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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 3 Marika Fältskogh (violin) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2015 ] "recommendable. The performances are thoughtful, the sound is warm and clear, and the unusual repertoire is well worth getting to know, especially at Naxos's bargain price." Fanfare |
AARON JAY KERNIS
Kernis: Flute Concerto / Air / Second Symphony Marina Piccinini (flute) / Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "Piccinini's performance of Air will take your breath away. I was also left breathless at the brilliance and precision of the Peabody Orchestra." Fanfare |
CAVALLI
Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne Mario Zeffiri (tenor) / Mariana Pizzolato (mezzo) / Galicia Youth Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Cavalli's opera deals with the god Apollo's amorous pursuit of the chaste Daphne, who finds refuge in metamorphosis into a laurel tree, to her lover's distress. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Pulcinella / Le baiser de la fee (The Fairy's Kiss) Mark Beesley (bass) / Robin Leggate (tenor) / Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 23/Mar/2006 ] "This CD attracts another unhesitating recommendation and collectors should add it to the Stravinsky/Craft section on their shelves. This is turning into an excellent set whose recordings have that modern technical advantage over those in the elderly... |
GINASTERA
Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Mark Kosower (cello) / Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Lothar Zagrosek [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "A marvellous team performance making a compelling case for these concertos. The Government must act now to make these compulsory components of the repertoire." (Bargain of the Month July 2011) |
MIKLOS ROZSA
Rozsa: Three Hungarian Sketches / Cello Rhapsody Mark Kosower (cello) / MAV Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] "These are beautiful, energetic, colorful performances of music that is equally so. Miklós Rózsa's concert music sounds just like his film music, and all of it sounds Hungarian, whether it's called Ben-Hur or Three Hungarian Sketches." (9/9... |
ELLIOT CARTER
Carter: Symphony 1 / Piano Concerto Mark Wait (piano) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] "Early and middle-period Carter at his most accessible and challenging." (BBC Music) |
TONY BANKS
Banks: 18 Pieces for Orchestra Martin Robertson, Charlie Siem, Tony Banks, Frank Ricotti, John Barclay, Skaila Kanga [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Famous for his role as the keyboard player in rock band Genesis and as a solo artist, Tony Banks was always fascinated by the idea of writing orchestral music. |
CIARDI
Music For Flute Massimiliano Damerini / Roberto Fabbriciani / Friuli Venezia Giulia Symphony Orchestra / Stefan Fraas (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] By all accounts a truly virtuoso performer known as “the Paganini of the flute”, the Italian Cesare Ciardi wrote principally for his own instrument, his works forming the basis of acclaimed concert performances |
LYAPUNOV
Violin Concerto in D minor / Symphony No. 1 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov belonged to the second generation of Russian nationalist composers who were professionally trained and strongly influenced by Balakirev and his associates. |
EUGEN D'ALBERT
Symphony in F major / Tiefland, Op. 34 MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Jun Markl [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Feb/2013 ] The ambitious Symphony in F major is d'Albert's single work in this form, showing him as a gifted composer in the tradition of Brahms. |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Symphony in C Major / Symphony in E MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Although he is best known for his innovative operas and iconic music dramas, Richard Wagner maintained a keen interest in symphonic composition throughout his career. Written in his late teens and early twenties, these two symphonies stand as a... |
BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] The two act Creatures of Prometheus is based on the Greek mythological person who drove ignorance from people, and brought to life two statues who are instructed in the arts. The scenario of the original ballet has long since been lost, though in... |
MARCEL TYBERG
Tyberg: Symphony No. 3 / Piano Trio in F major Michael Ludwig (violin) / Ya Fei Chuang (piano) / Roman Mekinulov (cello) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "...one of the finest conductors of her generation" The New York Times on Falletta |
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto / Concerto-Rhapsody Mihaela Martin (Violin) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] "Well-trained musicians from the Ukraine's National Symphony and heartfelt playing from the Romanian-born violinist Mihaela Martin." -- Music Week, January 24, 2004 |
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story (Complete musical) Mike Eldred (tenor) / Betsi Morrison (soprano) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Feb/2003 ] "It's another coup in the label's exemplary American Classics series, with good studio sound and engaging annotation by Schermerhorn and longtime Bernstein friend and collaborator Sid Ramin." - Billboard, November 30, 2002 |
ALLA PAVLOVA
Symphony No. 6 / Thumbelina Suite Mikhail Shestakov (violin) / Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Patrick Baton [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The highly romantic music of Alla Pavlova, a Russian composer now resident in the USA, has been praised for its 'surreal serenity…woven with unflinching sadness, without concessions to short attention spans and all within the long émigré tradition of... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 Peter Mikulas (bass) / Czech Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] "The orchestral playing is outstanding" Classics CD |
MIKHAIL ALEXEEVICH KUZMIN
Sacred Songs Mila Shkirtil (mezzo) / Karelia State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Petrozavodsk State University Male Choir, Yuri Serov [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] The great twentieth-century Russian poet, Mikhail Alexeevich Kuzmin, was for much of his early life also passionately devoted to composition. Masterpieces of the vocal miniature, his Sacred Songs for voice and orchestra are settings of his own words... |
ROBERTO SIERRA
Missa Latina "Pro Pace" Milwaukee Symphony Chorus / Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra / Andreas Delfs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Thoroughly enjoyable new work in dedicated performance" (MusicWeb July 2009) |
