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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works (Incls 'Daphnis et Chloe', 'Ma Mere l'Oye' & 'Bolero') Choeurs du Theatre National de l'Opera / Orchestre de Paris, Jean Martinon [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] "Fortunate the collector who chances on this set; delight and revelation await. At bargain price this is a gift that will cast its smiling spell for years to come" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month October 2007) |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Organ Concerto / Concert champêtre Philippe Lefebvre (organ) Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) / Lille National Orchestra, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "The wind and percussion of the Lille orchestra get a chance to demonstrate their quality in accomplished playing of the spry dances of the Suitefrançaise. This is an eminently recommendable disc." (Gramophone Classucal Music Guide) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Rusalka Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Joana Mallwitz (conductor) [ Naxos / Blu-ray - released 11/Sep/2026 ] With its wonderfully poetic and sensual score, Rusalka is Antonín Dvořák's most beloved opera, filled with musical effects that evoke the beauty and magic of a world inhabited by nymphs and water sprites. Jaroslav Kvapil's libretto is based on a... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Op. 35; Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) / Russian National Orchestra. Kent Nagano [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "In Multi Channel you can feel the sound waves reverberating through the hall!" ---SA-CD.net |
Chœur de Radio France, Maîtrise de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Solistes de l'Orchestre National de France
Thierry Escaich: Cris [ Formations musicales de Radio France / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] For its 28th edition in 2018, the Festival Présences of Radio France paid tribute to Thierry Escaich -one of the greatest French living composers. Composer, but also organist and improviser, Thierry Escaich does not dissociate the three aspects of... |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets, Op.32 / The Mystic Trumpeter (with Matthews - Pluto: The Renewer) Claire Rutter (soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] "an expansive, richly recorded performance" (Sunday Telegraph) |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst-The Planets / Mystic Trumpeter Clare Rutter, soprano / RSNO Ladies Chorus / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is considered to be one of the UK's leading symphony orchestras. Formed in 1891 as the Scottish... |
GERSHWIN / BERNSTEIN / RODGERS / MORTIER
Summertime: Music For Clarinet Quartet The Clarinet Quartet Of The Belgian National Orchestra [ NAXOS / CD ] Terence Thompson's witty jazz suite City Scenes starts with a light-hearted Stroll in the City, delicately sketched. Blowing the Blues provides a leisurely interlude, before the cheerful and lively Hot Potato Boogie, a blues derivative, with its... |
DARIUS MILHAUD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix / Le boeuf sur le toit / la creation du monde / Concertos Claude Helffer (piano) Frederique Cambreling (harp) / Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon [ Warner Classics Erato / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/1998 ] Distinctively French, yet cosmopolitan in his personal and artistic horizons, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was adventurous, prominent, and prolific. A pupil of Dukas and d'Indy, he became a member of Les Six and a distinguished teacher in the USA and... |
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Daugherty: Rapture-concerto for percussion & orchestra / An American Abroad / Jasper Colin Currie (percussion) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Colin Currie is a brilliant British percussionist, and Marin Alsop leads performances that seem well rehearsed and committed. Torke fans will want this, especially for the two tone poems, I'm sure." - Stephen Ellis, Fanfare |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Prince Igor (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) Constantin Chekerliksi, Boris Christoff, Todor Todorov / Orchestra & Chorus of the National Opera theatre of Sofia, Jerzy Semkow [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] "Boris Christoff is a past master at subtly altering his vocal colour: at this stage of his career, he was in full command of a magnificent voice with many shades of colour in it. This is superlative artistry." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
So Romantique! Cyrille Dubois (tenor) / Orchestre National de Lille; Pierre Dumoussaud [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "The album is a treasury of rarely heard (and previously unheard) music...Dubois handles them all with intelligence, finesse and flair, singing with perfect native French diction." Opera |
ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (Incls 'Symphony No 1') Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Zdenĕk Fibich's career overlapped those of his countrymen Smetana and Dvořak, but his music remained poised between the twin poles of Czech Nationalism and the New German School. |
ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Othello, Op. 6') Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "The recordings are agreeably detailed and with plenty of dynamic contrast. All who are already friends of Ma Vlast and the Dvorak late tone-poems will want to hear this and can expect to find new friends." (MusicWeb July 2014) |
ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2014 ] This fourth volume in the first complete recording of the orchestral works of Zdeněk Fibich features shorter orchestral works and occasional pieces for theatre projects. They include the evocative overture A Night at Karlštejn Castle, the... |
ZDENEK FIBICH
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Symphony No 2') Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Štilec, with Irvin Venyš (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2014 ] "Major works like the cycle of three melodramas Hippodamia show [Fibich] to be a writer of no mean accomplishment, who despite his early death by no means deserves to be overshadowed by his contemporaries Smetana and Dvořák. Indeed those who enjoy th |
GERSHWIN / BERNSTEIN / WAXMAN
American Impressions Rachel Kolly d'Alba (violin) / Orchestre National de la Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "This is a fun album, worth hearing particularly for the terrific Bernstein performance" (International Record Review) |
Dame Janet Baker, Christopher Booth-Jones, Sarah Walker, English National Opera
Handel - Julius Caesar (Scenes from the opera in English) [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] Dame Janet Baker's famous interpretation |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Volume 8 - Symphonies Nos. 28, 29 and 30 Danish National Chamber Orchestra / Adam Fischer [ Dacapo SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] This is the latest release in the acclaimed series of the complete symphonies by W.A. Mozart, recorded by the Danish National Chamber Orchestra and their renowned Austro-Hungarian chief conductor Adam Fischer. |
PER NORGARD
Frostsalme (choral works) Danish National Choir / Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen / Stefan Parkman, director [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] Per Nørgård's mastery of choral writing is well displayed in these works, which include early works of relatively simple choral writing along with some of his most complex and powerful compositions. |
