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Repackaging Pavarotti recordings for reissue seems to be a thriving cottage industry for Decca. You would think a 2-CD “Best Of …” set would suffice,
This recent import reissue of George Malcolm’s 1965 L’Oiseau-Lyre (now Decca) Rameau keyboard cycle couldn’t be more timely, especially for neophytes who simply want to
Old friends, where have you been? I listen to these early 1970s Debussy and Messiaen solo performances anew, and it’s not just a happy reunion
On his first release under contract to Decca, Nelson Freire revisits Chopin’s B minor sonata, one of his finest youthful recorded achievements. Comparisons between Freire’s
Maggie Teyte has a firm place in the pantheon of British singers, so this entry in Decca’s The Singers series has been received with wild
Erna Berger’s inclusion in Decca’s The Singers series is easily justified by her reputation if not her clear superiority to singers of her ilk–her ilk
Throughout the opening movement of Walton’s First Symphony, Andrew Litton ensures that crucial ostinato string rhythms are always sharply defined, sustaining a high degree of
In A Beautiful Mind James Horner associates genius with divine inspiration through his use of angelic choirs, a technique he employed in his earlier score
Barbara Bonney is a singer whose work is defined by exceptional grace and intelligence, and one important sign of these characteristics (missing from so many
Hans Zimmer’s music for Black Hawk Down is really more soundtrack than film score, serving as it does primarily as aural scene painting. Zimmer sees
