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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Orchestral and Chamber Works Arranged for Piano 4 Hands, Vol. 5 Klavierduo Eckerle [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2019 ] In a time without recordings, the number of four-hand arrangements exceeded that of the original compositions by fourfold. Occasionally the arrangements were made by the composer himself. Robert Schumann, who liked to play four hands. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
The Very Best of Shostakovich Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano) Michael Houstoun (Piano) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Conductor) Ilya Kaler (Violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "As an introduction to the composer's work, it gives a wide-ranging and typical selection, which is in itself some achievement." (MusicWeb August 2006) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Konstantin Scherbakov, piano / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "the best Third Concerto I've ever heard; stupefying brilliant sound in 8 different flavours" (MusicWeb) |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 (Violin Concerto No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2) Konstanty Kulka (violin) Chee-Yun (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) / Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] Krzystof Penderecki's orchestral recordings continues on Naxos |
LEOPOLD KOŽELUCH
Kozeluch: Cantata for the Coronation of Leopold II, "Hail to the Monarch" Kristýna Vylíčilová (soprano), Tomáš Kořínek, Josef Moravec (tenors), Filip Dvořá k (harpsichord) Martinů Voices & Prague Symphony, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] The coronation of Leopold II in Prague in 1791 came at a difficult time for European monarchs, although Leopold himself enjoyed a reputation as an enlightened ruler. Two musical works were commissioned for the occasion: Mozart's opera La clemenza di... |
Krzysztof Bakowski, Violin, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wit
Lutoslawski-Funeral Music for Strings, Chain II: Dialogue for Violin & Orch + [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2001 ] one of the greatest 20th-century Polish music artists |
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Kuchar/Nat So Of The Ukrain
Prokofiev:symphony No.5 [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
PROKOFIEV
Eternal Prokofiev Kun Woo Paik, Bernd Glemser (pianos) Tedi Papavrami (violin) / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Prokofiev, himself a formidable pianist, completed nine piano sonatas out of a projected eleven. His music for piano also includes piano versions of music from the ballets Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 5 Kun Woo Pak (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "Kun Woo Paik's playing throughout these five concertos has exhilarating bravura...with vivid recording in the Concert Hall of Polish Radio, which has plenty of ambience, this set is enormously stimulating and a remarkable bargain" Penguin Guide |
FIKRET AMIROV
Amirov: One Thousand and One Nights Symphony 'To the Memory of Nizami' Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Fikret Amirov is one of Azerbaijans best-known 20th-century composers in the classical tradition, and the inventor of the symphonic mugam based on traditional folk melodies (as can be heard on Naxos 8.572170). Symphony To the Memory of Nizami... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2023) La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Stephane Degout, Sally Matthews, Bogdan Volkov, Bernadetta Grabias, Nicolas Courjal / Alain Altinoglu (cond [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 21/Mar/2025 ] 'The soprano Sally Matthews brings a radiant voice and natural allure', wrote the New York Times. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (complete opera recorded in 2023) BLU-RAY La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Stephane Degout, Sally Matthews, Bogdan Volkov, Bernadetta Grabias, Nicolas Courjal / Alain Altinoglu (cond [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 21/Mar/2025 ] 'The soprano Sally Matthews brings a radiant voice and natural allure', wrote the New York Times. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Ascanio - Ballet: Andromaque / Overtures / etc Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "This disc is a mandatory acquisition for anyone who cares about either the composer or good French theater music." 9/9 ClassicsToday |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad" Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Ladislav Slovák [ Naxos / CD ] "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 |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 / Isle of Bliss Laura Mikkola (Piano) / Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eri Klas (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Oct/2006 ] "Laura Mikkola sounds perfectly attuned to the character of both works and exhibits a wide-ranging, impressive technique..." |
HANSON
Merry Mount, Op. 31 Lauren Flanigan / Walter MacNeil / Richard Zeller / Northwest Boychoir / Seattle Girls' Choir / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] The plot of his 1933 opera, Merry Mount, set in New England in 1625 during a conflict between the Puritans and the Cavaliers, is anything but merry. However, the composer described the music as “warm-blooded…essentially a lyrical work [that] makes... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ LISZT
Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No. 9 (Transcription for two pianos) Leon McCawley & Ashley Wass (pianos) [ Naxos Complete Liszt Piano Music Vol 28 / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "I hope Naxos already has enlisted these artists for Liszt's two-piano version of A Faust Symphony. Highly recommended." --ClassicsToday (10/9) |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Symphony No. 10 'Amerindia' Leonardo Neiva (baritone) & Saulo Javan (bass) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Heitor Villa-Lobos was instrumental in developing a national Brazilian musical culture, writing in a wide variety of forms. Composed in 1954 for the 400th anniversary of the founding of São Paulo, Ameríndia is the composer's largest symphony.... |
XIAOGANG YE
Xiaogang Ye: The Road to the Republic (Cantata) / Cantonese Suite Liping Zhang (Sop) Guang Yang (Mezzo) Yijie Shi (Tenor) Chenye Yuan (Baritone) / China National Symphony Orchestra; Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Xiaogang Ye is regarded as one of China's leading contemporary composers, having been awarded a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2013 China Arts Award, and a Distinguished Alumni citation from the Eastman School of Music in 2011. The Road to the... |
LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108 Andras Molnar (tenor) Franz Liszt Academy of Music Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Andras Ligeti [ Naxos / CD ] "There's a lot right with this performance, not least being its outspoken acknowledgement of Faust's stormy character. Liszt's first-movement portrait receives zestful advocacy, less polished than some, perhaps, but fired by immense gusto. The... |
