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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. |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Best Of Ravel Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano), Marat Bisengaliev (violin) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Ph [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] Take a large spoonful of Bolero, add a small amount of Pavane, simmer in the heat of Feria, then mix with a little Blues and you have the perfect Ravel. Its the recipe for success in the 'Best of' market. |
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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. |
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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. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
The Best Of Schumann Jenö Jandó (piano), Maria Kliegel (cello), Kristin Merscher (piano), Balázs Szokolay (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kodály Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] The very best of Robert Schumann compiled from the vast Naxos catalogue! |
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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. |
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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. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Best Of Verdi [Incls 'Anvil Chorus' & 'Celeste Aida'] Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard, Miriam Gauci (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] Artists Miriam Gauci (soprano), Thomas Harper (tenor), Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Alida Ferrarini (soprano), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Eduard Tumagian (baritone) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgian Radio and Television... |
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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. |
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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... |
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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) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Brahms/Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Benjamin Frith, Jenő 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. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ LISZT
Brahms/Liszt: Piano Concertos Joseph Banowetz, Jenő 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. |
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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... |
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Various Artists
Bruckner: Symphony 4 'Romantic [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Mar/1993 ] |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, etc. Istvan Szekely (piano), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Gyula Nemeth [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1992 ] "I would prefer Istvan Szekely's recordings of the two Chopin Piano Concertos even to the new full-price Sony issue with Murray Perahia. Szekely's reading is outstanding, attractively light and volatile." Gramophone |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete Published Orchestral Works Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice; Polish National Radio Symphony; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; etc [ Naxos / 17 CD Box Set - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Dvořák was a composer steeped in the national and folk music of his Bohemian homeland, and his orchestral music combines a broad and soulful melodic sweep with the wit of sparkling orchestration. |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphonies Nos 5 & 7 Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Mar/1990 ] "Gunzenhauser's coupling is recommendable even without the price advantage. The beguiling opening of the Fifth, with its engaging Slovak wind solos, has plenty of atmosphere, and the reading generates a natural lyrical impulse. The Seventh,... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN / W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Haydn/Mozart/Beethoven: Great Classical Symphonies Capella Istropolitana; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Nicolaus Esterházy Chorus [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 26/Mar/2012 ] Without doubt, the most important symphonists of the latter part of the eighteenth century are Haydn and Mozart. Often credited with expanding the symphonic form to the four movements we are familiar with today. |