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EDWARD GRIEG / CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Grieg / Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos Vadym Kholodenko (piano) / The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] 2013 Cliburn Gold Medalist Vadym Kholodenko is the featured piano soloist in this recording of the Grieg Concerto in A minor and the Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 2 with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under the baton of Miguel Harth-Bedoya. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: C'est l'extase - La mer Vannina Santoni, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck, Vannina Santoni (soloist) [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Debussy's song cycle Ariettes oubliées of 1888 set six poems from Paul Verlaine's collection Romances sans paroles, beginning with C'est l'extase and Il pleure dans mon cœur - penetratingly poetic images of love's ecstasy and rainlike tears of... |
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Karl Amade
Gesangsszene, Lyrische Symphonie Varady, Fischer-Dieskau, Zagrosek, Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien [ ORFEO / CD - released 27/Jul/2000 ] |
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Rachmanino
Konzert für Klavier und Orchester No. 1 fis-Moll, op. 1/No. 1 Es-Dur/No. 1 g-Moll, op. 25 Vardan Mamikonian, Radio Symphonieorchester Frankfurt, David Stahl [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Feb/2000 ] |
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FRANZ LISZT
The Best of Liszt Volume 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jeno Jando (piano), CSR Symphony Orchestra, Baslasz Szokolay (piano), Hungarian State Orchestra, and others [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Liszt taken from the vast naxos catalogue. |
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RAVEL
The Best of Ravel Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Francois-Joel Thiolier (piano), Slovak Philharmonic Choir, etc [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The best of Ravel drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
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SAINT-SAENS
The Best of Saint-Saens Various performers including Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Joachim Trio, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Featuring the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Joachim Trio, Idil Biret (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra & others. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
The Best Of Schumann Jenö Jandó (piano), Maria Kliegel (cello), Kristin Merscher (piano), Balázs Szokolay (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kodály Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] The very best of Robert Schumann compiled from the vast Naxos catalogue! |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Best of Tchaikovsky Volume 1 Bernd Glemser (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Maria Kliegel (cello), National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Takako Nishizaki (vio) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The best of Tchaikovsky collected from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Best Of Verdi [Incls 'Anvil Chorus' & 'Celeste Aida'] Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard, Miriam Gauci (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] Artists Miriam Gauci (soprano), Thomas Harper (tenor), Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Alida Ferrarini (soprano), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Eduard Tumagian (baritone) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgian Radio and Television... |
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WAGNER
The Best of Wagner Volume 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and more [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Richard Wagner inspired in his contemporaries extremes of reaction. For some his music seemed as misguided and repulsive as his anti-Semitism, while others were overwhelmed by the size of his ambition and achievement, to which everything had to be... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Brahms/Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Benjamin Frith, Jenő Jandó (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice [ Naxos / CD ] Much of Mendelssohn's childhood was passed in Berlin, where his parents moved when he was three, to escape Napoleonic invasion. There he took lessons from Goethe's much admired Zelter, who introduced him to the old poet in Weimar. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ LISZT
Brahms/Liszt: Piano Concertos Joseph Banowetz, Jenő Jandó (piano) / Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD ] Franz Liszt was born at Raiding, in Hungary, in 1811, the son of a steward employed by Haydn's former patrons, the Esterhazy family. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Credo: Classical Music For Reflection and Meditation Ars Nova; Hungarian Radio Chorus; Košice Teachers' Choir; Oxford Camerata; Oxford Schola Cantorum [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jun/2002 ] Classical music for reflection and meditation |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete Published Orchestral Works Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice; Polish National Radio Symphony; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; etc [ Naxos / 17 CD Box Set - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Dvořák was a composer steeped in the national and folk music of his Bohemian homeland, and his orchestral music combines a broad and soulful melodic sweep with the wit of sparkling orchestration. |
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BENJAMIN WALLFISCH
Escape Velocity Michael Collins (clarinet) / Gould Piano Trio / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Orchestra of St John's / York 2, piano duo / etc [ Quartz / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Described by Humphrey Burton on BBC Radio 3 as "a major new name on the new music horizon", Benjamin Wallfisch's fast-growing list of large-scale orchestral, vocal and chamber works shows him, at the age of 27, to be a serious composer for our times. |
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WAGNER / MOZART / LORTZING / WEBER / NICOLAI
German Operatic Choruses Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Hungarian Festival Chorus, Budapest Radio Chorus [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] German opera came into its own in the nineteenth century, notably with the first great romantic German opera of Weber, Der Freischutz. |
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BRAHMS / LISZT / BARTOK / KODALY / etc
Hungarian Classics (incls Hungarian Rhapsody No 2, Hary Janos Suite & Hungarian Dances) Sylvia Geszty (Soprano) David Oistrakh (Violin) Naum Walter (Piano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / etc [ Berlin Classics Basics / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] Although part of the Basics series, there are a number of unusual items here - the voice and piano version of Bartok's 'Village Scenes' and the spirited, rarely-heard 'Overture' by Bela Keler. |
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J. STRAUSS
J. Strauss II: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches And Overtures, Vol. 3 Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice, Martin Sieghart, Ondrej L [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Feb/1993 ] "... first-rate performances, ... there is elegance and effervescence aplenty, and no shortage of charm." - Which Compact Disk Magazine |