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SCHOENBERG
Suite, Op. 29 / Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9 Zahir Ensemble / Juan Garcia Rodriguez [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Always among the most innovative of composers, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) wrote several works that deliberately blur the distinction between chamber orchestra and chamber ensemble. Among these, the First Chamber Symphony compresses the classical... |
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BARBER
Barber conducts Barber - Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 / Cello Concerto, Op. 22 / Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23 Zara Nelsova (cello) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Samuel Barber [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] |
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JIA DAQUN
Jia Daqun: Impressions of Liyuan: Symphonic Concerto Cycle Zhang Jiajing (Chinese percussion), Wang Junkan (dizi), Lu Yiwen (erhu), Liu Wenwen (suona), Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Lin Daye [ Naxos / CD - released 23/May/2025 ] Jia Daqun, one of China's most prolific and respected composers, has written in many forms, including symphonies, concertos, chamber music and song cycles. |
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EUGENE ZÁDOR
Zador: Celebration Music Bálint Képíró, Imre Kováts, Zoltán Szőke (horns), Katalin Sarkady (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁv, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Eugene Zádor was an established composer by the time he moved from Europe to the United States in 1939 where he worked as a film composer. Many of the works on this album exhibit Zádor's finest traits, blending neo-Classicism and neo-Romanticism with... |
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Michael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic & Once upon a Castle Zuill Bailey (cello) & Paul Jacobs (organ) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "Strikingly impressive performances of wittily crafted and accessible contemporary large-scale orchestral scores." MusicWeb |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Concerto in modo misolidio / Concerto a cinque Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Capella Istropolitana / Howard Griffiths & Ewald Danel [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Ottorino Respighi was born in Bologna in 1879 and studied the violin and viola at the Liceo Musicale there from 1891 with Federico Sarti. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Fantasia on Greensleeves and others New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] "Helped by vivid sound, James Judd conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in glowing performances of these favourite [sic] Vaughan Williams works." (Gramophone) |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
Strauss, (J.): Famous Waltzes, Polkas, Marches & Overtures Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice; CSR Symphony Orchestra, CSR State Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2000 ] To many the Strauss family has been seen as the epitome of the golden age of Vienna, the city that set Europe dancing, with its waltzes and polkas. As the capital of an Empire that embraced the most musical parts of Europe, Bohemia, Slovakia and... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonis Nos. 40 & 41 "Jupiter" Capella Istropolitana / Barry Wordsworth (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] " It's my clear first choice among the mid-price and budget versions, well worth anyone's money." BBC |