More By Artist: New Zealand
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DOUGLAS LILBURN
Landfall In Unknown Seas / Diversions For String Orchestra New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Sir Edmund Hillary (narrator) [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 3/May/2016 ] Diversions was selected out of hundreds of submissions by Australian and New Zealand composers in response to a call for a work to be played during the Boyd Neel String Orchestra's tour of the region in 1947. This good-natured, five-movement suite... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Quartets New Zealand Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "These resourceful works by the 15-year-old Beethoven contain sufficient glimpses of his mature style to warrant the occasional airing. Good solid performances that manages to convey some of the music's boldness and charm." BBC Music Magazine, August... |
ALFRED HILL / RICHARD STRAUSS
Pieces for Piano Quartet / Piano Quartet op 13 New Zealand Piano Quartet [ Hill Records / CD - released 28/Dec/2002 ] Music from a very neglected New Zealand composer |
New Zealand Secondary Students Choir
Pastime With Plums and Pizzazz (Henry VIII to 21th Century) [ NZ Secondary Students Choir / CD - released 10/Oct/2002 ] The Secondary Students Choir was formed in 1985 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades & Voyevoda: Orchestral Suites arranged by Peter Breiner New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Peter Breiner [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Slovak-born composer and conductor Peter Breiner has received considerable international acclaim for his adaptations, and his Tchaikovsky arrangements are particularly impressive examples of his art. He has already arranged The Seasons (8553510) and... |
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New Zealand S.O/Decker
Hindemith:mathis Der Maler [ Naxos / CD ] |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Paris / Brigg Fair / Eventyr / Irmelin / La Calinda New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra acknowledges major funding support from the New Zealand Government through the Ministry of Cultural Affairs Te Manatu Tikanga a Iwi. |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Naxos / CD ] "...played here with an affectionate finesse worthy of a Beecham. With full, sparkling, yet warmly atmospheric recording, this is a first-class disc in every way." Penguin Guide (Key recording) |
ZHOU LONG / TAKEMITSU / GAO PING / UNG / TAN DUN
Asian Music for String Quartet New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] This programme brings together aesthetic and musical elements of East and West. |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok - Complete String Quartets New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 21/Sep/2009 ] Dramatic and heartfelt performances from the 1990s, now reissued on Atoll. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] Brahms's two String Quartets, op.51, were the first he published but, completed in his 40th year, are very much mature masterpieces. He was very conscious of the tradition that lay behind the quartet genre, and the spirits of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven... |
BEETHOVEN
'Rasumovsky' Quartets Opus 59 No's 2 & 3 New Zealand String Quartet [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 25/Jul/2002 ] Eagerly awaited recording by the New Zealand String Quartet |
DOUGLAS LILBURN
Lilburn: String Quartet in E Minor / Phantasy Quartet / Canzonettas New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Feb/2015 ] "the music is well worth hearing especially in performances as convincing as these. A useful addition to the discography of a still under-appreciated composer." (MusicWeb March 2015) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2 - Nos. 2 & 5 New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "The New Zealand Quartet clearly love this music, and their strong sense of internal balance allows them to bring out many telling details that often go unnoticed…" Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 3 - Nos. 3 & String Quartet in E flat New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] Praised by Gramophone for the "deep feeling" of its playing on Volume 1 (8570001) the New Zealand String Quartet here completes its recording of all the Mendelssohn Quartets. |
WEBER
Overtures (Incls 'Euryanthe' & 'Der Freischutz') New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Weber was a great tunesmith, and some of his overtures were on the same level of popularity (in the time before pervasive aural garbage) with William Tell, 1812 and the like. Polish-born and trained conductor Wit I'm sure is familiar with the... |
MiECZYSLAW KARLOWICZ
Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Powracajace fale') New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Mieczysław Karłowicz's six symphonic poems, composed between 1904-09, are the pinnacles of a career tragically ended when he perished in an avalanche during a solitary mountain hike. His fame as one of the outstanding Polish composers of his... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Jeux d'enfants / Symphony in C-major / Jeux d'enfants New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Donald Johanos, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] Popular Bizet played by our own symphony orchestra. |
STRAVINSKY
Symphony in C / Symphony in Three Movements / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / En Shao (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] "First prize for both value and most informative sleeve note goes to En Shao's account with the New Zealand SO on Naxos." - The Sunday Times, September 26, 1999 |
HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Franz-Paul Decker, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] A programme of Hindemith with our beloved NZSO |
