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BORIS LYATOSHINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No 2 in B minor / Slavic Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Eugen Rzhanov (piano) / Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony, Vladimir Gnedash / Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Fedor Glushchenko [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1982 & 1974 |
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BORIS LYATOSHINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No 3 in B minor / Romeo and Juliet Suite Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Gnedash [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1976 |
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BORIS LYATOSHINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyatoshinsky: Symphony No 4 in B minor / On the Banks of the Vistula / Lyric Poem Ukrainian Radio and TV Symphony, Vladimir Gnedash / Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Igor Blazhkov [ Russian Disc / CD - released 12/Apr/1994 ] Recorded in 1989 & 1992 |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
The Best Of Berlioz (Includes Royal Hunt And Storm; March To The Scaffold & Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 ) Rivka Golani (viola), Igor Gruppman (violin) San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Master Chorale, Polish State Phi [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] Way ahead of his time, misunderstood, and a rebel. It is difficult to believe, as we hail Beethoven's achievements, that the great German composer had only been dead three years when Berlioz wrote the erotic Symphonie Fantastique. |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
The Best of Prokofiev Tedi Papavrami (violin), Kun-Woo Paik (piano) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak State Ph [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] A new addition to the Naxos 'Best of' series features the outstanding series of Prokofiev recordings made with the Ukraine orchestra. |
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VARIOUS
Spirituals George London (bass-baritone) / Singgemeinschaft Rudolf Lamy / Members of the Orchestra of the Bavarian State Radio Rhythm Section [ DG Spotlight / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] The sensation of the first batch of Spotlights: a previously unreleased LP of the great bass-baritone George London singing Spirituals to amazing effect! |
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JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
100 Most Famous Waltzes Overtures Polkas And Marches Volume 1 Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] A generous selection of popular Strauss favourites taken from the complete Strauss edition. |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
100 Most Famous Waltzes Overtures Polkas And Marches Volume 2 Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, [ NAXOS / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] The very best of Johann Strauss II taken from the complete Strauss edition. |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 / Potpourri, Op. 80 Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice; Johannes Wildner, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "Ottensamer's mellow, nicely turned performances" - Penguin Guide |
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PROKOFIEV / KUPKOVIC / KARAYEV / SALMANOV / LOURIE / etc
Gidon Kremer plays 20th Century Composers [3 CD set] Gidon Kremer (violin) / with Oleg Maisenberg (piano) & Tatiana Gridenko (violin) / USSR State TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics Historic Russian Archive Edition / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2011 ] One of the world's most compelling musicians, and a tireless exponent of the challenging and the unexpected, Gidon Kremer was born in Riga, Latvia in 1947. |
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WAGNER
Gotterdammerung (complete opera recorded live in 1956) Kirsten Flagstad / Set Svanholm / Ingrid Bjoner / Olso Philharmonic, Norwegian State Radio Orchestra, Oivin FjeldstadErich Leins [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Performances / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2012 ] Flagstad, the great Wagnerian, is in resplendent voice and Svanholm proves a worthy partner. This elusive set remains a milestone in Wagner performance. |
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CHOPIN / ROSSINI / OFFENBACH / BIZET / LALO / CHABRIER / etc
Art and Music: Manet - Music of His Time Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Polish National Radio Symphony, Kodály Quartet, etc [ Naxos Educational / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] Edouard Manet (1832-83) has been called the father of modern painting. In the 1860s he was the leader of a group of young artists who later became known as the Impressionists, though his own work resists any simple label. On this CD, the world of... |
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SCHOENBERG
Moses und Aron Polish Radio Choir / Stuttgart State Opera Children's Chorus / Stuttgart State Opera Chorus / Stuttgart State Orchestra / Roland Kluttig (Conductor) [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] His most comprehensive score, it represents the climax of his association with the dodecaphonic method of composition, described by Schoenberg himself as 'a method of composition with twelve notes related only to each other'. |
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JOHANN STRAUSS II
The very best of Strauss: Excerpts from various orchestral and vocal works Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Hungarian Operetta Orchestra / Austrian Radio Symphony [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Johann Strauss, the most prolific composer in 19th Century Vienna, wrote hundreds of uplifting Waltzes, Marches and Polkas which are still enjoyed to this day. |
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Concerto / Prometheus Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian State TV and Radio Choir / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This budget-priced production from the composer's compatriots certainly holds its own against all comers. Konstantin Scherbakov plays the concerto with steel and sensitivity in equal measure, and he's particularly successful in knitting together the... |
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BALLET FAVOURITES
Ultimate Ballet (excerpts from Coppelia, Swan Lake, Sylvia, Giselle, Nutcracker, etc) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / CSR Symphony Orchestra / St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Double / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] The word 'ballet' is French; it was adopted by the English sometime in the seventeenth century. It was during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the genre really started to develop into the art form that we recognise on the stage today. |
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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) |
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NATIONAL ANTHEMS
Various: National Anthems Of The World (2019 edition) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic, Kosice, Razumovsky Symphony orchestra, Peter Breiner [ Marco Polo / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2020 ] When I started arranging and recording national anthems some 18 years ago, nobody expected the project would become so big and popular. In the meantime, it has been an important part of two Summer Olympics and numerous other sporting events. |
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JOSEF STRAUSS
Josef Strauss meets Offenbach Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Various conductors [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] "The Quadrille is a dance for four couples, initially facing each other in a square. By the mid-nineteenth century in Vienna it had been formalised into a series of six figures - Le Pantalon (a pair of trousers), L'été (summer), La Poule (the hen),... |