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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Allegro appassionato for piano & orchestra Op. 70 Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Descharmes has a special way with this music that's really quite liberating" MusicWeb |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / The Voyevoda Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Orchestral - "This is top-quality sound and playing - at bargain price, too." BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 **** |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 6 - Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "The deftness of the RLPO is admirable and the performance certainly rounds off in great style what is a very fine reading of the entire work...Petrenko and the RLPO and their commitment never wavers; nor does the excellence of the playing... |
HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Symphonic Works: Symphony No 2 Cambridge; Symphonic Variations; etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] "Penny's lively, but full and weighty Second is one of the best Parry recordings." - American Record Guide |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor / The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] "Part of an excellent cycle of Bax symphonies. Start with this disc and I'll bet you'll want the rest." - Sterophile (Sam Tellig) June 2001 |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Tintagel / Symphony No. 7 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2004 ] "From a purely artistic viewpoint, however, no one will regret snapping up this final issue in what has been a highly commendable series." - Gramophone |
RAUTAVAARA
Symphony No.7, Angel of Light / Angels and Visitations Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Hannu Koivula (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Mar/2003 ] Einojuhani Rautavaara was born in Helsinki on 9th October, 1928. Graduating from Helsinki University in 1952, he studied at the Sibelius Academy with Aarre Merikanto until 1955, and, after receiving a Koussevitzky Foundation fellowship in 1955, in... |
GEORGE ROCHBERG
Rochberg: Symphony No 1 Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] MusicWeb - Recording of the Year 2008 |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Yoav Talmi [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "This account has plenty of fire and imagination" (ClassicsToday) |
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DAVID DIAMOND
Diamond: Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No 4 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/May/2004 ] "Schwarz conducts with keen sensitivity, while the Seattle Symphony relishes the challenge of this then-unfamiliar music." ClassicsToday |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts Volume 1 Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] "The brass in particular impresses…In the midst of the wonderfully glittering winds and strings in Magic Fire Music, the brass interlude sounds with satisfying richness…this is…a highly enjoyable disc" ClassicsToday |
REINHOLD GLIERE
Gliere: Symphony No. 1 In E Flat Op.8 / The Sirens Op. 33 Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "The Sirens is a polished, mature work that is very much worth having. This is...a `must have' for admirers of Gliere. The sound is good and the performances are more than adequate." - Fanfare (U.S.A.) - May/June 1996 |
ROBERT FARNON
Farnon: The Westminster Waltz / Colditz March / State Occasion / Jumping Bean Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Frank Sinatra dubbed Robert Farnon 'The Guv'nor' in 1962 when the two men first came together in London to work on an album. This summed up Farnon's reputation as being synonymous with the highest standards of craftsmanship across the widest spectrum... |
JOSEF FOERSTER
Foerster: Symphony No. 4 / Festival Overture / My Youth Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lance Friedel (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] Josef Bohuslav Foerster was born in Prague in 1859. He studied at the Prague Organ School, and upon graduation he was appointed organist at St Vojtĕch Church, taking over the post from no less a figure than Antonín Dvořák. In these years Foerster... |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Rubinstein: Symphony No. 3 / Eroica Fantasia Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] The Symphony No. 3 in A major Op. 56 (1855) makes a useful introduction to Anton Rubinstein's complete set of six. It's less inflated and rhetorical than its siblings, having a directness to its thematic material that's immediately appealing. |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Rubinstein: Symphony No.1 / Ivan the Terrible Slovak State PO (Kosice), Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] From Russia's master composer musician |
JOHAN SVENDSEN
Svendsen: Norwegian Suites / Romeo and Juliet / Zorahayda South Jutland Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "The South Jutland Symphony Orchestra has had Carl Gararguly, Iona Brown and Niklas Willén among its past conductors and this shows in the excellence of their ensemble…deserves special praise." MusicWeb |
GERSHWIN / JOHNSON / RESER / SUESSE
Jazz Nocturne - American Concertos of the Jazz Age Tatiana Roitman / Gary Hammond / Dan Yappie / Peter Mintun / Michael Gurt / Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] A fantastic selection of concertos from the American Jazz Age including Gershwin's immortal A Rhapsody in Blue, heard here in its complete original version for jazz band, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé. Grofé also orchestrated the Concerto in Three... |
ALEXANDER MOSOLOV
Mosolov: Symphony No. 5 / Harp Concerto Taylor Ann Fleshman, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Arnold [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Alexander Mosolov was one of the foremost composers of the Russian avant-garde during the 1920s. His music was considered 'a testament to the revolutionary spirit of his time', but the legacy of his fame from that period now rests solely on The Iron... |
