FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Music Vol 3 (Incls 'Coronation March' & 'Phantasm') Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] "The performances under Hickox are as authoritative as ever." (The Guardian) |
XIAOGANG YE
Ye: Winter Shenyang (bass-baritone), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Wei Lu (violin), Noriko Ogawa (piano) /Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orc [ BIS / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "The orchestral playing in all five works is splendidly committed and the recording throughout is superb. An outstanding release." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2021 |
ROREM
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Cello Concerto Simon Mulligan (piano) / Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "Better late than never, these Rorem premieres are irresistible. Finely recorded, it's a clear winner for the Naxos American Classics series." (Gramophone Dec 2007) |
WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete opera recorded in 1985) Sir Donald McIntyre, Waltrud Meier, Phillip Joll, Warren Ellsworth, Chorus and orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Reginald Goodall [ EMI The Opera Series / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Parsifal was Wagner's last and many say most accomplished opera, the culmination of the development of the emotional intensity of the German Romantic movement. |
Sirenko/Ukraine National So
El-Khoury: Orchestral Works [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2002 ] |
VICTOR HERBERT
Columbus Suite / Irish Rhapsody / etc Slovak National Symphony Orchestra / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Victor Herbert, beloved name in American music, was one of the most prodigiously multi-talented musicians in our history. He was a major orchestral conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony, and even a candidate to be music director of the New York... |
JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT
Chroma: Northern Lights / Symphony No. 2, "Remember Me" (excerpts) / Stillness Slovak National Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 11/May/2010 ] |
MENDELSSOHN
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Ireland National Symphony Orch bestra / Bramall (conductor), Seifried (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "The Naxos performance is an attractive, alert one, well recorded." - Penguin Guide |
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3 / A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Bramall (conductor), Seifried (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "A performance that gains in tautness as it progresses." - Guardian (UK) |
BALLET FAVOURITES
Ballet Favourites (excerpts from Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Sylvia, Romeo & Juliet, etc) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Tough, tight playing... what an exhilarating performance by Mogrelia. Very fine recording and reproduction of what is a very difficult selection of music." - CLASSIC CD (on the Prokofiev) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Aleko / The Miserly Knight / Francesca da Rimini (excerpts) Sofia National Opera Chorus / Sofia National Opera Orchestra / Nayden Todorov (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] "Another Naxos opera triumph. An intelligent and valuable concept. All performed with passion and commitment." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
MINKUS
Don Quixote (Complete Ballet) Sofia National Opera Orchestra / Nayden Todorov (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2004 ] Léon Minkus was born Alois Ludwig Minkus in 1826 in Vienna, where he is presumed to have studied. A violinist, conductor and composer, he was said to be of Hungarian origin, although by ancestry of Russian or Polish derivation. |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden [Snegurochka] (complete opera recorded in 1957) Sofiya Jankovic, Militza Miladinovich, Valeria Heybalova, Biserka Cvejic, Lubitza Versaykoun / Belgrade National Opera , Kreshimir Baranovich [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2019 ] 'The sound is amazingly smooth and clear, and the stereo spread even in those experimental days is really first rate.' - Opera magazine, August 1974 |
BLOCH / SHOSTAKOVICH / CASALS
Sol Gabetta - Prayer Sol Gabetta (cello) / Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Orchestre National de Lyon, Cello Ensemble of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Wit, aristocratic poise and elegance; mercurial shifts of mood, intensity and lightness of touch in near miraculous balance." The Herald on Sol Gabetta |
PETROS PETRIDIS
Petridis: Saint Paul Soloists / Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Petros Petridis was one of the leading composers of the Greek National School. In Saint Paul he sought to combine the polyphonic approach of Byzantine music with the form of the oratorio. The libretto follows the Acts of the Apostles with fourteen... |
SCHNITTKE
Symphonies Nos 0 - 9 Soloists & Choirs / Cape Philharmonic Orchestra / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Stockholm Sinfonietta / Gothenburg Symphony / etc [ BIS / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] BIS is proud to present the only available collection of the complete symphonies by Alfred Schnittke. The recordings, part of the Schnittke Edition begun in 1987, have been brought together in a 6-CD boxed set, which includes an initiated essay by... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
G & S: H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete Operetta) Richard Suart, Thomas Allen, Rebecca Evans, Donald Adams / Welsh National Opera, Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Records / CD - released 7/Jul/2000 ] "Richard Suart is an excellent as Sir Joseph and Donald Adams is well cast (as usual) as Deadeye. It's great to have the women's chorus actually sounding 'out at sea' in Act One." Mel@Marbecks |
FRANZ XAVIER GRUBER
Gruber: Ukrainian Christmas Solomiya Ivakhiv Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Serhii Khorovets [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Ukraine has a long and vibrant tradition of Christmas carols, whose melodies and meaning - now, more than ever - hold an important place in the hearts of the country's people. Some carols date back centuries and cover a wide variety of themes, but... |
WAGNER / HANDEL / MENDELSSOHN / VIVALDI / PARRY / RUTTER / WIDOR / etc
101 Wedding Stephen Cleobury (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Decca / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/Jul/2014 ] For many people their Wedding will be the most important day of their lives and choosing the right music is an important element in the making of the special day. |
SAMUEL BARBER
Eternal Barber (Incls 'Adagio for Strings') Stephen Prutsman, Daniel Pollack (pianos) / Ormond College Choir / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |