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KANTELINEN
The Snow Queen: Ballet Suite Finnish National Opera Orchestra, Tuomas Kantelinen [ Ondine / CD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] The Snow Queen was a hit with the Finnish National Ballet - for this timeless tale, Kantelinen created a musical score that is at once nostalgic and easily accessible. |
HOLST
'The Perfect Fool', Op. 39 / The Golden Goose, Op. 45 No 1 / The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 No. 2 Joyful Company of Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Holst's distinctive sound is carefully manicured in this recording; the rapid "mercurial" passages of string-and wind-writing of The Perfect Fool are delivered with exemplary crispness and vitality…" Disc of the Month Gramophone Magazine, Feb 2009 |
PACINI
Saffo (Complete Opera) Francesca Pedaci / Carlo Ventre / Reoberto De Candia / Wexford Festival Opera Chorus / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland / Maurizio Benini [ Marco Polo Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] "Pedaci's has refreshing purity and clean voice ... Congratulations are due to the record company" - Gramophone |
PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Piano Concertos (plus Schlime - 3 Improvisations) Francesco Tristano Schlime (piano) / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "A shining new talent forces you to listen to these concertos anew. If you can judge a pupil by his teachers, Schlimé comes with the highest pedigree, counting Mikhail Pletnev as his tutor. It is the Russian who conducts him here and his faith is... |
FRANCK / FAURE / d'INDY
French Music for Piano and Orchestra Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "Thiollier shows imagination and sensitivity in Fauré's lovely Ballade" - Penguin Guide |
RAVEL
The Very Best of Ravel Francois-Joel Thiollier (Piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) / Howard Zhang (Violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers in the early twentieth century and developed his own musical idiom through the combination of French and Spanish influences. The 2 CD set contains selections of the most frequently... |
ERIC SATIE
Orchestral Music (Incls 'Parade') French National Radio & Television Orchestra. / Manuel Rosenthal [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "If you'd like to hear a French orchestra playing Satie and having a whale of a time, this will be an excellent starting point." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
GARRETT SCHUMANN / YANIV SEGAL / GABRIEL PROKOFIEV
Beethoven Reimagined Gabriel Prokofiev (electronics), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Yaniv Segal [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] " the two main works on the disc make this a must for adventurous Beethovenians …" CD Choice (UK) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons (1801) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Jeremy Ovenden (ten) / Gabrieli Consort & Players, National Forum of Music Choir, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (cond [ Signum / 2 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2017 ] "McCreesh and his massed Anglo-Polish forces have given us a Seasons that thrillingly catches both the work's bucolic exhilaration and its invocations of the sublime..for sheer sonic splendour it's in a class of its own" Gramophone Award Nomination |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Daniele Gatti conducts Debussy Orchestre National de France, Daniele Gatti [ Sony Bmg / CD - released 19/Oct/2017 ] "This is Debussy painted in bold acrylics rather than insipid watercolours." Arts Desk |
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Mozart, Wo
Symphonie B-Dur KV 319, Symphonie C-Dur KV 551 "Jupiter", Symphonie G-Dur Hob. I:92 "Oxford", Ballade für Orchester op. George Szell, Sir Clifford Curzon, Rudolf Firkusny, Concertgebouw Orkest Amsterdam, Orchestre National de la RTF, Tschec [ ORFEO / 7 CD - released 31/Jul/2007 ] |
LISZT / CHOPIN / BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / etc
Georges Cziffra - The Complete Studio Recordings 1956 - 1986 Georges Cziffra (piano) with The Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte Carlo, Philhamonia Orchestra, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 41 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] The present boxed set brings together all the studio recordings made by the virtuoso pianist Georges Cziffra (1921-1994) for EMI and Philips, from his first 25cm LP released in 1956 when he arrived in Paris, to the last sessions in the Senlis chapel. |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Songs of the Fleet / Songs of the Sea / A Ballad of the Fleet Gerald Finley (baritone) / BBC National Chorus of Wales / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2006: Choral Recording - "An out-and-out winner, with Finley on top form - heartily recommended!" (Recording of the Month Gramophone July 2006) |
BERLIOZ
Lelio, ou Le Retour a la vie / Helene / etc Sune Hjerrild, Gert Henning Jensen (tenors) Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone) Danish National Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] The Danish National Symphony Orchestra adds to its large discography on Chandos with this unique coupling Of all the major works of Hector Berlioz, the monodrama Lélio, part II of the Symphonie Fantastique is surprisingly one of the least known... |
THEA MUSGRAVE
Concerto for Orchestra / Clarinet Concerto / Horn Concerto / Monologue / Excursions Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) Barry Tuckwell (horn) Thea Musgrave, Malcolm Williamson (pianos) / London Symphony / Scottish National / Alexander Gibson, [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] Like many composers of her generation in Britain - the generation that first began to attract notice in the middle 1950s - Thea Musgrave came of age musically in that 'rite of passage' which involved acknowledging the primary importance of Bartók and... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
The Best Of Glazunov Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Ilya Kale (violin), POlish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Glazunov, a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, received encouragement also from Belyayev, an influential patron and publisher whose activities succeeded and largely replaced the earlier efforts of Balakirev to inspire the creation of national Russian music.... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/1998 ] In 1891 Rachmaninov completed his piano studies at the Conservatory and the composition of his first piano concerto. The following year he graduated from the composition class with his opera Aleko. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Glemser has a bold impetuous way with Rachmaninov...he generates plenty of excitement and expressive fervour in all three works" Penguin Guide |
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Grand National
A Drink & A Quick Decision :-Limited Edition [ Recall Group / CD ] |
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Mozart, Wo
Violinkonzert A-Dur KV 219 Grumiaux, Morini, Szell, Paumgartner, Milstein, Böhm, Schneiderhahn; Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Orchestre National de [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] |
