RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Quixote / Romance for cello & orchestra in F major Alexander Rudin (cello) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Gerhard Markson [ naxos / CD - released 25/Apr/2010 ] "The Naxos sound, too, is commendable for its smooth reliability...comfortable listening...now that I think about it, that's quite a bargain itself!" - John Puccio Sensible Sound August/September 2001 |
AZIO CORGHI
Divara-Wasser Und Blut(Complete Opera) Susanna Von Der Burg / Christopher Krieg / Hasnlutz Hildmann / Munster Symphony Orchestra / Will Humburg [ NAXOS 21ST CENTURY CLASSICS / 2 CD ] |
GRAEME KOEHNE
Inflight Entertainment / Powerhouse / Elevator Music Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] Unchained Melody, Powerhouse, Elevator Music, Inflight Entertainment… just reading the titles, you would not suspect that this is a recording of 'classical' music at all. It is exactly the irony Graeme Koehne intends, for while he deeply appreciates... |
JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Kraus: Violin Concerto in C Major / Olympie: Incidental Music / etc Takako Nishizaki (violin) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "Takako Nishizaki plays the concerto with grace and expression. She is up to Kraus' challenges and is able to conquer them unobtrusively, letting the music sing. She receives warm support from the trimmed down New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under Uwe... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Seasons Op. 37b Chanson Triste, Op. 40, No. 2 Mazurka, Op. 40, No. 4 and others Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Peter Breiner, conductor and arranger [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky must be regarded as the most popular of all Russian composers |
JOACHIM
Violin Concerto No 3 / Overture 'Hamlet' / etc Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra / Meir Minsky [ Naxos Violin Concertos / CD - released 15/May/2002 ] Joseph Joachim was regarded as one of the greatest violinists of his generation |
J. S. BACH
Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Transcriptions [by Respighi & Elgar] Ilkka Talvi (violin) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] "This is a delightful hour of listening, and for those of you who are weary of "historically-informed" Bach, this could be your disc of the year!...This might not be "authentic" Bach, but it is magnificent Bach. Explore" MusicWweb |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
DAUGHERTY: Metropolis Symphony / Deus ex Machina Terrence Wilson / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This disc… also draws attention to a name new to me: Giancarlo Guerrero. Watch out for more from him" - MusicWeb International |
THEODORAKIS / SKALKOTTAS / HADJIDAKIS
Impressions for Saxophone And Orchestra (Virtuosic Works by 20th Century Greek Composers) Theodore Kerkezos / Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra / Myron Michailidis [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Whether your motivation is to hear music for the saxophone or from Greece, this disc is an unmissable bargain" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Dec 2006) |
WALTER PISTON
Piston: Symphony No.4 / Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra / Three New England Sketches Therese Elder Wunrow (harp) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/May/2003 ] "First-rate sound" (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
Concerto dell'estate / La Festa delle Panatenee Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra / Myron Michailidis [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] |
PAUL FETLER
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Capriccio / 3 Poems by Walt Whitman Thomas H. Blaske (narrator) Aaron Berofsky (violin) / Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra / Arie Lipsky, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "The performers seem to be enjoying themselves immensely, and it's all quite agreeable, as is Naxos's sound." Classical Candor, December 2009 |
RICHARD DANIELPOUR
Richard Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs Thomas Hampson (baritone) Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2016 ] Acclaimed as one of America's leading contemporary composers, Richard Danielpour wrote Songs of Solitude as a response to the events of 9/11. Drawing on the poems of W.B. Yeats, the work enshrines a sense of economy and sparseness, formed of a set of... |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Double Bass Concertino in C minor / Elegy No. 1 in D major / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Francesca Petracchi (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra / Matthew Gibson [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Known to his contemporaries as the Paganini of the double bass, Giovanni Bottesini significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument both as a composer and virtuoso soloist. After the Prelude to Ero e Leandro, Bottesini's greatest... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Works for Violin and Orchestra Tianwa Yang (violin), Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2017 ] "Delightful in every respect." MusicWeb Jan 2018 |
KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs-An American Place / Eventide / Out of the Dark Timothy Jones, horn / London Symphony Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] Kenneth Fuchs has written for orchestra, band, chorus, jazz ensemble, and various chamber ensembles. |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of Our Time Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Jon Garrison & John Cheek / City of Birmingham Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett [ Naxos / CD ] "..the composer's own lovingly crafted reading has a special place in the discography of this still-modern masterpiece." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE
The Best of Lumbye (incls Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop & Champagne Galop) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / Giordano Bellincampi (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] Hans Christian Lumbye is today the internationally best known and most popular Danish composer of dances of the 19th Century. In 1843 when the now world-famous amusement park Tivoli opened its gates in Copenhagen, Lumbye acquired a permanent setting... |
TOBIAS PICKER
Picker: Opera Without Words / The Encantadas Tobias Picker (narrator) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Tobias Picker, hailed as "a genuine creator" by The New Yorker, has written extensively for the stage and for symphonic forces, and these two approaches are represented in this album. The Encantadas (an older name for the Galápagos Islands) derives... |
Tokoyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor
Japanese Orchestral Favourites: music by Toyama, Kononye, Ifukube, Akutagawa, etc [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 17/Jul/2003 ] "The orchestra is an excellent one, with much characterful solo playing, and the recording does it full justice." - Michael Oliver, Gramophone |