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The Decca Sound: 55 Great Vocal Recitals | Decca 4789679

The Decca Sound: 55 Great Vocal Recitals

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4789679

Barcode: 0028947896791

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 55

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 6th May 2016

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Contents

Artists

Josephine Barstow
Cecilia Bartoli
Teresa Berganza
Carlo Bergonzi
Barbara Bonney
Paata Burchuladze
Joseph Calleja
Lisa Della Casa
Maria Chiara
Fernando Corena
Regine Crespin
Suzanne Danco
Susan Dunn
Brigitte Fassbaender
Kathleen Ferrier
Kirsten Flagstad
Renee Fleming
Juan Diego Florez
Mirella Freni
Angela Gheorghiu
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Matthias Goerne
Hilde Gueden
Marilyn Horne
Hans Hotter
Sumi Jo
Gwyneth Jones
Kiri Te Kanawa
Jonas Kaufmann
Tom Krause
Pilar Lorengar
James McCracken
Robert Merrill
Sherrill Milnes
Mario Del Monaco
Birgit Nilsson
Leo Nucci
Luciano Pavarotti
Peter Pears
Hermann Prey
Regina Resnik
Sylvia Sass
Paul Schoffler
Andreas Scholl
Renata Scotto
Cesare Siepi
Giulietta Simionato
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Elena Souliotis
Gerard Souzay
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Joan Sutherland
Martti Talvela
Renata Tebaldi
Huguette Tourangeau
Jennifer Vyvyan
Virginia Zeani

Artists

Josephine Barstow
Cecilia Bartoli
Teresa Berganza
Carlo Bergonzi
Barbara Bonney
Paata Burchuladze
Joseph Calleja
Lisa Della Casa
Maria Chiara
Fernando Corena
Regine Crespin
Suzanne Danco
Susan Dunn
Brigitte Fassbaender
Kathleen Ferrier
Kirsten Flagstad
Renee Fleming
Juan Diego Florez
Mirella Freni
Angela Gheorghiu
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Matthias Goerne
Hilde Gueden
Marilyn Horne
Hans Hotter
Sumi Jo
Gwyneth Jones
Kiri Te Kanawa
Jonas Kaufmann
Tom Krause
Pilar Lorengar
James McCracken
Robert Merrill
Sherrill Milnes
Mario Del Monaco
Birgit Nilsson
Leo Nucci
Luciano Pavarotti
Peter Pears
Hermann Prey
Regina Resnik
Sylvia Sass
Paul Schoffler
Andreas Scholl
Renata Scotto
Cesare Siepi
Giulietta Simionato
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Elena Souliotis
Gerard Souzay
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Joan Sutherland
Martti Talvela
Renata Tebaldi
Huguette Tourangeau
Jennifer Vyvyan
Virginia Zeani

About

Authoritative and comprehensive, this 55-CD set presents a unique period in human history: a period when brilliant recorded sound on LP & CD, plus radio, TV, film and live all combined to offer huge new opportunities for singers, record labels and producers to expand the audience for classical music.

This box set puts the spotlight on fifty-five unique voices whose music and art shaped the century. Included are also the debut recitals of some of today’s biggest names, underlining Decca’s unparalleled ability at spotting vocal talent. The artists in this encyclopaedic set are a Who’s Who of the greatest singers from 1950 to the present day.

Presented in chronological order with their original cover artwork, this set proudly takes its place as the fifth in the hugely successful Decca Sound series which documents the label’s story from the early years of mono to the present day.

