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MAX STEINER
King Kong (1933 film score reconstructed by J. Morgan) Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] "An essential addition to any serious film music collection, it has all been lovingly restored by John Morgan, performed with gusto by William Stromberg and the Moscow Symphony, and vividly recorded by Naxos (formerly Marco Polo). Now reissued at... |
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LEO WEINER
Weiner: Orchestral Works (Complete), Vol. 2 - Toldi, Op. 43 MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Budapest, Valéria Csányi [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2019 ] "Certainly the performance under Valéria Csányi is as committed as one could ask. The playing of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra is quite good, and the engineering clean and clear." ClassicsToday |
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AARON JAY KERNIS
Kernis: Color Wheel / Symphony No. 4, "Chromelodeon" Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/2020 ] Pulitzer Prize recipient and GRAMMY award-winner Aaron Jay Kernis is one of America's most performed composers. Both works on this album exemplify his creative approach to orchestral composition, sharing elements in common. |
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CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
Rouse: Symphony No. 5 / Supplica / Concerto for Orchestra Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Contemporary Grammy Award Winner 2021 - Best Contemporary Classical Composition |
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PIAZZOLLA
Sinfonia Buenos Aires / Concerto for Bandoneon / Las Cuatro Estaciones Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "The players sound completely at home in the idiom, and Guerrero delivers bold, uninhibited interpretations across the board. This is just a great disc of colorful, distinctive orchestral music, and it belongs in every collection." (10/10... |
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GEORGE Whitefield CHADWICK
Chadwick: Orchestral Works Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] "If you still think of Nashville only as the home of the Grand Old Opry, you are woefully behind the times. This is a splendid orchestra - indeed, I might even despair of setting it alongside my home team the Detroit Symphony under Jarvi." A.R.G. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Abraham Lincoln Portraits Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] "Since only the Copland and Ives works are presently available on CD, this set is a must for collectors of American music, aside from patriotic associations. The Harris and the Persichetti works alone make it an essential purchase." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
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JOAN TOWER
Made in America / Tambor / Concerto for Orchestra Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] 2008 Grammy Award winner for 'Best Classical Album', 'Best Classical Contemporary Composition' and 'Best Orchestral Performance' |
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ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: I gioielli della Madonna (complete opera) Natalia Ushakova, Daniel Čapkovič, Kyungho Kim, Denisa Šlepkovská / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Friedrich Haider [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "[This is] an achievement of which Haider and his Bratislava forces can be proud: the conductor paces it all well, and his players keep up impressively" (Gramophone) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto / Encores (recorded 1949-53) Nathan Milstein (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 31/Aug/2007 ] "The three violin and piano works with Artur Balsam are played with Milstein's usual finesse and bravura, and the disc concludes with two tracks in which Milstein duets with the Italian bass Ezio Pinza in Calm as the night and None but the lonely... |
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DVORAK / MOZART / GLAZUNOV
Dvorak/Mozart/Glazunov: Violin Concertos (recorded 1949-51) Nathan Milstein, violin / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati, conductor / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / William Steinberg, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] Before the disruption of World War I, the regular pattern of Caruso's existence had been to spend the autumn and winter in New York singing in ten or a dozen operas at the Met, and then to cross the Atlantic to work in Europe through the spring and... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (Edited Wheeler) National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) Robert Olson, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] "Olson's interpretation of Mahler's Symphony No. 10 remains insightful and affectionate, its character sharpened by time and experience." CDNow |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Reinhard Seifried [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Mar/1997 ] "Seifried draws refined playing from the Irish orchestra in readings with few idiosyncrasies." - Gramophone |
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GERALD BARRY
Barry: Orchestral Works National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 / Caprice Bohémien National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] The great Russian pianist and composer, Sergey Rachmaninov wrote three symphonies cast in a romantic mood, and full of the distinctive melodies that have captured a place in the standard orchestral repertoire. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland / Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "There are shattering climaxes when music calls for them, and the symphony ends in rousing style…thoroughly recommendable." Gramophone Magazine |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Symphonies Nos.5 & 6 National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland / Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "Very fine and underrated works, this version is a superb value...Very well played and warmly recorded, this is a welcome addition to the Naxos cycle of Arnold symphonies...Andrew Penny draws fine, concentrated playing from the National Symphony... |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Symphony No 9 National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] The last of Arnold's symphonies |
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EDWARD GERMAN
German: Symphony No. 2 in A minor 'Norwich' / Valse Gracieuse / Welsh Rhapsody National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] Sir Arthur Sullivan called Edward German 'the one man to follow me who has genius'.Notwithstanding German's success in operetta, especially with Tom Jones and Merrie England, orchestral music was.was always central to his life. |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "Penny's recorded performances of the first two symphonies are no mean achievement. The playing has spirited spontaneity and it is to be hoped that this well-recorded Naxos disc will tempt many music lovers with limited budgets to discover these... |