EVE DE CASTRO ROBINSON
Other Echoes and Other Orchestral Music Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra / New Zealand Philharmonic Orchestra [ Atoll / CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] Orchestral music by one of our most original talents. |
Birds of New Zealand
Land and Sea Bird Calls [ Viking Seven Seas / CD ] The dawn chorus and 39 songs of land and sea birds, produced for the Department of Conservation and Radio NZ. Recorded on location, includes a 12 page colour booklet |
Carl Doy With The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Lullaby [ Thom Marketing Limited / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] Pianist Carl Doy & NZSO bring us 'Lullaby' - 30 exquisite lullabies from across the globe, presented as an elegant embossed 32-page book with CD. |
GARY DAVERNE
Koriana: New Zealand Accordion Music Champion New Zealand Accordionists [ Viscount / CD - released 26/Jul/2019 ] Accordion music, composed by Gary Daverne, New Zealand's most prolific composer and writer of music for the accordion. All performed by New Zealand champion accordionists, recorded at various venues over several years, with several archive tracks. |
Dame Major Malvina (soprano) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
I Remember [ Kiwi-Pacific / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'In the still ofthe night' - A little light music by our own diva |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Donald Armstrong (violin) / New Zealand Chamber Orchestra [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 18/Nov/2002 ] "In a market crowded with versions of these concerti, the NZSO Chamber Orchestra has given us a first-class, vivid, well-recorded reading. The solo passages feature Donald Armstrong obtaining the sweetest, liveliest tones from his 1754 Gagliano... |
JOHN PSATHAS
Helix / Kartsigar / Songs for Simon Donald Nicolson / New Zealand String Quartet / NZ Trio / John Psathas [ Rattle Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2011 ] Helix is a truly 21st century album. Inspired by an eclectic range of musical interests, the album takes the listener on a millennia-leaping journey, from the sounds of the ancient Mediterranean, through the dance music of 18th century Italy, to the... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasia Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Nebolsin hardly puts a foot wrong, and Michael Stern secures rhythmically vibrant playing from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra" BBC Music Magazine |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Complete Opera recorded at the New Zealand Festival 2000) Gordon Hawkins, Vladimir Vaneev, Yaron Windmuller, Nuccia Focile / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, Marco Guidarini [ Trust / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2006 ] Verdi's sombre and powerful operatic masterpiece, with its themes of love, hate, treachery and reconciliation, is brought to life in this production from the 2000 New Zealand Festival, featuring the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Chapman... |
JENNY McLEOD
McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale / Rock Concerto / etc Helen Medlyn (narrator) & Eugene Albulescu (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] New Zealand-born composer Jenny McLeod's wide musical background is here distilled into three works of highly enjoyable directness. The Emperor and the Nightingale is a colourful score which accompanies the narration of a Hans Christian Andersen... |