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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... |
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
Carpenter: Adventures in A Perambulator / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/May/2001 ] You have to hand it to Naxos. Here--on one very-nicely-performed program (played with gusto, polish, and complete sympathy by those specialists in American repertoire, the Ukraine National Symphony!!) and recorded in clean, bright, engaging sound." |
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... |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3 (with Paganini - Violin Concerto No. 1 (recorded 1934-1952) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult / George Enescu / Pierre Monteux [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 12/Jan/2007 ] Not often does a recording change the public perception of a piece of music and its composer, but it happened when the 18-year-old Yehudi Menuhin set down this recording of Paganini’s First Concerto in Paris in May 1934. |
MENDELSSOHN / LALO
Violin Concerto / Symphonie Espagnole (with Chausson: Poeme) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre des Concerts Colonne [ Naxos Historic Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
SCHUMANN / DVORAK
Violin Concertos (recorded 1936 & 1938) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York. Barbirolli [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Sep/2002 ] "Rarely performed or recorded, this concerto nonetheless is stirring and evocative of Schumann's broader orchestral writing" Classics Today |
W.A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 / Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 3) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "Furtwängler's commercial legacy wasn't huge so collectors will welcome this latest instalment with alacrity" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
THE YELLOW RIVER CONCERTO
The Yellow River Concerto / etc Yin Chengzong (Piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "...an excellent, unusual bargain....Most of the fillers-miniature solo piano pieces, some arranged, some by named composers-are charming, deft, dramatic, but the Three Variations on an Ancient Chinese Melody by Wang Jienzhong tell of a composer of... |
FRANZ SCHMIDT
Franz Schmidt: Complete Symphonies Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/2024 ] Franz Schmidt's symphonies cover the years 1899 to 1933 and chart a development securely within the Austro-German tradition. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Edlinger [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1998 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" / Leonore Overture No. 2 CRR Symphony Orchestra, Michael Hahasz [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1988 ] Recorded in the Concert Hall of Czechoslovak Radio, March 1988 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 2 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Edlinger [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] The Austrian conductor Richard Edlinger was born in Bregenz in 1958 and directed his first concerts at the age of seventeen. |
BARBER
Barber conducts Barber - Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 / Cello Concerto, Op. 22 / Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23 Zara Nelsova (cello) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Samuel Barber [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] |
JIA DAQUN
Jia Daqun: Impressions of Liyuan: Symphonic Concerto Cycle Zhang Jiajing (Chinese percussion), Wang Junkan (dizi), Lu Yiwen (erhu), Liu Wenwen (suona), Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Lin Daye [ Naxos / CD - released 23/May/2025 ] Jia Daqun, one of China's most prolific and respected composers, has written in many forms, including symphonies, concertos, chamber music and song cycles. |
