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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. |
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... |
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... |
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... |
STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky Philharmonic-Symphony of New York, Igor Stravinsky [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Invaluable new transfers of Stravinsky on top form as a conductor. This electrifying performance is the finest of his Rite of Spring recordings, and the 1945 Firebird Suite is gripping." (BBC Music) |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: Complete Solo Piano Music Philip Edward Fisher, Piano (piano) / Albany Symphony, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] John Corigliano's music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by some of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. He is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, five GRAMMY Awards, the Grawemeyer Award for... |
CHARLES AUGUSTE de BERIOT
Beriot: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 5 Philippe Quint (Violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra usually play very well for Kirk Trevor and they do so again and they've been warmly recorded in their home hall. If you have a penchant for fireworks and songful concertos of the Paganinian era then these will... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Serenade / Facsimile / Divertimento Philippe Quint (violin) / Timothy Walden (cello) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] "Marin Alsop offers another welcome collection of her mentor's music" Editor's Choice Gramophone Dec 2005 |
ERIC KORNGOLD
Korngold: Violin Concerto / Schauspiel Overture / Much Ado About Nothing Suite Phillipe Quint (violin) / Minera Symphony Orchestra / Carlos Minguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] Much admired today as a pioneer of film music, Erich Korngold was a precociously talented composer of concert and chamber music, opera and stage works, as his Schauspiel Overture, written when he was only fourteen, shows. |
GABRIEL URBAIN FAURE
Fauré: Orchestral Works Pierre Fouchenneret (violin), Martin Johnson, Catriona Ryan RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Gabriel Fauré is best known for his Requiem and Pavane, but these are not typical of an output that focused largely on solo piano pieces, songs and chamber music, many of which were orchestrated by others. His Violin Concerto was never completed... |
EUGENE ZÁDOR
Zádor: Orchestral Works Pál Sólyomi (clarinet) András Fejér (trombone) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] The music of Eugene Zádor is both warmly expressive and colorful. The composer took great delight in writing for overlooked solo instruments, as his Trombone Concerto, garnished with elements of Hungarian folklore, clearly shows. The easy-going,... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] "excellent playing from the Polish orchestra enhanced by vivid recording, fresh and clear with plenty of body" Penguin Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD ] "The excellent quality of the Katowice Orchestra of Polish Radio is impressively demonstrated...it stands comparison with any rival" Penguin Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] "Nobody could accuse this performance of lacking intensity." Gramophone |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' / Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2010 ] |
OLIVER MESSIAEN
Turangalila Symphony / L'ascension Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] A major new recording of this monumental work |
WOJCIECH KILAR
Bram Stoker's Dracula / Death and the Maiden / King of the Last Days Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] Kilar had worked on over a hundred Polish films before scoring his first American film, Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, followed by acclaimed scores for Roman Polanski’s Death and the Maiden and The Ninth Gate, typified by expressive... |
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
Lutoslawski - Orchestral Works, Vol.5 (Includes Concerto for Orchestra & Poames d'Henri Michaux) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] Witold Lutoslawski was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1913, and was fortunate enough to study both the piano and composition privately. He was almost twenty before he entered the Warsaw Conservatory to conclude his education. He was taught composition the... |
VARESE
Arcana / Integrales / Deserts Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (Threnody, De Natura Sonoris, Symphony No. 3, Flourescences) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) / Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] "The performances are remarkably fine, the three earlier pieces at least as eloquent as the symphony; the recording is both clear and ample." - International Record Review |
