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 |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 (Violin Concerto No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2) Konstanty Kulka (violin) Chee-Yun (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) / Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] Krzystof Penderecki's orchestral recordings continues on Naxos |
Kreisler/Zimbalist/Sargent/Lpo
Complete Concerto Recordings Vol 3 [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] |
Laredo/Robinson/Iris/Stern
Rorem: Double Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Nov/2006 ] |
RESPIGHI
Violin Concerto in A major / Aria for Strings / Suite for Strings / Rossiniana Laura Marzadori (violin) / Chamber Orchestra of New York ‘Ottorino Respighi’ / Salvatore Di Vittorio [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Jul/2011 ] "Salvatore di Vittorio, an enterprising scholar/ conductor, has completed Respighi's Violin Concerto in A and conducts it here with the sinuous-toned young violinist Laura Marzadori tackling the solo part." (The Times) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / AIRAT ICHMOURATOV
Schubert: Death and the Maiden / Ichmouratov: Concerto Grosso No. 3 'Liechtenstein' LGT Young Soloists / Alexander Gilman (leader and artistic director) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Gustav Mahler arranged Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 'Death and the Maiden' by expanding it into a grand orchestral spectacle. It reveals his admiration for Schubert and serves to intensify the quartet's journey through life, death and human... |
QIN WEN-CHEN
Qin: Violin Concerto 'The Border of the Mountains', Cello Concerto 'Dawn', Suona Concerto 'Calling the Phoenix' Li-Wei Qin (cello) Mengla Huang (violin) Qianyuan Zhang (suona) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Rabl [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] A native of Inner Mongolia, Wenchen Qin grew up with the folk music of his homeland and is now one of China's most influential composers. His violin concerto The Border of the Mountains exploits the extraordinary colors and flexibility of both... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Violin Concerto / Canadian Carnival / Mont Juic Lorraine McAslan (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] “McAslan’s fiery reading of the Concerto is ideally partnered by Bedford bring out the depth of the orchestral writing, as well as the fun in the Overture and the collaborative dance suite Mont Juic.” Five Stars ***** BBC Music Mag (November 2005) |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains Ludmilla Kovaleva, piano / Brian Reagin, violin / Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra / John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos's third McKay disc ... a worthy revival of music that could otherwise have been lost to posterity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphony No. 18 / Violin Concerto / The Jolly Miller Marat Bisengaliev, violin / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Lionel Friend, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] "The violin concerto is a great work and deserves the recognition that it has so long been denied. I can only hope that this present recording does much to remedy this oversight" (MuusicWeb July 2005) |
ELGAR
The Violin Music (includes Violin Concerto and much more) Marat Bisengaliev (violin) / Benjamin Frith (piano) / Camilla Bisengalieva (oboe) / West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra / Bundit Ungrangsee [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 29/Jul/2011 ] A comprehensive collection of Elgar's Violin Music on 3 CDs, featuring Marat Bisengaliev as soloist. |
MENDELSSOHN
Flute Concerto in D minor / Flute Sonatas Marc Grauwels (Flute) / Wallonie Royal Chamber Orchestra / Jean-Francois Chamberlan (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] The present release includes transcriptions for flute by Marc Grauwels of early compositions by Felix Mendelssohn, a violin concerto and two sonatas for violin and piano, a new adaptation that is closer to the original version. |
LALO
Cello Concerto / Cello Sonata / Chants russes for cello and piano Maria Kliegel (Cello) Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia / Michael Halasz (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] Lalo's cello music all together on one disc |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 / Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 126 Maria Kliegel (cello) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2004 ] "Kliegel manages to convey a feeling of spontaneous improvisation and her command of the instrument is impressive. Naxos's recording is nicely ambient." - Gramophone - Oct.1996 |
SCHNITTKE
Cello Concerto / Stille Musik for violin & cello / Sonata for cello & piano Maria Kliegel (cello) Raimund Havenith (piano) Burkhard Godhoff (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gerhard Markson (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] The Russian composer Alfred Schnittke was born in 1934, the son of a journalist of Lithuanian-Jewish origin and a mother who taught German. |