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NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "There is no lack of dazzle in the fireworks, and no damp squibs here. With very good notes, this is an excellent example of a Naxos super-bargain at its best." Penguin Guide |
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FRIEDRICH WITT
Symphony in C major ‘Jena’ Patrick Gallois (flute) / Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] His delightful Symphony in A Major, with its deftly-written opera buffa finale, and sparkling Flute Concerto likewise show the skills of a masterful composer whose career spanned the climax of the Classical and the birth of the Romantic eras. |
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FRANZ BERWALD
Berwald: Tone Poems (Incls 'Konzertstuck for Bassoon and Orchestra') Patrik Hakansson (bassoon) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra / Petri Sakari [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2008 ] The orchestral works included here provide considerable insights into a creativity which was to extend over fifty years. Born in Stockholm on 23rd July 1796, Berwald was playing in public as a violinist from his tenth year, and in October 1812... |
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OQUIN / PARKER / ROUSE / IVES
Organ Concertos Paul Jacobs (organ), Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerreo (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2024 ] The organ concerto tradition goes back to the 17th century and the Baroque era, but composers have constantly adapted this age-old genre to their own expressive ends - this recording provides ample evidence of its appeal today. |
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CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 Pedro Bittencourt, Emmanuele Baldini Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Goiânia Symphony Choir, Neil Thomson [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Sep/2024 ] The fourth volume in this series explores a pivotal decade in Claudio Santoro's compositions. |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrations compiled by L. Slatkin) [with Liszt-Piano Concerto no 1] Peng Peng (piano) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] An increasing number of recordings now feature orchestrations of Mussorgsky's Pictures other than Ravel's popular warhorse. Leonard Slatkin's eclectic selection, some more outlandish than others, invites us to bask in the high spirits and ingenuity... |
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LEOS JANACEK
Operatic Orchestral Suites, Vol. 2 (arr. P. Breiner) - Kat'a Kabanova / The Makropulos Affair Peter Breiner (arranger) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Vesa-Matti Leppanen [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] This disc follows the stunning release by the same artists of Janácek's Operatic Orchestral Suites, Vol. 1 (Jenufa, The Excursions of Mr Broucek) on 8570555. Classics Today praised the conducting of Breiner on a previous recording in the following... |
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ANTONIN DVORK
Dvorak: Greatest Melodies Peter Breiner (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Antonín DvoĆák's gift for melody was apparent as soon as he began writing music, and this naturally tuneful inspiration has long captured the imagination of arrangers. An expert in arranging for both orchestra and piano, Peter Breiner has selected 33... |
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JOHN GARDNER
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 / Midsummer Ale Overture Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This recording should help to re-establish [Gardner's] reputation with two relatively early works written in the post-war years, the Symphony No. 1, "a superbly crafted work... by a subtle and imaginative orchestrator" (Paul... |
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion (Highlights) Peter Koves (bass) / Jozsef Mukk (tenor) / Hungarian Festival Choir / Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra / Geza Oberfrank (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Just in time for this year's Carmel Bach Festival comes this 1994 recording, live from Sweden, conducted very much in the Bruno Weil manner by the world's greatest living choral director, Eric Ericson..." |
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GEORGE ROCHBERG
Violin Concerto (restored original version) Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] "The Rochberg concerto is a powerful work with music of grit and emotionally fluency sustained across five meaty movements. It stands alongside the superb William Schuman concerto (also recorded by Naxos) as one of the finest concerted works by an... |
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NIGEL CLARKE
Carke - The Prophecies of Merlin - Symphony for Violin and Orchestra Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neil Thomson, with Alexandru Cozma (bassoon) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] The Brussels-based British composer Nigel Clarke is renowned for his virtuosic style, and an uncompromising contemporary musical language that speaks with an authentic voice to today's audiences. |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63 / Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 8 Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] "Had one heard either of Sakari's performance in the concert hall, one would have left feeling very satisfied. Both grip the listener. They are straightforward and unaffected, dedicated and selfless, and free from interpretative point-making" Penguin |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 6 Berlin State Opera Orhestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Pfitzner [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2000 ] Recorded 1928 & 1930 |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Première Recordings (1932-34) The Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, Finnish National Orchestra, Georg Schnéevoigt, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky [ Naxos Historial Great Conductors / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Three historically significant première recordings of Sibelius symphonies are brought together on this reissue for the first time. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 / Vocalise / The Isle of the Dead Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergey Rachmaninov [ Naxos Historical Rachmaninov Conducts Rachmaninov / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] An experienced conductor, Rachmaninov nevertheless left only the three recordings to be found on this album showcasing his skill with the baton. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, Pathetique / Hamlet-Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare Philharmonia Cassovia / Johannes Wildner (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Johannes Wildner was born in the Austrian resort of Mrzzuschlag in 1956 and studied violin and conducting, taking his diploma at the Vienna Musikhochschule and proceeding to a doctorate in musicology. |
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ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Rubinstein: Symphony No. 6 & Don Quixote Philharmonia Hungarica, Gilbert Varga / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Feb/2014 ] Few Russian musicians in the second half of the nineteenth century could match the eminence of Anton Rubinstein. As a piano virtuoso he was internationally admired, as a progressive educator he had profound influence, and as a composer he was both... |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Mass / Cantata / Symphony of Psalms Gregg Smith Singers / Philharmonia Orchestra / St. Luke's Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 6 / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] This disc of sacred choral music features the masterly Symphony of Psalms, which Stravinsky dedicated "to the glory of God". The composer himself wrote "It is not a symphony in which I have included Psalms to be sung ... it is the singing of Psalms... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.1 & 3 Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] Herbert von Karajan established himself as one of the 20th century's greatest conductors, both in live performances and on recordings. Taken from the first of Karajan's four Beethoven symphony cycles, made in the splendid acoustic of London's... |