Product Description
This unique limited-edition LP set features six outstanding Decca recordings, justly famed for their exceptional artistic and sonic qualities.
Selected from a collection of fifty celebrated recordings (available in the 50-CD set, 'The Decca Sound' [Decca 478282]), they represent the very best of Decca’s legendary sound engineering, from the 1950s to the present day.
The four original LP recordings are here newly-presented in luxury 180 gm vinyl pressings, while the acclaimed Messiaen and Beethoven/Britten recordings make their first-ever appearance on vinyl disc.
In addition to the original sleeves, the set also includes is a special booklet explaining the history of the Decca Sound.
Tracklisting
LP 1
Falla: El sombrero de tres picos
Falla: La vida breve - Interlude and dance
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Recorded 1961 · First released as SXL 2296
LP 2
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
Recorded 1963 · First released as SXL 6057
LP 3
Respighi: Feste romane & Pini di Roma
The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Recorded 1976 · First released as SXL 6822
LP 4
WAGNER: The Golden Ring - excerpts from Der Ring des Nibelungen
Birgit Nilsson, soprano
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Recorded 1958-1965 · First released as SXL 6421
LP 5
MESSIAEN: Turangalěla-symphonie
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Takashi Harada, ondes Martenot
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Recorded 1992 · First released as CD 436 6262 · first LP release
LP 6
JANINE JANSEN
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi
Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 15
London Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Recorded 2009 · First released as CD 478 1530 · first LP release
