CESAR GUERRA-PEIXE
Guerra-Peixe: A Retirada da Laguna Abner Landim (violin) / Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] César Guerra-Peixe is one of the leading composers associated with musical nationalism in Brazil. A Retirada da Laguna is a programmatic suite that describes one of the most dramatic moments in the Paraguayan War of 1864-70 |
PHILIP GLASS
Of Beauty & Light: The Music of Philip Glass (3 CD set) Adele Anthony (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop / Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2008 ] This is Glass in full flight, with an aural illusion of the work speeding up yet retaining a constant pulse throughout the work's lively changes of texture and melodic figuration." --New Zealand Listener |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Violin Concerto No 1 / Company / 'Prelude and Dance' from Akhnaten Adele Anthony (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (July 2002) |
FREDERICK DELIUS / EDWARD ELGAR
Delius/Elgar: Violin Concertos (Rec 1929 & 44) Albert Sammons (violin) / Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / New Queen's Hall Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent, Henry Wood (conductors) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: American Suite / Silent Woods / Prague Waltzes / Suite in A major American / Rondo in G minor / etc Alexander Trostianski (violin) / Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "These essentially undemanding works played with buoyancy to animate them and not too much weight to submerge their real, if slight, charms." - MUsicWeb Feb 2005 |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Concerto for Piano and Violin, Op. 17 / Violin Concerto Alexander Trostianski (violin) / Polina Osetinskaya (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Gregory Rose (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "Naxos is to be commended for bringing these two works to our attention, especially since the performances are very polished...the recording is beautifully natural." (American Record Guide) |
MIKLOS ROZSA
Rozsa: Violin Concerto / Sinfonia Concertante Anastasia Khitruk (violin) / Andrey Tchekmazov (cello) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "Fine lyrical playing with aggressive virtuosity. Works of great merit that are deserving of a wider audience. Play this one next to Brahms' genre counterparts for an interesting comparison" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
MYROSLAV SKORYK
Skoryk: Violin Concertos 1-4 Andrej Bielow (violin) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Volodymyr Sirenko [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Myroslav Skoryk, a postgraduate student of Dmitry Kabalevsky, is one of Ukraine's leading composers and teachers. His works range from opera and ballet, a symphonic transcription of Paganini's 24 Caprices, and his cycle of nine Violin Concertos... |
MYROSLAV SKORYK
Skoryk.: Violin Concertos (Complete), Vol. 2 - Nos. 5-9 Andrej Bielow (violin) / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Volodymyr Sirenko [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2020 ] Myroslav Skoryk is one of Ukraine's leading composers and teachers, with a portfolio of works that include opera, a symphonic transcription of Paganini's Caprices, and a cycle of nine violin concertos written over a 45-year span. |
LEONARD BALADA
Balada: Orchestral Works Vol 1 Andres Cardenes (violin) / Barcelona Symphony Orchestra / Matthias Aeschbacher [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2001 ] "Give this one a listen."- Classics Today |
TARTINI
Violin Concertos Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2007 ] "There are plenty of good things here - premiere recordings and fine, stylistically aware playing from the modern instrument orchestra, tactfully directed by Müller-Brühl. And Ariadne Daskalakis plays with grace and lyrical purity sufficient to... |
HUGO ALFVEN
Alfven: Symphony No. 4, Op. 39 / Festival Overture, Op. 52 Arndis Halla (soprano) / Johann Valdimarsson (tenor) / Sigrun Edvaldsdottir (violin) / Richard Talkowsky (cello) / Iceland Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "The Naxos recording is better, however, being a modern digital offering, recorded in a sympathetic acoustic, allowing all parts to be heard clearly. The orchestra is certainly well up to the task." (MusicWeb 2005) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Brahms: Double Concerto / Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (1950-1951) Artur Balsam (Piano) / Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) / Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] In contrast to Oistrakh, Milstein did not develop a rapport with Stolyarsky: at an early age he developed an ironic, independent viewpoint, and a scepticism towards those in authority which would not have served him well in post-Revolution Russia. |
EARL KIM
Kim: Violin Concerto / Dialogues / Cornet Cecylia Arzewski (violin) / Ireland RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Scott Yoo [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] Earl Kim was born in 1920 in Dinuba, California and studied with Arnold Schoenberg, Ernst Bloch, and Roger Sessions. He was a professor at Princeton from 1952 to 1967 and at Harvard from then until 1998, and was the recipient of numerous awards and... |
RODOLPHE KREUTZER
Kreutzer: Violin Concertos Nos. 17, 18 & 19 Axel Strauss (violin) / San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "If you love the violin, or have enjoyed the string concertos of Mozart, Haydn, Viotti, or Pierre Rode, you will find yourself, like me, eagerly awaiting the rest of this promising series." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2010 |
ESTEBAN BENZECRY
Benzecry: Ciclo de canciones / Violin Concerto / Clarinet Concerto Ayako Tanaka (Soprano) Xavier Inchausti (Violin) Mariano Rey (Clarinet) / Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Pablo Boggiano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] French-Argentinian composer Esteban Benzecry has built up a distinctive body of work, from symphonies to works for solo piano. He stands as a worthy successor to such masters as Ginastera, Villa-Lobos and Chávez, with music that is suffused with... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Concerto / Piano Concerto / Eventyr / A Song Before Sunrise Betty Beecham (Piano) / Jean Pougnet (Violin) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Sir Thomas Beecham's almost single-handed promotion of the music of Delius to international acceptance through his own personal standing and his conducting genius, besides being among the singular feats of the twentieth century, remains unrivalled in... |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies.3 & 6 Brendan O'Brien (violin) & Patricia Rozario (soprano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kees Bakels [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "Kees Bakels's tranquil Pastoral (No. 3) has beautifully sustained tension and brings lovely playing from soloists in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra." ClassicCD |
JOSE SEREBRIER
Serebrier: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / José Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "Serebrier gets back to his roots in a couple of agreeable tangos but the First Symphony is a fascinating document from a teenage composer." Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Schuman: Violin Concerto, New England Triptych (with Ives-Variations on 'America') Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (July 2001) |