The Decca Sound

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A 50-CD set of legendary recordings celebrating the world-renowned Decca Sound. Classic-status pioneering stereo recordings from the past 60 years and starring a galaxy of internationally-acclaimed artistic talent. A 200-page booklet documents the development of stereo recording as it developed in the 1950s through to modern digital recordings. PACKAGING: • 50CD Cube ‘Hinged lid’ box • Sleeves presented in original jackets • 200-page booklet featuring the evolution of classical recordings from stereo to digital. Plus full recording information for each disc and numerous rare photos from recording sessions. CONTENTS CD1 Ansermet - Falla: El Sombrero De Tres Picos ・ Debussy: Images CD2 Argenta - España / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto CD3 Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 ・ Piano Sonata 2 CD4 Ashkenazy - Sibelius Symphony No. 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition CD5 Bartoli - Italian Songs CD6 Bell - Barber & Walton Violin Concertos CD7 Blomstedt - R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie CD8 Böhm – Bruckner Symphony No. 4 CD9 Boskovsky - New Year's Day Concert 1979 CD10 Britten - War Requiem CD11 Chailly - Messiaen: Tarungalîla-symphonie CD12 Chung - Bruch & Mendelssohn Violin Concertos CD13 Curzon - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27 CD14 Dohnányi - Schoenberg, Berg & Webern CD15 Dorati - Stravinsky: L'Oiseau De Feu / Le Sacre Du Printemps CD16 Dutoit - Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye ・ Boléro CD17 Fleming - Opera Scenes CD18 Freire - Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 / Schumann: Carnaval CD19 Haitink - Shostakovich Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 CD20 Hogwood - Purcell: Dido And Aeneas CD21 Jansen - Britten & Beethoven Violin Conc+H1:H12ht