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YANNIS MARKOPOULOS
Shapes in Motion Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra / Flanders Opera Symphony Orchestra / Abrath, Edwig / Leonidakis, Iannis / Tilkin, Michel [ Naxos Greek Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "This is a satisfying piece providing for reflection and gentle discourse." MusicWeb International on Markopoulos' 'The Liturgy of Orpheus' Naxos 8.572235 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra) Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Bogar [ Naxos / CD ] The Budapest Symphony recording of the Brahms Hungarian Dances is sheer delight from beginning to end. The playing has warmth and sparkle, and the natural way in which the music unfolds brings a refreshing feeling of rhythmic freedom." Penguin Guide |
FAMOUS MARCHES
Famous Marches (Incls 'Marche miliitaire', 'Radetzky-Marsch' & 'La damnation de Faust') Failoni Orchestra, Budapest / Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra / Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra / various conductors [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Martial music has a long history, as a device for stirring soldiers to acts of valour or sometimes, if Marco Polo is to be believed, for terrifying the enemy. |
GEORGE BARATI
Barati: Symphony No 1 / etc Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Laszlo Kovaks / Czech Radio Symphony, Vladimir Valek [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] "Once again we are indebted to Naxos for bringing us music that we have never heard to us in fine sound at a low price. This is a disc well worth seeking out by those listeners eager to expand their musical horizons." - KWN, Sensible Sound |
JENO ZADOR
Divertimento for Strings Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV, Mariusz Smolij / László Hadady (oboe) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Feb/2013 ] The second volume of this series features the richly varied Oboe Concerto and Divertimento for Strings (his most-performed piece) and the composer's own favourite, Studies for Orchestra, which, despite its great profusion of ideas and melodic lines,... |
LEO WEINER
Weiner: Orchestral Works (Complete), Vol. 1 - Csongor and Tünde, Op. 10 Máté Szűcs (viola) / Jubilate Girls Choir, Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV, Valéria Csányi [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] "Weiner's music is consistently appealing and tuneful, the colorful scoring using the womens' chorus especially. Being a ballet, there's naturally some break in continuity and sometimes pantomimic bits, but Weiner keeps this to a minimum." (A.R.G.) |
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 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Ariadne Auf Naxos Symphony-Suite / Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Richard Strauss' Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme suite was one of his own favourite scores, an absolute jewel of incidental music that combines the composer's romanticism with his love of the Baroque music of Jean-Baptiste Lully. D. Wilson Ochoa has created... |
SCHUBERT
Symphony, Death and the Maiden (arr. A. Stein) / Symphony No. 8 Unfinished (completed by B. Newbould and M. Venzago) Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Schubert's music has been arranged by many other composers, though few have succeeded in amplifying the astonishing drama and pathos of a masterpiece such as the Death and the Maiden Quartet as has Andy Stein, who writes: 'I have tried to create a... |
REINHOLD GLIERE
Gliere: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 42 'Il'ya Murometz' Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2014 ] "Falletta and her excellent orchestra give a visceral account of the score projecting its wide range of moods, from mystery and enchantment to violence and tragic intensity." (Orchestral Choice BBC Music April 2014) |
MARCEL TYBERG
Marcel Tyberg: Symphony No. 2 & Piano Sonata No. 2 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta / Fabio Bidini [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] This recording of the Second Symphony develops on these musicians' experience and enthusiasm in further revelations from a forgotten composer. The Piano Sonata No. 2 is also in the eminently safe hands of internationally renowned pianist Fabio Bidini |
CHRISTOPHER MOHR
Mohr: From The Realm Of The Shadow - A music drama in three acts Soloists / Ukraine National Symphony Choir & Orchestra [ Naxos American Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Feb/2001 ] "Mohr draws on a variety of styles for his musical collage: neo-baroque, soft-rock, new age, and something I'll call ear-papering-the kind of quasi-classical stuff you hear at Olympic events or Cirque du Soleil" ClassicsToday |
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Symphony for String Orchestra / Concerto for String Orchestra / Piano Quintet No. 1 Capella Bydgostiensis, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2014 ] Grażyna Bacewicz played a leading role in bringing Polish music into the 20th-century mainstream and onto the international stage. Following in the footsteps of Szymanowski, her works convey a striking emotional directness by combining elements of... |
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W. A. MOZART
Symphony No 25 & 41 'Jupiter' Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] |
JEAN SIBELIUS
The Best of Sibelius Capella Istropolitana / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was born in 1865, the son of a doctor, in a small town in the south of Finland, the language and culture of his family being Swedish. It was at school that he was to learn Finnish and acquire his first interest in... |
ELGAR
Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 and 4 / Serenade for Strings Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Freshly spontaneous throughout", said the Gramophone of the Enigma, "undoubtably good value", added the Penguin Guide. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Vol 1 (Nos, 82, 96, 100) Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Dec/1990 ] "At their modest cost, these are well worth collecting." Penguin Guide |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Vol 2 (Nos 83,94,101) Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Dec/1990 ] "At their modest cost, these are well worth collecting." Penguin Guide |
W .A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 30 & 38 'Prague' Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2000 ] "Most conductors and recording engineers just go by the book in putting Mozart down on records. This master composer needs a lot more understanding and sympathy and he gets these from the Naxos team. ... excellent woodwind parts." Gramophone |
BIZET / BOITO / GOUNOD / ROSSINI / VERDI
Carlo Colombara: The Art of the Bass Carlo Colombara (bass) / Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra & Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 15/Feb/2012 ] "It all proves to be quite entertaining, both for the rarely collected bass opera repertoire and for the fine performances of Colombara, both musical and dramatic…the cleverly staged visual elements add greatly to the total package." Fanfare |
