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Bizet: Roma / Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite) / etc cover
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Roma / Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite) / etc
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud
[ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ]
The success of Bizet's opera Carmen has overshadowed the rest of his output, but this fascinating orchestral programme, which includes a number of seldom performed works, reveals more of his talent for writing colourful, atmospheric and melodic...
Orchestral Works Volume 4 cover
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LUIS DE FREITAS BLANCO
Orchestral Works Volume 4
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra / Álvaro Cassuto
[ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ]
This fourth volume in Naxos's critically acclaimed series of Portuguese composer Luís de Freitas Branco's orchestral music juxtaposes his magnificent Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme, Vathek, with Symphony No. 4. As his...
In Memoriam / Symphony No 17 / Symphony No 32 / etc cover
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
In Memoriam / Symphony No 17 / Symphony No 32 / etc
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Leaper
[ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ]
"The sound quality is outstanding, the playing is convincing and the programme is ultimately satisfying. (MusicWeb January 2011)
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Scherzo Fantastique / Suite Alentejana No. 1 cover
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LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Scherzo Fantastique / Suite Alentejana No. 1
RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto
[ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ]
Luís de Freitas Branco was a pre-eminent figure in Portuguese music of the first half of the twentieth century. This first disc of a four-volume series of Freitas Branco's orchestral works features the First Symphony, in which the influence of César...
Branco: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphony No. 2 cover
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LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Branco: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphony No. 2
RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto
[ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ]
"Cassuto, an expert in his native repertoire, conducts fine and nuanced readings of these works, while the Irish musicians are recorded cleanly…A top recommendation." (Fanfare)
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Symphony No. 3 / The Death of Manfred / Suite alentejana No. 2 cover
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LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Symphony No. 3 / The Death of Manfred / Suite alentejana No. 2
RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto
[ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ]
"As with all of the releases in this series so far, Álvaro Cassuto conducts as persuasively as we have any right to expect, and Naxos' sonics are excellent. A very attractive and welcome release." 9/9 ClassicsToday.com
Symphony-Diptych / Violin Concerto / Exodus I cover
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FELIKSAS BAJORAS
Symphony-Diptych / Violin Concerto / Exodus I
Rusne Mataityte (violin) / Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra / Gintaras Rinkevicius
[ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ]
A leading representative of 'New Folklorism', the Lithuanian composer Feliksas Bajoras conveys his interest in Lithuanian folk-music in a strikingly individual and personal voice. The Symphony-Diptych, which draws on themes from the composer's opera...
Symphony No. 3 / Leyla and Mejnun / Don Quixote cover
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KARA KARAYEV
Symphony No. 3 / Leyla and Mejnun / Don Quixote
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Yablonsky (conductor)
[ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ]
"This is fascinating. Karayev was a pupil of Shostakovich whose music is heavily indebted to the music of his native Azerbaijan. The symphonic poem Leyla and Mejnun won a Stalin prize in 1948. Inspired by the twelfth-century Azerbaijani poet Nizami,...
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 'Leningrad' cover
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 'Leningrad'
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
[ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ]
Few symphonies since Beethoven's Fifth have attracted the degree of extra-musical speculation accorded Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Although ideas for a Seventh Symphony had begun coming to mind the previous year, the work that emerged has been...
Symphony No 7 'Leningrad' cover
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 7 'Leningrad'
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
[ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ]
Few symphonies since Beethoven's Fifth have attracted the degree of extra-musical speculation accorded Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Although ideas for a Seventh Symphony had begun coming to mind the previous year, the work that emerged has been...
RiverRun / Symphony No. 2 cover
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STEPHEN ALBERT
RiverRun / Symphony No. 2
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Polivnick
[ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2007 ]
Stephen Albert’s music is at once traditional and contemporary, lyrical yet powerful and dynamic. He drew inspiration from the rich orchestral palettes of composers such as Stravinsky and Bartók, but his musical language is very much his own.
Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos. 1 And 2 cover
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (highlights from the complete ballet) cover
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (highlights from the complete ballet)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
[ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ]
Tchaikovsky was ideally equipped to write the music for the ballet Swan Lake. His gift for vivid theatricality, for lively, memorable melodies, and for rich characterisation was allied to a mastery of dance rhythms. These qualities were augmented by...
Alexander Nevsky / Pushkiniana cover
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PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky / Pushkiniana
Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
[ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ]
"Naxos offers a well-planned and by and large admirably executed and recorded disc, to which the 'Dance of the Oprichniks' from Ivan the Terrible makes arousing conclusion." - David Fanning, Gramophone, June 2003
Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos. 1-2 / The Bolt / Tahiti Trot cover
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos. 1-2 / The Bolt / Tahiti Trot
Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
[ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Apr/2005 ]
Shostakovich's involvement in popular music came about quite fortuitously, as the result of a bet with the conductor Nikolay Malko, who had given the first performance of the First Symphony in 1926, to orchestrate Vincent Youmans' famous number Tea...
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete Ballet) cover
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete Ballet)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
[ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2003 ]
"Let me say immediately that this new complete Swan Lake is thoroughly recommendable" (Gramophone)
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete Ballet) [SACD version]
Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor)
[ Naxos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2011 ]
Great Ballet [10 CD set] cover
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY / DELIBES / KHACHATURIAN / etc
Great Ballet [10 CD set]
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Andrew Mogrelia / etc
[ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ]
This collection starts in France, with one of the most haunting and memorable examples of the ballet form: Giselle. We are then swept along in a whirlwind tour of some of the greatest Russian ballets by such composers as Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky.
Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 / Islamey / Tamara cover
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Elijah, Op. 70 [Elias] (complete, in German) cover
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MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op. 70 [Elias] (complete, in German)
Ruth Ziesak / Claudia Mahnke / Christoph Genz / Ralf Lukas / MDR Symphony Orchestra / MDR Radio Choir / Jun Märkl
[ Naxos / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ]
"This is in every way a 'big' Elijah. Climaxes are full-blooded from both orchestra and chorus, and in the narrative sections conductor Jun Märkl brings out the drama with telling use of contrasts in both texture and tempo. Most important of all,...