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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) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI / ALFREDO CATALANI / GIUSEPPE VERDI / OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Maria Luigia Borsi - Italian Soprano Arias Maria Luigia Borsi (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Yves Abel [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] "The performance that Borsi gives is not just ravishingly beautiful but has a dramatic intensity… It is luxury casting to have the LSO crisply conducted by Yves Abel." Gramophone |
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) |
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 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 6 - Symphony No. 1 / Triumphlied Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2000 ] Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bass player and his much older wife, a seamstress His childhood was spent in relative poverty, and his early studies in music, as a pianist rather than as a string-player, developed his... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 8 - Symphony No. 4 / Tragic Overture Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] "this reviewer is delighted that the series has been issued in recordings so lovingly played and well-recorded." Scott Morrison |
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. |
