Ulster Orchestra/Yuasa
Webern: Passacaglia/Symphony [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2001 ] |
University Houston Saxophone Q
Flagello: Symphony No 2 [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] |
VITORIO GIANNINI
Symphony No. 3 / Dedication Overture / Variations and Fugue University of Houston Wind Ensemble / Tom Bennett (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] During the early 1940s Giannini began to turn his attention to instrumental music, works that were more straightforward and concise in design, and less inflated by romantic rhetorical extremes. |
GLASS ./ FAIROUZ
Glass: Concerto Fantasy for 2 Timpanists and Orchestra & Fairouz: Symphony No. 4 University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Paul W. Popiel [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Feb/2014 ] Philip Glass' Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra, composed in 2000 and transcribed for wind ensemble by Mark Lortz in 2004, is a significant addition to the repertoire of large-scale works for timpani. The work is rhythmically... |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Symphony No. 3 'Circus Maximus' / Gazebo Dances BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Apr/2015 ] Blu-ray Audio 24-bit 88.2 kHz Stereo and Surround Recordings "The Circus Maximus of ancient Rome was a real place. The largest arena in the world, it entertained over 300,000 spectators daily for nearly a thousand years. Chariot races, hunts and... |
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Myaskovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 13 Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rudin [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] With 27 symphonies to his name, Nikolay Myaskovsky is known as the 'father of the Soviet symphony', his legacy placing him in the same line as other great Russian symphonists such as Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Myaskovsky's richly Romantic Symphony... |
LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANN Nepomuk HUMMEL
Beethoven, arr Hummel: Grand Symphonies • 2: No. 2 & No. 6 'Pastoral' Uwe Grodd (flute) / Pettman Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Unless one lived in a major European centre with an orchestra, the opportunity to hear large-scale works by the great composers of the age was well-nigh impossible. The insatiable demand for new chamber versions of famed orchestral works saw Hummel... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Grand Symphonies Vol. 1 -Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 (arr. J.N. Hummel for flute and piano trio) Uwe Grodd (flute), Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Beethoven and Hummel's relationship was one of fractious beginnings, but ultimately true friendship. Between 1825 and 1835 Hummel arranged his contemporary's Symphonies Nos. 1-7 and Septet, Op. 20 for his favoured combination of pianoforte, flute,... |
JOAN MANÉN
Manen: Violin Concerto No 3 'Ibérico' Symphony No 2 'Ibérica' Valderrama, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Joan Manén was an admired and prolific Catalan composer who wrote in all genres, from opera to transcriptions. He was also one of the leading violinists of his day and made the first recording of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Manén's Violin Concerto... |
FRANZ LISZT
The Best of Liszt Volume 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jeno Jando (piano), CSR Symphony Orchestra, Baslasz Szokolay (piano), Hungarian State Orchestra, and others [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Liszt taken from the vast naxos catalogue. |
RAVEL
The Best of Ravel Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Francois-Joel Thiolier (piano), Slovak Philharmonic Choir, etc [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The best of Ravel drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
SAINT-SAENS
The Best of Saint-Saens Various performers including Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Joachim Trio, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Featuring the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Joachim Trio, Idil Biret (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra & others. |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
The Best of Johann Strauss Volume 1 CSR Symphony Orchestra, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Strauss with recordings taken from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Best of Tchaikovsky Volume 1 Bernd Glemser (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Maria Kliegel (cello), National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Takako Nishizaki (vio) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The best of Tchaikovsky collected from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
VERDI
The Best of Verdi Volume 1 CSR Symphony Orchestra, Miriam Gauci, Thomas Harper, Monika Krause, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Aida Ferrarini, Josef Abekl, Robert Szuos, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Verdi collected from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
WAGNER
The Best of Wagner Volume 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and more [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Richard Wagner inspired in his contemporaries extremes of reaction. For some his music seemed as misguided and repulsive as his anti-Semitism, while others were overwhelmed by the size of his ambition and achievement, to which everything had to be... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Best Of Weber CSR Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Paley (piano), etc [ Naxos / CD ] Soloists include Kalman Berkes (clarinet), Alexander Paley (piano), Benjamin Frith (piano), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Brahms/Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Benjamin Frith, JenÅ‘ Jandó (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice [ Naxos / CD ] Much of Mendelssohn's childhood was passed in Berlin, where his parents moved when he was three, to escape Napoleonic invasion. There he took lessons from Goethe's much admired Zelter, who introduced him to the old poet in Weimar. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ LISZT
Brahms/Liszt: Piano Concertos Joseph Banowetz, JenÅ‘ Jandó (piano) / Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD ] Franz Liszt was born at Raiding, in Hungary, in 1811, the son of a steward employed by Haydn's former patrons, the Esterhazy family. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 / Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 Rebecca Hirsch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Not only does Rebecca Hirsch (for the most part) make light of the solo part's fiendish technical difficulties, her playing evinces a beguiling lyrical beauty that's breathtaking. By the side of both Ida Haendel and Lorraine McAslan, she perhaps... |