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LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S108 Andras Molnar (tenor) Franz Liszt Academy of Music Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Andras Ligeti [ Naxos / CD ] "There's a lot right with this performance, not least being its outspoken acknowledgement of Faust's stormy character. Liszt's first-movement portrait receives zestful advocacy, less polished than some, perhaps, but fired by immense gusto. The... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Academy Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics / 12 CD Box Set - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Composed over a period of nearly 50 years, Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 symphonies are astonishingly diverse in conception and expression, reflecting the composer's personal experiences, the history of the 20th century and the tensions and struggles of... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Double Piano Concertos Lucas Jussen (piano), Arthur Jussen (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] ".The Jussen boys have found perhaps the perfect collaborator in Sir Neville Marriner, who has conducted more Mozart than most; the Academy acquit themselves well." Editor's Choice Gramophone January 2016 |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor 'Tragic' (with works by Stravinsky and Webern) Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Accentus Music / 2 CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] The first disc is gorgeously brilliantly programmed and gorgeously played" (BBC Music Magazine) |
PIERRE BOULEZ
Inheriting the Future of Music (plus bonus concert of music of Boulez and Debussy) The Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra / Pierre Boulez [ EuroArts / DVD - released 1/May/2010 ] Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - DVD Documentary |
SCHULHOFF / KRENEK / d'INDY
The 20th Century Concerto Grosso Maria Prinz (piano); Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute) Christoph Koncz (violin); Robert Nagy (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marrine [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] .On this disc, we feature the works of three composers - Vincent d'Indy, Ernst Krenek, and Erwin Schulhoff - who all in the mid- to late-1920s adopted neoclassicism and chose to write works in the neo-baroque concerto grosso style, using a... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Cello Concertos in D & C (LP) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Academy St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown [ Warner Classics / LP - released 22/Mar/2024 ] "A quite extraordinary achievement. Marvellously expressive cello playing. The orchestra gives splendid support and the sound is warm and ingratiating" (Gramophone) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Cello Concertos 1 and 2 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Academy St Martins in the Fields [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 17/Mar/2000 ] "A quite extraordinary achievement. Marvellously expressive cello playing. The orchestra gives splendid support and the sound is warm and ingratiating" (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 (complete) (recorded in 1988) Murray Perahia (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ EuroArts Medici Arts DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Murray Perahia… is undoubtedly on tremendous form. He displays limitless reserves of strength for the bravura passages and a huge strong tenderness in, for instance, the opening of the slow movement of the Third Concerto." (BBC Music) |
JOSEPH SCHMITT
Early Symphonies and Chamber Music The New Dutch Academy Chamber Soloists and Chamber Orchestra / Simon Murphy [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 15/Jun/2006 ] A fascinating new 18th century musical personality has emerged: Joseph Schmitt. |
CORELLI / VIVALDI
Corelli: Concerti Grossi New Dutch Academy / Simon Murphy (conductor) [ Alto / CD - released 22/Oct/2022 ] "Overall the performances are excellent. Among the highlights are the slow movement from Vivaldi's lute concerto which is played with great sensitivity by Karl Nyhlin" (MusicWeb) |
GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL / RICCARDO BROSCHI / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Amore / Dolore - Countertenor Arias Nicolò Balducci (counter-tenor), Baroque Academy Gothenburg Symphony [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Nicolò Balducci sings of love, passion and fury. |
KONSTANTIA GOURZI
Anájikon Nils Mönkemeyer, William Youn, Minguett Quartett, Luzern Academy Orchestra [ ECM New Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Anájikon, the second ECM album after Music for piano and string quartet (ECM New Series 2309) by Athens-born and Munich-based Konstantia Gourzi, incorporates her chamber and orchestral music of the past decade. The composer also conducts the Lucerne... |
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Easter Oratorio Nina Koufochristou, Andreas Wolf, Jan Kobow, Dagmar Saskova / Kolner Akademie, Cologne Academy Choir, Michael Alexander Willens [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Arduous vocal writing, both solo and choral, suggests that Graun had impressive singers at his disposal. The challenges are variably met here: tenor Jan Kobow is at his limits in places, though there's a particularly fine contribution from bass-bari |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Orchestral Works Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra & Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling, with Ilya Kaler (violin) & Gnesin Academy Chorus [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/May/2022 ] Sergey Taneyev was a monumental figure of late 19th-century Russian music. He was a student of Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky, and became teacher to Rachmaninov and Scriabin. |
TANEYEV
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 Novosibirsk Academy Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2010 ] Known to Tchaikovsky as the 'Russian Bach' and to Rachmaninov as 'a master composer [and] a pinnacle of musical Moscow', Sergey Taneyev was one of the most highly regarded and influential musical figures of his time. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / SAINT-SAENS / ROSSINI
New Year's Eve in Saint Petersburg (recorded in 2006) Orchestra & Academy of Young Singers of the Mariinsky Theatre / Valery Gergiev (conductor) [ BelAir Classiques / DVD - released 31/Dec/2007 ] G - Directed for video by Denis Caiozzi, Produced by François Duplat |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Laudate Dominum: Vespers & Litanies Schola Cantorum of Oxford, the Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The Wren Orchestra, Neville Marriner, George [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Mozart at his most imaginative and vital...highly responsive performance" Penguin Guide |
MAURO GIULIANI / JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Giuliani/Rodrigo: Guitar Concertos Pepe Romero (Guitar) Angel Romero (Guitar) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo / with Catherine Miche [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] "The sound quality is as good as I have come to expect from the Pentatone RQR releases, and is a slight improvement over the original Philips LP in terms of its transparency and spatiality...Highly recommended." --SA-CD.net |
SCHUTZ
11 Motets Pro Cantione Antiqua London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Restoration Academy Edgar Fleet, conductor [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] Penguin Guide 3 stars |
