More By Artist: The National
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CARPENTER / HEAD / DEAZLEY / JOHNSTON
Only a Singing Bird Karen Cargill (mezzo) & Philip Moore (piano) / NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell [ Signum Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2016 ] A beautiful collection of songs, 'Only a Singing Bird' features Michael Head's best-known works, 'The Ships of Arcady' and 'The Little Road to Bethlehem', as well as his beautifully-imagined, nostalgic song-cycle, 'Snowbirds'. The National Youth... |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Fantaisie in A flat major Op. 62 Markus Becker (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 55 / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Charles-Marie Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ builders and consequently became an organist of great skill and an assistant to Camille Saint-Saëns at La Madeleine in Paris at the age of twenty-four. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Martha Argerich: Complete Chopin Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon Martha Argerich (piano) with Mischa Maisky (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello & conductor) / London Symphony & National Symphony Orchestras [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2016 ] This 5 CD set brings together Martha Argerich's complete studio, live and radio recordings on Deutsche Grammophon, and documents her special, intuitive and passionate relationship with Chopin's music. |
RAVEL
Symphonies Concertantes / Violin Concerto in D Major MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig / Lyon National Orchestra / Jun Markl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is totally recommendable - especially at the price" (MusicWeb June 2009) |
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PERRY
William Perry: Music for Great Films of the Silent Era Michael Chertock (piano), Helen Kearns (soprano) / RTÉ National Symphony, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Clarinet Concerto (with Beethoven - Clarinet Concerto [arr Collins]) Michael Collins, clarinet, Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] An extradinary version of the Beethoven Violin Concerto on Clarinet |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Michael Ludwig (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "These are excellent pieces that ought to be in the modern performance repertory. If you don't know these works, you owe to yourself to hear this disc." -- ClassicsToday 10/10 |
MOZART / MEHUL / OFFENBACH / LEONCAVALLO / LEHAR / WAGNER / RAVEL / etc
Michael Spyres - BariTenor Michael Spyres (baritone/tenor) / Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja, Choeur d'hommes de l'Opéra national du Rhine [ Erato Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "The range of roles is astonishing, but then so are these performances...Spyres really is a tenor - and a baritone, it seems - who has the operatic world at his feet." Gramophone Award WINNER 2022 - Vocal & Ensemble |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Symphony No 8 Michaela Kaune (sop) Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo) Wojtek Drabowicz (bar) / Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir & Orchetsra / Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "…The recording quality on this disc is first class…Tenor Minkiewicz easily negotiates his tricky lines in the Dies irae, and hits the right level of hysteria. All the soloists are excellent, and the Warsaw National Philharmonic under Wit provides... |
BERLIOZ
L'Enfance du Christ Op 25 (Complete oratorio) Michele Lagrange ; Orchestre National de Lille-Region Nord ; Choeur Regional Vittoria de l'Ille de France ; Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] Hector Berlioz was born in 1803 at La Cote-St-Andre in the departement of Isere, the eldest son of a doctor of some local distinction. |
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto / Concerto-Rhapsody Mihaela Martin (Violin) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Nov/2007 ] "Well-trained musicians from the Ukraine's National Symphony and heartfelt playing from the Romanian-born violinist Mihaela Martin." -- Music Week, January 24, 2004 |
PROKOFIEV / BEINTUS
Peter and the Wolf / Wolf Tracks Mikhail Gorbachev / Sophia Loren / Bill Clinton / Russian National Orchestra / Kent Nagano [ PentatoneSACD / SACD - released 21/Oct/2003 ] Screen legend Sophia Loren and former presidents Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev are narrators on the latest CD from the Russian National Orchestra (RNO). |
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5 in B flat / Ode to the End of the War, Op. 105 Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] He died on the same day as Stalin. Not only did March 5, 1953 see the ending of the life of the Soviet dictator who despised mankind, but also of the life journey of Sergei Prokofiev, which had travelled its winding path for more than 60 years and... |
SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 3 'Le Divin Poame' Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/May/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - The latest addition to Pletnev's catalogue of Russian music! |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No 5 Mikhail Pletnev / Russian National Orchestra / Christian Gansch [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] "For me Beethoven is like a god. I worship him, and I admire his music. It always produces very deep emotions in me when I'm conducting it or playing it on the piano." |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov / Mariss Jansons (cond) [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Mar/2018 ] "Musically, standards are extremely high, led by Mariss Jansons's inspired presence in the pit...Aksenova sings a steely Lisa..Diadkova is remarkable as the Countess - singing rather than growling her role." Gramophone Blu-ray of the Month March 2018 |
BEHZAD ABDI
Abdi: Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (Complete opera) Mohammad Motamedi, Hossein Alishapour, Babak Sabouri, Eshaq Anvar / Credo Chamber Choir, Ukraine National Symphony, Vladimir Sirenko [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] The music of Iranian composer Behzad Abdi fuses dastgāh (the Iranian modal system) with Western classical forms. He wrote Iran's first national opera, Rumi, and Hafez also exemplifies his approach to the medium. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 2012) BLU-RAY Dutch National Ballet / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Larissa Lezhnina, Megan Zimny Gray / Ermanno Florio (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Oct/2013 ] Christopher Wheeldon's acclaimed new Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a muchloved classic. Inspired by the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Wheeldon gives the characters renewed depth and complexity,... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphee aux Enfers / La Belle Helene (complete operettas recorded in 1998 & 2000) Natalie Dessay / Felicity Lott / Yann Beuron / Laurent Naouri / Opéra National de Lyon / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Arthaus presents an Offenbach Box Set (Orphée aux Enfers & La belle Hélène) featuring Marc Minkowski - the preeminent Offenbach conductor of our day but also a team of wonderful singer-actors (Natalie Dessay & Felicity Lott). |
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National
Little Drottningholm Music [ Proprius / CD - released 18/Jul/2002 ] |
