The Decca Sound

This compilation ℗ 2011 Decca Music Group Limited © 2011 Decca Music Group Limited Made in the EU Packaged in a cardboard double-lift box, with CDs in cardboard sleeves replicating the original releases. Each CD comes in a cardboard sleeve that replicates the original cover of one of the albums whose tracks are on the disc, if there is more than on. They do not describe the contents of the disc, which are printed on the back of the sleeve and in the booklet. Tracklist entries are a combination of the two. CD 1 Total timing 77:28 · ADD · 478 3156 Recording locations: Victoria Hall, Geneva, February & March 1961 First released as SXL 2296 (Falla); SXL 2287 (Debussy) Publishers: Chester Music Ltd. (El sombrero) Éditions Max Eschig (La vida breve) ℗ 1961 (Debussy), 1962 (Falla) Decca Music Group Limited CD 2 Total timing 73:15 · ADD/AAD (Tchaikovsky) · 478 3157 Recording locations: Kingsway Hall, London, 27 & 28 December 1956 (Tchaikovsky), 31 December 1956 & 1 January 1957 (Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Granados, Moszkowski) First released as SXL 2020 (Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Granados, Moszkowski); SXL 2029 (Tchaikovsky) ℗ 1957 (Tchaikovsky), 1958 (Chabrier, Rimsky-Korsakov, Granados, Moszkowski) Decca Music Group Limited CD 3 Total timing 68:13 · ADD · 478 3158 Recording locations: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, 18 & 19 March 1963 (Concerto); All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey, September 1977 (Sonata) First released as SXL 6057 (Concerto); SXL 6996 (Sonata) Publisher: Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd ℗ 1963 (Concerto), 1982 (Sonata) Decca Music Group Limited CD 4 Total timing 77:39 · DDD · 478 3159 Recording locations: Kingsway Hall, London, September 1982 (Mussorgsky); Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, October 1984 (Sibelius) Publishers: Breitkopf & Härtel Musikverlag (Sibelius); Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd. (Mussorgsky) First released as 414 5342 (Sibelius); SXL 6996 (Mussorgsky) ℗ 1983 (Mussorgsky), 1986 (Sibelius) Decca Music Group Limited CD 5 Total timing 67:07 · DDD · 478 3160 Recording location: Mozart-Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 5-8 August 1992 First released as 440 2972 ℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited CD 6 Total timing 67:22 · DDD · 478 3161 Recording location: Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, January 1996 G. Schirmer Inc. (Barber); Carl Fischer Inc (Bloch); Oxford University Press (Walton) First released as 452 8512 ℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited CD 7 Total timing 73:00 · DDD · 478 3162 Recording location: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, 31 May & 1 June 1989 First released as 421 8152 ℗ 1990 Decca Music Group Limited CD 8 Total timing 68:10 · ADD · 478 3163 Recording location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, November 1973 First released as 6 BB 171-2 ℗ 1974 Decca Music Group Limited CD 9 Total timing 81:18 · DDD · 478 3164 Recording location: Großer Musikvereinsaal, Vienna, 20 December 1978*/1 January 1979 First released as D 146 D2 ℗ 1979 Decca Music Group Limited *Editor's Note: added with reference to booklet from 1995 2-CD release, Decca 448 572-2. CD 10 total timing 81:03 · ADD · 478 3165 Recording location: Kingsway Hall, London, 3-5, 7-8 & 10 January 1963 First released as SET 252-3 ℗ 1963 Decca Music Group Limited CD 11 Total timing: 75:36 · DDD · 478 3166 Recording location: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, March 1992 Publishers: Durand & Cie., Paris. This recording follows the text of the Revised Messiaen Edition. First released as 436 6362 ℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited CD 12 Total timing: 77:59 · ADD (Bruch) · DDD (Mendelssohn) · 478 3167 Recording locations: Kingsway Hall, London, 15-20 May 1972 (Bruch); L'Église de St Eustache, Montréal, July 1981 (Mendelssohn) First released as SXL 6573 (Bruch); SXDL 7558 (Mendelssohn) ℗ 1972 (Bruch), 1982 (Mendelssohn) Decca Music Group Limited CD 13 Total timing: 65:03 · ADD · 478 3168 Recording location: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, 24 & 25 September 1970 First release as SXL 7007 ℗ 1982 Decca Music Group Limited CD 14 Total timing: 77:28 · ADD · 478 3169 Recording locations: Sofiensaal, Vienna, April 1973 (Berg), 21-25 September 1979 (Schoenberg); Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, August 