Name: Decca The Supreme Record Company
Brand: Various

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5390810

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-05-08

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Universal

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0600753908105

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4 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Various

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Classical

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Decca

A specially curated selection of 55 albums, presented with original artwork, including a special 2-CD collection of recordings from the 78rpm era lovingly restored. Landmark recordings from the Decca, Argo, L’Oiseau-lyre and Phase 4 Stereo labels, including the Entartete Musik and Headline series. 90 years of sound perfection and great artistry; from the earliest days of the 78 era and launch of FFRR recordings to the present day. Some of the greatest orchestral, concerto, chamber, sacred, vocal and opera recordings of all time. Multiple award-winning recordings that have won international acclaim from critics and the public alike. 132-page booklet (English/German) retelling the fascinating story of these legendary recordings with new liner notes by discographer Andrew Stewart.

Higlights include: Grammy Award-winning recordings of Beethoven (Jessye Norman, Sir Georg Solti, Takacs Quartet), Ravel (Seiji Ozawa) &amp; Mozart (Mitsuko Uchida) Gramophone Records of the Year in Brahms Symphonies (Riccardo Chailly), Shostakovich (Bernard Haitink) and Holst (Charles Dutoit) Some of the most beloved concerto recordings on disc (Kyung Wha Chung, Clifford Curzon, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Friedrich Gulda, Alfred Brendel, Mitsuko Uchida, Jean-Yves Thibaudet) The greatest choral works in essential recordings – Handel’s Messiah (Christopher Hogwood), Mozart’s Requiem (Sir Neville Marriner) Stellar period-performance and contemporary recordings from the L’Oiseau-lyre and Argo labels Plus the finest highlights from the greatest opera catalogue of all time

This set is the classical compendium to the new authoritative book on Decca: The Supreme Record Company. PACKAGING: 2-piece box | 55CDs | original jackets | 132pp booklet (English/German) with extensive editorial lavishly illustrated.

Disc One * Roy Henderson With The New Symphony Orchestra Sea Drift (Once Paumanouk) * Judy Garland Somewhere Over The Rainbow * Bing Crosby White Christmas * Vera Lynn We'll Meet Again * Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air) * Edmundo Ros Vaba Ba Boom * Lita Roza (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window * Mantovani The Moulin Rouge Theme * David Whitfield Cara Mia * Winifred Atwell Black &amp; White Rag * Bill Haley And His Comets Rock Around The Clock * Tommy Steele Singin’ The Blues * Chris Barber / Lonnie Donegan Rock Island Line * Lord Rockingham's Xi Hoots Mon * Anthony Newley Do You Mind 

Disc Two * Anton Karas The Third Man Theme * Max Bygraves Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’be * Billy Fury Jealousy * Chris Farlowe Air Travel * Eden Kane Forget Me Not * Billie Davis Tell Him * Brian Poole And The Tremeloes Twist And Shout * The Big Three Some Other Guy * Dave Berry The Crying Game * The Applejacks Tell Me When * The Bachelors I Believe * The Zombies She's Not There * Lulu Shout * The Fortunes You've Got Your Troubles * Tom Jones It’s Not Unusual 

Disc Three * Small Faces All Or Nothing * Denny Laine Say You Don't Mind * Cat Stevens Matthew And Son * Engelbert Humperdinck Release Me * Procul Harum A Whiter Shade Of Pale * The Moody Blues Nights In White Satin * The Move I Can Hear The Grass Grow * Whistling Jack Smith I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman * The Casuals Jesamine * Amen Corner Bend Me Shape Me * White Plains My Baby Loves Lovin' * Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You * Junior Campbell Hallelujah Freedom 

Disc Four * East Of Eden Jig-a-jig * Peter Skellern You’re A Lady * Bobby ‘boris’ Pickett &amp; The Crypt Kickers Monster Mash * The Goons The Ying Tong Song * David Bowie The Laughing Gnome * Thin Lizzy Whisky In The Jar * Dobie Gray Drift Away * Camel Rhayader Goes To Town * Morris Albert Feelings * Robin Sarstedt My Resistance Is Low * John Miles Music * Davie Jones And The King Bees Liza Jane * Adam And The Ants Young Parisians * Honor Blackman And Patrick Macnee Kinky Boots * Military Wives Wherever You Are * The Three Tenors “nessun Dorma!”