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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Daugherty: Metropolis Symphony / Deus ex Machina Terrence Wilson / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This disc… also draws attention to a name new to me: Giancarlo Guerrero. Watch out for more from him" - MusicWeb International |
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THEODORAKIS / SKALKOTTAS / HADJIDAKIS
Impressions for Saxophone And Orchestra (Virtuosic Works by 20th Century Greek Composers) Theodore Kerkezos / Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra / Myron Michailidis [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Whether your motivation is to hear music for the saxophone or from Greece, this disc is an unmissable bargain" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Dec 2006) |
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WALTER PISTON
Piston: Symphony No.4 / Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra / Three New England Sketches Therese Elder Wunrow (harp) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/May/2003 ] "First-rate sound" (Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
Pizzetti: Concerto dell'estate / La Festa delle Panatenee Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Myron Michailidis [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Leaving aside his operatic work, this Concerto could be regarded as Pizzetti's masterpiece.....[Michailidis'] is a first-class performance of an utterly delightful work." Fanfare |
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PAUL FETLER
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Capriccio / 3 Poems by Walt Whitman Thomas H. Blaske (narrator) Aaron Berofsky (violin) / Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra / Arie Lipsky, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "The performers seem to be enjoying themselves immensely, and it's all quite agreeable, as is Naxos's sound." Classical Candor, December 2009 |
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RICHARD DANIELPOUR
Richard Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs Thomas Hampson (baritone) Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2016 ] Acclaimed as one of America's leading contemporary composers, Richard Danielpour wrote Songs of Solitude as a response to the events of 9/11. Drawing on the poems of W.B. Yeats, the work enshrines a sense of economy and sparseness, formed of a set of... |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Double Bass Concertino in C minor / Elegy No. 1 in D major / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Francesca Petracchi (double bass) / London Symphony Orchestra / Matthew Gibson [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Known to his contemporaries as the Paganini of the double bass, Giovanni Bottesini significantly extended the technical possibilities of the instrument both as a composer and virtuoso soloist. After the Prelude to Ero e Leandro, Bottesini's greatest... |
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JUDITH BINGHAM
Choral Works Thomas Trotter (organ) / BBC Symphony Chorus / Fine Arts Bass / Stephen Jackson [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Mar/2007 ] "At last, a disc devoted to this most accomplished choral composer . Few contemporary composers have such a gift for haunting a listener as Judith Bingham. Her collection of works here have such character (and the off echo of Benjamin Britten is no... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Works for Violin and Orchestra Tianwa Yang (violin), Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2017 ] "Delightful in every respect." MusicWeb Jan 2018 |
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LOU HARRISON / WILLIAM ALVES / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / COLIN McPHEE / MAURICE RAVEL
DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY - Film 6: Lou Harrison and Cultural Fusion Tim Fain, Emanuele Arciuli, Michael Boriskin, Benjamin Pasternack, Wan-Chi Su, François-Joël Thiollier, PostClassical Ensemble, Leipzig MDR Symphony O [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] DVOŘÁK'S PROPHECY A New Narrative for American Classical Music A PostClassical Ensemble 'More than Music' film series. Written and produced by Joseph Horowitz Visual presentation by Peter Bogdanoff |
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KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs-An American Place / Eventide / Out of the Dark Timothy Jones, horn / London Symphony Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] Kenneth Fuchs has written for orchestra, band, chorus, jazz ensemble, and various chamber ensembles. |
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LOUIS WAYNE BALLARD
Ballard: The Four Moons / Devil's Promenade / etc Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Louis Wayne Ballard - also known as "Honganozhe", which means "Stands with Eagles" in the Quapaw language - was the first indigenous North American composer of art music, and his extensive knowledge of the music, dance and mythology of this culture... |
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Tinter/New Zealand So
Bruckner: Symphony No.6 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Tinter/Rsno
Bruckner:symphony No. 3 [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Nov/1999 ] |
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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: A Child of Our Time Faye Robinson, Sarah Walker, Jon Garrison & John Cheek / City of Birmingham Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett [ Naxos / CD ] "..the composer's own lovingly crafted reading has a special place in the discography of this still-modern masterpiece." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
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HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE
The Best of Lumbye (incls Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop & Champagne Galop) Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / Giordano Bellincampi (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] Hans Christian Lumbye is today the internationally best known and most popular Danish composer of dances of the 19th Century. In 1843 when the now world-famous amusement park Tivoli opened its gates in Copenhagen, Lumbye acquired a permanent setting... |
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TOBIAS PICKER
Picker: Opera Without Words / The Encantadas Tobias Picker (narrator) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Tobias Picker, hailed as "a genuine creator" by The New Yorker, has written extensively for the stage and for symphonic forces, and these two approaches are represented in this album. The Encantadas (an older name for the Galápagos Islands) derives... |
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Tokoyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Ryusuke Numajiri, conductor
Japanese Orchestral Favourites: music by Toyama, Kononye, Ifukube, Akutagawa, etc [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 17/Jul/2003 ] "The orchestra is an excellent one, with much characterful solo playing, and the recording does it full justice." - Michael Oliver, Gramophone |
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Tokyo Metopolitan So/Numajiri
Hashimoto:symphony No 1 In D [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |
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MARIO PILATI
Pilati: Concerto for Orchestra / Suite for Strings and Piano Tomas Nemee (piano), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Oct/2001 ] Recorded: May 2000 Recording Venue: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio at Bratislava |