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CHARLES IVES
Ives: Holidays Symphony (II - IV): Decoration Day / Fourth of July / etc Malmo Opera Chorus / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Love him or hate him, Charles Ives is now accepted as the major figure he is. This marvellous collection is very well played, expertly recorded and has a good note in the inlay sheet." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Music for String Orchestra / Lyric Suite Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] "there's an edge to their tone that belies unfavourable comparisons with salon music. They also capture the vocal quality underpinning the Two Elegiac Melodies, and the folk music background to movements such as 'Norwegian' from Two Melodies for Stri |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3-Symphony in C minor / Old Norwegian Romance with Variations Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] This is a remarkably assured work filled with positive, youthful energy, and many fresh musical ideas. |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 1 / Notre Dame, Act I: Introduction, Interlude and Carnival Music Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Franz Schmidt's finely crafted Symphony No. 1, grandiose in scale and optimistic in mood, recalls the masterpieces of other great Romantic composers, Brahms, Bruckner and Reger, and won the Beethoven Prize in 1900. His opera Notre Dame, based on... |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 3 / Chaconne Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Schmidt's symphonies would make a pretty powerful impression for any orchestra running an audiophile series." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
CHOPIN / ROSSINI / OFFENBACH / BIZET / LALO / CHABRIER / etc
Art and Music: Manet - Music of His Time Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Polish National Radio Symphony, Kodály Quartet, etc [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] Edouard Manet (1832-83) has been called the father of modern painting. In the 1860s he was the leader of a group of young artists who later became known as the Impressionists, though his own work resists any simple label. On this CD, the world of... |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphony No. 18 / Violin Concerto / The Jolly Miller Marat Bisengaliev, violin / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Lionel Friend, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] "The violin concerto is a great work and deserves the recognition that it has so long been denied. I can only hope that this present recording does much to remedy this oversight" (MuusicWeb July 2005) |
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's 'Faust' Op.20 Marat Bisengaliev (violin) / National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) / Antoni Wit (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2003 ] "this can be recommended regardless of price....these are performances of bravura excitement, warm, flowing tone, and awesome ease of execution...This Wieniawski release is an incredible bargain" - Fanfare |
EDUARD LALO
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole (with works by Sarasate, Saint-Saens & Ravel) Marat Bisengaliev (Violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Johannes Wildner [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "the performance develops plenty of life and character" (Penguin Guide) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Version for Two Pianos, S647/R369) (Complete Piano Music Vol. 34) Marcus Ullmann (tenor) / Franz Liszt Piano Duo / Liszt School of Music Chamber Choir, Weimar [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music Edition / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] A recording of the Faust Symphony arranged for two pianos |
LORENZO PALOMO
My Secluded Garden / Madrigal and 5 Sephardic Songs / Concierto de Cienfuegos Maria Bayo (soprano) Pepe Romero (guitar) / Romero Guitar Quartet / Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] Acclaimed for her 'beautifully clear, warm and intelligent coloratura' (The Gramophone) and 'naturally bright, vernal timbre' (BBC Music Magazine), Spanish soprano María Bayo has shone as a prima donna internationally, yet reserves a special place... |
PALOMO
Andalusian Nocturnes (Nocturnos de Andalucia) / Spanish Songs (Canciones espanolas) Maria Bayo (Soprano), Pepe Romero (Guitar), Seville Royal Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] The body of Lorenzo Palomo's concert vocal music shows him to be one of the most successful composers in upholding the genre of Spanish song expressed in a contemporary language. |
VERDI
La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1953) Maria Callas / Francesco Albanese / Ugo Savarese / Turin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gabriele Santini [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Maria Callas first sang Violetta in January 1951 at the Teatro Communale in Florence. In the next three seasons Callas sang the role at Bergamo, Parma, Mexico City, Verona, Venice and Rome. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Forza del Destino (complete opera recorded in 1941) Maria Caniglia, Tancredi Pasero, Carlo Tagliabue / RAI Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Turin, Gino Marinuzzi [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "This is a fascinating, unmissable set both in historic and musical terms. Marinuzzi, a Toscanini coeval at La Scala, was chosen as conductor, and it's his only complete recording of an opera." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
VERDI
Aida (Highlights from the complete opera) Maria Dragoni, Kristjan Johannsson, Barbara Dever, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Rico Saccani, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "The most impressive performer is indeed the fiery, plush-voiced, confident Dever... Gragoni is an interesting, highly individual Aida with some temperament and a good high C." - American Record Guide (Ralph V. Luciano) May/June 2001 |
MANUEL DE FALLA
Falla: Amor Brujo (El) / El Sombrero de Tres Picos Maria Jose Martos (mezzo-soprano) / Alicia Nafe (mezzo-soprano) / Asturias Symphony Orchestra / Maximiano Valdes (conductor) [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Jun/2005 ] Manuel de Falla is generally acknowledged as the leading figure in Spanish music of the twentieth century. Born in 1876 in Cádiz, as a boy he aspired to be a writer but by the mid-1890s had decided to concentrate on music. - Hybrid/SACD in 5.1... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 / Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 126 Maria Kliegel (cello) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2004 ] "Kliegel manages to convey a feeling of spontaneous improvisation and her command of the instrument is impressive. Naxos's recording is nicely ambient." - Gramophone - Oct.1996 |
SCHNITTKE
Cello Concerto / Stille Musik for violin & cello / Sonata for cello & piano Maria Kliegel (cello) Raimund Havenith (piano) Burkhard Godhoff (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gerhard Markson (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] The Russian composer Alfred Schnittke was born in 1934, the son of a journalist of Lithuanian-Jewish origin and a mother who taught German. |
BEETHOVEN / ELGAR / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / FAURE / POPPER / etc
Maria Kliegel - Anniversary Edition Maria Kliegel (cello) / with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Camerata Transsylvanica, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Her playing has great virtuosity, but it is her phrasing especially in the Elgar, which suggests a great musical intelligence" - Classic CD |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade / The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite / Flight of the Bumble Bee Maria Larionoff (violin) / Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] "In this new recording I hear all the good of Ansermet, and more. It is even more powerful, even more beautiful...if I'm asked for my pick, this will be it. It's the best one I've heard." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month June 2011) |
