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DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Overtures Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] Dmitry Kabalevsky found his mature style and achieved international success with his first opera Colas Breugnon, the overture of which was soon picked up as an orchestral showpiece in the West. The Second Symphony was likewise championed by... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Complete Symphonies Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Saint-Saëns wrote five symphonies between the years 1850 and 1886. The cycle began with the Mozart-influenced Symphony in A but as a precocious composer of 17 he wrote his first numbered symphony, a work much admired by Berlioz and Gounod. He... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphonies, Vol. 2 [Symphony No 3 'Organ' & Symphony in A Major] Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Apr/2015 ] "This is a fine disc, with excellent orchestral playing throughout, guided by sure-footed stylistic and structural direction from Soustrot." MusicWeb |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works Malmö Symphony Orchestra & Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / 8 CD Box Set - released 28/Apr/2014 ] This boxed set of Grieg's complete orchestral works is a celebration of the composer's rich and multi-faceted aesthetic. Grieg was an idealistic humanist whose music and writings underlined a harmony between humans and nature. The sense of nostalgia... |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Orchestral Sets Nos. 1-3 Malmo Chamber Choir / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2008 |
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 |
ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
Pizzetti: Symphony in A / Harp Concerto Margherita Bassani (harp) / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Damian Iorio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] Composed in 1940, Pizzetti's Symphony in A was one of the works, which included Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, commissioned to celebrate the 2600th anniversary of the accession of the legendary first Emperor of Japan. This powerful and... |
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) |
