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Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy Tomer Lev (piano), Buchan-Mehta Symphony Orchestra, Zeev Dorman [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] In December 1920, two years after Claude Debussy's untimely death, the editors of the renowned Parisian musical magazine La Revue musicale published a special issue dedicated to the composer's memory. At its heart was a joint memorial composition by... |
LEOPOLD MOZART
Toy Symphony & other symphonies Toronto Chamber Orchestra / Kevin Mallon [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Leopold Mozart's reputation has suffered more than that of most of his professional contemporaries, due in no small measure to the fame of his peerless son and to much spiteful and ill-informed criticism over the past 200 years. |
KOSCEK YAMADA
Nagauta Symphony / Meiji Symphony / Maria Magdalena Toru Ajimi (shamisen) / Testuo Miyata (voice) / Yumiko Mizoiri (hichiriki) / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2007 ] Kósçak Yamada was the first great composer to emerge from Japan after it had begun to accept western classical music. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: A German Requiem Viviane Della Chiesa (soprano), Herbert Janssen (baritone) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] Recorded January 1943 |
RICHARD WAGNER / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Wagner: Orchestral Music / Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations' New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 5/Nov/2001 ] Recorded: 10th April 1936 Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York City |
ROBERTO SIERRA
Sierra: Cantares / Loíza / Triple Concierto Trío Arbós, Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club, Xalapa Symphony, Marcelletti [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/May/2020 ] Roberto Sierra's refined compositional voice is subtly combined with contemporary musical techniques and his Puerto Rican heritage in the three works recorded here. |
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. |
