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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... |
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... |
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 |
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... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2 Dora De Marinis (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Julio Malaval [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2001 ] "Slightly fuller and deeper sound…The performers are equal to the occasion in every piece." James Miller Fanfare September/October 2001 |
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 |
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.... |
LOUIS SPOHR
Clarinet Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 / Fantasia, Op. 81 Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Johannes Wildner, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Feb/2005 ] Spohr's concertos for the clarinet are in a measure exceptions to this general neglect of his work. They come at an important stage in the development of the instrument and its repertoire and thus hold a special position among players. |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Route 66 / Sunset Strip / Ghost Range Evelyn Glennie (percussion); Colorado Symphony. Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Daugherty obviously knows how to handle large orchestral forces. Marin Alsop and her Colorado orchestra respond with vivid and committed playing." Music Web International |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Ricardo Gallen (guitar) / Asturias Symphony Orchestra, Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 14/Oct/2002 ] "The focus of these three volumes is on concertos, the most popular and arguably the best segment of Rodrigo's orchestral music. The best known are those for guitar and orchestra, of the very numerous recordings of which these are 'good enough to... |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 9: Finnish Fantasy / Karelian Legend / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] It is becoming increasingly unnecessary to defend the reputation of Glazunov. He belonged to a generation of Russian composers that was able to benefit from more professional standards of compositional technique. |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 1 [Incls 'Les Preludes'] Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "The recording is spacious, with full natural string-textures, but it is the resounding brass one remembers most." Four Stars Penguin Guide (Key recording) |
JULIAN ORBON
Orbon: Symphonic Dances / Concerto Grosso / Three Symphonic Versions Hector Corpus Aguilar (violin) Vladimir Atapin (cello) Oleg Lev (viola) Alexandre Vassiliev (violin) / Asturias Symphony Orchestra / Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] Julián Orbón was born in Avilés in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, on 7th August 1925, and he spent most of his childhood in that region, with the exception of a year's visit to Cuba. |
JENNY McLEOD
McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale / Rock Concerto / etc Helen Medlyn (narrator) & Eugene Albulescu (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] New Zealand-born composer Jenny McLeod's wide musical background is here distilled into three works of highly enjoyable directness. The Emperor and the Nightingale is a colourful score which accompanies the narration of a Hans Christian Andersen... |
