LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ LISZT
Liszt / Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Transcription) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "This is a magnificent disc and listening to it is a truly uplifting experience." MusicWeb, October 2004 |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau / Sinfonietta New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "James Judd… galvanises the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra into playing this challenging score with sensitivity and a good deal of virtuosity." BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" / Leonore Overture No. 2 CRR Symphony Orchestra, Michael Hahasz [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1988 ] Recorded in the Concert Hall of Czechoslovak Radio, March 1988 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Schumann-Introduction and Concert-Allegro) Idil Biret, Jeno Jando (pianos) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Jeno Jando and his Polish colleagues strike me as getting the balance just about right" - Classic CD |
GERALD BARRY
Barry: Orchestral Works National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] |
JACOB WEINBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weinberg: Piano Concerto 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / etc Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) / Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] This compact disc features world premiere recordings of three works by JACOB WEINBERG (1879-1956), who was born in the Ukraine to a cultured, assimilated family and studied first at the Moscow conservatory and then in Vienna. |
MARIO PILATI
Pilati: Concerto for Orchestra / Suite for Strings and Piano Tomas Nemee (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Oct/2001 ] Recorded: May 2000 Recording Venue: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio at Bratislava |
Various Artists
Bruckner: Symphony 4 'Romantic [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Mar/1993 ] |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Cello Concertos Nos, 1 and 2 / Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra Antonio Meneses (cello) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] The Cello Concerto No. 1 was Villa-Lobos's first major orchestral work. Filled with youthful energy and displaying an eclectic style, it is the sound of the composer finding his voice. Three decades later and with his reputation at its height, the... |
JOSEPH MARX
Marx: Complete Orchestral Music Vol 1 (Includes: Symphonic Night Music; Idyll-Concertino on the pastoral quart; Spring Music) Bochum Symphony Orchestra / Steven Sloane [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "An impressionistic South German voice soaked in the quintessence of lyrical expression." MusicWeb |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy / Symphony No. 2 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Grammy Awards 66th Awards (2024) Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Kodaly: Háry János Suite / Summer Evening / Symphony in C major Chester Englander (cimbalom) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] Zoltán Kodály's life was largely occupied with collecting his country's folk music and devising the internationally renowned method of music education that bears his name. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No 1 / Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Edlinger (cond), Michael Halasz (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Late Symphonies (Nos 93, 94 & 95) Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] The Danish Chamber Orchestra and Adam Fischer turn to Haydn's late symphonies, beginning with the first three of the twelve 'London' symphonies, composed during Haydn's first visit to the capital. |
FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn:Symphonies 96 "Miracle", 97 & 98 Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] "Fischer must have conducted more Haydn than anyone alive. And after half a century's immersion in these symphonies his delight in the composer's unpredictable inventiveness and (in the finales) darting wit is as palpable as ever." Gramophone |
EDINO KRIEGER
Krieger: Ludus Symphonicus / Variações Elementare / Canticum Naturale / etc Flavia Fernandes (soprano), São Paulo Symphony Choir, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra • Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Edino Krieger was a leading figure in Brazilian music as both composer and arts director who influenced a generation of his compatriots during his long life. |
CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Symphonies Nos. 11 & 12 / Concerto Grosso / Três Fragmentos sobre BACH Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Claudio Santoro's prolific output includes a cycle of 14 symphonies that is widely recognised as the most significant of its kind from Brazil. All of the works in this programme come from Santoro's remarkable final decade, in which he allied more... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / GUSTAV MAHLER
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Concert version ed. Mengelberg/Dopper) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] These two Tenth Symphonies represent powerful statements by composers undergoing the greatest of crises in their eventful lives. Gustav Mahler's last and incomplete symphony was kept a secret by his widow Alma for many years after his death. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 / Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 was premiered in 1937. It was composed in response to the Soviet denouncement in Pravda of the composer's most recent works. The symphony was an overwhelming success, returning the composer to favour with the... |
LAURENT PETITGIRARD
Petitgirard: Si Yeou Ki (The Journey to the West) Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest, Laurent Petitgirard [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] The eclectic career of multi award-winning composer Laurent Petitgirard has seen him become one of France's leading musicians and conductors, as well as taking him into the worlds of opera and ballet. The Journey to the West is a ballet that tells... |