CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 3 Marika Fältskogh (violin) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] "recommendable. The performances are thoughtful, the sound is warm and clear, and the unusual repertoire is well worth getting to know, especially at Naxos's bargain price." Fanfare |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS AUBER
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 2 [Incls 'Violin Concerto in D Major, S. 165'] Markéta Čepická (violin) / Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice, Dario Salvi [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] The second volume in this series (Volume 1 is on 8.574005) continues to explore little-known examples of Auber's elegant and refined operatic music. Julie was his first stage work, its fantasia-like beauty foreshadowing the operas, opéras-comiques... |
LYAPUNOV
Violin Concerto in D minor / Symphony No. 1 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov belonged to the second generation of Russian nationalist composers who were professionally trained and strongly influenced by Balakirev and his associates. |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "It is…good to welcome these new accounts to the market…the advantages of state-of-the-art recording techniques are immediately apparent in the immense gains in clarity and orchestral translucence." MusicWeb |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Serenade, Op. 75 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "A warm welcome for Bruch's neglected Serenade and his compelling Fantasy" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2004 |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Konzertstuck / Romance, Op. 42 Maxim Fedotov (Violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "Fedotov's playing takes no hostages; it is full-blooded in sound and passionately committed, at the same time clinically judged in clean intonation and phrasing, nevertheless the famous Adagio in the G minor concerto should bring a tear to the eye.... |
RAVEL
Symphonies Concertantes / Violin Concerto in D Major MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig / Lyon National Orchestra / Jun Markl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is totally recommendable - especially at the price" (MusicWeb June 2009) |
COLON NANCARROW
Nancarrow: Pieces for Small Orchestra / Tango? / String Quartet No. 1 Mia Wu (violin) Mark Steinberg (violin) Rachel Evans (viola) Maria Kitsopoulos, cello / Cheryl Seltzer (piano) Joel Sachs (piano) etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] The United States has spawned numerous composers so original that they were initially rejected as eccentrics. Among the best known are Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Lou Harrison. For many years, rumours told of another such musician,... |
SUK
Fairy Tale / Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 24 / Fantastické Scherzo Op. 25 Michael Ludwig (violin) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] Encouraged by Brahms and Dvorák while embracing the innovative influences of Debussy, Mahler and Richard Strauss, Josef Suk ranked among the most important composers of the Romantic Czech school. |
CORIGLIANO
Violin Concerto, "The Red Violin" / Phantasmagoria Michael Ludwig (violin) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] With this new recording, JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic continue their revelatory exploration of Corigliano's highly engaging and imaginative symphonic music. Phantasmagoria draws material from his immense opera The Ghosts of Versailles,... |
MARCEL TYBERG
Tyberg: Symphony No. 3 / Piano Trio in F major Michael Ludwig (violin) / Ya Fei Chuang (piano) / Roman Mekinulov (cello) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "...one of the finest conductors of her generation" The New York Times on Falletta |
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto / Concerto-Rhapsody Mihaela Martin (Violin) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] "Well-trained musicians from the Ukraine's National Symphony and heartfelt playing from the Romanian-born violinist Mihaela Martin." -- Music Week, January 24, 2004 |
ALLA PAVLOVA
Symphony No. 6 / Thumbelina Suite Mikhail Shestakov (violin) / Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Patrick Baton [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The highly romantic music of Alla Pavlova, a Russian composer now resident in the USA, has been praised for its 'surreal serenity…woven with unflinching sadness, without concessions to short attention spans and all within the long émigré tradition of... |
HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 3 Misha Keylin (Violin) / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra / Dennis Burkh [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] "..the orchestral playing, somewhat leonine in timbre, is excellent. So too is the recording, made in the Janáček Concert Hall, Ostrava." Penguin Guide |
VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos. 2 And 3 Misha Keylin (Violin) / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra / Dennis Burkh [ Naxos Romantic Violin Concertos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "The Russian virtuoso, Misha Keylin has [the Concertos'] full measure and he has the kind of Slavonic flair that brings these tuneful, well-crafted concertos fully to life." - GRAMOPHONE |
VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 Misha Keylin (Violin) / Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Burkh / Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos Romantic Violin Concertos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Naxos's engineers place Keylin' far enough forward that listeners won't miss a single one of his brilliant gestures." (Fanfare) |
VIEUXTEMPS
Fantasia appassionata / Ballade and Polonaise / Fantaisie-Caprice / Greeting to America Misha Keylin (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "The recorded sound (from 2008 except for the Ballade from 2002) sets the violin in a respectable balance with the orchestra. Recommended, accordingly, to all types of listeners." (Fanfare Nov 2010) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto / Encores (recorded 1949-53) Nathan Milstein (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 31/Aug/2007 ] "The three violin and piano works with Artur Balsam are played with Milstein's usual finesse and bravura, and the disc concludes with two tracks in which Milstein duets with the Italian bass Ezio Pinza in Calm as the night and None but the lonely... |
DVORAK / MOZART / GLAZUNOV
Dvorak/Mozart/Glazunov: Violin Concertos (recorded 1949-51) Nathan Milstein, violin / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati, conductor / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / William Steinberg, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] Before the disruption of World War I, the regular pattern of Caruso's existence had been to spend the autumn and winter in New York singing in ten or a dozen operas at the Met, and then to cross the Atlantic to work in Europe through the spring and... |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Operatic Orchestral Suites, Vol. 1 [Jenufa / The Excursions of Mr Broucek] New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Peter Breiner, with Vesa-Matti Leppanen, violin [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "These are fine performances and stunningly dynamic recordings, with some fine low drum rumbles and plenty of sparkle and colour in the spectrum." (MusicWeb April 2009) |