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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: A Portrait: His works / His life (2 CDs of music plus a detailed essay and photographs) Various artists incls Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Educational / 2 CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] Among the most popular of twentieth-century composers, Sergey Prokofiev is seen as a great musical giant of the Soviet Union. But after the 1917 Revolution he took his talents to the United States and France. Only later was he lured by the power of... |
ELGAR / PARRY / ARNOLD / HOLST / COATES / WOOD / WALTON / ALWYN / etc
The Best of British Various artists including the English Northern Sinfonia, Royal Artillery Band, New Zealand Symphony, Queensland Symphony Orchestra. [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2006 ] Favourites from The Last Night of the Proms and other uplifting works celebrating the British Empire and its Royal Family. |
ANTON WEBERN
Webern: Symphony, Op. 21 / Six Pieces, Op. 6 / Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24 Various Artists including, Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble with Robert Craft, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] Anton von Webern was born in Vienna on 3rd December, 1883, and died at Mittersill on 15th September, 1945. He was Arnold Schoenberg's most devoted pupil from 1904, and the closest friend of his fellow pupil, Alban Berg. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Ta Ta Ta Taaa - 13 Times the Same and 13 Times Different) (Various Artists) Various Orchestras, Various Conductors including Herbert Kegel, Otto Klemperer, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Roger Norrington, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 28/May/2021 ] The notes G-G-G-E flat, better known as simply 'ta-ta-ta-taaa', are perhaps the four most famous in all of classical music. They form the opening motif of Symphony No. 5 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven. |
ORCHESTRAL SPECTACULAR
Orchestral Spectacular (Incls 'Bolero', 1812 Overture & 'Polovtsian Dances') Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / various conductors [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra provide their own Spanish magic" - Essex Chronicle |
Victor Borge
Unstarted Symphony (Incls 'Phonetic Punctuation' & Bizet's Carmen) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 15/Feb/2008 ] It's easy to tell the two most famous Danes in showbusiness history apart: Hamlet was the melancholy one and Victor Borge definitely wasn't. The man frequently referred to as 'The Clown Prince of Denmark' was an incredibly skilled pianist who also... |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3 / Coriolan Overture (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 2) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwangler (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] The recordings presented on this disc of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and his Third Symphony, the ‘Eroica’, formed part of the extensive schedule of concerts and recordings which Furtwängler undertook with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Haydn Variations (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 5) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Listening to Furtwängler's performances from the postwar period is to participate in some of the most intense realisations of the repertoire he held most dear, including that of Brahms with whom he shared a consuming interest in the roots of their... |
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Vienna Po/London Po
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 & 8 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] |
MEHUL / GOUNOD / HALEVY / DELIBES / LECOCQ / OFFENBACH / etc
Opéra-Comique Overtures Vienna Radio Symphony, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] With innovative features, colourful orchestration, drama, wit and atmospheric writing, these operettas proved very popular and these overtures encapsulate their immense vivacity and charm. |
MORTON GOULD
Gould: Symphonies 2, 3 & 4 / Spirituals for String Choir & Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "The Symphonettes represent Gould's best crossover work - the Symphonette No. 4 deriving its character from Latin-American dance forms to make it one of his most popular compositions." CD Choice (UK) |
FRANZ WAXMAN
Rebecca (Film Score) Viktor Simcisko (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] "At budget price interested parties could hardly refuse such a textually intelligent, well-played and con amore production." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / ARENSKY
Russian Arias - From the Queen of Spades, May night, Eugene Onegin, etc) Vladimir Grishko (tenor) Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Sirenko [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] "Uwe Mund leads performances that pulse with intensity" - Courier Post |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 1 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 11/Sep/2005 ] "Superb liner notes from Jonathan Summers and Mark Obert-Thorn has done a fine job with the sound." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1 / The Murmuring Forest Suite / After the Ball Suite Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Serov / Saratov Conservatory Symphony Orchestra / Kirill Ershov [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] Boris Tchaikovsky is now becoming widely recognised as one of the most important Russian composers of our time. His First Symphony, written in 1947, made a profound impression on Shostakovich, but owing to Stalin’s campaign against dissident Soviet... |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Seven Gates of Jerusalem, 'symphony No. 7' Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "A disturbingly moving and dramatic apocalypse for your front room" (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
KARLOWICZ
Rebirth Symphony in E minor / Bianca da Molena (The White Dove) Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Polish conductor Antoni Wit brings out the brooding, portentous and lyrical characteristics of his compatriot's richly orchestrated yet seldom-heard scores. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Alpensinfonie (Eine) (An Alpine Symphony) Weimar Staatskapelle / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Those of us for whom Antoni Wit was always 'just' a Naxos house conductor must now hang our heads in shame. He delivers here an elemental Alpine Symphony. And the unheralded... |
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Weingartner/Vienna Po
Beethoven:symphony No.3 & 4 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 6/Jan/2003 ] |
