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PROKOFIEV
The Year 1941 (Symphonic Suite) / Symphony No 5 in B flat Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] "I was particularly impressed by how Alsop brings out the first movement's characteristic power with a purposefulness that prevents it from seeming merely ponderous...this first volume of Prokofiev is an outstanding achievement." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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ELGAR
Music Makers / Sea Pictures Sarah Connolly / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Simon Wright (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "In the five Sea Pictures (Connolly) is deeply poetic in Sea Slumber-Song , airily whimsical and touching in Where Corals Lie and dramatic in The Swimmer (where the organ makes an exciting contribution). Recording quality is excellent" --Review by... |
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Saranceva/Russian Po/Yablonsky
Ohzawa: Pno Conc 2/Symphony 2 [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Mar/2008 ] |
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ERIK SATIE
Best Of Satie (Incls 3 Gymnopedies & Six Gnossiennes) Klara Kormendi (piano) / Nancy Symphony Orchestra / Jerome Kaltenbach [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Erik Satie, born in France in 1866, was a lazy pupil at the Paris Conservatoire, and only came to public attention after Debussy made orchestrations of two of his piano pieces, Gymnopédies. Satie became a 'character' in the Latin Quarter of Paris,... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Piano Concerto / Fantasia Slava / Toccata Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Capella Istropolitana / Howard Griffiths & Ewald Danel [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] "The Russian pianist, Konstantin Scherbakov, is a persuasive and at times dazzlingly brilliant soloist and he is accompanied persuasively by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) under Howard Griffiths." Penguin Guide |
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Schermerhorn/Nashville So
Hanson: Symphony 1/Merry Mount [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] |
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FRANK EZRA LEVY
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 3 / A Summer Overture Scott Ballantyne (cello) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] "The sound quality of this disc fits in well with the overall quality of the Naxos releases. In the cello concerto, the solo instrument is warmly presented, well-balanced with the orchestra, and exceedingly well-played by Ballantyne" (MusicWeb April... |
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MARK GREY
Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio Scott Hendricks (baritone) / The Phoenix Symphony and Chorus / Michael Christie [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] The Phoenix Symphony enjoys a long history of premièring new works that bridge gaps between Western art music and Native cultures. Hailed as 'a master', Mark Grey 'is a composer as well as a sound engineer, and what he is up to has far-reaching... |
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FRY
Santa Claus Symphony / Niagara Symphony / Macbeth Overture Scottish National Orchestra / Tony Rowe [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2001 ] Delightful American music from the 19th Century |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Concerto / Prometheus Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian State TV and Radio Choir / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This budget-priced production from the composer's compatriots certainly holds its own against all comers. Konstantin Scherbakov plays the concerto with steel and sensitivity in equal measure, and he's particularly successful in knitting together the... |
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Seattle So/Schwarz
Hanson: Symphony No 2 'Romanti [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
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HOWARD HANSON
Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 Seattle Symphony and Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
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HOWARD HANSON
Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 Seattle Symphony and Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] "Schwarz's commitment to the music is evident in every bar: you really can take the quality, not least of his marvellous orchestra, for granted." (Gramophone) |
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HOWARD HANSON
Symphony No. 1 in E Minor Op. 21 "Nordic" / Lament for Beowulf Op. 25 Seattle Symphony and Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Both the playing and recording are beyond reproach, the climactic moments growing majestically in this warm, sympathetic acoustic." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2012) |
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HOWARD HANSON
Symphony No. 3 / Merry Mount, Op. 31: Suite Seattle Symphony and Chorale, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] Hanson's symphonic cycle is one of the most important in American music. The Third Symphony, composed between 1936 and 1938, is imbued with the rich Nordic sensibility that runs through the First. It owes its impetus to the pioneering Swedish... |
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BLOCH
Bloch: America & Concerto Grosso No. 1 Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Swiss-born Bloch, a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe, emigrated to the United States in 1916. Written in 1926, two years after Bloch had become an American citizen, America: An Epic Rhapsody, is the composer's tribute to his adopted country. This romantic and... |
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Capriccio Espagnol / Overtures / Dubinushka Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "These Seattle Symphony recordings of Russian virtuoso showpieces are an excellent illustration of the amazingly high standards being achieved by other previously unheralded orchestras all over the globe. So what I want to know now about Schwarz and... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Echoes - Classic Works Transformed Seattle Symphony / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] "The concept of Echoes was to select well-known short works - five to ten minutes in length - and to transform them for our present time. I picked six of my closest composer-friends, and asked them to arrange, orchestrate, or simply be inspired by an... |
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PFITZNER / SCHUMANN etc
Hans Pfitzner: Symphony in C major Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] The musical expression of German Romanticism is the theme of this disc. The trajectory of Schumann's Konzertstück, Op. 86, written for four horns and orchestra, goes from heroism to introspection. |
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MORTON GOULD
Morton Gould: Concerto Grosso from ‘Audubon’ Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] |