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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
The Best Of Rachmaninov Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Gyorgy Lehel (conductor), Ireland National Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/1999 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 (Recorded live from the Opéra Bastille and the Palais Garnier, Paris 2014-15) BLU-RAY Ricarda Merbeth, Daniela Sindram, Robert Dean Smitm, Günther Groissböck / Paris National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Philippe Jordan [ Arthaus Blu-Ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "A seasoned Beethovenian will likely conclude that a lot of care and thought went into the interpretations as well." Classical-Net |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
G & S: The Yeomen of the Guard / Trial by Jury (Complete operettas) Richard Suart / Felicity Palmer / Welsh National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2000 ] Two all-time G & S favourites recorded in Telarc's 20-bit digital sound. |
JACOB WEINBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weinberg: Piano Concerto 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / etc Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) / Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] This compact disc features world premiere recordings of three works by JACOB WEINBERG (1879-1956), who was born in the Ukraine to a cultured, assimilated family and studied first at the Moscow conservatory and then in Vienna. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Fennimore and Gerda (complete opera) Robert Tear (tenor) Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Hedwig Rummel (Mezzo Soprano) Elisabeth Söderström (Sop) / Danish national radio symphony, Meredith [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/May/1997 ] "Throughout his career, (Meredith Davies) championed the cause of Frederick Delius, and his most celebrated association with Benjamin Britten came in May 1962, when he directed the premiere of Britten's War Requiem" Guardian |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore [Elixir of Love] (Complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Robert Scaltriti / Orchestre et Choeur de l'Opera National de Lyon / Evelino Pido [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "..becomes a clear and welcome choice for this work, worth every penny of the asking price." (Gramophone) |
CHRISTMAS
Feliz Navidad Rolando Villazon (tenor) with the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, Allan Wilson [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Star tenor follows critically acclaimed Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito with his first Christmas album for the Yellow Label Feliz Navidad extends great tradition of seasonal albums by Fritz Wunderlich, Luciano Pavarotti,... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: The School for Scandal Overture / Symphonies 1 & 2 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2001 ] "the two Symphonies are played by the Scottish orchestra with passionate commitment and deep lyrical feeling." Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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JOHN ADDISON / ARTHUR BENJAMIN / ELIZABETH MACONCHY / HUMPHREY SEARLE / EDMUND RUBBRA GEOFFREY BUSH
British Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Lyrita / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "Smaller concertos for piano and modest orchestral forces were a feature of British composition in the first half of the 20th century. Often they were written for a special occasion, and typically vanished into oblivion thereafter. During the COVID... |
PROKOFIEV
Richter plays Prokofiev Sviatoslav Richter (piano) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Witold Rowicki [ Alto / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist well known for the depth of his interpretations, virtuoso technique, and vast repertoire.[1] He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Damnation De Faust Op. 24 Michael Myers, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Alain Vernhes / Orchestre National de Lille/ Région Nord-Pas de Calais, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] Recorded: 4 - 5 November 2003 Recording Venue: L'Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle, Lille, France |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Gadfly Suite / Five Days - Five Nights Suite Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] "The excellent playing by the National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine. Theodore Kucher's committed interpretations and well balanced sound are all additional reasons to get the Naxos recording" - Fanfare |
TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / PROKOFIEV / ADAM / MINKUS / DRIGO / etc
50 X Ballet London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, etc [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2014 ] From the famous Swan theme in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake to the final moments of Stravinsky's Firebird immerse yourself in the wonderful world of ballet music. |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Emerson Concerto / Symphony No. 1 Alan Feinberg (Piano) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Alan Feinberg is an ideal exponent of Ives's truculent and tender realism. The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland partners him well... a very strong recommendation" International Record Review |
FREDERICK LOEWE
Loewe: My Fair Lady Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan & Bob Hoskins / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ Jay Digital / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1988 ] My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor... |
MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL de FALLA
Ravel: Piano Concertos / De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Alexandre Tharaud (piano) / Orchestre National de France, Louis Langree [ Erato / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] "There is much to admire here, not least the Orchestre National de France, which is on superlative form under Louis Langrée...Tharaud is the star of the show, though." BBC Music |
The National
Alligator (LP) [ Beggars Banquet / LP - released 26/Sep/2011 ] The National may sound like a garage band turned down, but there's as much primal energy lurking behind Alligator as in any mop-topped group of city kids with bloodstained Danelectros in a dusty warehouse. Whil |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24 Angela Hewitt (piano) National Arts Centre Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2014 ] Here Angela Hewitt is joined by her compatriot National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada and frequent collaborator Hannu Lintu for sparklingly stylish renditions of Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos 22 and 24. |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera) Anna Maria Chiuri, Michael Nagy, Stephan Rugamer, Adam Riis / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Gianandrea Noseda continues his series of recordings of the works of Luigi Dallapiccola, this time with his Danish forces. Seen by many as Dallapiccola's masterpiece, Il prigioniero (The Prisoner) is a one-act opera composed in the late 1940s, and... |