- 55 acclaimed recitals from Decca – many original LP recitals are complemented with bonus material
- Tri-lingual booklet contains an article by Raymond McGill and tracklists
- Full recording information on each album and numerous photographs

Contents:

CD1: Suzanne Danco
Operatic Recital (1950)
CD2: Paul Schöffler
Operatic Recital (1950)
CD3: Kathleen Ferrier
A Recital of Bach and Handel Arias (1952)
CD4: Cesare Siepi
Operatic Arias for Bass (1954)
CD5: Fernando Corena
Operatic Arias for Bass (1956)
CD6: Mario Del Monaco
Great Tenor Arias (1956)
CD7: Kirsten Flagstad
Wagner Recital + Sibelius Songs (1956)
CD8: Lisa Della Casa
Lieder Recital (1956)
CD9: Giulietta Simionato
Operatic Recital (1956)
CD10: Gérard Souzay
French Operatic Arias + Gabriel Fauré (1956)
CD11: Virginia Zeani
Operatic Recital (1956)
CD12: Jennifer Vyvyan
Mozart and Haydn Recital (1957)
CD13: Carlo Bergonzi
Operatic Recital (1957)
CD14: Giuseppe Di Stefano
Operatic Recital + Italian songs (1958)
CD15: Joan Sutherland
Operatic Arias (1959)
CD16: Regina Resnik
On the Wings of Opera (1961)
CD17: Hilde Gueden
Sings Operetta Evergreens (1961)
CD18: Teresa Berganza
Sings Mozart (1962)
CD19: Tom Krause
Songs by Sibelius and Strauss (1963)
CD20: Peter Pears
Schubert Winterreise (1963)
CD21: Birgit Nilsson
Sings German Opera by Wagner, Weber & Beethoven (1963)
CD22: Robert Merrill + James McCracken
Italian Opera Arias (1963)
CD23: Marilyn Horne
Recital (1964)
CD24: Renata Tebaldi
Operatic Arias (1964)
CD25: Hermann Prey
Schubert Schwanengesang (1965)
CD26: Elena Souliotis
Donizetti & Verdi (1966)
CD27: Régine Crespin
Recital: Schumann · Wolf · Debussy · Poulenc (1967)
CD28: Gwyneth Jones
Scenes from Verdi (1968)
CD29: Luciano Pavarotti
Arias by Verdi and Donizetti (1968)
CD30: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Great Scenes from Verdi + Mussorgsky (1969)
CD31: Huguette Tourangeau
Arias from Forgotten Operas (1970)
CD32: Maria Chiara
Sings Verdi Arias (1972)
CD33: Sherrill Milnes
Great Scenes from Italian Opera (1972)
CD34: Hans Hotter
The Art of Hans Hotter vol.1 (1974)
CD35: Sylvia Sass
Presenting Sylvia Sass (1977)
CD36: Pilar Lorengar
Portrait of Pilar (1978)
CD37: Elisabeth Söderström
Sings Songs for Children (Prokofiev and Mussorgsky) + Rachmaninov (1978)
CD38: Mirella Freni & Renata Scotto
In Duet (1978)
CD39: Martti Talvela
Mussorgsky Songs & Dances of Death + Rachmaninov Songs (1980)
CD40: Paata Burchuladze
Boris Godunov, Verdi, etc. (1984)
CD41: Leo Nucci
Bel canto Arias (1986)
CD42: Susan Dunn
Verdi · Beethoven · Wagner (1987)
CD43: Cecilia Bartoli
Rossini Arias (1988)
CD44: Josephine Barstow
Final Scenes: R. Strauss, Cherubini, Janáček and Puccini (1989)
CD45: Kiri Te Kanawa
In Recital: Liszt · Obradors · Ravel (1989)
CD46: Brigitte Fassbaender
Liszt Lieder (1990)
CD47: Sumi Jo
Carnaval! (1993)
CD48: Angela Gheorghiu
Arias (1995)
CD49: Andreas Scholl
Heroes (1998)
CD50: Renée Fleming
Great Opera Scenes (1996)
CD51: Barbara Bonney
Diamonds in the Snow (1999)
CD52: Matthias Goerne
Arias (2000)
CD53: Juan Diego Flórez
Una furtiva lagrima (2002)
CD54: Jonas Kaufmann
Mozart · Schubert · Beethoven · Wagner (2008)
CD55: Joseph Calleja
The Maltese Tenor (2010)

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