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BIZET / BREINER
Bizet / Breiner: Carmen Concerto For Guitar and Orchestra Norbert Kraft, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "The performances seem excellent. Kraft is a sensitive, colorful guitarist, and the arranger seems a more than competent conductor." Fanfare |
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HUGO ALFVEN
Alfven: Symphony No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 54 / Uppenbarelsekantat (Revelation Cantata) Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] "I suspect they thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and if your taste runs to full-bore romantic escapism, I suspect you will thoroughly enjoy it too." Limelight |
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HUGO ALFVEN
Alfven: Synnove Solbakken / En Bygdesaga / Elegie Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Jun/2007 ] "...this disc is a must for Alfvén fans and, due to the specific qualities of the music, even those who do not otherwise warm to him." (MUsicWeb Aug 2007). |
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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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COLGRASS / DVORAK / GILLINGHAM
Winds of Nagual / Serenade / No Shadow of Turning Ohio State University Wind Symphony / Russel C. Mickelson [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] The work that gives this disc its name, Michael Colgrass’ Winds of Nagual, was inspired by the writings of Carlos Castaneda and his experiences with a Yaqui Indian sorcerer, delving into the secrets of pre-Columbian wisdom. |
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BACH / GILBERTSON / TICHELI / MacKEY
Rest: Music for Wind Band the Ohio State University Wind Symphony, Russel C. Mikkelson [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] Few contemporary groups are as versatile as the Ohio State University Wind Symphony, and their exploration of new and exciting wind music is second-to-none. |
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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... |