NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Myaskovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 13 Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rudin [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] With 27 symphonies to his name, Nikolay Myaskovsky is known as the 'father of the Soviet symphony', his legacy placing him in the same line as other great Russian symphonists such as Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Myaskovsky's richly Romantic Symphony... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
100 Piano Masterpieces Frank Braley, Paul Lewis, Alexander Melnikov, Olga Kern, Javier Perianes, Alain Planes, Beatrice Rana, Joyce Yang, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 6 CD Box Set - released 30/Aug/2019 ] "It's an appealing package of six discs, each with a brightly-coloured sleeve. Equally colourful is the music selection, which features a veritable royal family of keyboard stars." BBC Music |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Best Of Weber CSR Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Paley (piano), etc [ Naxos / CD ] Soloists include Kalman Berkes (clarinet), Alexander Paley (piano), Benjamin Frith (piano), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Generation Harmonia Mundi 2: The Family Spirit 1988 - 2018 Various Artists including Andreas Scholl, Isabelle Faust, RIAS Kammerchor, Alexander Melnikov, Werner Gura, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 18 CD Box Set - released 11/May/2018 ] Over the past sixty years, several families of musicians have written the history of harmonia mundi. 1988-2018: after the success of Atys and the St Matthew Passion, the Arles years saw those families branching out and opening up to new generations... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies and Concertos Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit / Ireland National Symphony, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2001 ] "There are shattering climaxes when music calls for them, and the symphony ends in rousing style...thoroughly recommendable" Gramophone [Symphony No 3] |
VERDI / CATALANI / PUCCIN
Soprano Arias From Italian Operas Miriam Gauci (soprano) / Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD ] "For those interested in hearing a talented young soprano with serious potential for an important career, this is recommended" Fanfare |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Baroque Masterpieces Stefan Schilli (oboe), Bela Banfalvi (violin), Emilia Csanky (oboe), Harald Hoeren (harpsichord), Niklas Eklund (trumpet), Alexander Jablokov (violin) [ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] Artists Stefan Schilli (oboe), Bela Banfalvi (violin), Emilia Csanky (oboe), Harald Hoeren (harpsichord), Niklas Eklund (trumpet), Alexander Jablokov (violin), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Johann Aratore (organ), Simon Lindley (organ), Jindrich... |
TRADITIONAL
Georgi Robev Russisch-Orthodoxe Weihnachtschore [Chants for Christmas] Boris Christoff (Bass) Choir Of The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Angel Popkonstantinov / Bulgarian National Choir Svetoslav Obretenov [ BRILLIANT CLASSICS / CD - released 28/Feb/2009 ] RUSSISCH-ORTHODOXEN WEIHNACHTSCHÖRE Russian Orthodox Chants for Christmas |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / JOSEPH JOACHIM
GERMANY - Bavarian Lakes and Schloss Herrenchiemsee - A Musical Tour BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari, Meir Minsky [ NAXOS MUSICAL JOURNEYS / DVD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Bavaria has a place of its own in Germany, both geographically and culturally. The tour stars with the Alpine lake known as Königssee and explores the surrounding landscape, including the Berchtesgaden National Park and the gardens of Ludwig II's... |
Various - Phil Woods / Red Rodney / Monte Alexander / Rufus Reid / Roy Haynes
Tribute to Charlie Parker - Birdland [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 19/Jan/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 38 Minutes - PAL Includes :- -Musician biography and discographies -Charlie Parker tribute Jazz legend Charlie Parker's range,... |
Various Artists (Red Rodney, Monte Alexander, Frank Morgan, Rufus Reid, Roy HaynesAE)
Birdsongs - A Tribute to Charlie Parker [ Umbrella / DVD - released 16/May/2008 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 52 Minutes - PAL Performed at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, 1990, this excursion into Parker's inimitable be-bop sound is another... |
ARENSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MUSSORGSKY / TANEYEV / etc
English Poets, Russian Romances Vassily Savenko (bass-baritone) Alexander Blok (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 'Russian composers have set many English poems to music, and here we have some of the best' (Classic FM Magazine) |
VERDI
La Traviata (Highlights from the opera) Rannveig Braga, Monika Krause, Ivica Neshybova, Jozef Spacek / Slovak Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra / Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2008 ] "You cannot go wrong with this." - Classics |
BORIS TISHCHENKO
Tishchenko: Concerto for violin, piano & string orchestra, Op. 144, etc. Victoria Postnikova (piano) & Alexander Rozhdestvensky (violin) String Orchestra of St. Petersburg & Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] Boris Tishenko's composer's career spans the modest thaw under Khrushchev, the Brezhnev freeze, Gorbachev's perestroika and the great leap into liberal economics under Yeltsin that continues strong under Putin.Though he was Shostakovich's favourite... |
BELA BARTOK / SANDOR VERESS
Veress: String Trio / Bartók: Piano Quintet Vilde Frang (violin), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] "But what makes this CD unmissable is the Veress Trio, a masterpiece and a performance to match. I've already pencilled it in as a contender for next year's Gramophone Awards." WINNER - Chamber Gramophone Awards 2020 |
ARVO PART
Part: Alina / Spiegel im Spiegel Vladimir Spivakov (violin) Sergev Bezrodny (piano) Alexander Malter (piano) [ ECM Records / CD - released 6/May/2001 ] I could compare my music to white light which contains all colours. Only a prism can divide the colours and make them appear; this prism could be the spirit of the listener. - Arvo Pärt |
Vladislav Brunner, flute / Simcisko / Telecky / Cut / Alexander
Romberg-Flute Quintets Nos.1 to 3 [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "this well-recorded and pleasing disc of hitherto un-recorded pieces merits enthusiastic recommendation." - Michael Jameson, ClassicsToday.com |
FILTSCH / MIKULI / TELLEFSEN
Pupils of Chopin: Violin and Piano Works Voytek Proniewicz (violin) / Alexander Jakobidze-Gitman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Following the release of delightful piano music by Chopin's pupils, Naxos reveals more rarely heard Romantic gems by these heirs of the 'poet of the piano'. Each movement of Karol Mikuli's Grand Duo is ingeniously based on two prevailing themes... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: War and Peace (complete opera recorded in 1991) BLU-RAY Mariinsky Theatre / Yelena Prochina, Irina Bogachova, Alexander Gergalov / Valery Gergiev (cond) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances Blu-ray BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Jul/2015 ] "if you're looking for a single video recording of War and Peace and your preference is for the complete opera, Gergiev and Mariinsky are undoubtedly the recording of choice." ClassicalNet |
ABEL / BACH, J.S. / CASALS / HONEGGER / CASALS
Cello Recital; Hommage à Pablo Casals Yorick-Alexander Abel (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2019 ] With this program Yorick-Alexander Abel honors the unsurpassed cello legend Pau Casals who as a Catalan is mainly known under his Spanish name Pablo Casals. When 97 years old Casals died in Puerto Rico he had made the cello as a solo instrument more... |