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EBERHARD
Piano Concerto 'Shadow Of The Swan' Halida Dinova (Piano) / St Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Tchernoushenko [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] St. Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Tchernoushenko |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & Rimsky Korsakov: Christmas Eve Suite Prunella Scales (narrator), Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Oct/2000 ] Narrated version with Prunella Scales |
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VERDI / BELLINI / GOUNOD / MASSANET
Operatic Arias for Bass Hao Jiang Tian (Bass), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Rahbari (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] A veteran of the world's most prominent opera stages, Tian has established a particularly close relationship with New York's Metropolitan Opera, where he has appeared every season since 1991. |
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WOJCIECH KILAR
Kilar: Choral and Orchestral Works Hasmik Papian (soprano) / Cracow Philharmonic Chorus / Polish National Radio Symphony [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 14/May/2002 ] Kilar was a contemporary of Gorecki and Penderecki |
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GEIRR TVEITT
Tveitt: Piano Concerto Nos 1 & 5 Havard Gimse (piano) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone (Guy Rickards) June 2001 |
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LEROY ANDERSON
Orchestral Favourites (Includes 'The Syncopated Clock', 'the Typewriter' & 'the Waltzing Cat') Hayman Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hayman [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] "the performances affectionate and enthusiastic." (Gramophone July 2002) |
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LERNER and LOEWE
Orchestral Selections from My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi, etc Hayman Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hayman [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / LOUIS GRUENBERG
Prokofiev/Gruenberg: Violin Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Another legendary Prokofiev recording is the 1937...Needless to say, Heifetz's delivery of the solo part is mesmerically brilliant in the finale, but the violinist also captures to perfection the lyrical nostalgia of theslow movement." BBC Music |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HOWELLS / WALTON / BOWEN
British Music for Viola and Orchestra Helen Callus (viola) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Marc Taddei [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Helen Callus plays with sumptuous tone matched by flawless intonation" Gramophone |
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Helletsgruber/Anday/Lpo/Maikl
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] |
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ALFVEN / LARSSON / PETERSON-BERGER / STENHAMMAR / etc
Swedish Orchestral Favourites Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Okko Kamu [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] |
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FRANZ BERWALD
Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra / Okko Kamu [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] "Sound, thoughtful performances, free from eccentricity and with no lack of character...Niklas Sivelöv proves an accomplished and intelligent soloist whose account is thoroughly recommendable in its own right." Gramophone |
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JEAN SIBELIUS / CHRISTIAN SINDING
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sinding: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 45 Henning Kraggerud (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Bjarte Engeset, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Oct/2004 ] 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... |
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JEAN SIBELIUS / CHRISTIAN SINDING
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sinding: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 45 Henning Kraggerud (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] "Here's a well-balanced Finno-Norwegian disc that presents a major concerto leavened by a shorter work for violin and orchestra." MusicWeb |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms - Symphony No 1 (with works by Beethoven & Strauss) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] Karajan's war-time recordings took him to Berlin, Dresden and Turin and, in 1943, to Amsterdam to work with the highly renowned Concertgebouw Orchestra, a great orchestra then as now. This exciting account of Brahms's First Symphony, with its... |
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RICHARD DANIELPOUR
Darkness in the Ancient Valley, Lacrimae Beati & A Woman's Life Hila Plitmann (soprano) & Angela Brown (soprano) Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2014 ] Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour has been championed by musicians ranging from Leonard Bernstein to the Emerson String Quartet. Lacrimae Beati owes its origin to Mozart's Requiem and was conceived after a perilous flight in 2002. |
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BRUCE BROUGHTON
Broughton: And on the Sixth Day / String Theory / Concerto for Horn and Orchestra Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe) William VerMeulen (horn) / London Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Bloxham [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Although Bruce Broughton is best known for his many film and television scores, over the past five decades he has composed scores for a diverse array of projects from film and TV to concert music and even theme parks. His work has been recognized... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / GUSTAV MAHLER
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Concert version ed. Mengelberg/Dopper) Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] These two Tenth Symphonies represent powerful statements by composers undergoing the greatest of crises in their eventful lives. Gustav Mahler's last and incomplete symphony was kept a secret by his widow Alma for many years after his death. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 / Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70 Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 was premiered in 1937. It was composed in response to the Soviet denouncement in Pravda of the composer's most recent works. The symphony was an overwhelming success, returning the composer to favour with the... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / FRANZ LISZT / etc
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Liszt: Paganini Etudes Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] "There were so many unique facets to Horowitz's playing: the unmistakable sound, the…musical imagination, the extraordinary power and speed…surely one of the greatest of all piano recordings…" Gramophone |