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GRIEG
Piano Concerto / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn Havard Gimse (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset, conductor, [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] "Sweep away the glitz that usually surrounds the Grieg concerto, and you have this gorgeous performance from the young Norwegian pianist, Havard Gimse…Delicacy and superb technique” – Yorkshire Post |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasy (Idil Biret Concerto Edition - Volume 5) Idil Biret (piano) / Bilkent Symphony Orchestra / Emil Tabakov / José Serebrier [ Naxos Idil Biret Collector's Edition / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Idil Biret was one of the greatest (child) prodigies of the 20th century. Her recital at the Boston Conservatory on Tuesday night demonstrated that she is no less prodigious today. She played a long and demanding program with the power,... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 15, 24, 25, 27 Idil Biret (piano) / London Mozart Players, Worthing Symphony Orchestra, John Gibbons [ Naxos Idil Biret Concerto Edition / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2019 ] This release features the 7th and 8th volumes in the Naxos Idil Biret Concerto Edition. "Miss Biret was soloist in an entrancing performance of Mozart's concerto K. 482 with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Mlle Nadia Boulanger. The variety of her... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 / Introduction and Concert Allegro in D minor, Op. 134 Idil Biret (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice); Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jul/2003 ] "I have spent hours going through at least ten of my favorite recordings of this concerto, and this one with Idil Biret ranks right up there with the top five" Listener |
PANUFNIK
Old Polish Suite / Concerto in modo antico / Jagiellonian Triptych / Hommage a Chopin Igor Cechoco (Trumpet) / Polish Chamber Orchestra / Mariusz Smolji (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] This disc contains all of Panufnik's post-war reconstructions of early Polish music originally written between the 14th and 18th centuries. |
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Complete Orchestral Works - Volume 3 - Cantique D'Amour / L'Envol D'Icare / Concerto Grosso Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] This third volume of Naxos's Igor Markevitch Complete Orchestral Works Edition, presents the composer's first truly individual work, The Flight of Icarus, the tumultuous 1933 première of which Milhaud proclaimed 'a date in the evolution of... |
DAVID DIAMOND
Diamond: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto No. 2 / The Enormous Room Ilkka Talvi (Violin) / Seattle Symphony / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/2009 ] "The music's directness and overwhelming sense of nostalgia causes much of the piece to sound like a romantic historical film score. It's all very pleasing…The chamber recording is clear and bright." Classics Today |
BRAHMS / SCHUMANN
Double Concerto / Cello Concerto in A Minor Ilya Kaler (violin) Maria Kliegel (cello) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Constantine (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "There are not many versions of the Brahms more warmly appealing than this" - Gramophone |
KARLOWICZ
Serenade / Violin Concerto Ilya Kaler (violin) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] "In the Warsaw Philharmonic it enjoys one of the world's most elegant string sections, and throughout both performances Antoni Wit moulds the music with much affection. Outstanding sound quality." (David'S review Corner) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] "An important recording of landmarks of this century's violin literature. Highest commendation" Fanfare |
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Int Cont Ens/Ruo
Ruo: Chamber Concerto Cycle [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] |
BORIS IVANOVICH TISHCHENKO
Tishchenko: Harp Concerto, To My Brother, Testament International Parisian Symphony Orchestra, Mikhail Suguko [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Boris Tishchenko, often considered to be the direct musical heir of Shostakovich, maintained a prolific output across all genres. The concise vocal trios - one written in memory of the composer's brother - are alternately plaintive and urgent. The... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Prince Rostislav Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Naxos / CD ] "This is by any standards a notable achievement." CD Review |
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Irmina Trynkos/Rpo/Walker
Waghalter: Violin Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
THIERRY LANCINO
Violin Concerto & Prelude and Death of Virgil Isabelle Faust (violin) Orchestre national de France, Gerard Schwarz / Matteo de Monti (baritone) Orchestre philharmonique du Luxembourg, Arturo Tamay [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] Lancino writes of his Violin Concerto that his imagination was fired by 'the thought of a little piece of wood (in reality a 1704 Stradivarius), played by Isabelle Faust, confronting a gigantic machine (the full orchestra)'. |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Works for Cello & Orchestra (Concerto Grosso No. 1 for 3 Cellos / Largo / Sonata for Cello and Orchestra) Ivan Monighetti, Arto Noras, Rafa Kwiatkowski (cellos) Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra (Katowice) / Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Best known for his choral and symphonic works, Krzysztof Penderecki has also written many fascinating concertante pieces. His Concerto Grosso No. 1 makes full use of the potential for interplay between three solo cellos and orchestra. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Rihm: Time Chant) Jaap van Zweden (violin) / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jan/2014 ] "Van Sweden's virtuosity as a violinist…is here shown to be of the highest class, in an account of the great Shostakovich Concerto that holds its own with the finest." Musical Opinion |
ROREM
Double Concerto / After Reading Shakespeare Jaime Laredo (violin) / Sharon Robinson (cello) / IRIS Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Rorem's music is conceived largely in accordance with traditional, tonal norms, treated with originality and immense inventiveness. He has had a long acquaintance with both Sharon Robinson and Jaime Laredo, the soloists on this disc, of whom he says... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Violin Concerto / Serenade for Strings / Souvenirs (Ballet Suite) James Buswell (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2002 ] "This is a performance with a genuine heart, superbly played, with a marked care for detail, instrumental colour and melodic inflection, and with a deeply communicative warmth and affection." Daily Telegraph |
EDUARDO GRAU
Grau: Concertos for Soloists and String Orchestra Jana Jarkovská (flute) Simon Reitmaier (clarinet) Ana María Valderrama (violin) David Fons (viola) Fabio Banegas (piano) / Anima Musicæ Chamber Orches [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] The music of Spanish-Argentine composer Eduardo Grau is imbued with Hispanic elements. His Concerto of 'Yuste' for Violin, Piano and Timpani was inspired by the Spanish monastery of its title and is notable for its rhythmic drive, lyricism and... |
