JOHN IRELAND
The Piano Concerto / Indian Summer / A Sea Idyll / etc John Lenehan (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "John Ireland's Piano Concerto of 1930 receives a thoroughly sympathetic, lucid performance, as does the ominously darker Legend of three years later...A delightful disc." (Daily Telegraph) |
MICHAEL NYMAN
The Piano Concerto / Where the Bee Dances John Lenehan (piano) Simon Haram (saxophone) / Ulster Orchestra. Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2003 ] "any recordings of modern music at a price that allows you experimentation really deserves to be bought first and questioned later" - Gramophone |
GERALD FINZI
Best of Finzi (Incls music from the Cello Concerto & Clarinet Concerto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Peter Donohoe (piano) Tim Hugh (cello) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Northern Sinfonia / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical expression not only in his song settings, but in the Cello Concerto,... |
J.A. BENDA
Viola Concerto (with F. Benda - Violin Concerto) Josef Suk, viola / Ariane Pfister, violin / Suk CO / Christian Benda [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] Music from this 18th century family |
PAUL KLETZKI
Piano Concerto / 3 Preludes / 3 Unpublished Piano Pieces / Fantasie Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 2010 Grammy Award Nomination - Best Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra) |
PHILIP WILBY
Breathless Alleluia (A) / Paganini Variations / Symphonic Variations on Amazing Grace / Euphonium Concerto Joseph Cook (tuba) / David Thornton (euphonium) / Philip Gault (baritone) / Philip Wilby (organ) / Black Dyke Band / Nicolas Childs [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] This disc of music by internationally-renowned British composer Philip Wilby includes several world première recordings: A Breathless Alleluia is an affectionate tribute to the Black Dyke Band's conductor Nicholas Childs; Paganini Variations exploits... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Brahms/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Joseph Szigeti (violin) / Hallé Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] "The problem that Mark Obert-Thorn faced in his startlingly fine transfer of Brahms was the disparity of pitches from side to side on the original 78s. You'd never know, though, from the pains taken to match them." ClassicalCD |
C.P.E. BACH
Oboe Concertos; Oboe Sonata (with Marcello's Oboe Concerto) Jozsef Kiss (oboe) Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2004 ] "The Sonata is a tour de force, with Kiss's astounding variety of tone, his technical control and his instinctive musical insight." - Classic CD |
CARL STAMITZ
Clarinet Concertos Volume 1 Kalman Berkes (Clarinet And Director) / Tomoko Takashima (Clarinet) / Koji Okazaki (Bassoon) / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia [ Naxos 18th CENTURY CONCERTO / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "Kalman Berkes plays with a beautifully liquid and even tone" - BBC Music Magazine |
KAMRAN INCE
Symphony No. 2 ‘Fall of Constantinople’ / Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments and Voices / Piano Concerto / Infrared Only Kamran Ince (piano) / Bilkent Youth Chorus / Bilkent Symphony Orchestra / Kamran Ince / Isin Metin [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] The result is music of intoxication and intimacy, violence and tenderness. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Violin Concerto (with works by Halvorsen, Sinding & Svendsen) Dong-Suk Kang (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD ] "Even if it were at full price it would feature quite high in the current lists." Penguin Guide |
JOSEPH HAYDN / LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat Ludovit Kanta (cello) / Capella Istropolitana, Peter Breiner [ Naxos / CD ] Kanta won the first prize at the Haradets-Opava Beethoven Competition, the second prize at the Prague Spring International Music Competition and was unanimously awarded the Special Prize of the Czech and Agency of cultural affairs of Slovak Republic. |
BO LINDE
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto Karen Gomyo (violin) / Maria Kliegel (cello) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra / Petter Sundkvist (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] Rosette [highest rating] - Penguin Stereo Guide - "Two romantic-dramatic concertos full of explosive action and searing sunny lyricism. I don't buy the suggestion that Linde is a neo-classicist. Not to be misse" (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
KEVIN PUTTS
Putts: The City / Marimba Concerto / Moonlight Katherine Needleman (oboe) Ji Su Jung (marimba) / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 24/Feb/2023 ] 'This collection of recordings is especially meaningful for me because it charts my growth as an orchestral composer from my years as a student - when the Marimba Concerto was composed - to more mature work such as Moonlight.' |
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto / An American in Paris Kathryn Selby (piano) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hayman (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Kathryn Selby makes a strong showing in the Gershwin Concerto" - Fanfare |
Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Piano Concerto / Worldes Blis Kathryn Stott (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maxwell Davies [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2013 ] Dedicated to Kathryn Stott, Peter Maxwell Davies's Piano Concerto is "one of the most attractive and immediately likeable piano concertos to appear for some time. Miss Stott's performance must be regarded as definitive in its comprehensive grasp of... |
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE
Holbrooke:Violin Concerto 'The Grasshopper' (Violin Sonata No. 2), Op. 59 / Violin Sonata No. 1 ('Sonatina'), Op. 6a / Horn Trio in D (original versio Kerenza Peacock (violin) / Mark Smith (horn) / Robert Stevenson (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "All the performances are of a high standard, often brilliant and imaginative, and I was particularly impressed with Kerenza Peacock's lithe, elegant violin-playing and her easy conquest of the virtuoso demands of The Grasshopper" (Gramophone) |
ALBERT DIETRICH
Dietrich: Violin Concerto, Op. 30 / Symphony in D minor, Op. 20 Klaidi Sahatçi (violin) / Solistes Européens, Luxembourg, Christoph König [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Albert Hermann Dietrich is best known through his association with the Schumanns and his friendship with Brahms, but as this recording shows, his contribution to this circle's artistic activities went further than promoting their works as music... |
Kliegel/R.P.O/Halasz
Dvorak:cello Concerto [ Naxos / CD ] |
ANTON ARENSKY
Arensky: Piano Concerto / Ryabinin Fantasia / To the Memory of Suvorov / Symphonic Scherzo Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Not surprisingly, these performances are very Russian in feeling, and after a bold opening both orchestra and the excellent soloist make the very most of the concerto's memorable secondary theme...A most enjoyable collection." Penguin Guide |