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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No 1 / Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Edlinger (cond), Michael Halasz (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |
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ADdINSELL / BATH / RODNEY BENNETT / C. WILLIAMS / FARNON / DUNCAN / CURZON / etc
Best of British Light Music Classics Vol 4 (Ins The Warsaw Concerto, Cornish Rhapsody & The Dream of Olwen) Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Adrian Leaper / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Gary Carpenter [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] All your favourite light music classics |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete Ballet) Czecho-SLovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2003 ] "Lenard's complete Swan Lake is both exhilarating and full-blooded" - Penguin Guide |
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EUGEN d'ALBERT
D'Albert: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2 / Esther Overture Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Either performance would make a welcome addition to a collection" Fanfare |
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BRIGHT SHENG
Let Fly Dan Zhu (violin), Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Bright Sheng [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] Inspired by the image of a violin melody flying off, Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng's virtuosic three-movement concerto Let Fly interweaves Chinese and Western classical elements. Vivid legends of astrological animals inform Zodiac Tales, a... |
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JACQUES IBERT
The Ballad of Reading Gaol Daniela Kubricka (soprano) / Slovak Philharmonic Chorus & Slovak Symphony Orchestra, Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Sep/2015 ] Based on Oscar Wilde's impassioned text 'Le Ballade de la Geôle de Reading', Jacques Ibert's first symphonic work astonished and impressed audiences with its dark atmospheres of anguished madness and terror. The Trois Pièces de Ballet portray society... |
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CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 "The 4 Temperaments" & 3 "Sinfonia espansiva" Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schonwandt [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This, then, is a real bargain and the best way to have these symphonies at a very affordable cost. Indeed, I would recommend them at any price!" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month July 2008) |
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AARON COPLAND
Copland: Symphony No. 3 / Three Latin American Sketches Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] 'Slatkin rightly tilts the music towards nobility' Orchestral Pick of the Month BBC Music Sept 2017 |
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BORIS TISHCHENKO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tishchenko: Symphony No. 7, Op. 119 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] Often considered the direct heir to the legacy of Shostakovich, Tishchenko studied with both Galina Ustvolskaya, a one-time pupil of Shostakovich, and the great man himself. A professor at the St Petersburg Conservatory since 1986, Tishchenko is a... |
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GEORGE DYSON
Dyson: Symphony in G Major / Concerto da Chiesa / At the Tabard Inn Duncan Riddell (violin) / Helen Cox (violin) / Stuart Green (viola) / Timothy Walden (cello) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, con [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Jun/2005 ] "With solo strings atmospherically set against the full string band, this is a neglected masterpiece. At the Tabard Inn was designed as an overture for his choral work, The Canterbury Pilgrims, and completes a first-rate disc, superbly played." |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Concerto & The Water Goblin Jeno Jando (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "...Jando's plays with engaging freshness and conveys his own pleasure, and Wit's accompaniment glows with colour..." ClassicCD |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasia Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Nebolsin hardly puts a foot wrong, and Michael Stern secures rhythmically vibrant playing from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra" BBC Music Magazine |
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FRANCISCO MIGNONE
Mignone: Concertos Emmanuele Baldini (violin) Fabio Zanon (guitar) Ovanir Buosi (clarinet) Alexandre Silvério (bassoon) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Sentimental, dynamic, exuberant, multi-talented and extremely eclectic, Francisco Mignone, whose Italian background brought a sense of universality to his musical nationalism, was a leading figure in the Brazilian music scene during the 20th century.... |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana Giacomo Aragall, Stefka Evstatieva, Anna di Mauro, Alzbeta Michalkova / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos Opera Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Recorded: 1 - 10 April 1992 Recording Venue: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava |
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CARL von DITTERSDORF
Dittersdorf: Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos. 1 - 3 Failoni Orchestra, Budapest, Hanspeter Gmur [ Naxos The 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] "No one who fancies venturing beyond Haydn and Mozart is likely to be disappointed here, especially at the alluring Naxos price." Gramophone |
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HOWARD HANSON
Hanson: Merry Mount Op 31 (complete opera) Lauren Flanigan, Walter Macneil, Wrestling Bradford / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Apr/2007 ] "Good tunes and the Devil combine in an unabashed romantic American rarity. The leading roles are splendidly characterised by Lauren Flanigan and Richard Zeller, well supported in a rehabilitation that is a credit to all involved." Gramophone |
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FRANCK / FAURE / d'INDY
French Music for Piano and Orchestra Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "Thiollier shows imagination and sensitivity in Fauré's lovely Ballade" - Penguin Guide |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
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EDWARD ELGAR / FRANK BRIDGE
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bridge: Oration Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "..That plaintive quality is much in evidence in the Elgar, and I admire so much Schwabe's approach to this work, surely one of the most recorded concertos in the catalogue." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |