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STEINER
Son of Kong (The) / The Most Dangerous Game Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Leonid Makarevich (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] Classic film scores of Son of Kong and The Most Dangerous Game by Max Steiner. |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony No. 2 / Festival Fanfare Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Tony Rowe [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] Orthodox in its four-movement structure but, according to the composer, 'very unorthodox inside', Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 2 was originally inspired by Goethe's play Götz von Berlichingen. |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov - Orchestral Works Vol 17: Chopiniana / Overtures on Greek Themes / Serenades Nos 1 & 2 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ziva [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2003 ] Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was born in St Petersburg in 1865, the son of a publisher and bookseller. |
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SALTER / DESSAU
House of Frankenstein Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] House of Frankenstein score remains one of a small handful of golden age film scores that truly rate being heard complete and often. |
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ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Abraham Lincoln: A Likeness in Symphony Form / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] wonderfully varied accomplishments cry out for further exploration and rediscovery. |
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MAX STEINER
King Kong (1933 film score reconstructed by J. Morgan) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] "An essential addition to any serious film music collection, it has all been lovingly restored by John Morgan, performed with gusto by William Stromberg and the Moscow Symphony, and vividly recorded by Naxos (formerly Marco Polo). Now reissued at... |
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LEO WEINER
Weiner: Orchestral Works (Complete), Vol. 2 - Toldi, Op. 43 MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Valéria Csányi [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2019 ] "Certainly the performance under Valéria Csányi is as committed as one could ask. The playing of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra is quite good, and the engineering clean and clear." ClassicsToday |
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AARON JAY KERNIS
Kernis: Color Wheel / Symphony No. 4, "Chromelodeon" Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/2020 ] Pulitzer Prize recipient and GRAMMY award-winner Aaron Jay Kernis is one of America's most performed composers. Both works on this album exemplify his creative approach to orchestral composition, sharing elements in common. |
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CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
Rouse: Symphony No. 5 / Supplica / Concerto for Orchestra Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Contemporary Grammy Award Winner 2021 - Best Contemporary Classical Composition |
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PIAZZOLLA
Sinfonia Buenos Aires / Concerto for Bandoneon / Las Cuatro Estaciones Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The players sound completely at home in the idiom, and Guerrero delivers bold, uninhibited interpretations across the board. This is just a great disc of colorful, distinctive orchestral music, and it belongs in every collection." (10/10... |
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GEORGE Whitefield CHADWICK
Chadwick: Orchestral Works Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] "If you still think of Nashville only as the home of the Grand Old Opry, you are woefully behind the times. This is a splendid orchestra - indeed, I might even despair of setting it alongside my home team the Detroit Symphony under Jarvi." A.R.G. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Abraham Lincoln Portraits Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] "Since only the Copland and Ives works are presently available on CD, this set is a must for collectors of American music, aside from patriotic associations. The Harris and the Persichetti works alone make it an essential purchase." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
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JOAN TOWER
Made in America / Tambor / Concerto for Orchestra Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] 2008 Grammy Award winner for 'Best Classical Album', 'Best Classical Contemporary Composition' and 'Best Orchestral Performance' |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: I gioielli della Madonna (complete opera) Natalia Ushakova, Daniel Čapkovič, Kyungho Kim, Denisa Šlepkovská / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Friedrich Haider [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "[This is] an achievement of which Haider and his Bratislava forces can be proud: the conductor paces it all well, and his players keep up impressively" (Gramophone) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto / Encores (recorded 1949-53) Nathan Milstein (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 31/Aug/2007 ] "The three violin and piano works with Artur Balsam are played with Milstein's usual finesse and bravura, and the disc concludes with two tracks in which Milstein duets with the Italian bass Ezio Pinza in Calm as the night and None but the lonely... |
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DVORAK / MOZART / GLAZUNOV
Dvorak/Mozart/Glazunov: Violin Concertos (recorded 1949-51) Nathan Milstein, violin / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati, conductor / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / William Steinberg, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] Before the disruption of World War I, the regular pattern of Caruso's existence had been to spend the autumn and winter in New York singing in ten or a dozen operas at the Met, and then to cross the Atlantic to work in Europe through the spring and... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (Edited Wheeler) National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) Robert Olson, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] "Olson's interpretation of Mahler's Symphony No. 10 remains insightful and affectionate, its character sharpened by time and experience." CDNow |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Reinhard Seifried [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Mar/1997 ] "Seifried draws refined playing from the Irish orchestra in readings with few idiosyncrasies." - Gramophone |
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GERALD BARRY
Barry: Orchestral Works National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 / Caprice Bohémien National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] The great Russian pianist and composer, Sergey Rachmaninov wrote three symphonies cast in a romantic mood, and full of the distinctive melodies that have captured a place in the standard orchestral repertoire. |