DECCA

Tenor Bruno Prevedi sings twelve arias from operas by Giordano [Andrea Chenier; Fedora], Verdi [Il Trovatore; La Forza del Destino], Mascagni [Cavalleria rusticana] and Puccini [Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La fanciulla del West; Turandot] {with Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/ Edward Downes. Recorded 1964}. Tenor Gianni Raimondi sings three arias from operas by Puccini [Tosca; La fanciulla del West] {with Orchestra del Teatro Arena di Verona/ Bruno Martinotti. Recorded 1980}. Tenor Gino Penno sings five arias from operas by Bellini [Norma] and Verdi [Simon Boccanegra; Il trovatore] {with chorus and orchestra/ Antonio Narducci. Recorded 1954. MONO}. (Total time: 61'36')

BRO Code:

172652

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948202928

Record Number:

482 0292

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Genre:

Songs & Arias

Melba's Farewell: Excerpts from Verdi's Otello and Puccini's La Boheme; Address by Lord Stanley of Alderley; Dame Nellie Melba's farewell speech {recorded 'live', Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 6/8/1926}. Earlier studio recordings of opera and song, including excerpts from operas by Gounod [Faust], Bemberg [Elaine], Massenet [Don Cezar de Bazan], Puccini [Tosca], Lotti [L'infedelta punita] + songs by Tosti, Ronald and Burleigh. Also includes Melba's last recording, 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'. (Total time: 77'24')

BRO Code:

172651

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948280933

Record Number:

482 8093

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Songs & Arias

Beethoven, An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98 {with Heinrich Schmidt, piano. Recorded 1963}. Haydn, Scottish and Welsh Folk Songs {Performed in German. With Walter Weller [violin], Ludwig Beini [cello] and Heinrich Schmidt [piano], Recorded 1963}. Strauss, Four Assorted Songs {with Bavarian Radio Orchestra/ Jan Koetsier. Recorded 1962}. (All with Fritz Wunderlich, tenor. Total time: 47'50')

BRO Code:

172650

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948265268

Record Number:

482 6526

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Genre:

Songs & Arias

Otto Edelmann sings four arias from operas by Beethoven [Fidelio], Wagner [Tannhauser], Verdi [Falstaff] and Cornelius [The Barber of Baghdad] {with Vienna Philharmonic/ Rudolf Moralt. Recorded 1951}. Arnold van Mill sings ten arias from operas by Nicolai [The Merry Wives of Windsor], Lortzing [Zar und Zimmermann; Der Wildschutz; Der Waffenschmeid], Beethoven [Fidelio], Weber [Der Freischutz] and Cornelius [The Barber of Baghdad] {with opera orchestra and chorus/ Robert Wagner. Recorded 1964}. (Total time: 57'41')

BRO Code:

172649

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948202003

Record Number:

482 0200

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Songs & Arias

Fifty-four titles. (Nineteen titles read by Vera Lynn with an ensemble directed by Barry Gray and thirty-five titles read by Kenneth McKellar with an ensemble directed by Bob Sharples. Recorded 3/56 & 5/63)

BRO Code:

172638

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028944286816

Record Number:

442 8681

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Genre:

Children's Collections

Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake - ballet in four acts [abridged version] {London Symphony Orchestra/ Anatole Fistoulari}; The Nutcracker - Suites Nos. 1 & 2 {Paris Conservatory Orchestra/ Anatole Fistoulari}. (Recorded 1952 & 1951. Total time: 137'47')

BRO Code:

172617

Units:

2 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948252251

Record Number:

482 5225

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Orchestral

Ravel, Chansons madecasses {with Maurice Gendron, cello and Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute}. Debussy, Trois ballades de Francois Villon; Le Promenoir des deux amants; Fantoches. Hahn, Chansons grises + six assorted songs. Chabrier, four assorted songs. (All with Jacques Jansen, baritone and Jacqueline Bonneau, piano. Recorded 1952. Total time: 67'47')

BRO Code:

172616

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948246038

Record Number:

482 4603

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Songs & Arias

William Schuman [1910-1992]. Mew England Triptych {National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C./ Antal Dorati}. Robert Russell Bennett [1894-1981], The Fun and Faith of William Billings, American {University of Maryland Chorus and National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C./ Antal Dorati}. William Billings [1746-1800], Be Glad Then, America - anthem; When Jesus Wept; Chester {University of Maryland Chorus/ Antal Dorati}. (Recorded 1975. Total time: 53'46')

BRO Code:

172615

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948228843

Record Number:

482 2884

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Genre:

Choral

Haydn, Berenice, che fai? [Scena di Berenice], Hob XXIVa:10; Lauudamus te and Quoniam from Missa Sancta Caeciliae [Missa cellensis], Hob. XXV:5. Mozart, Concert Arias, K.272 & K.505 {with Haydn Orchestra/ Harry Newstone. Recorded 1957-58}; Concert Aria, K.538; Credo [Et incarnatus est] from Mass in c, K.427 'Grosse Messe'; Alleluia from Exsultate Jubilate, K.165 {with London Philharmonic/ Peter Maag. Recorded 1956}. (All with Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano. Total time: 63'01')

BRO Code:

172573

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948250493

Record Number:

4825049

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Songs & Arias

Handel [arr. Hamilton Harty], Music for the Royal Fireworks - Suite; Water Music - Suite. J.C. Bach, Sinfonias, Op.18 Nos. 2 & 4. Jeremiah Clarke [arr. Henry Wood], Trumpet Voluntary. (London Philharmonic [in the Water Music Suite] and Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Eduard van Beinum. Recorded 1950-58. Total time: 50'57)

BRO Code:

172572

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948255573

Record Number:

