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GEORGE ORWELL
Nineteen Eighty-Four Radio Adaptation with Tim Pigott Smith, Christopher Eccleston & Pippa Nixon [ Audio Book / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] SPECIAL PRICE Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster and the Thought Police uncover each act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that... |
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NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "There is no lack of dazzle in the fireworks, and no damp squibs here. With very good notes, this is an excellent example of a Naxos super-bargain at its best." Penguin Guide |
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Panzarella/Munich Radio Orch/P
Mayr: La Lodoiska [ Oehms Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |
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SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder (with Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd) Paul Frey (tenor) Elizabeth Connell (soprano) / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Chor des NDR Hamburg & Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eliahu Inbal [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2006 ] The Gurrelieder are Schönberg at his most impressive. This recording was made in Germany in 1990 was an all-German team. The vocal soloists include Paul Frey, tenor and Jard van Nes, mezzo-soprano. The narrator is Hanz Franzen. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms - Piano Concerto no. 1 / Ballades op. 10 Paul Lewis (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Jun/2016 ] "Lewis brings all the requisite power to the 'sturm and drang' octaves and trills, but maintains flow and a wonderful feeling for inner voicing in the chorale theme…memorable" (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND
Violin Concerto 'Darkness in Light' / Ignite for orchestra Pekka Kuusisto (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] An earlier recording of orchestral works by Sebastian Fagerlund was described in BBC Music Magazine as displaying 'boundless technical resource at the service of a considerable imagination'. These qualities, and his receptivity towards different... |
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ANDRE TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky, (A) : Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Piano Sonata Peter Jablonski (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Lukasz Borowicz [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Nov/2025 ] This album from pianist Peter Jablonski and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under Ćukasz Borowicz , includes the world première recording of André Tchaikowsky 's (1935-1982) First Piano Concerto and the first studio recording of the... |
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GEORGE ROCHBERG
Violin Concerto (restored original version) Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] "The Rochberg concerto is a powerful work with music of grit and emotionally fluency sustained across five meaty movements. It stands alongside the superb William Schuman concerto (also recorded by Naxos) as one of the finest concerted works by an... |
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NIGEL CLARKE
Carke - The Prophecies of Merlin - Symphony for Violin and Orchestra Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neil Thomson, with Alexandru Cozma (bassoon) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] The Brussels-based British composer Nigel Clarke is renowned for his virtuosic style, and an uncompromising contemporary musical language that speaks with an authentic voice to today's audiences. |
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CHARLES AUGUSTE de BERIOT
Beriot: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 5 Philippe Quint (Violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra usually play very well for Kirk Trevor and they do so again and they've been warmly recorded in their home hall. If you have a penchant for fireworks and songful concertos of the Paganinian era then these will... |
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KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Cinq Reflets de l'Amour de Loin / Nymphea Reflection / Oltra Mar Pia Freund, Gabriel Suovanen / Tapiola Chamber Choir / Finnish Radio Symphony / Jukka-Pekka Saraste [ Ondine / CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] "Saariaho, goldsmith of her time - three enchanting works provide a rare pleasure of contemporary music." Jean Vermeil, Classica-Répertoire, February 2005, R10 du mois |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] "excellent playing from the Polish orchestra enhanced by vivid recording, fresh and clear with plenty of body" Penguin Guide |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 (with Lutoslawski - Livre pour orchestre) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich [ Accentus Music / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Altogether a superb programme" Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2016 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD ] "The excellent quality of the Katowice Orchestra of Polish Radio is impressively demonstrated...it stands comparison with any rival" Penguin Guide |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] "Nobody could accuse this performance of lacking intensity." Gramophone |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' / Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2010 ] |
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OLIVER MESSIAEN
Turangalila Symphony / L'ascension Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2000 ] A major new recording of this monumental work |
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WOJCIECH KILAR
Bram Stoker's Dracula / Death and the Maiden / King of the Last Days Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] Kilar had worked on over a hundred Polish films before scoring his first American film, Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, followed by acclaimed scores for Roman Polanski’s Death and the Maiden and The Ninth Gate, typified by expressive... |
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Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor
Lutoslawski - Orchestral Works, Vol.5 (Includes Concerto for Orchestra & Poames d'Henri Michaux) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] Witold Lutoslawski was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1913, and was fortunate enough to study both the piano and composition privately. He was almost twenty before he entered the Warsaw Conservatory to conclude his education. He was taught composition the... |