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ERNESTO HALFFTER
Carmen (film score) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] This is not only the work's world première recording but the first performance to realise the composer's musical intentions in full. |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 20 (Nos. 77, 78, 79) Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Mar/1999 ] "For these three little-known but most engaging symphonies, written in 1782-3, Nicholas Ward could hardly be more persuasive. The colourful charm of Haydn's scoring in the B flat Symphony is most sensitively caught." Penguin Guide |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Concerto and other orchestral music Philippe Djokic / Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner [ Naxos Titner Memorial Edition 10 / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] "...Tintner's Delius is not quite in that category, but I have to say that he makes a very credible and creditable case for all the music on this generously-timed album." MusicWeb |
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Fried/Leonard/Sonnenberg/Trans
Beethoven:symphony No.9 Choral [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] |
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FRITZ KREISLER
Kreisler plays Kreisler (Tambourin chinois, Liebesfreud, Marche miniature viennoise, etc) (Recorded: 1942-1946) Fritz Kreisler (violin) Victor Symphony Orchestra / Charles O'Connell, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "The new transfers are remarkably good, and this is a gem of a reissue." (Classics Today) |
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Fukushima/Tokyo Geidai Phil/Yu
Hashimoto: Symphony No 2 [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] |
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ERIC SATIE
Very Best of Satie (The) Gabor Eckhardt (Piano) / Klara Kormendi (Piano) / Nancy Symphony Orchestra / Jerome Kaltenbach (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] A selection of Satie's most popular piano and orchestral pieces. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] Composed during a period of social readjustment in post-war France, the First Cello Concerto marked Saint-Saëns acceptance as a composer among the establishment, and has long been one of his most admired works. Recognition for the fiendishly... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol 10: Symphony No. 14 in G minor, Op. 135 Gal James (soprano), Alexander Vinogradov (baritone) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] At its première in June 1969 Shostakovich described his Symphony No. 14, in effect a symphonic song cycle, as 'a fight for the liberation of humanity... a great protest against death, a reminder to live one's life honestly, decently, nobly...'... |
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MAHLER
Symphony No.2 Resurrection / Kindertotenlieder (rec 1915-1931) Gertrud Bindernagel (soprano) / Emmi Leisner (contralto) / Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Oskar Fried / Heinrich Rehkemper (baritone) / Jascha Horenst [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] "Mahlerians, and fans of any of these artists will all find something to enjoy here." - www.classicstoday.com |
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GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Music Vol. 4 - Piano Concerto No. 2 / Momento Musicale e Minuetto / Novelleta Gesualdo Coggi (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "Francesco La Vecchia elicits ... incisive string playing and ... penetrating woodwind articulation in the neo-Wagnerian First symphony ... aided by Naxos' rich, dazzlingly detailed engineering ... A fine start to a promising cycle, warmly... |
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GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Works Vol. 3 - Piano Concerto No. 1 / La canzone dei ricordi Gesualdo Coggi (piano) Silvia Pasini (mezzo-soprano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco la Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a not-to-be-missed series." (AudAud Five Stars Nov 2009) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Very Best of Verdi Giacomo Aragall (Tenor) Carlo Colombara (Bass) Maria Dragoni (Soprano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Oliver Dohnanyi (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Giuseppe Verdi was the greatest of the late nineteenth century Italian opera composers, carrying the legacy of Rossini forward with more realistic storylines, seemingly playing out the political headlines in his opera settings. This 2 CD set includes... |
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PUCCINI
Turandot (complete opera recorded in 1938) [plus early recordings of Turandot] Gina Cigna, Francesco Merli & Magda Olivero / RAI Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Turin, Franco Ghione [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] RAI Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Turin, Franco Ghione |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
The Best Of Glazunov Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ilya Kale (violin), POlish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Glazunov, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, received encouragement also from Belyayev, an influential patron and publisher whose activities succeeded and largely replaced the earlier efforts of Balakirev to inspire the creation of national Russian music.... |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - The Kremlin / From the Middle Ages / Poeme Lyrique / Poeme Epique Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Konstanstin Krimets [ Naxos / CD ] "The Moscow Symphony players show real feeling for the orthodox choruses and bellsongs of The Kremlin's middle movement…" Gramophone |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/1998 ] In 1891 Rachmaninov completed his piano studies at the Conservatory and the composition of his first piano concerto. The following year he graduated from the composition class with his opera Aleko. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Glemser has a bold impetuous way with Rachmaninov...he generates plenty of excitement and expressive fervour in all three works" Penguin Guide |
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J.S. BACH
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 / Partitas Nos. 5 and 6 Glenn Gould (piano) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] Canadian pianist Glenn Gould's first Columbia recording, his classic 1955 Goldberg Variations, and second, Beethoven's last three piano sonatas, were followed by this 1957 rendition of Bach's D minor Concerto, praised by The New York Times critic... |