482 5557

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Orchestral

Verdi, Scenes from 'Falstaff' {with Renato Capechi, Ilva Ligabue, Lydia Marimpietri, Fernanda Cadoni, Regina Resnik, Luigi Alva, Robert Bowman, Michael Langdon and New Symphony Orchestra of London/ Edward Downes. Recorded 1963}. Rossini, Donizetti: Arias from The Barber of Seville, The Thieving Magpie, L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale {with L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/ Alberto Erede. Recorded 1950 & 1952}. (All with Fernando Corena, bass. Total time: 76'43')

BRO Code:

172571

Units:

1 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948202683

Record Number:

482 0268

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Songs & Arias

Peter van Anrooy [1879-1954], Piet Hein Rapsodie. Dvorak, Slavonic Rhapsody, Op.45 No.3 [Residentie Orkest/ Antal Dorati]; Slavonic Rhapsodies, Op.45 Nos. 1 & 2. Smetana, Ma Vlast. Mendelssohn, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op.27. Schubert, Overture in the Italian Style, D.591. Weber, Freischutz Overture; Oberon Overture; Euryanthe Overture; Preciosa Overture. Berlioz, Scene d'amour from Romeo and Juliet; Orchestral excerpts from The Damnation of Faust. Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March, Op.39 No.1 [Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Antal Dorati]. (Recorded 1952-59. Total time: 156'11')

BRO Code:

172554

Units:

2 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948256594

Record Number:

482 5659

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Orchestral

Hindemith, Organ Sonatas Nos. 1-3 [Organ of the church of St. John the Evangelist, Islington/ Simon Preston]. Maxwell Davies, O Magnum Mysterium [Organ of the Royal Festival Hall, London/ Simon Preston. With Choir and Orchestra of Cirencester Grammar School conducted by the composer]. Elgar, Organ Sonata, Op.28. Leighton, Paean. Frank Bridge, Adagio. Howells, Rhapsody, Op.17 No.3. Tippett, Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi. Britten, Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria [Organ of Colston Hall, Bristol/ Simon Preston]. (Recorded 1962-70. Total time: 120'10')

BRO Code:

172553

Units:

2 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948249251

Record Number:

482 4925

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Genre:

Organ

Reger, Toccata in D, Op.59 No.5; Fugue in D, Op.59 No.6; Chorale Fantasia, Op.40 No.2. Reubke, Sonata in c on the 94th Psalm [Organ of Westminster Abbey/ Simon Preston]. Brahms, Chorale Preludes, Op.122 Nos. 1, 4 8 & 10 [Organ of St. Alban's Cathedral/ Simon Preston]. Franck, Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op.18; Choral No.2 in b; Piece heroique [Organ of the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge/ Simon Preston]. Liszt, Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam', S.259; Prelude and Fugue on B.A.C.H., S.529 [Organ of City Hall, Hull/ Simon Preston]. (Recorded 1962-68. Total time: 139'07')

BRO Code:

172552

Units:

2 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948249411

Record Number:

4824941

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Genre:

Organ

Bach, Six Schubler Chorale Preludes, BWV 645-650. Mozart, Fantasia, K.608; Adagio and Allegro, K.594. Walton, Crown Imperial [Coronation March]. Clarke, Prince of Denmark's March; Trumpet Tune. Handel, Dead March from 'Saul', HWV 53. Elgar, Imperial March, Op.32. Vierne, Final from Organ Symphony No.1. Wagner, Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser. Guilmant, March on a Theme of Handel, Op.15. Schumann, Study No.5 from Op.56. Karg-Elert, Marche Triomphale, Op.65. Widor, Toccata from Organ Symphony No.5. (Organ of Westminster Abbey/ Simon Preston. Recorded 1964-65. Total time: 95'24')

BRO Code:

172551

Units:

2 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948249336

Record Number:

482 4933

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Genre:

Organ

The soprano performs songs by Shostakovich [Six Spanish Songs, Op.100], Kabalevsky [Seven Nursery Rhymes], Stravinsky [Three Tales for Children], Taneyev, Tcherepnin, Rachmaninov, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Prokofiev, Balakirev, Blanter and Tchaikovsky {with Ivor Newton, piano} + Tatyana's Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin {with London Symphony Orchestra/ Anatole Fistoulari}. (Total time: 113'02')

BRO Code:

172550

Units:

2 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948035243

Record Number:

480 3524

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Songs & Arias

Haydn, Symphonies Nos. 100 [Military], 102 & 103 [Drum Roll] {London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Georg Solti}. Mozart, Symphonies Nos. 25 & 38 [Prague] {London Symphony Orchestra/ Georg Solti}; Serenade, K.525 [Eine Kleine Nachtmusik] {Israel Philharmonic/ Georg Solti}. (Recorded 1949-58. Total time: 128'52')

BRO Code:

172549

Units:

2 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948065929

Record Number:

480 6592

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Mono

Genre:

Symphonies

Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in e, Op.64. Bruch, Violin Concerto No.1 in g, Op.26 {with London Symphony Orchestra/ Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos}. Prokofiev, Violin Sonata No.2. Milhaud, Violin Sonata No.2. Debussy, Violin Sonata in g {with Monique Haas, piano}. Ravel, Violin Sonata in G. Enescu, Violin Sonata No.2 {with Victoria Stefanescu, piano}. Ysaye, Sonata for Solo Violin, Op.27 No.5. (All with Ion Voicu, violin. Recorded 1965-72. Total time: 149'57')

BRO Code:

172548

Units:

2 g

Record Label:

DECCA

UPC:

0028948078417

Record Number:

480 7841

Country:

AUSTRALIA

D/A Code:

Analog

Genre:

Violin/Viola Concerti