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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 [original 1885 version] Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] "Like his other Bruckner recording for Naxos, Tintner's account of No. 7 brings a performance both subtle and refined...An outstanding bargain to rival any version." Penguin Guide |
RAUTAVAARA
Symphony No.7, Angel of Light / Angels and Visitations Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Hannu Koivula (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Mar/2003 ] Einojuhani Rautavaara was born in Helsinki on 9th October, 1928. Graduating from Helsinki University in 1952, he studied at the Sibelius Academy with Aarre Merikanto until 1955, and, after receiving a Koussevitzky Foundation fellowship in 1955, in... |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 3 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] "performances are fully as fine as any available.. unobtrusively excellent." - David Hurwitz, Classicstoday.com |
ALBERT ROUSSEL
Roussel: Symphony No. 2 / Pour une fete de printemps / Suite in F major Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "Naxos' engineering is the most natural of all in terms of balance and perspective. Crank it up and wallow in some of the most marvelous symphonic music yet composed in France." -- ClassicsToday, April 29, 2008 (10/10) |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No.5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "His Bruckner Fifth is revelatory. I found myself making comparison with Karajan, Jochum, Wand and Furtwaengler, finding that Tintner was bringing insights to the music worthy of any of those great names." Hi-fi News & Record Review |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Festive Symphony / The Bartered Bride & Overture and Dances Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Bedrich Smetana's 'Festive Symphony' was composed in 1854 when hopes for Emperor Franz Joseph becoming King of Bohemia were high. The splendid sounds of Smetana's only formal symphony pre-echo later masterpieces such as 'Ma Vlast,' but his use of the... |
GEORGE ROCHBERG
Rochberg: Symphony No 1 Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] MusicWeb - Recording of the Year 2008 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Yoav Talmi [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "This account has plenty of fire and imagination" (ClassicsToday) |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Complete Symphonies São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Villa-Lobos's symphonies well reflect the composer's status as the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music, from the early works that challenge European traditions through to his twelfth and final symphony |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No 7 / Lieutenant Kije / etc Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "Alsop clearly has an affinity for Prokofiev and a wonderful orchestra at her command. Richard Whitehouse contributes his usual informative notes as well" MusicWeb |
ERIK SATIE
Best Of Satie (Incls 3 Gymnopedies & Six Gnossiennes) Klara Kormendi (piano) / Nancy Symphony Orchestra / Jerome Kaltenbach [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Erik Satie, born in France in 1866, was a lazy pupil at the Paris Conservatoire, and only came to public attention after Debussy made orchestrations of two of his piano pieces, Gymnopédies. Satie became a 'character' in the Latin Quarter of Paris,... |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Concerto / Prometheus Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian State TV and Radio Choir / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This budget-priced production from the composer's compatriots certainly holds its own against all comers. Konstantin Scherbakov plays the concerto with steel and sensitivity in equal measure, and he's particularly successful in knitting together the... |
DAVID DIAMOND
Diamond: Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No 4 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/May/2004 ] "Schwarz conducts with keen sensitivity, while the Seattle Symphony relishes the challenge of this then-unfamiliar music." ClassicsToday |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2011 ] "This is glorious music, played with character and vitality." (The Daily Telegraph) |
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Schuman: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5 / Judith Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Wonderfully intense and luminous playing from the Seattle Orchestra. These are fine readings and the disc is made by the first modern recording of the Third Symphony in quite some time. Who knows, perhaps one of these days we will hear it... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts Volume 1 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] "The brass in particular impresses…In the midst of the wonderfully glittering winds and strings in Magic Fire Music, the brass interlude sounds with satisfying richness…this is…a highly enjoyable disc" ClassicsToday |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 Idil Biret (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice); Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "In sum, this beautifully engineered disc tells much about these oft-recorded works we think we know better than we actually do." ClassicsToday |
REINHOLD GLIERE
Gliere: Symphony No. 1 In E Flat Op.8 / The Sirens Op. 33 Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "The Sirens is a polished, mature work that is very much worth having. This is...a `must have' for admirers of Gliere. The sound is good and the performances are more than adequate." - Fanfare (U.S.A.) - May/June 1996 |
ROBERT FARNON
Farnon: The Westminster Waltz / Colditz March / State Occasion / Jumping Bean Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Frank Sinatra dubbed Robert Farnon 'The Guv'nor' in 1962 when the two men first came together in London to work on an album. This summed up Farnon's reputation as being synonymous with the highest standards of craftsmanship across the widest spectrum... |
