heart – Ballet Suite; LHOTKA: Devil in the Village – Suite* Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra/Baranovič Orchestra of the National Opera House, Zagreb/Lhotka* CD7:BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra; PIJPER: Symphony 3; DIEPENBROCK: Marsyas ou la Source enchantée – Suite (excerpt) Concertgebouw Orchestra (COA)/van Beinum CD8:BLISS: A Colour Symphony; Introduction & Allegro; Violin Concerto Campoli/London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)/Bliss CD9:TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite 3 in G; PROKOFIEV: Love of Three Oranges – Suite*; Lieutenant Kijé – Suite PCO/LPO*/Boult CD10:VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job; The Wasps - Suite LPO/Boult CD11:BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem*; Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia; Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; Katchen/Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (DRSO)*/London Symphony Orchestra/COA/Britten* Van Beinum CD12:HOMAGE TO FRITZ KREISLER; LALO: Symphonie espagnole* Campoli/Gritton LPO/van Beinum* CD13:ELGAR: Violin Concerto*; BUTTERWORTH: Shropshire Lad – Rhapsody; The Banks of Green Willow; BAX: Tintagel; HOLST: The Perfect Fool – Ballet Suite Campoli*/LPO/Boult CD14:WALTON: Façade – An Entertainment; Façade – Suites 1 & 2*; LAMBERT: Horoscope – Ballet Suite* Sitwell/Pears/LSO*/Collins/Irving* CD15:ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro for Strings; Serenade for strings in E minor; Falstaff – Symphonic Study*; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Fantasia on “Greensleeves” New Symphony Orchestra of London (NSOL)/LSO*/Collins CD16:MOZART: Piano Quartets 1&2*; Horn Quintet in E flat° Curzon*/Brain°/Amadeus Quartet CD17:BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4* Curzon/COA/Van Beinum/Krips* CD18:HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3; Chant de joie; BECK: Viola Concerto°; REICHEL: Piano Concerto° PCO/Denzler/OSR/Meylan° CD19:BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto*; HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 Elman*/LPO/Solti CD20:BRAHMS: Violin Concerto*; ELIZALDE: Violin Concerto°; RODRIGO: Concierto de estio for violin† Ferras/WP*/Schuricht*/LSO°/Poulet°/PCO†/Enesco† CD21:J. STRAUSS II: Graduation Ball – Ballet Suite (arr. Dorati)*; GLUCK & GRÉTRY: Ballet suites NSOL/Fistoulari* NSOL/Irving CD22:TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker & Sleeping Beauty* Suites PCO/Fistoulari/Désormière* CD23:BRAHMS: Cello Sonatas; BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata in G (arr. for cello) Fournier/Backhaus CD24:SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor*; SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke; Drei Romanzen; Cello Concerto Gendron/Françaix*/OSR/Ansermet CD25 & 26: BLOCH: Quartets 1-4 Griller Quartet CD27:BEETHOVEN: Hammerklavier Sonata; “Eroica Variations”; “Les Adieux” Sonata Gulda CD28:HAYDN: Quartet in E flat, Op.64/6; BOCCHERINI: Quartet in D, Op.6/1; SCHUMANN: Quartet No.2 in F, Op.41/2; VERDI: Quartet in E minor Quartetto Italiano CD29:SIBELIUS: 4 Legends; Karelia Suite DRSO/Jensen CD30: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 “Choral” WP/Kleiber CD31:BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”; WAGNER: Tristan & Parsifal* LPO/Kleiber/Krauss* CD32:BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3; WAGNER: Tannhäuser - Overture & Venusberg music WP/Knappertsbusch CD33:NIELSEN: Quartet No. 4 in F; VAGN HOLMBOE: Quartet No. 3; SIBELIUS: Quartet in D* Koppel Quartet/Griller Quartet * CD34:BIZET: Jeux d'enfants; Jolie Fille de Perth – Suite; CHABRIER: Suite Patorale; Ode à la musique; DEBUSSY: Damoiselle élue PCO/Lindenberg/Fournet CD35:RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3*; KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto in D flat Lympany NSOL/Collins* LPO/Fistoulari CD36:MOZART: Serenade 4*; Symphonies 28 & 29 NSO*/OSR/Maag CD37:GRANADOS: Goyescas; El pelele Magaloff CD38:LALO: Namouna - Suites 1 & 2; FAURÉ: Ballade; 4 Nocturnes; FRANÇAIX: Concertino for piano and orchestra Long/LPO/Martinon CD39-41:HANDEL: Concerti grossi, op.6; Water Music Boyd Neel String Orchestra (BNSO)/Neel CD42:RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata; KODÁLY: Sonata for cello; REGER: Suite No. 2; BACH: Cello Suite No. 3 – Bourrées Nelsova/Balsam CD43:SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet; BLOCH: Piano Quintet No. 1 Quintetto Chigiano CD44:BOCCHERINI: Piano Quintets in A major & D minor; BRAHMS: Piano Quintet Quintetto Chigiano CD45:PAGANINI: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Ricci/LSO/Collins CD46:MOZART: Symphonies 25 & 38*; ROSSINI: 5 Overtures LSO/Solti*/Gamba CD47: BARTÓK: Music for strings, percussion and celesta; KODÁLY: Háry János – Suite; HAYDN: Symphony No. 100 "Military" LPO/Solti CD48: BEETHOVEN: Archduke Trio; BRAHMS: Piano Trio No. 1 Trio di Trieste CD49: PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5; SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 DRSO/Tuxen CD50:NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5; Flute & Clarinet* Concertos DRSO/Jensen/Möldike* CD51:Smetana: String Quartet No. 1; KODÁLY: Quartet No. 2; SCHUBERT: Quartet No. 13, D804 Végh Quartet CD52:MOZART: Divertimento, K334; Divertimento K247 Vienna Octet CD53:MENDELSSOHN: Octet; BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet