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EIVIND GROVEN
Groven: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Peter Szilvay [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2020 ] Many interwar Norwegian composers tried to create a new national music by combining elements of authentic folk music with new techniques. Eivind Groven was considered one of the most innovative composers in this quest. |
GUBAIDULINA
Fachwerk / Silenzio Trondheim Symphony Orchestra / Oyvind Gymse [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Sofia Gubaidulina's distinguished career and her 80th anniversary are celebrated with this world première recording of Fachwerk. Recorded here by its acclaimed dedicatee Geir Draugsvoll and in the presence of the composer, this dramatic but also... |
KAMRAN INCE
Symphony No. 5 ‘Galatasaray’ / Hot, Red, Cold, Vibrant / Requiem Without Words / Before Infrared Turkish Ministry of Culture Choir / Bilkent Symphony Orchestra / Kamran Ince [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Written for soloists, chorus and large orchestra in 2005, the rousing Symphony No. 5 celebrates the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Galatasaray, Turkey's most successful football club. Requiem Without Words mourns the Muslims, Christians... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements / Octet / Dumbarton Oaks Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Philharmonia Orchestra / St. Luke's Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Some fine performances ..if you want these four pieces on a single disc - perhaps as a taster - this is an obvious and rewarding choice. Even the normally erudite Craft liner-notes are more relaxed than usual, making this issue even more attractive... |
SCHOENBERG
String Trio / 4 Pieces for Mixed Chorus / 3 Satires / Suite Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Simon Joly Chorale / London Sinfonietta / London Symphony Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "The performance has the right idea in not attempting to gloss over the discontinuities [of the String Trio]...[these players] give a good sense of the way angry expression dissolves into wistful lyricism at the end...Schoenberg's voice...is heard to... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY / ALBAN BERG
Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony / Berg: 3 Pieces from the Lyric Suite Twyla Robinson, Roman Trekel / Houston Symphony Orchestra / Rabindranath Tragore [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Alexander von Zemlinsky's best known work, the seductive Lyric Symphony, inspired Alban Berg, who quoted its third movement in his own Lyric Suite, three movements of which Berg himself arranged for string orchestra. |
MARTINU
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6 'Fantaisies symphoniques' Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra / Arthur Fagen (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2004 ] "Arthur Fagen and his Ukrainian orchestra give convincing accounts of both symphonies, and with the help of a sympathetic recording, they achieve that wonderfully luminous, glowing sound which is a special feature of Martinu's orchestral music" - BBC... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Dances and Overtures Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra / Theodore Kuchar (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky retains his position as the most popular of all Russian composers. His music offers obvious charms in its winning melodies and vivid orchestral colours. At the same time his achievement is deeper than this, however tempting... |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies Nos 3 & 7 Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. Theodore Kuchar, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Two of Prokofiev's lesser symphonies get fine performances from this Kiev orchestra." Fanfare |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No 6 / Waltzes Op 110 Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. Theodore Kuchar, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "...the intensity of feeling is so often right." Gramophone Magazine |
MORTON GOULD
Morton Gould: American Legend Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar / University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Scherme [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Feb/2013 ] "Morton Gould is the American composer closest to my heart. The breadth of his talent, and his ability to channel American vernacular effortlessly into his concert works, make him the true heir of George Gershwin." Albany Symphony |
CHADWICK
Chadwick - Symphony No. 2 / Symphonic Sketches Ukrainian National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Theodore Kuchar, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "Rewarding listening" |
TREVOR DUNCAN
Duncan: 20th Century Express / A Little Suite / Children in the Park Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos British Light Music Vol 8 / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Allied to his melodic gifts, early experiences as a sound and balance engineer equipped Trevor Duncan with a profound understanding of instrumental colour. During the 1950s he composed light music that became instantly recognisable. |
BORIS MIKOLAYOVICH LYATOSHYNSKY
Lyatoshynsky: Complete Symphonies Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Boris Lyatoshynsky was a leading member of the Ukrainian cultural renaissance in the 20th century and his five symphonies remain the most important cycle in his country's musical history. |
FREDERIC CURZON
Curzon: Robin Hood Suite / In Malaga / The Boulevardier / Punchinello Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos British Light Music, Vol. 6 / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] 'The performances throughout are played with the finessed and light touch we expect from this fine Slovak series, so ably and sympathetically conducted by Adrian Leaper. The recording is admirable' The Penguin Guide |
ELISABETTA BRUSA
Brusa: Symphony No. 2 / Simply Largo Ulster Orchestra, Daniele Rustioni [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Symphonic thought is at the heart of Elisabetta Brusa's oeuvre, whether in larger forms or solo instrumental works. As with the composer's Symphony No. 1 (8.573437), the Symphony No. 2 follows a Classical fourmovement form with harmonies that are... |
GUSTAV HOLST
Cotswolds Symphony / Walt Whitman Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll Ulster Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jul/2012 ] "to judge from these works, all very impressively played by the Ulster Orchestra under its new principal conductor JoAnn Falletta, Holst's style took some years to settle down completely." (Guardian |
KOSCAK YAMADA
Overture in D major / Symphony in F Major, 'Triumph and Peace' Ulster Orchestra / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] "Performances here are masterful. In 'Overture in D,' Takuo Yuasa conducts the New Zealand Symphony; in the others he leads the Ulster Orchestra, of which he is the Music Director. Yamada is highly honored in his native land as indeed he should be;... |
SCHOENBERG
Verklarte Nacht / Chamber Symphony No. 2 Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Ulster Orchestra gives a vibrant performance of the work." - BBC Music Magazine (Matthew Rye), October 2000 |
Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa
Webern - Orchestral Music (Passacaglia Symphony Five Pieces) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "Yuasa and his Irish band meet Webern's challenges with occasionally inspired success." - Gramophone February 2002 |
