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PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana Giacomo Aragall, Stefka Evstatieva, Anna di Mauro, Alzbeta Michalkova / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos Opera Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Recorded: 1 - 10 April 1992 Recording Venue: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rautavaara: Sacred Works for mixed chorus Finnish Radio Chamber Choir [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] Sung variously in Latin, Finnish, or Swedish. Recorded at the St. John's Church, Helsinki 1/1999. |
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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutosławski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "His musicians respond with brilliant, punchy playing but are also capable of dazzling refinement…Altogether, Lintu's Lutosławski cycle sets a new standard" Five Stars BBC Music Magazine May 2020 Orchestral Choice |
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FAZIL SAY
Say: Complete Violin Works Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) Fazil Say (piano) / German Radio Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Fazıl Say is one of the world's most prominent pianists but he is also a much-admired composer with a substantial catalogue of works. |
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EDWARD ELGAR / FRANK BRIDGE
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bridge: Oration Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "..That plaintive quality is much in evidence in the Elgar, and I admire so much Schwabe's approach to this work, surely one of the most recorded concertos in the catalogue." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS CCOLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Symphony No. 4 Emil Gilels (piano) / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin [ Russian Revelation / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Recorded Feburary 1968 (Op. 37) and 22 March 1945 (Op. 60) |
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RICHARD WAGNER
The Wagner Project Matthias Goerne (baritone) / The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2017 ] Thanks to the combined talents of Matthias Goerne and Daniel Harding at the head of the excellent Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the music of Richard Wagner glows here with a special radiance. In the finest scenes for baritone or... |
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ANTON BRUCKNER / PAUL HINDEMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruckner: Symphony No.1 / Hindemith: Pittsburgh Symphony (recorded 1965 & 1983) Grand Symphony Orchestra of Radio & Television, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky & Eugeny Svetlanov [ Russian Revelation / CD - released 1/Jul/1996 ] The Revelation catalogue represents one of the most important cultural discoveries of the century - over 4000,000 tapes, most of them never heard before. Seventy years worth of repressed Russian recordings featuring some of the world's best musicians |
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BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gyorgy Sandor Plays Bartok Gyorgy Sandor (piano) / Vienna Symphony, Symphony Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden, Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg [ Vox Legends / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1992 ] Sándor remained friends with Bartók throughout his life, and was one of only ten people who attended Bartók's funeral in 1945. Sándor played the premiere of Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 on 8 February 1946. |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 1 [Incls 'Les Preludes'] Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "The recording is spacious, with full natural string-textures, but it is the resounding brass one remembers most." Four Stars Penguin Guide (Key recording) |
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DUTILLEUX
Correspondances Anssi Karttunen (cello) Barbara Hannigan (soprano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Contemporary |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / ARVO PART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Corigliano / Beethoven / Part: Credo Helene Grimaud (piano) / Swedish Radio Choir Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 28/Jan/2004 ] "An auspicious DG debut that opens up the possibilities for creative listening." Gramophone (Feb 2004) |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSK
Szymanowski: King Roger (Krol Roger), Op. 46 (Complete Opera) plus Prince Potemkin (Kniaz Patiomkin): Incidental Music to Act V Henryk Grychnik (tenor), Andrzej Hiolski (baritone), Anna Malewicz Madej (contralto) / Polish National Radio Symphony / Wit [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "The recorded sound surpasses the others. Perspective is good; voices aren't drowned, but the delicacy of the orchestration is not lost" - American Record Guide |
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JEAN SIBELIUS / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Sibelius/Schoenberg: Violin Concertos Hilary Hahn (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/Mar/2008 ] "Hilary Hahn's wonderfully assured and generously expressive performance shows what an approachable and important work it is, and one that deserves a place in the Austro-German tradition alongside Berg's almost exactly contemporary violin... |
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PALESTRINA /GABRIELI / BANCHIERI / MONTEVERDI / etc
Caravaggio: Music Of His Time Scola Cantorium of Oxford, Choir of Radio Svizzera, Lugano, London SO Brass, The Scolars Baroque Ensemble, etc [ Naxos Arts and Music / CD - released 3/Jun/2002 ] Includes 20 page booklet with notes and chronology |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Schumann-Introduction and Concert-Allegro) Idil Biret, Jeno Jando (pianos) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Jeno Jando and his Polish colleagues strike me as getting the balance just about right" - Classic CD |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt Op112 Inga Nielesn (sop) Deon van der Walt (tenor) Annemarie Moller (mezzo) / Danish National Radio Symphony & Choir, Gustav Kuhn [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Sep/2007 ] "The chorus and orchestra are first rate and the recording sponsored by Danish Radio, is full-bodied and atmospheric. A valuable rarity." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND
Fagerlund: Stonework Ismo Eskelinen, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Sebastian Fagerlund has been described as 'a composer who commandingly bridges tradition and modernity' (Klassik-Heute.de) while his music is 'modern and unorthodox, opulent and strange, masterfully composed and orchestrated'... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 BLU-RAY Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HR-Sinfonieorchester), Paavo Järvi [ C Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Jun/2015 ] "No previous instalment in Paavo Järvi's Mahler cycle prepared me for the raw passion of this Ninth." Gramophone |