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KAGEL
Szenario / Duodramen / Liturgien Soloists / Lisbon Gulbenkian Chorus / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Maurizio Kagel [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Duodramen can be heard either as an orchestral song-cycle in the tradition of Mahler or as an operatic ‘final scene’ in the tradition of Wagner or Richard Strauss. Composed during 1989-90, Liturgien is Kagel’s take on a sacred service so as to... |
GRIEG
Olav Trygvason Soloists, Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra, Malmö Chamber Choir, Lund Student Singers / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Dec/2013 ] Edvard Grieg and his librettist Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson were both fascinated by a great period in Norway's past: the Viking Age, whose sagas, and fierce conflicts between Christianity and the old Norse religion, inspired all three of Grieg's works... |
CLAUDIO SANTORO
Santoro: Fantasias Sul América, Sonata for Solo Violin Soloists of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Claudio Santoro was one of Brazil's leading composers, having written a considerable amount of solo, chamber and orchestral music, including arguably the most important symphonic cycle ever written in that country. |
CARSON COOMAN
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 / Violin Sonata Soloists / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Trevor Kirk [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] The young American composer Carson P. Cooman is one of the most active of his generation, having written over six hundred works in many forms. |
BEETHOVEN / BLISS
Piano Concertos (1943-1944) Solomon (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Adrian Boult [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] In 1938 Arthur Bliss was on the jury of the Ysaÿe competition for pianists. In his autobiography Bliss quoted from a letter he sent his wife at this time: "I have heard twenty-two pianists play the same piece by Bach, the same piece by Scarlatti, and... |
JOHAN SVENDSEN
Norwegian Suites / Romeo and Juliet / Zorahayda South Jutland Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] Johan Svendsen remains pre-eminent among those 19th-century Norwegians who harnessed Romantic Nationalism to Classical musical forms. |
NIELSEN
Nielsen-Aladdin Suite / Pan and Syrinx / Helios Overture South Jutland Symphony Orchestra / Niklas Willen, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE (Awards Issue 2005) "Take a bargain-priced route to Nielsen's realm and you won't be disappointed" (Gramophone) |
FELIKSAS BAJORAS
Symphony No. 2 / Suite of Verbs / Prelude and Toccata / The Sign St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra / Nora Petrocenko [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Jan/2008 ] The Lithuanian composer Feliksas Bajoras began his career as a violinist. His compositions demonstrate his strong interest in Lithuanian folk-music and often contain a personal element. His Symphony No. 2 reflects his experiences on a visit to the... |
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St Louis Symphony/Slatkin/Vonk
Baker: The Glass Bead Game [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
KHACHATURIAN
Spartacus (suites from the ballet) St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra / Andre Anichanov [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "His [Andre Anichanov's] orchestra is polished. The Naxos sound is clearly superior to that on IMP with a solid bass and open airy highs With the budget pricing of Naxos this disc is a virtual 'steal'." - Fanfare (U.S.A.) - May/June 1996 |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Symphony No 3 / Sinfonietta on Russian Themes St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra / Andre Anichanov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov originally intended a naval career, following the example of his elder brother. He showed some musical ability even as a very small child, but at the age of 14 he entered the Naval Cadet College in St. Petersburg... |
KHACHATURIAN
Khachaturian-Ballet Music: Spartacus, Gayneh (excerpts), Masquerade Suite St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Andre Anichanov, Conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] Famous ballet music including the famous Sabre Dance |
KHACHATURIAN
Spartacus (Suite No. 4) / Masquerade / Circus / Dance Suite St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Andre Anichanov / Dmitry Yablonsky [ NAXOS / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "At the price it is easy to recommend" - Fanfare |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphony No. 19 ‘Bright May’ / The Banners of Peace St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] Mieczysław Weinberg's 26 symphonies are seen today as a substantial continuation of the Russian tradition. Symphony No. 19 marks 'Bright May' as the month in which the Great Patriotic War came to an end, but expressed with ominous apprehension as... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Symphony No. 6 St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "No possible reason to hesitate...you will find much to reward you here" (International Record Review) |
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James AIKMAN
Venice of the North Concerti St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande / Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Taimur Sullivan (saxophone) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (Highlights from the complete opera) Stanislav Benacka (bass), Silvano Carroli, (baritone), Jan Durco (baritone), Mirosla Dvorsky (tenor) / Slovak Radio Symphony, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari |
TANEYEV
Oresteia (Orestaya) Overture and Interlude / Overture in D minor / Overture on a Russian Theme Stanislav Yankovsky (clarinet) / Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] "Committed playing and full-blooded sound and you have one of the year's most entertaining releases so far." (MusicWeb Aug 2009) |
ZOLTAN KODALY
Kodaly: Háry János Suite / Dances of Galanta (with Dohnanyi: Konzertstuck) Janos Starker (cello); Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] "The finale is the longest and most substantial…recalling earlier material and containing a cadenza and an ending which is the best, most moving part of an impassioned work. János Starker is the excellent soloist." MusicWeb |
LYELL CRESSWELL
Cresswell: Landscapes of the Soul & Piano Concerto Stephen De Pledge (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich, with the New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Lyell Cresswell, one of New Zealand's most distinguished composers, is represented on this recording by three examples of his mastery of the orchestral sound world. His Piano Concerto is cast in seven movements, written in memory of his fellow... |
