|
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto / Concerto-Rhapsody Mihaela Martin (Violin) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] "Well-trained musicians from the Ukraine's National Symphony and heartfelt playing from the Romanian-born violinist Mihaela Martin." -- Music Week, January 24, 2004 |
|
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story (Complete musical) Mike Eldred (tenor) / Betsi Morrison (soprano) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Feb/2003 ] "It's another coup in the label's exemplary American Classics series, with good studio sound and engaging annotation by Schermerhorn and longtime Bernstein friend and collaborator Sid Ramin." - Billboard, November 30, 2002 |
|
ALLA PAVLOVA
Symphony No. 6 / Thumbelina Suite Mikhail Shestakov (violin) / Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Patrick Baton [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The highly romantic music of Alla Pavlova, a Russian composer now resident in the USA, has been praised for its 'surreal serenity…woven with unflinching sadness, without concessions to short attention spans and all within the long émigré tradition of... |
|
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No.13 Peter Mikulas (bass) / Czech Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] "The orchestral playing is outstanding" Classics CD |
|
MIKHAIL ALEXEEVICH KUZMIN
Sacred Songs Mila Shkirtil (mezzo) / Karelia State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Petrozavodsk State University Male Choir, Yuri Serov [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] The great twentieth-century Russian poet, Mikhail Alexeevich Kuzmin, was for much of his early life also passionately devoted to composition. Masterpieces of the vocal miniature, his Sacred Songs for voice and orchestra are settings of his own words... |
|
ROBERTO SIERRA
Missa Latina "Pro Pace" Milwaukee Symphony Chorus / Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra / Andreas Delfs [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Thoroughly enjoyable new work in dedicated performance" (MusicWeb July 2009) |
|
VIEUXTEMPS
Fantasia appassionata / Ballade and Polonaise / Fantaisie-Caprice / Greeting to America Misha Keylin (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "The recorded sound (from 2008 except for the Ballade from 2002) sets the violin in a respectable balance with the orchestra. Recommended, accordingly, to all types of listeners." (Fanfare Nov 2010) |
|
ZDENEK FIBICH
Fibich: Symphonies Nos.1 & 2 Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "[The Razumovsky SO]'s sound is superbly rounded, with exactly the right balance. Individually, the instrumentalists play with character and admirable security...Few orchestras worldwide would easily surpass the playing heard on this disc, and the cl |
|
BEHZAD ABDI
Abdi: Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (Complete opera) Mohammad Motamedi, Hossein Alishapour, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar / Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony, Vladimir Sirenko [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] The music of Iranian composer Behzad Abdi fuses dastgāh (the Iranian modal system) with Western classical forms. He wrote Iran's first national opera, Rumi, and Hafez also exemplifies his approach to the medium. |
|
ALEXANDER RAHBARI
Rahbari: My Mother Persia - Symphonic Poems Vol. 2 Mohammad Motamedi (tenor), Antalya State Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "..this is exciting, edge-of-the-seat music, and beautifully delivered by all concerned." MusicWeb |
|
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 3: The King of the Jews (Incidental Music) Moscow Capella / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] "...Golovshin's interpretation is undoubtedly effective ...At bargain price the...one to buy if you are trying out this intermittently beguiling music for the first time." - Classic CD - December 1996 |
|
ALLA PAVLOVA
Elegy / Symphony No. 5 Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Ziva [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "The recording is bright and forward in the usual Naxos style. The orchestral playing of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio is accomplished enough. It's good to hear that the former Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra in its new guise and... |
|
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Sea Hawk / Deception Moscow Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / 2 CD - released 28/May/2007 ] The two-CD set includes a 24 page booklet written by Korngold film music authorities Brendan Carroll, Rudy Behlmer, and John Morgan. |
|
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/1997 ] "performed and recorded as handsomely, sympathetically, and idiomatically as on this Naxos release. The disc deserves a high recommendation" Fanfare |
|
MAX STEINER
All This, and Heaven Too / A Stolen Life Moscow Symphony Chorus / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] All This, and Heaven Too came in 1940 when the composer's approach was very emotional with highly chromatic writing in the Wagner tradition. The music reflects and comments on the dialogue, surging dramatically and appropriately at every opportunity. |
|
TIOMKIN
Red River (original film score) Moscow Symphony Chorus / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "All praise to the Moscow forces however – their vocal brethren perhaps excluded - for their powerful commitment to this score and its ebullient realisation in this performance." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) -- David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
|
MARIO PILATI
Pilati: Preludio, aria e tarantella; Quattro canzoni popolari italiane, Divertimento, Bagatelles Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] Mario Pilati was a leading member of the Italian generation of composers born around the turn of the 20th century. His love of the Baroque can be felt in the sunny and joyful immediacy of Preludio, aria e tarantella, originally conceived for violin... |
|
GLAZUNOV
Raymonda (complete ballet) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "Annissimov positively luxuriates in this music...in terms of both sound and performance this is the Raymonda to have." - American Record Guide |
|
GLAZUNOV
Orchestral works Vol 13: Symphony No. 6 / The Forest Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Anissimov, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Feb/2004 ] "Anissimov and his Moscow players give an excellent account of themselves, and the engineers have obliged with truly room-filling volume" American Record Guide |
|
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 7: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Alexander Anissimov, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2003 ] "Anissimov gets an eminently sympathetic performance from the Moscow orchestra" - Penguin Guide |