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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Serenade for Strings (Rec 1938-1941) Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Willem Mengelberg [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] The highly personal stamp of Mengelberg's performances may well not be to contemporary tastes and not always how we want to hear the piece at any given time, but as an honest response to the essence of the music and for the quality of execution, he... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Complete Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 2022 marks 25 years of close, innovative cooperation between Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra. This has resulted in a number of releases, and gained international recognition. |
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ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Orchestral Works Vol 1 [Incls 'Suite sobre cantos gallegos'] Cor Madrigal & Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Pablo González [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Although he is best known as the composer of some of the greatest masterpieces of Spanish piano music, Enrique Granados also wrote a much less well-known sequence of orchestral music. The cinematic Marcha de los vencidos evokes the painful trudging... |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets / Suite De Ballet, Op. 10 CSR Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Symphonies Nos.1-3 CSR Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] "The charming First and the unfinished Third being beautifully played by the Czech Radio Orchestra under American Stephen Gunzenhauser, it is certainly a bargain at." Hi-Fi Choice |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
German Romantic Overtures CSR Symphony Orchhestra (Bratislava), Alfred Walter [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 'Lobgesang' Majella Cullagh, Mary Nelson, Adrian Thompson / NSO of Ireland / RTe Phil Choir / Reinhard Seifrie [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] "This new budget-priced disc might introduce many listeners to a marvelous piece of music; it is a very good performance." American Record Guide |
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LORD BERNERS
Berners: Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement (Sung in English) Cynthia Buchan (mezzo), John Winifred (ten), Ian Caddy, Thomas Lawlor (bass-baritone), Anthony Smith (bar) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; RTÉ Sinf [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "..very satisfying: everyone sings and plays with obvious enjoyment. Again, Berners' temperament was obviously attuned to its times and his music partakes of the then prevailing mood of light-headedness and nonchalance." British Music Society |
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MICHAEL HAYDN
Haydn, (M.): Symphonies Vol 2 [Nos 21, 26, 27, Symphony in F] Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Patrick Gallois, with Filip Dvořák (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "Patrick Gallois and the Czech Chamber Philharmonic of Pardubice provide crisp, energetic, stylish readings, though harpsichordist Filip Dvořák is noticeably more subdued in his contribution this time around." Fanfare |
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ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (Incls 'Symphony No 1') Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Zdenĕk Fibich's career overlapped those of his countrymen Smetana and Dvořak, but his music remained poised between the twin poles of Czech Nationalism and the New German School. |
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ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Othello, Op. 6') Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "The recordings are agreeably detailed and with plenty of dynamic contrast. All who are already friends of Ma Vlast and the Dvorak late tone-poems will want to hear this and can expect to find new friends." (MusicWeb July 2014) |
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ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] This fourth volume in the first complete recording of the orchestral works of Zdeněk Fibich features shorter orchestral works and occasional pieces for theatre projects. They include the evocative overture A Night at Karlštejn Castle, the... |
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ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Symphony No 2') Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec, with Irvin Venyš (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2014 ] "Major works like the cycle of three melodramas Hippodamia show [Fibich] to be a writer of no mean accomplishment, who despite his early death by no means deserves to be overshadowed by his contemporaries Smetana and Dvořák. Indeed those who enjoy th |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 (with Suk - Serenade in E flat major & Into a New Life) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Vaclav Talich [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Typically, Obert-Thorn's transfers of these HMV shellacs prove quiet and consistently rewarding to the collector of orchestral documents engraved by past masters." (AudAud.com) |
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Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Leaper, conductor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Gary Carpenter, conductor
Best of British Light Music Classics Vol 1 (Includes Sleepy Lagoon, A Children's Overture & The Robin Hood Suite ) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] All your favourite light music classics |
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BIZET / MASCAGNI / SCHMIDT / HUMPERDINCK / PUCCINI / etc
Intermezzo Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Rahbari, conductor ; Budapest Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Halasz, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] The lights are dimmed and from the pit the sound of the orchestra rises. |
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ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Symphony No.1 and 2 Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Ludovit Rajter, conductor Edgar Seipenbusch, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] "This work of a 21-year-old is totally accomplished" |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcraker (with Glazunov - Les Sylphides) Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orhcestra (Bratislava) / Ondrej Lenard [ Naxos / 2 CD ] "the excellent Slovak playing, which is bright and lively and vividly recorded" - Penguin Guide |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovak [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "So congratulations (again) to Naxos. The real Shostakovich cognoscenti may be mildly disappointed here and there, but even they will be gripped more often than not by these committed and well recorded performances" ABC Radio |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 3 Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovak [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] Recorded in November 1986, and January 1990 |