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MICHAEL & LENNOX BERKELEY
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 30 / Concerto for Orchestra 'seascapes' Philippe Schartz (trumpet) Kathryn Stott, Howard Shelley (pianos) BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "Kathryn Stott and Howard Shelley are the formidable exponents of this 'super-piano', while here in the Michael Berkeley pieces Richard Hickox inspires incisive playing from the members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales." (BBC Music) |
BARKAUSKAS
Barkauskas-Jeux for violin and orchestra / Partita for violin solo / Two Monologues for viola solo / Duo Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra Phillipe Graffin, violin / Nobuko Imai, viola / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra / Robertas Servenikas, conductor [ Avie / CD - released 24/Aug/2005 ] |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Le voyage dans la lune (complete operetta) Violette Polchi, Sheva Tehoval, Matthieu Lécroart, Pierre Derhet / Chœur et Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 27/May/2022 ] "With Offenbach's opéra féerie - Le Voyage dans la Lune Bru Zane has come up trumps." MusicWeb |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Pierre Dumoussaud; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Stanislas de Barbeyrac; Chiara Skerath; Alexandre Duhamel; Jérôme Varnier; Janina Baechle [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "Alpha's recording may not be filled with star names but it reveals so much more about the work than before. It is particularly worth acquiring for those who wish to really get inside the orchestral details of this opera." MusicWeb Recommended |
BERLIOZ / BIZET / DONIZETTI / MASSENET / etc
The French Collection Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Alain Altinoglu [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 26/Feb/2015 ] The remarkable Piotr Beczala has just won a prestigious ECHO Klassik award for "Singer of the Year" 2014 - and at the incredible gala event, he performed Massenet's "Pourquoi me réveiller", which will be on his brand new album. Now, this... |
KAROL 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 |
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 |
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 |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' / Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2010 ] |
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 |
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... |
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... |
VARESE
Arcana / Integrales / Deserts Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Girlfriends (complete) / Rule Britannia / Salute to Spain Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 --"..conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald has done his job excellently, and he leads a sensitive and cogent performance of the 23 brief movements that comprise the complete score." (10 / 10 ClassicsToday) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 9 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Once you hear the first few minutes of the opening movement, that rich gutty East European string tone, the burnished brass, the tangy woodwinds, you know that this is a fine Mahler orchestra" American Record Guide |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 2 'Resurre Hanna Lisowska, Jadwiga Rappé, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "The bottom line: this is one of the finest modern recordings of Mahler 2" Classical Express |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Complete Symphonies Lynda Russell (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Warsaw Boys' Choir, Antoni Wit, Michael H [ Naxos / 15 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2017 ] "The excellent quality of the Katowice Orchestra of Polish Radio is impressively demonstrated...it stands comparison with any rival" Penguin Guide on No 6 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No.9 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / 2 CD ] "Once you hear the first few minutes of the opening movement, that rich gutty East European string tone, the burnished brass, the tangy woodwinds, you know that this is a fine Mahler orchestra" American Record Guide |
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 |
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) |
