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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasia Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Nebolsin hardly puts a foot wrong, and Michael Stern secures rhythmically vibrant playing from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra" BBC Music Magazine |
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FRANCISCO MIGNONE
Mignone: Concertos Emmanuele Baldini (violin) Fabio Zanon (guitar) Ovanir Buosi (clarinet) Alexandre Silvério (bassoon) / São Paulo Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Sentimental, dynamic, exuberant, multi-talented and extremely eclectic, Francisco Mignone, whose Italian background brought a sense of universality to his musical nationalism, was a leading figure in the Brazilian music scene during the 20th century.... |
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ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: A Colour Symphony / Adam Zero English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] "Terrific value for money, then, and a generous pairing which should hopefully win many new friends for this fine composer." --Review by Gramophone, June 2007 |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana Giacomo Aragall, Stefka Evstatieva, Anna di Mauro, Alzbeta Michalkova / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos Opera Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Recorded: 1 - 10 April 1992 Recording Venue: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava |
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CARL von DITTERSDORF
Dittersdorf: Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos. 1 - 3 Failoni Orchestra, Budapest, Hanspeter Gmur [ Naxos The 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] "No one who fancies venturing beyond Haydn and Mozart is likely to be disappointed here, especially at the alluring Naxos price." Gramophone |
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HOWARD HANSON
Hanson: Merry Mount Op 31 (complete opera) Lauren Flanigan, Walter Macneil, Wrestling Bradford / Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Apr/2007 ] "Good tunes and the Devil combine in an unabashed romantic American rarity. The leading roles are splendidly characterised by Lauren Flanigan and Richard Zeller, well supported in a rehabilitation that is a credit to all involved." Gramophone |
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FRANCK / FAURE / d'INDY
French Music for Piano and Orchestra Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "Thiollier shows imagination and sensitivity in Fauré's lovely Ballade" - Penguin Guide |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Mass of Life / Prelude & Idyll Janice Watson (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Alan Opie (baritone) / Bournemouth Symphony, David Hill [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "a marvellous starting point for anyone new to Delius's unique but compelling art." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - July 2012 |
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EDWARD ELGAR / FRANK BRIDGE
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bridge: Oration Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "..That plaintive quality is much in evidence in the Elgar, and I admire so much Schwabe's approach to this work, surely one of the most recorded concertos in the catalogue." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
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GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Works Vol. 3 - Piano Concerto No. 1 / La canzone dei ricordi Gesualdo Coggi (piano) Silvia Pasini (mezzo-soprano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco la Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a not-to-be-missed series." (AudAud Five Stars Nov 2009) |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Orchestral Works Vol 9: Finnish Fantasy / Karelian Legend / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] It is becoming increasingly unnecessary to defend the reputation of Glazunov. He belonged to a generation of Russian composers that was able to benefit from more professional standards of compositional technique. |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 1 [Incls 'Les Preludes'] Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "The recording is spacious, with full natural string-textures, but it is the resounding brass one remembers most." Four Stars Penguin Guide (Key recording) |
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LUKAS FOSS
Foss: Song Of Anguish / Elegy for Anne Frank / etc (with Beaser: The Heavenly Feast) James Maddalena (baritone), Kevin McCutcheon (piano), Mark Wilde (tenor), Constance Hauman (sop) / Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "..on the list was a real discovery for me, and a stunner it is, too, from the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music: Robert Beaser's one-act opera The Heavenly Feast, coupled with a differently themed but equally powerful Song of Anguish by Lukas... |
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JULIAN ORBON
Orbon: Symphonic Dances / Concerto Grosso / Three Symphonic Versions Hector Corpus Aguilar (violin) Vladimir Atapin (cello) Oleg Lev (viola) Alexandre Vassiliev (violin) / Asturias Symphony Orchestra / Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] Julián Orbón was born in Avilés in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, on 7th August 1925, and he spent most of his childhood in that region, with the exception of a year's visit to Cuba. |
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JENNY McLEOD
McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale / Rock Concerto / etc Helen Medlyn (narrator) & Eugene Albulescu (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] New Zealand-born composer Jenny McLeod's wide musical background is here distilled into three works of highly enjoyable directness. The Emperor and the Nightingale is a colourful score which accompanies the narration of a Hans Christian Andersen... |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Symphony No.1 'Jeremiah' / Concerto for Orchestra, "Jubilee Games" Helyn Medlyn (mezzo-soprano) Nathan Gunn (baritone) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] "Judd's interpretations are unforced and exciting, and his fine orchestra of New Zealanders performs the music idiomatically. …Naxos CDs remain an incredible value, and Judd's readings would be at least among the top choices at any price." Fanfare |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSK
Szymanowski: King Roger (Krol Roger), Op. 46 (Complete Opera) plus Prince Potemkin (Kniaz Patiomkin): Incidental Music to Act V Henryk Grychnik (tenor), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Anna Malewicz Madej (contralto) / Polish National Radio Symphony / Wit [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "The recorded sound surpasses the others. Perspective is good; voices aren't drowned, but the delicacy of the orchestration is not lost" - American Record Guide |
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LONG ZHOU / YI CHEN
Symphony, "Humen 1839" / The Rhyme of Taigu / The Enlightened New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 5/May/2015 ] "This is thrilling, cinematic music that, although challenging at times, is always gripping." The Kansas City Star |