1991 (Webern) Publishers: Universal Edition AG, Wien (Schoenberg); Schott Musikverlage International Mainz / Universal Edition, Wien (Berg); Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Webern) First released as SXDL 7509 (Schoenberg), SXL 6657 (Berg), 436 2422 (Webern) ℗ 1974 (Berg), 1981 (Schoenberg), 1992 (Webern) Decca Music Group Limited © 2011 Decca Music Group Limited CD 15 Total timing: 77:05 · DDD · 478 3170 Recording location: United Artists Auditorium, Detroit, 11-12 May 1981 (Rite), 24-26 October 1982 (Firebird) Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Rite); Schott Musik International GmbH & Co., KG (Firebird) First released as 410 1092 (L'Oiseau); SXDL 7548 (Rite) ℗ 1982 (Rite), 1983 (Firebird) Decca Music Group Limited CD 16 Total timing: 81:20 · DDD · 478 3171 Recording location: L'Église de St Eustache, Montréal, July 1981 (Boléro), 12-14 May 1983 Publishers: Durand S.A. Éditions Musicales/Société Arima (Ma Mère l'Oye, Boléro); Durand S.A. Éditions Musicales (Pavane, Tombeau, Valses) First released as 410 2542; SXDL 7559 (Boléro) ℗ 1982 (Boléro), 1984 Decca Music Group Limited CD 17 Total timing: 71:32 · DDD · 478 3172 Recording location: Henry Wood Hall, London, 16-21 December 1996 Publishers: Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd/Schott Musik International GmbH & Co. KG (Strauss); Český Hudebni Fond (Dvořák); Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Britten) First released as 455 7602 ℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited CD 18 Total timing: 69:27 · DDD · 478 3173 Recording locations: Auditorio Massimo, Radio Televisione Svizzera di Ligua Italia, Lugano, 18-2 December 2002 (Schumann); Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, 13-18 February, 2006 (Brahms) First released as 475 7638 (Brahms); 473 9022 (Schumann) ℗ 2003 (Schumann), 2006 (Brahms) Decca Music Group Limited. CD 19 Total timing 76:08 · DDD · 478 3174 Recording locations: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 21-23 May 1981 (No.5); Kingsway Hall, London, January 1980 (No.9) Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (No.5); Anglo-Soviet Music Press Ltd/Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (No.9) First released as SXL 7551 (No.5); SXDL 7515 (No.9) ℗ 1981 (No.9), 1982 (No.5) Decca Music Group Limited CD 20 Total timing 52:26 · DDD · 478 3175 Recording location: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, September, 1992 Publisher: Oxford University Press First released as L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 9922 ℗ 1994 Decca Music Group Limited CD 21 Total timing 73:17 · DDD · 478 3176 Recording locations: Abbey Road Studio 1, London, 18 & 19 July 2009 (Britten); Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, Germany, 31 July-2 August 2009 (Beethoven) Publishers: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (Beethoven cadenzas); Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd (Britten) First released as 478 1530 ℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited CD 22 Total timing 72:15 · ADD · 478 3177 Recording locations: Sofiensaal, Vienna, September 1961 (The Planets); Kingsway Hall, London, March 1961 (The Perfect Fool, Egdon Heath) First released as SXL 2305 (The Planets); SXL 6006 (The Perfect Fool, Egdon Heath) ℗ 1962 Decca Music Group Limited CD 23 Total timing 73:37 · ADD · 478 3178 Recording location: Kingsway Hall, London, 9 & 10 November 1965 (Bartók), 11-13 November 1965 (Ravel), 26-29 November 1968 (Prokofiev) Publishers: Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd. (Bartók); Boosey & Hawkes (Ravel); S. & N, Koussevitzky (Prokofiev); First released as SXL 6209 (Bartók, Ravel); SXL 6411 (Prokofiev) ℗ 1966 The Decca Music Group Limited (Bartók, Ravel), 1969 (Prokofiev) Decca Music Group Limited CD 24 Total timing 75:24 · ADD · 478 3179 Recording locations: Sofiensaal, Vienna, 22-24 March 1961 (No.9), Kingsway Hall, London, 22-26 February 1963 (No.8) First released as SXL 2289 (No.9); SXL 6044 ℗ 1961 (No.9), 1963 (No.8) Decca Music Group Limited CD 25 Total timing 80:38 · ADD · 478 3180 Recording locations: The Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, July 1962 (Nelson Mass); St John's College, Cambridge, July 1969 (Paukenmesse) Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd (Nelson Mass) Edition: H.C. Robbins Landon (Nelson Mass) First released as Argo ZRG 5325 (Nelson Mass); Argo ZRG 634 (Paukenmesse) ℗ 1962, 1970 Decca Music Group Limited CD 26 Total timing 81:19 · ADD (Granados) · DDD (Falla) · 478 3181 Recording Locations: Kingsway Hall, London, London/Decca Studios, West Hempstead, December 1975-December 1976 (Goyescas); Decca Studio No.3, West Hempstead. December 1976 (El pelele); Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, 6-8 July 1983 (Noches) Publisher: Éditions Max Eschig (Noches) First released as SXL 6785 (Granados), 410 2892 (Falla) ℗ 1977 (Goyescas, El pelele), 1984(Noches) Decca Music Group Limited CD 27 Total timing 72:07 · DDD · 478 3182 Recording location: CTS Studio 2, Wembley, London, January & February 1996 Publishers: Fürstner Musikverlag GmbH (1,2); Dreiklang-Dreimasken Bühnen -und Musikverlag (3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 18); Ludwig Doblinnger (Bernard Herzmansky) KG (6); Fürstner Musikverlag GmbH/Schott Musik International GmbH & Co. KG (8); Rondo-Verlag GmbH (9); Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (10); Rondor Musikverlag GmbH (11); Ufaton Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (12); Charles Brull Ltd & Co (13, 16); Copyright Control (4, 14) First released as 452 6012 ℗ 1996 Decca Music Group Limited CD 28 Total timing 77:04 · ADD · 478 3183 Recording locations: Decca Studio No.3, West Hempstead, London, 13-16 June 1972 (Sonatas); Kingsway Hall, London, 27 & 28 November, 1970 (Variations) First released as SXL 6576 (Sonatas), SXL 6503 (Variations) ℗ 1971 (Variations), 1973 (Sonatas) Decca Music Group Limited CD 29 Total timing 78.56 · ADD · 478 3184 Recording location: Kingsway Hall, London, 27 & 28 February 1957 (A Midsummer Night's Dream), 21 & 22 April 1960 (Symphony) First released as SXL 2246 (Symphony); SXL 2060 (A Midsummer Night's Dream) ℗ 1959 (A Midsummer Night's Dream), 1960 (Symphony) Decca Music Group Limited CD 30 Total timing 77:37 · ADD · 478 3185 Recording location: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, 10-14 May 1976 (Respighi), 19-23 October 1979 (Rimsky-Korsakov) Publisher Casa Ricordi/BMG Ricordi S.p.A., Milano (Respighi) First released as SXL 6822 (Respighi); SXL 6966 (Rimsky-Korsakov) ℗ 1977, 1980 Decca Music Group Limited CD 31 Total timing 66:35 · DDD · 478 3186 Recording location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, 26 & 27 November 1978 (Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen), 25 & 26 March 1980 (Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba) Publisher: Universal Edition AG First released as SXDL 7519 (Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba); 417 1312 (Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen) ℗ 1981 (Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba), 1986 (Vixen) Decca Music Group Limited CD 32 Total timing 77:55 · DDD · 478 3187 Recording location: Kingsway Hall, London, April 1968 (Tchaikovsky), 11-15 1970 (Grieg) First released as Argo ZRG 584 (Tchaikovsky); Argo ZRG 670 (Grieg) ℗ 1969 (Tchaikovsky), 1970 (Grieg) Decca Music Group Limited CD 33 Total timing 65.09 · ADD· 478 3188 Recording locations: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris 16 & 17 June 1960 (Ibert, Saint-Saëns, Bizet); Kingsway Hall, London, 6 & 7 March, 1958 (Borodin) Publisher: Durand S.A. Éditions Musicales (Ibert) First released as SXL 2252 (Ibert, Saint-Saëns, Bizet); SPA 281 (Borodin) on Decca, 1973; first released as RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2298, 1959 ℗ 1960 (Ibert, Saint-Saëns, Bizet), 1961 (Borodin) Decca Music Group Limited CD 34 Total timing 71:49 · ADD· 478 3189 Recording location: Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, 21 April 1971 (Varèse), May 1975 (Ives) Publishers: Universal Music Publishing Ricordi S.r.l. (Varèse); Peer International Corp./Southern Music Publications Corp., Inc. (Ives) First released as SXL 6550 (Varèse); SXL 6753 (Ives) ℗ 1972 (Varèse), 1976 (Ives) Decca Music Group Limited CD 35 Total timing 81:12 · ADD· 478 3190 Recording location: Kingsway Hall, London, London, 24 & 25 June 1958 (Enigma Variations), 27 & 28 April 1959 (Daphnis) Publisher: Durand S.A. Éditions Musicales (Daphnis) First released as SXL 2164 (Daphnis); SPA 121 (Elgar) on Decca, 1971; first released as RCA Victor Red Seal LSC2418, 1960 ℗ 1959 (Daphnis), 1961 (Enigma Variations) Decca Music Group Limited CD 36 Total timing 81:34 · ADD· 478 3191 Recording location: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart, May 1968 (BWV 234, BWV 10), February 1984 (BWV 140) First released as SXL 6400 (BWV 234, BWV 10); 414 0452 (BWV 140) ℗ 1969 (BWV 234, BWV 10), 1985 (BWV 140), Decca