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LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Five Symphonies Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 24/Feb/2011 ] Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward |
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FRANZ IGNAZ BECK
Beck: Symphonies Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] "tidy, alert readings of these symphonies....At a fiver you wont seriously go wrong" - Gramophone |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Vol 10 (Nos. 30, 55 "Schoolmaster" & 63 "La Roxelane") Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "Alert and vivacious playing from all concerned; admirable pacing and first-class sound…" (Penguin Guide) |
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STAMITZ / BECK / CANNABICH / GOSSEC / CPE BACH / JC BACH / HOFMANN / DITTERSDORF / VANHAL / KRAUS
The World of the 18th Century Symphony Northern Chamber Orchestra ; Nicholas Ward, conductor ; Failoni Orchestra ; Uwe Grodd, conductor [ Naxos 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 2/May/2003 ] The symphony in its various guises was cultivated by composers of every nation, state and principality during the eighteenth century. |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Orchestral Works Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra & Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling, with Ilya Kaler (violin) & Gnesin Academy Chorus [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/May/2022 ] Sergey Taneyev was a monumental figure of late 19th-century Russian music. He was a student of Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky, and became teacher to Rachmaninov and Scriabin. |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] A pupil of Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky, and a teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin, Sergey Taneyev was a monumental figure in Russian music of the second half of the nineteenth century. Although highly independent as a mature artist, Taneyev was... |
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TANEYEV
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 Novosibirsk Academy Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2010 ] Known to Tchaikovsky as the 'Russian Bach' and to Rachmaninov as 'a master composer [and] a pinnacle of musical Moscow', Sergey Taneyev was one of the most highly regarded and influential musical figures of his time. |
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JOHANN STAMITZ
Stamitz: Symphonies, Vol. 1 NZSO Chamber Orchestra, Donald Armstrong [ Naxos 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 1/Jan/1996 ] "Yet again, Naxos have shown the way! The range of their bargain price recordings continues to spread apace." - Early Music Review |
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BENET CASABLANCAS
The Dark Backward of Time / 3 Epigrams / Postlude / Love Poem Ofelia Sala (soprano) / Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra / Salvador Mas-Conde [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Expressive power, meticulous virtuosity and a refined musical language combining the traditional and the avant garde have made Benet Casablancas one of today's most widely recognised Spanish composers. |
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AKIO YASHIRO
Yashiro: Piano Concerto / Symphony Hiromi Okada (piano) / Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos Japanes Classics / CD - released 4/Nov/2002 ] |
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LUTOSLAWSKI
Twenty Polish Christmas Carols / etc Olga Pasichnyk, Jadwiga Rappé / Polish Radio Chorus, Kraców, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice), Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "The faster carols have the same sort of energy and modality that you find in Kodály… it's a lovely collection of pieces for dipping into, and they're affectionately performed and recorded." (BBC Music) |
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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Orchestral Works Volume 6 (Incls 'Symphony No. 1' & 'Silesian Triptych') Olga Pasiecznik (Soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "...not only a sizzling account of the First Symphony, but a fine performance of the late song-sequence Chantefleurs et Chantefables." - Gramophone Critics' choice 1999(Arnold Whittall) |
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STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring / The Nightingale Olga Trifonova (soprano) / Robert Tear (tenor) / Paul Whelan (bass-baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] “Composing The Rite, I had only my ear to help me. I heard and I wrote what I heard.” — Igor Stravinsky |
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ALEXANDER GOEHR
Goehr: Marching to Carcassonne Oliver Knussen / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Peter Serkin (piano), London Sinfonietta [ NAXOS / CD - released 13/Feb/2013 ] Alexander Goehr is a central fi gure of the post-war Manchester School of composers with Birtwistle and Maxwell Davies. His work is recognized today for its assimilation of intellectual rigour with transparent expressiveness and richly haunting... |
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GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO
Malipiero: Symphony No.6 Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Damian Iorio [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The unconventional structure of Gian Francesco Malipiero's music takes us on a journey through unexpected, sometimes incredibly beautiful vistas. The Sixth Symphony is a rich and songful celebration of string sonorities and moods, while the heroic... |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Symphonies (Complete) / Dances Ireland National Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Penny [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "These performances have the composer's imprimatur (he was present at the recording sessions) and can be cordially recommended." Penguin Guide |
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GIOVANNI SGAMBATI
Sgambati: Symphony No. 2 / Sinfonia Epitalamio ('Nuptial Symphony') Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Giovanni Sgambati, a composer admired by Wagner, was the man Busoni predicted would take Italian music 'towards a bright new future'. Sgambati's Symphony No. 2 is a compendium of Austro-Germanic devices whose mix of chromaticism and melodic invention... |
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GIOVANNI SGAMBATI
Sgambati: Symphony No. 1 Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] His overture Cola di Rienzo exemplifies his richness of characterisation while the First Symphony is a major statement of breadth and intensity, admired by Grieg and Saint-Saëns, and often conducted by Toscanini. |
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CASELLA
Sinfonia (Symphony No. 3), Op. 63 / Elegia eroica (‘Heroic Elegy’), Op. 29 Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Jul/2011 ] "the symphony, superbly played here, has a resolute individual voice and drive. The Elegia eroica, mourning victims of the First World War, blends poignancy and bitter anger." (The Daily Telegraph) |
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Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, MiNensemblet, Francesco La Vecchia
Franchetti: Symphony & Nella Foresta Nera - Wolf-Ferrari: Sinfonia da camera [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2024 ] Alberto Franchetti and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari shared a similar dual heritage. |