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Presto CD - 50 more Decca titles
Our Presto CD project – where we manufacture discontinued discs under license from the record labels, in order to prevent them from disappearing entirely – continues to go from strength to strength. Since May last year we've restored over 2,000 great recordings to life in CD form; here are the latest 50 titles, featuring great performances from András Schiff, Emma Kirkby, Neville Marriner and more.
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Herbert von Karajan and the Wiener Philharmoniker perform Adam’s Giselle.
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András Schiff performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
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Christoph von Dohnanyi & The Cleveland Orchestra perform concertos for orchestra by Bartok & Lutoslawski.
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The Vienna Philharmonic & Zubin Mehta are joined by Vladimir Ashkenazy for Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5.
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Vladimir Ashkenazy performs the Moonlight, Pathétique & Appassionata sonatas.
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The Academy of Ancient Music and Christopher Hogwood perform Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
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Solti directs the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, with soloists Jessye Norman, Reinhild Runkel, Robert Schunk & Hans Sotin, in the Choral Symphony.
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Itzhak Perlman & Vladimir Ashkenazy perform the Kreutzer and Spring sonatas by Beethoven.
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The Royal Concertgebouw and Riccardo Chailly perform works by Luciano Berio, including Formazioni and Folk Songs.
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Karl Böhm and the Wiener Philharmoniker perform Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4.
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Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Chopin’s piano sonatas nos. 1, 2 & 3.
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Artists including Marina de Gabarain, Teresa Berganza, the London Sinfonietta & the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande perform works including El amor brujo and El sombrero de tres picos.
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Ataúlfo Argenta directs the London Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande in orchestral works from or about Spain, including Rimsky Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol and Chabrier’s España.
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Joan Sutherland performs famous arias from various composers, including Bellini’s Casta Diva and Handel’s Let the bright seraphim.
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Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
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Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony are joined by artists including Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger, John Shirley-Quirk & the Wiener Sängerknaben for Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand.
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Luciano Pavarotti and Henry Mancini perform popular works by Italian composers.
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András Schiff performs Mendelssohn’s Lieder ohne Worte
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Riccardo Chailly and the Royal Concertgebouw are joined by Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Takashi Harada in Messaien’s Turangalîla Symphony.
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Ruth Ziesak, Sumi Jo, Uwe Heilmann & Michael Kraus star in this disc of highlights from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.
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Sir Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields perform serenades and divertimenti by Mozart, including Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
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Sviatoslav Richter and Benjamin Britten perform works for piano four hands by Debussy, Mozart and Schubert.
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Vladimir Ashkenazy performs Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition on the piano, and conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in the orchestrated version.
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Artists including Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, the London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel & Benjamin Britten perform extracts from various Requiem masses.
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Vladimir Ashkenazy joins the Royal Concertgebouw and Bernard Haitink for Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4.
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Jorge Bolet joins the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal & Charles Dutoit for Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1.
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Shura Cherkassky joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy to perform Rubinstein’s Piano Concerto No. 4
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Pascal Rogé performs Satie’s piano music, including the Gymnopédies.
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Mstislav Rostropovich and Benjamin Britten perform cello sonatas by Schubert and Bridge.
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Radu Lupu performs Schubert’s six Moments Musicaux and Piano Sonata No. 19.
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Radu Lupu performs three Schubert piano sonatas.
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The Weller Quartet are joined by Dietfried Gurtler for Schubert’s String Quintet. Also includes the ‘Quartettsatz’.
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Includes Jazz Suites Nos. 1 & 2 and Tahiti Trot, with Ronald Brautigam and Peter Masseurs as the soloists in the concerto for piano, trumpet and strings.
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The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy perform Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony.
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The Concertgebouw Orchestra and Bernard Haitink perform Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos. 6 and 12.
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The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge and George Guest perform choral works by Stainer, including The Crucifixion.
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Emma Kirkby is joined by the Academy of Ancient Music and Christopher Hogwood to perform Renaissance, Baroque and Classical works, including Purcell’s An Evening Hymn and Mozart’s Exultate, jubilate.
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Famous works by Copland, including Fanfare for the Common Man and Appalachian Spring.
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The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and Sir David Willcocks perform well-known Christmas carols, including In dulci jubilo, God rest ye merry, gentlemen and Past Three o’Clock.
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Famous works by Elgar, including Salut d’amour, Nimrod and Pomp and Circumstance March Nos. 1 and 4.
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Includes Morley’s It was a lover and his lass and Dowland’s I saw my Lady weepe.
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The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge under Stephen Cleobury perform popular hymns including Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven and Dear Lord and Father of Mankind.
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Includes Old Polish Music and the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.
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The Choir of the Carmelite Priory, London under John McCarthy perform various works of Gregorian chant.
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Artists including The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge perform famous choral and orchestral works by Handel, including the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and extracts from Messiah.
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Famous works by minimalist composers, including John Adams’s Shaker Loops and Steve Reich’s Drumming: Part I.
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The choirs of St John’s College, Cambridge, Westminster Abbey and King’s College, Cambridge perform well-known psalms including O Praise God in His Holiness.
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Artists including Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Joan Sutherland and Renata Tebaldi, along with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and others, perform famous arias and choruses by Puccini, including Nessun Dorma and The Humming Chorus.
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Artists including Anne Sofie von Otter, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kathleen Ferrier, James Bowman and Luciano Pavarotti perform the sacred music of composers including Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn and Mozart.
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The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields along with artists such as Robert Tear, King’s College Choir & Canterbury Cathedral Choir perform popular works by Vaughan Williams, including The Lark Ascending and Linden Lea.
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Artists including Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti and Marilyn Horne join The Ambrosian Singers, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and others to perform famous arias and choruses by Verdi.
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Artists including the Stuttgart Kammerorchester, the Lucerne Festival Strings, the English Chamber Orchestra and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields perform popular Vivaldi concertos, including The Four Seasons.
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Sir Neville Marriner and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields perform concertos by Vivaldi, including the Concerto for Two Oboes in D minor.
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Chris O'Reilly - Chief Executive