Music Group Limited CD 37 Total timing 81:59 · ADD· 478 3192 Recording location: Sofiensaal, Vienna October 1958 (Rheingold), October 1962 (Siegfried), November 1964 (Götterdämmerung), November 1965 (Walküre) First released as (complete operas) SXL 2101-3 (Das Rheingold); SET 312-6 (Die Walküre); SET 242-6 (Siegfried); SET 292-7 (Götterdämmerung) First released as The Golden Ring: SXL 6421 (tracks 1 to 4, 8, 10 only) ℗ 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966 Decca Music Group Limited CD 38 Total timing 67:47 · DDD· 478 3193 Recording location: Terme di Caracella, Rome, 7 July 1990 Publishers: Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, Milano (1); Glocken Verlag GmbH (4); Mauro V. Cardillo (5); Casa Ricordi-BMG Ricordi S.p.A, Milano (6, 12, 17); Universal Music Publishing Ltd (7); Peer International Corp. (8); Unión Musical Española (9); Jaini Publications, Inc./ The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company Co. LLC (13); Casa Ed. F. Bideri (13); Faber Music Ltd./The Really Useful Group Ltd. (14); E. B. Marks Music Inc. (14); Editions Paul Beuscher (14); Adolf Robitschek Musikverlag GmbH (15) First released as 430 4332, 1990 ℗ 1990 Decca Music Group Limited CD 39 Total timing 7246 · DDD· 478 3194 Recording location: Kingsway Hall, London, 10-25 August 1972 Publisher: Casa Ricordi-BMG Ricordi S.p.A. First released as SET 561-3 [correction from SET 573 in The Decca Sound booklet] (complete); SET 573 [correction from SET 561 in The Decca Sound booklet] (highlights) ℗ 1973 Decca Music Group Limited CD 40 Total timing 65:40 · DDD· 478 3195 Recording location: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, October 1991 First released as L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 1312 ℗ 1993 Decca Music Group Limited CD 41 Total timing 79:24 · DDD· 478 3196 Recording locations: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, 7 July 1978 (No.2); Kingsway Hall, London, 15 July 1978 (No.5), 12-14 July 1979 (No.4) Publisher: Durand S.A. Éditions Musicales First released as D 244 D3 (Complete concertos) ℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited CD 42 Total timing 60:13 · DDD· 478 3197 Recording location: L'Église de Notre Dame du Liban, Paris, 22-26 February 1999 First released as 466 1342 ℗ 1999 Decca Music Group Limited CD 43 Total timing 72:09 · DDD· 478 3198 Recording location: Kingsway Hall, London, December 1982 First released as D 275 D2 ℗ 1983 Decca Music Group Limited CD 44 Total timing 75:23 · ADD· 478 3199 Recording locations: Kingsway Hall, London, 31 January-3 February 1966 (Glinka, Mussorgsky, Borodin Overture), May 1966 (Borodin Dances); Sofiensaal, Vienna, May 1959 (Suppé) First released as SXL 6263 (Glinka, Mussorgsky, Borodin); SXL 217460 (Suppé) ℗ 1960 (Glinka, Mussorgsky, Borodin), 1966 (Suppé) Decca Music Group Limited CD 45 Total timing 79:47 · ADD· 478 3200 Recording location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, 30 August-2 September 1971 First released as SET 534-5 ℗ 1972 Decca Music Group Limited CD 46 Total timing 72:24 · ADD· 478 3201 Recording location: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 20-23 March 1981 First released as D 255 D2, full album (1981), and as 417 5872, single disc (1987). ℗ 1981 Decca Music Group Limited CD 47 Total timing 77:54 · DDD· 478 3202 Recording location: St. George's, Bristol, 17-20 November 2003 (Op. 95), 19-23 July 2004 (Op. 130/133) First released as: 470 8492 (disc 3 only) ℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited CD 48 Total timing 50:27 · ADD· 478 3203 Recording location: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, July-August 1958 Publishers: Casa Ricordi-BMG Ricordi S.p.A. First released as SXL 2039-41 (complete opera); SXL 2267 (highlights) ℗ 1958 Decca Music Group Limited CD 49 Total timing 73:39 · ADD· 478 3204 Recording location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, February 1959 (Beethoven), November 1972 (Mendelssohn) First released as SDD 389 (Mendelssohn); SXL 2157 (Beethoven) ℗ 1960 (Beethoven), 1973 (Mendelssohn) Decca Music Group Limited CD 50 Total timing 67:43 · DDD· 478 3204 Recording location:Winchester Cathedral, June 1990 (Parry), May 1991 (Coronation Te Deum), 3-5 February 1995 (Belshazzar) Publisher: Oxford University Press (Belshazzar, Coronation Te Deum) First released as 448 1342 (Belshazzar); 436 120-2 (Coronation Te Deum); 430 836-2 (Parry) ℗1991 (Parry), 1992 (Coronation Te Deum), 1995 (Belshazzar) Decca Music Group Limited