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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 & Symphonic Dances Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] "Slatkin is with Rachmaninov, all the way. He revels in the first movement's restless shifts, pitting the brute power of full ensemble against woodwind detail and soaring cellos." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
ANTONIO SALIERI
Salieri: Overtures Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony orchestra, Michael Dittrich [ Naxos / CD ] "Poor old Salieri, ever to be remembered-thanks to the film Amadeus - as the murderer of Mozart, rather than one of imperial Vienna's foremost composers and the teacher of Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt and even Mozart's youngest son. Good then to have... |
BORIS TISHCHENKO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tishchenko: Symphony No. 7, Op. 119 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jun/2004 ] Often considered the direct heir to the legacy of Shostakovich, Tishchenko studied with both Galina Ustvolskaya, a one-time pupil of Shostakovich, and the great man himself. A professor at the St Petersburg Conservatory since 1986, Tishchenko is a... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos No. 3 / Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso / etc Dong-Suk Kang (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Sep/2007 ] "more than just convincingly shaped; it is downright poetic... Why pay more and get less when this excellent Naxos offering is available at low cost?" - American Record Guide |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 East-West Chamber Orchestra, Rostislav Krimer [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Symphonic thinking dominated Mieczysław Weinberg's final decade, and these chamber symphonies are part of an interrelated sequence that reworks and cites earlier pieces. |
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 |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Symphony No. 1 / Partita English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel [ Naxos / CD ] "Irrespective of price, this is a version of the much-recorded symphony that competes with the finest ever, and outshines most" - Gramophone |
LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 / Potpourri, Op. 80 Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice; Johannes Wildner, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "Ottensamer's mellow, nicely turned performances" - Penguin Guide |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphonies nos. 3 and 6 Failoni Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] nice solid readings, well played and admirably recorded. Halasz captures the many classical elements of these works, the lightness, the formal balance, and the transparent orchestral fabric..emphasizing Schubert's extraordinary lyrical gift (Fanfare) |
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 |
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 |
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
William Grant Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 & Wood Notes Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Still rose from humble beginnings to work as an arranger while studying composition with Chadwick and Varèse. Still embraced the blues, spirituals, jazz, and other ethnic American musics within classical forms. |
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: Symphony No 4 "Autochthonous" / Symphony No 5 "Western Hemisphere" Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Revel in these fine and likeably accessible works." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
Fort Smith Symphony/Jeter
Grant Still: Afro-American Sym [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] |
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 |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Ricardo Gallen (guitar) / Asturias Symphony Orchestra, Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 14/Oct/2002 ] "The focus of these three volumes is on concertos, the most popular and arguably the best segment of Rodrigo's orchestral music. The best known are those for guitar and orchestra, of the very numerous recordings of which these are 'good enough to... |
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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. |
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... |
