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TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & The Storm Overture Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "For an indication of the high quality of Tchaikovskian perception and execution on offer here, start with the early symphonic poem based on Ostrovsky's The Storm." - CD Review |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron [complete opera] Wolfgang Schöne & cast / Polish Radio Choir, Stuttgart State Opera Children's Chorus / Stuttgart State Opera Chorus / Stuttgart State Orchestra, Rolan [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] "I found myself wondering how the chorus, who are superb, managed to remember it all, and how wonderfully the conductor Roland Kluttig, well known in his work on many contemporary scores, keeps it all so securely together" MusicWeb |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' Polish Radio Choir, Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "Exceptional value … serious Mahlerians really should hear it" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2006) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand' BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY Polish Radio Choir, Warsaw Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Try to imagine the whole universe beginning to ring and resound", was how Mahler himself described the impact of the closing pages of the Symphony. |
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SZYMANOWSKI
Symphonies Nos 2-4 / Harnasie Polish Radio Chorus of Krakow / Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra / Jacek Kaspszyk / Jerzy Semkow / Antoni Wit [ EMI Gemini / 2 CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Excellent value. There's a touch of edge, a hint of congestion to the orchestral sound occasionally, but the playing throughout is first-class. Both conductors are perfectly at... |
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LUTOSLAWSKI
Orchestra Works (Incls Symphonies 1 & 2 & Concerto for Orchestra) Polish Radio National Symphony orchestra / Witold Lutoslawski [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'It's my guess that posterity will judge Witold Lutowslaski among the supreme twentieth century musical colourists. All in all, this must surely count as the introduction to Lutoslawski's symphonic world.' Gramophone reviewing the original release |
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ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK
Symphonic Works Volume 1 [Incls 'Nocturne for Orchestra'] Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Borowicz [ CPO / CD - released 26/Apr/2010 ] "Katyn Epitaph makes a profound impression...the Tragic Overture shows what Panufnik absorbed from his pre-war visit to Vienna and his analysis of the music of Webern...Nothing of its rigour is lost on the impressive young conductor, Lukas Borowicz |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
The very best of Strauss: Excerpts from various orchestral and vocal works Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Hungarian Operetta Orchestra / Austrian Radio Symphony [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Johann Strauss, the most prolific composer in 19th Century Vienna, wrote hundreds of uplifting Waltzes, Marches and Polkas which are still enjoyed to this day. |
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Porridge Radio
Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me (Limited Edtiion White LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 18/Oct/2024 ] Recorded in the Somerset countryside in early 2024 by longtime Big Thief and Laura Marling engineer Dom Monks, Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me is Porridge Radio's new album and first new music in two years. The UK band's new album... |
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Porridge Radio
Every Bad (Deluxe Edition LP) [ Secretly Canadian / 2 LP - released 18/Dec/2020 ] Porridge Radio grew out of Dana Margolin's bedroom, where she started making music in private. Living in the seaside town of Brighton, she recorded songs and slowly started playing them at open mic nights to rooms of old men who stared at her quietly... |
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Porridge Radio
Every Bad (Limited Edition Blue Vinyl LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 13/Mar/2020 ] Porridge Radio grew out of Dana Margolin's bedroom, where she started making music in private. Living in the seaside town of Brighton, she recorded songs and slowly started playing them at open mic nights to rooms of old men who stared at her quietly... |
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Porridge Radio
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 27/May/2022 ] Porridge Radio are one of the most vital new voices in alternative music, having gone from being darlings of the DIY underground to one of the UK's most thrilling bands in the space of less than a year. Their barbed wit, lacerating intensity and... |
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HEISE
Drot Og Marsk (Complete Opera) Poul Elming / Bent Norup / Eva Johansson / Kurt Westi / Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra And Choir / Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'I have rarely heard the Danish Radio Orchestra and Chorus perform at such a level of passion, precision and conviction. Under Michael Schonwandt's fiery baton they are primed to made the best possible case…' Fanfare |
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NATIONAL ANTHEMS
National Anthems of Member States of the European Union Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra / Jan Kucera [ Supraphon / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] Since 2004 alone, some 12 new member states have joined the European Union within the enlargement process. Along with the new territory, the EU has also integrated the history, culture and tradition of each of these countries. A national anthem often... |
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JANACEK
Janáček: Sinfonietta & Taras Bulba Prague Radio Symphony/Netopil [ Supraphon / CD - released 22/Apr/2013 ] The first new Czech recording of Janacek's Sinfonietta and symphonic poems in many years. Janácek did not write a great quantity of symphonic works. Besides the Lachian Dances and an outline of the symphony Danube, they merely number the four... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Masses Vol 3 Carolina Ullrich (soprano) lvira Bill (alto) Dominik Köninger (bass) / WDR Radio Choir, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Poppen [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] The third volume of Mozart's Masses focuses on works written in Salzburg when the composer was in his late teens and early twenties. The Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis, a bright celebratory work, is the only Mass setting without soloists. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Chill With Rachmaninov Vytautas Sondeckis (cello) Bernd Glemser (piano) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov was born at Semyonovo, Russia in 1873, the son of aristocratic parents. However, his father's extravagant lifestyle depleted the family's fortunes to the extent that they were forced to sell off most of their estate and... |
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RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 / Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Peter RAsel (Piano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kurt Sanderling [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] These performances are highlights from Peter Rosel's highly acclaimed cycle of the complete works for piano and orchestra by Rachmaninov. |
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GIOVANNI BENEDETTO PLATTI
Platti: Sonate à tre Radio Antiqua [ Ramee / CD - released 22/Mar/2019 ] Giovanni Benedetto Platti was born in northern Italy and spent some of his youth in Venice, where his father was a violetta player at St Mark's, before he received his court appointment as an oboist and violinist at the court chapel of Würzburg in... |