Search Results: naxos orchestra symphony
Displaying items 1161 to 1180 of 1193
MORTON GOULD
Gould: Symphonies 2, 3 & 4 / Spirituals for String Choir & Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "The Symphonettes represent Gould's best crossover work - the Symphonette No. 4 deriving its character from Latin-American dance forms to make it one of his most popular compositions." CD Choice (UK) |
FRANZ WAXMAN
Rebecca (Film Score) Viktor Simcisko (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] "At budget price interested parties could hardly refuse such a textually intelligent, well-played and con amore production." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / ARENSKY
Russian Arias - From the Queen of Spades, May night, Eugene Onegin, etc) Vladimir Grishko (tenor) Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Sirenko [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] "Uwe Mund leads performances that pulse with intensity" - Courier Post |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 11/Sep/2005 ] "Superb liner notes from Jonathan Summers and Mark Obert-Thorn has done a fine job with the sound." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
Vanhal: Symphonies, Vol. 5 (with Oboe Concertino) Vojtěch Podroužek (oboe), Pavla Honsová (viola) / Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Johann Baptist Vaňhal was one of Haydn's most important contemporaries. His symphonies in particular were widely admired throughout Europe. Vaňhal's symphonies were known in England before those of Haydn. |
BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1 / The Murmuring Forest Suite / After the Ball Suite Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Serov / Saratov Conservatory Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Ershov [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] Boris Tchaikovsky is now becoming widely recognised as one of the most important Russian composers of our time. His First Symphony, written in 1947, made a profound impression on Shostakovich, but owing to Stalin’s campaign against dissident Soviet... |
RICAHRD WAGNER
The Best Of Wagner Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz, Uwe Mund & Johannes Wildner [ Naxos / CD - released 6/May/1997 ] The perfect introduction to the orchestral music of Richard Wagner |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Seven Gates of Jerusalem, 'symphony No. 7' Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "A disturbingly moving and dramatic apocalypse for your front room" (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
KARLOWICZ
Rebirth Symphony in E minor / Bianca da Molena (The White Dove) Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Polish conductor Antoni Wit brings out the brooding, portentous and lyrical characteristics of his compatriot's richly orchestrated yet seldom-heard scores. |
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Shakespeare Overtures Volume 2 West Australian Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] The art of Shakespeare was a recurring fascination for Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. In addition to two operas and numerous settings of songs and sonnets, he wrote 11 Shakespeare Overtures which here receive their first ever complete... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Haydn Variations (1940 - 1950) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 28/May/2007 ] "Ward Marston's transfers sound well. He's retained some surface hiss and those higher frequencies, thankfully, but whilst other restoration engineers might have reached for their graphs and "restored" that recessive percussion he's given us a natura |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Schubert: Waltzes and Dances / Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata (1946-1952) William Kapell (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Golschmann (cond) with Edmund Kurtz (cello) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] "this newcomer is worth investigating for the sake of the Rachmaninov Sonata." Penguin Guide |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Schubert's Waltzes and Dances) (rec 1946-1952) William Kapell (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Golschmann (cond) with Edmund Kurtz (cello) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "It looks as though Kapell’s recordings have to be taken as evidence of what might have been rather than as already complete statements. But what might have been was so full of promise that those interested in the history of piano-playing in the 20th... |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Symphonies Nos 1 & 5 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "These CDs are excellent readings of this 'modern' music by Anton Wit and his National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, who are probably very familiar with this stuff - because it shows in their passionate performances. The CDs have excellent sound,... |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Symphonies Nos 2 & 4 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2000 ] "These CDs come at a bargain price, but they don't skimp on anything other than the cost. They are excellent readings of this 'modern' music by Anton Wit and his National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, who are probably very familiar with this stuff... |
SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/1996 ] The Symphony No.1 in B flat major, Opus 38, scored for pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons, with four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, three timpani, triangle and strings, is still generally known by the title Schumann first proposed... |
ERNEST BLOCH
Suite for Viola and Orchestra / Baal Shem (arr. Hong-Mei Xaio) / Suite hébraïque Hong-Mei Xiao (viola) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] "This performance, by superb viola soloist Hong-Mei Xiao, is as fine as any on disc, and there have been quite a few." (ClassicsToday.com) |
WENCHEN QUIN
Wenchen Qin: Orchestral Works Yang Zheng (soloist), Xinxin Song (soloist), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Rabl [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2024 ] Award-winning composer and educator Wenchen Qin enjoys one of the most distinguished and influential positions in China's contemporary music scene with works that have garnered worldwide acclaim. Qin's unique musical language is influenced by his... |
ARIBERT REIMANN
Zyklus / Kumi Ori / etc Yaron Windmuller (baritone) Axel Bauni (piano) Saaebrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gunther Herbig [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "Reimann's output for solo piano has been small, but the four works documented on the first disc show a composer with awesome understanding of the DNA of the piano, especially the unerring "rightness" of his chord voicings and ability to exploit the... |
PAVLOVA
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 Yaroslav Krasnikov (violin) / Georgy Khachikyan (organ) / Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/2005 ] "This work was done with very special inspiration. As a general comment, I can say that the concept of Symphony No. 4, to me, is very close to the idea of the painting by Nicholas Roerich Path to Shambala. I see this symphony as my personal 'path to... |
