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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 |
PAUL HINDEMITH
The Complete Piano Concertos Idil Biret (piano) / Yale Symphony Orchestra, Toshiyuki Shimada [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/Jan/2014 ] This set should be explored by anybody who has not heard these works before. They will be pleasantly surprised by the wealth of enjoyment that is to be had in them. |
OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS
Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 Igor Kramarev (trumpet) / Romualdas Staskus (oboe) / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra / Juozas Domarkas (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] "The playing of the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra is first class, having no doubt played the music more than once. I suspect that the composer has had a say in the matter of interpretation. Sonically the issue can't be faulted and with... |
TEIZO MATSUMURA
Matsumura: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Ikuyo Kamiya (piano) / RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] |
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
Violin Concertos Ilya Kaler (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "Kaler's performance is successful and offers collectors a distinct choice. The balance favours the violin in both concertos, but there is air enough around the soloist, and the warm Lighthouse Concert Hall acoustic gives the orchestral sound a... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Double Concerto / Schumann: 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 |
ANTONIN DVOARK / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Dvorak/Glazunov: Violin Concertos Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camilla Kolchinsky [ Naxos / CD ] "Kaler's playing of these Romantic sweetly-tuned works is excellent" BBC Music Magazine "Ilya Kaler has great romantic warmth and natural Slavonic feeling....In short this is first class in every way" Penguin Guide |
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 |
GRIEG
Orchestral Music, Vol. 4: Peer Gynt Suites / Orchestral Songs Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Palle Knudsen (baritone) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] Grieg's incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt is greatly loved by many and is generally considered to be one of the foremost expressions of 'Norwegian national identity'. Comprising the 'best' and most popular numbers, Suite No. 1 was an... |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Ode to a Nightingale / Piano Concertino / Symphony No. 7 Inna Galatenko, Oleg Bezborodko, Marija Grikevičiūtė / Lithuanian National Symphony, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Valentin Silvestrov's elusive post-modern style is rich in nostalgia for the lost music of a barely remembered past filled with beauty and spiritual aspiration. |
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... |
ANDRE PARFENOV / PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Parfenov/Tchaikovsky: Aachener Walzer - Orchestral Works Ioana Cristina Goicea (violin) André Parfenov (piano) / Aachen Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Tchaikovsky stayed in Aachen for six weeks in 1887, during which time he orchestrated his Mozartiana. He also left behind 16 bars of music from his diary, and the Aachener Walzer is André Parfenov's completion of this otherwise unknown mini-waltz. |
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 |
MOROI
Symphony No. 3, Op. 25 / Sinfonietta, Op. 24 / Two Symphonic Movements, Op. 22 Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] Saburo Moroi was a pioneer in Japan in the development of abstract music. |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphonies Nos. 11 & 15 Ireland RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Tony Rowe & Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Havergal Brian was never a conventional composer, but the three later works on this disc rank among his most unconventional approaches to the symphonic form. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Oda (Alone) complete score of the silent film Irina Mataeva (sop) Anna Kiknadze (mezzo) Dmitry Voropaev (tenor) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] Set in late 1920s Leningrad and then in the Altai Mountains in Russian Mongolia, Shostakovich's second film ODNA (ALONE) features a dazzling score for a huge orchestra including a banda (8 brass band instruments), theremin, (Shostakovich was one of... |
KORNGOLD
Sea Hawk (The) / Deception Irinia Romishevskaya / Moscow Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "This isn't just essential for Korngold or film score collectors--this release also is perfect for mp3 players, long car trips, or any activity that needs a nice big chunk of orchestral music to while away an hour or two. If this isn't an... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Orchestral Music Vol 5 (complete incidental music to Peer Gynt) Isa Gericke (soprano) Unni Lovlid (soprano) Kirsten Braten Berg (mezzo-soprano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Malmo Chamber Choir / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Excellent soloists (especially the Solveig of soprano Ise Katharina Gericke), an enthusiastic chorus, and extremely atmospheric engineering...At Naxos' very reasonable price, this set becomes self-recommending." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
