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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Schumann: Introduction and Concerto-Allegro Jeno Jando (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Jeno Jando and his Polish colleagues strike me as getting the balance just about right" Classic CD |
DAN LOCKLAIR
Symphony of Seasons / Harp Concerto / Lairs of Soundings Janeanne Houston (soprano) / Jacquelyn Bartlett (harp) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2007 ] A professional organist by the age of fourteen, Dan Locklair's prolific output includes symphonic works, a ballet and an opera. |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite Janice Graham (violin) / Sarah Ewing (violin) / Andriy Viytovych (viola) / Anne Pyne (flute) / Philip Palmer (oboe) / English Sinfonia / Howard Griffi [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] The English composer Gustav Holst served for many years as director of music at St Paul's Girls' School in London, and it was for the pupils there that he wrote his St Paul's Suite, his most famous work for amateurs and, shortly after, his Brook... |
PADEREWSKI
Paderewski: Piano Concerto Janina Fialkowska (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] "Paderewski's...Piano Concerto of 1888 is a lovely work, a vehicle for virtuoso display, as is the Fantasy. Janina Fialkowska is an articulate, sensitive soloist." - The Independent |
KARA KARAYEV
Karayev: Symphony No.1 / Violin Concerto Janna Gandelman (violin) / Kiev Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Kara Karayev was one of the most prominent figures in the music of 20th-century Azerbaijan, and an inspiration to subsequent generations of Azerbaijani composers. |
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Janos Sebestyen
Bach:italian Concerto/Fanta [ Naxos / CD ] |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Symphony No.22 'City Of Light' / Cello Concerto Janos Starker (Cello) / Seattle Symphony / Dennis Russell Davies / Alan Hovhaness [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The veteran János Starker, impeccable and expressive as ever, takes the lead in a sympathetic performance, well recorded in the Seattle Symphony's own Benaroya Hall." - BBC Music Magazine |
MAX BRUCH / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / LOUIS SPOHR
Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Beethoven: Romances / Spohr: Violin Concerto No. 8 Jascha Heifetz (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] "More vintage (1951-1954) Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) performances as restored by veteran Mark Obert-Thorn grace this disc….The transfer of the G Minor Bruch Concerto (18 May 1951) has my personal appreciation" Audiophile Audition |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Beethoven/Brahms: Violin Concertos Jascha Heifetz (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Koussevitzky / NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] "This is a miraculous release, the Beethoven especially so: a performance of rare beauty of a work of transfigured loveliness in a recording that has itself undergone a kind of transfiguration. This is a real thoroughbred of a release" Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos (with Mozart-Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major) [rec 1946-53] Jascha Heifetz (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] One of the great 20th century violinists, at his best Heifetz played the concerto and sonata repertoire with a strong command of structure, minute attention to detail and an unequalled sensuous beauty of tone. |
XAVIER BENGUEREL
Concertante / Music for Percussion and Strings / Concert de tardor / Porta Ferrada Double Concerto Jaume Torrent (guitar) / Philippe Spiesser (percussion) / Manon Philippe (violin) / Mélodie Giot (cello) / O. Perpignan Méditerranée / Daniel Tosi [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] Born in Spain and raised in Chile, Xavier Benguerel plays an important part in his native country's musical life, his compositions influenced by the work of Bartók, Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School. The concerto form has long fascinated the... |
ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 63 / Fanfare for the New Atlantis Javier Calderon (guitar) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stewart Robertson [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "I cannot over-emphasise how attractive this music is. Hovhaness wrote in the 1960s of the importance of identifying our own kind of beauty. These three works bear him out completely." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month June 2008) |
TANSMAN
Clarinet Concerto / Concertino for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings / Six Movements for Strings Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet) / Laurent Decker (oboe) / Silesian Chamber Orchestra / Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Polish-born and active in Paris and the USA, Tansman had a successful career and his music now enjoys renewed interest worldwide. The sinuous contours and tender melodies of his Clarinet Concerto contrast with the ever-changing musical styles of his... |
ANTIONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (arr. piano) / Mandolin Concerto RV 425 (arr. piano) / Lute Concerto RV 93 (arr. piano) Jeffrey Biegel (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] "Jeffrey Biegel's rendition of the terrific Piano Concerto is the best yet" - Classics Today on Jeffrey Biegel's performance of Leroy Anderson's Piano Concerto - available on Naxos 8.559313 |
NED ROREM
Violin Concerto / Flute Concerto / Pilgrims Jeffrey Khaner (Flute) Philippe Quint (Violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Jun/2006 ] "A classic album. Satisfying and beautiful music that has about it a rippling current of vitality." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring / Violin Concerto / Symphonies of Wind Instruments Jennifer Frautschi (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 8 / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] This new recording of the 1967 edition of The Rite of Spring, a major landmark of twentieth century music, is released in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Stravinsky. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 27 Jeno Jando (piano) / Concentus Hungaricus, Matyas Antal [ Naxos / CD ] "Finer than many full-price versions ... excellent digital sound ... astonishingly cheap" Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Jenö Jandó (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] "Jandó shows his versality in refreshing, clean-fingered account of the Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto, coupled with a dazzling, totally unsentimental reading of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." Gramophone |
VYTAUTAS BACEVIČIUS
Bacevicius: Orchestral Works Vol 2 Gabrielius Alekna (piano) / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Vytautas Bacevičius's life was defined by exile and migration during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, but his impressive catalogue represents a remarkable creative spirit undimmed by adversity. Composed while studying in Paris, the... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Piano Concerto / Johnson Over Jordan Suite Joanna MacGregor, piano / English Chamber Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "This is probably the finest version of the Britten Piano Concerto available, notwithstanding Britten's own justly revered rendition with Sviatoslav Richter on Decca" |
