Decca Presto CDs - 20% off
Until 23rd October, we are offering 20% off Decca Presto CDs, bringing back to availability a huge selection of some of the most famous and treasured recordings of classical music.
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Special offer. Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
RecommendedOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Women of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus, Charles Dutoit
The Planets is Holst's most famous work, and its success is surely deserved.
The musical characterisation is as striking as its originality of conception: the association of 'Saturn' with old... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Engineering
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Special offer. British Music Collection - Britten & Walton
RecommendedPeter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Edith Sitwell (narrator)
Boyd Neel String Orchestra, English Opera Group Ensemble, Benjamin Britten, Anthony Collins
This disc includes one of the great highlights of the whole Britten discography, that first magical recording of the Serenade, with Pears in fresh, youthful voice and Dennis Brain's marvellous... — More…
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Building a Library, November 1999, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ)
The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner,...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
RecommendedChicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Classical Album of the Year
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Schubert: 'Unfinished' and 'Great' Symphonies
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Poulenc: Orchestral Works
RecommendedPascal Rogé (harpsichord)
Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit
I chose this disc from our Presto Print-On-Demand range primarily for the sparkling account of the 1947 Sinfonietta, which isn't desperately well represented on disc - but Charles Dutoit's take... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27
RecommendedClifford Curzon (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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A sizzling account of Borodin's Polovtsian Dances is the centrepiece here. Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture is equally electrifying, yet there is tenderness, too, in Musorgsky's Khovanshchina... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Mozart - The Horn Concertos
RecommendedAnthony Halstead (horn)
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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