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KLAUS EGGE
Piano Concerto No. 2 & other Norwegian piano music Havard Gimse (piano) / Trondheim Soloists / Oyvind Gimse [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "This disc shows what many already suspected: that Norwegian music is much more than Grieg. It also shows that Gimse is one of the best pianists at present before the public." (MusicWeb July 2007) |
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. |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / HENRYK WIENIAWSKI / JEAN SIBELIUS
Tchikovsky/Sibelius/Wieniawski: Violin.Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Heifetz's first (mono) recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, made in 1937, as tremendous virtuosity and warmth. The sound is opaque by modern standards...this is a fine bargain." Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / MAX BRUCH / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Brahms: Double Concerto / Bruch: Scottish Fantasy / Glazunov: Violin Concerto Jascha Heifetz (violin) Emanuel Feuermann (cello) / London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Bruch's Scottish Fantasy was always a favourite work with Heifetz…the passion and brilliance of the playing here are most compelling, with the songful Adagio section even more moving in its simpler, more flowing manner, hushed and dedicated" Penguin |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / LOUIS GRUENBERG
Prokofiev/Gruenberg: Violin Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Another legendary Prokofiev recording is the 1937...Needless to say, Heifetz's delivery of the solo part is mesmerically brilliant in the finale, but the violinist also captures to perfection the lyrical nostalgia of theslow movement." BBC Music |
JENNY McLEOD
McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale / Rock Concerto / etc Helen Medlyn (narrator) & Eugene Albulescu (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] New Zealand-born composer Jenny McLeod's wide musical background is here distilled into three works of highly enjoyable directness. The Emperor and the Nightingale is a colourful score which accompanies the narration of a Hans Christian Andersen... |
JEAN SIBELIUS / CHRISTIAN SINDING
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sinding: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 45 Henning Kraggerud (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Bjarte Engeset, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Oct/2004 ] The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was born in 1865, the son of a doctor, in a small town in the south of Finland, the language and culture of his family being Swedish. It was at school that he was to learn Finnish and acquire his first interest in... |
JEAN SIBELIUS / CHRISTIAN SINDING
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 / Sinding: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 45 Henning Kraggerud (violin) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] "Here's a well-balanced Finno-Norwegian disc that presents a major concerto leavened by a shorter work for violin and orchestra." MusicWeb |
BRUCE BROUGHTON
Broughton: And on the Sixth Day / String Theory / Concerto for Horn and Orchestra Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe) William VerMeulen (horn) / London Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Bloxham [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Although Bruce Broughton is best known for his many film and television scores, over the past five decades he has composed scores for a diverse array of projects from film and TV to concert music and even theme parks. His work has been recognized... |
HAYASAKA
Piano Concerto / Ancient Dances on the Left and on the Right Hiromi Okada (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2006 ] "A disc that I expect to return to often. A great late-Romantic-sounding piano concerto, and a couple of very good orchestral pieces on the side" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
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Hirsch/Netherlands Radio So
Berg: Violin Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Sep/2002 ] |
HANSON
Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings / Nymph and Satyr Holly Blake / Jonathan Blumenpheld / Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Spalding [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] "I was just pleasantly surprised by the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Two words remain: Encore! and More!" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Nov 2006) |
TAN DUN
Concerto for Orchestra / Symphonic Poem on Three Notes / etc Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Tan Dun [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] The multifaceted and multi-award winner Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music. The Symphonic Poem on Three Notes describes an evolutionary arc from nature... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / FRANZ LISZT / etc
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Liszt: Paganini Etudes Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] "There were so many unique facets to Horowitz's playing: the unmistakable sound, the…musical imagination, the extraordinary power and speed…surely one of the greatest of all piano recordings…" Gramophone |
KABALEVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 50 (with Rimsky-Korsakov-Piano Concerto) Hsin-ni Liu (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Kabalevsky's most lasting achievement was in the field of music education, notably his development in later years of a programme for music in schools. His Third Piano Concerto, 'Dedicated to Soviet Youth', completes the trilogy of instrumental... |
GRIEG
Piano Concerto / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn Havard Gimse (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset, conductor, [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] "Sweep away the glitz that usually surrounds the Grieg concerto, and you have this gorgeous performance from the young Norwegian pianist, Havard Gimse…Delicacy and superb technique” – Yorkshire Post |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasy (Idil Biret Concerto Edition - Volume 5) Idil Biret (piano) / Bilkent Symphony Orchestra / Emil Tabakov / José Serebrier [ Naxos Idil Biret Collector's Edition / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Idil Biret was one of the greatest (child) prodigies of the 20th century. Her recital at the Boston Conservatory on Tuesday night demonstrated that she is no less prodigious today. She played a long and demanding program with the power,... |
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 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 15, 24, 25, 27 Idil Biret (piano) / London Mozart Players, Worthing Symphony Orchestra, John Gibbons [ Naxos Idil Biret Concerto Edition / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2019 ] This release features the 7th and 8th volumes in the Naxos Idil Biret Concerto Edition. "Miss Biret was soloist in an entrancing performance of Mozart's concerto K. 482 with the Halle Orchestra conducted by Mlle Nadia Boulanger. The variety of her... |
SERGEI RACHMANIMOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Idil Biret (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "...for Biret's incisive, sharply accented pianism is an absolute delight. Naxos' price makes this disc well worth investigating." ClassicsToday |
