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FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE
Price: Symphony No. 3 / The Mississippi River / Ethiopia's Shadow in America ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Florence Price was one of the most versatile and accomplished american musicians of her generation whose unstoppable creativity and earliest successes were set against the backdrop of 1930s economic depression |
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DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: The Veil of Pierrette, Op. 18 ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ariane Matiakh [ Capriccio / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] The Veil of Pierrette premiered in 1910 as a ballet-pantomime based on a story by Arthur Schnitzler (18621931), one of Austria's most prominent fin-de-siècle figures. Ernst von Dohnányi provided the accompanying score that proved an immediate... |
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WILLIAM DAWSON
Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen [ CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934 to huge enthusiasm. Its traditional form houses a continuous process of variation and introduces little-known spirituals in fragmentary... |
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MARGARET BROUWER
Brouwer: The Art of Sailing at Dawn / Rhapsody, Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony No. 1 "Lake Voices" ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Margaret Brouwer is a composer renowned for her music's lyricism, imagery and emotional power. The five premiere recordings on this album span 24 years. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 [re-orchestrated by Gustav Mahler] ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Robert Schumann's works lie at the centre of German Romanticism, with an essentially lyrical style that reflects his quintessential place among the great German composers. |
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JOHN ADAMS
Adams: City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] John Adams' music has long since captured the admiration of listeners for its inimitable American qualities. City Noir was inspired by the cultural and social history of Los Angeles, with Adams calling it 'an imaginary film score' in its evocation of... |
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MORTON FELDMAN
Feldman: Coptic Light; String Quartet and Orchestra ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Boder, Emilio Pomarico [ Capriccio / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Meditative sound magic from New York City: Together with colleagues and friends such as John Cage, Christian Wolff and Earle Brown, Morton Feldman formed a circle of pre-eminent individualists within the 20th-century American avant-garde movement.... |
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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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People Under The Stairs
Carried Away [ Om Records / CD - released 13/Oct/2009 ] |
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People Under The Stairs
Carried Away (LP) [ Om Records / LP - released 26/Jan/2009 ] |
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People Under the Stairs
Fun DMC [ Gold Dust Media / CD - released 3/Nov/2008 ] For the spontaneous vibe of 'Fun DMC', the PUTS duo went to the streets of South Central to record the sounds of weekend barbecues and parties, capturing a sound and atmosphere impossible to recreate in the studio. |
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People Under the Stairs
Stepfather [ OM / 2 CD/DVD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] |
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People Under The Stairs
Stepfather: Limited Edition [ PUTS Records / Earshot Music / 2 CD/DVD - released 7/Jun/2006 ] From the old school beats with classic SP1200 drums and rich Hammond organ keys to new school progressive tracks with live guitar and bass, 'Stepfather' is by far PUTS' most intricate and musically advanced album to date. |
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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... |