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J. S. BACH
Piano Concertos Vol 2 Hae-won Chang (piano) Camerata Cassovia / Robert Stankpvsky [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2004 ] "It is difficult to imagine a more satisfying pair of discs of this repertoire." Daily Telegraph |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Piano Concerto / Symphonic Dances / etc Havard Gimse (piano) / Royal Scottish National orchestra, Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos Greig Edition Vol. 1 / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "To paint Norwegian nature, Norwegian folk-life, Norwegian history and Norwegian folk-poetry in music is just that for me, something in which I believe I can succeed" E. Grieg |
JULIAN ORBON
Orbon: Symphonic Dances / Concerto Grosso / Three Symphonic Versions Hector Corpus Aguilar (violin) Vladimir Atapin (cello) Oleg Lev (viola) Alexandre Vassiliev (violin) / Asturias Symphony Orchestra / Maximiano Valdes [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] Julián Orbón was born in Avilés in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, on 7th August 1925, and he spent most of his childhood in that region, with the exception of a year's visit to Cuba. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Schumann-Introduction and Concert-Allegro) Idil Biret, Jeno Jando (pianos) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Jeno Jando and his Polish colleagues strike me as getting the balance just about right" - Classic CD |
ANTONIN DVOARK / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Dvorak/Glazunov: Violin Concertos Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camilla Kolchinsky [ Naxos / CD ] "Kaler's playing of these Romantic sweetly-tuned works is excellent" BBC Music Magazine "Ilya Kaler has great romantic warmth and natural Slavonic feeling....In short this is first class in every way" Penguin Guide |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor / Introduction and Allegro, Op. 92 and Op. 134 Jeno Jando (piano) with Various Orchestras [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2005 ] |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings / Elizabethan Dances / The Innumerable Dance Jonathan Small (oboe) / Eleanor Hudson (harp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Recording is natural without being distanced and performances evince commitment and sympathy. The unique experience of hearing more than sixteen minutes of previously unrecorded Alwyn" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Concertos Jurgen Schuster (trumpet) Dmitri Babanov (horn) Harald Hoeren (harpsichord) Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Haydn's popular Trumpet Concerto is best known for its thrilling first movement cadenza and brilliant and inventive Rondo finale.The Horn Concerto No. 1 is also notable for the technical demands made on the soloist, not least the large octave leaps... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / JOAN TOWER / WALTER PISTON / JOHN HARBISON
Gershwin: Concerto in F (with works by Tower, Piston & Harbison) Kevin Cole (piano) / National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] "From the very opening [Gershwin] with its timpani motto, the piece goes like the wind, not sounding rushed so much as bracingly correct. Miller and pianist Kevin Cole set perfect tempos for the cakewalk passage in the first movement" Fanfare |
NIKOLAY KARLOVICH MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Quintet Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) Zuzana Bourova (viola) Ewald Danel (violin) Jozef Podhoransky (cello) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Moscow Symphony Or [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 29/Oct/2005 ] "virtuosic and brilliant playing from Konstantin Scherbakov" (Penguin Guide) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos Laszlo Kecskemeti (recorder) with Borbala Dobozy (harpsichord) Attila Falvay (violin) Laszlo Hadady (oboe) Gyorgy Kertesz (cello) Gyorgy Olajos (basso [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 15/Jan/2006 ] "Very enjoyable performances of music which is more various and subtle than one might expect" (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
ROSS HARRIS
Harris: Symphony No. 4, "To the memory of Mahinārangi Tocker" / Cello Concerto Li-wei Qin (cello) / Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Brett Dean, Garry Walker [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2014 ] "There is no question that the Auckland Philharmonic are superbly in control as is Brett Dean, himself a violist and composer and just forging an extra career as a conductor. The recording is vivid and allows the music space although the quiet passag |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Violin Concerto / Miss Julie Suite / etc Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Lloyd-Jones and McAslan give admirable shape to the long, rhapsodic first movement...[the] technically demanding finale is performed with agile warmth by McAslan whose attractive tone and expressive style seem entirely in tune with this distinctive... |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto & Harmonica Concerto Manuel Barrueco (guitar), José Staneck (harmonica) São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, OSESP Ensemble, Giancarlo Guerrera [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] "The uniformly first rate performances by members of the São Paulo Symphony are excellently engineered, making the whole disc a joy from start to finish-a true voyage of discovery and delight." 10/10 ClassicsToday |
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's 'Faust' Op.20 Marat Bisengaliev (violin) / National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) / Antoni Wit (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2003 ] "this can be recommended regardless of price....these are performances of bravura excitement, warm, flowing tone, and awesome ease of execution...This Wieniawski release is an incredible bargain" - Fanfare |
ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
Pizzetti: Symphony in A / Harp Concerto Margherita Bassani (harp) / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Damian Iorio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] Composed in 1940, Pizzetti's Symphony in A was one of the works, which included Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem, commissioned to celebrate the 2600th anniversary of the accession of the legendary first Emperor of Japan. This powerful and... |
BEETHOVEN / ELGAR / BRAHMS / SAINT-SAENS / FAURE / POPPER / etc
Maria Kliegel - Anniversary Edition Maria Kliegel (cello) / with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Camerata Transsylvanica, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Nov/2022 ] "Her playing has great virtuosity, but it is her phrasing especially in the Elgar, which suggests a great musical intelligence" - Classic CD |
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
Moszkowski: Piano Concerto, Op. 59 / From Foreign Lands Op.23 Markus Pawlik (piano) / National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra A. Wit, conductor [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] Moritz Moszkowski was born in Breslau on 23rd August, 1854, and began his music studies in Dresden, eventually moving to Berlin to continue his education with Kullak and Wüerst. |
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Works Volume 7 - Piano Concerto / Cantate / Icare Martyn van den Hoek (piano) / Nienke Oostenrijk (soprano) / Netherlands Concert Choir / Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] "Icare is arguably Markevitch's masterpiece, one of the great ballets of the 20th century. If you don't know Markevitch the composer, this is probably the best place to start." (ClassicsToday 10/10 Jan 2011) |
JENNIFER HIGDON
Higdon: Duo Duel / Concerto for Orchestra Matthew Strauss, Svet Stoyanov (percussion) / Houston Symphony, Robert Spano [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] Pulitzer Prize- and three-time GRAMMY award-winning composer, Jennifer Higdon, continues to write what the Chicago Sun-Times describes as music "both modern and timeless". |
