ALFREDO CASELLA
Triple Concerto Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Damian Iorio [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2014 ] Ghedini's colours are so tastefully blended and applied that I found myself listening for a second time, and a third...Casella fans will want this concerto; the Ghedini is a real bonus |
ALFREDO CASELLA
Concerto for Orchestra / Pagine di Guerra / Suite Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] Alfredo Casella identified three different periods in his composing career, and this disc features one work from each. The Suite in C major is early Casella, a fascinating combination of influences from the French Baroque through Domenico Scarlatti... |
Orchestre Colonne/Dervaux
El-Khoury: Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] |
MARGARET BROUWER
Brouwer: The Art of Sailing at Dawn / Rhapsody, Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony No. 1 "Lake Voices" ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Margaret Brouwer is a composer renowned for her music's lyricism, imagery and emotional power. The five premiere recordings on this album span 24 years. |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubbra: Violin Concerto / Improvisations Krysia Osostowicz (violin), Ulster Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] Edmund Rubbra's 11 symphonies and large-scale choral works are his best-known efforts, but his occasional forays into the concerto genre are also worth noting, though one should explore them with diminished expectations. Violinist Krysia Osostowicz... |
KHACHATURIAN
Piano Concerto / Concert Rhapsody Oxana Yablonskaya (Piano) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra Dmitry Yablonsky, Conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] "Oxana Yablonskaya on Naxos is a remarkable virtuoso" |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ANTONIN DVORAK
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 / Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (Recorded 1929, 1937) Pablo Casals (cello) Jacques Thibaud (violin) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. George Szell. Pablo Casals Orchestra of Barcelona. Alfred Cortot [ Naxos Historical Great Cellists / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] "Casals's glorious Dvorak concerto, recorded in Prague in 1937, sounds as good as ever, or, rather, better: Naxos's remastering genius, Mark Obert-Thorn, has produced an amazingly rounded, detailed sonority." - The Sunday Times (David Cairns) |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "There is no lack of dazzle in the fireworks, and no damp squibs here. With very good notes, this is an excellent example of a Naxos super-bargain at its best." Penguin Guide |
Paley/Lithuanian State S.O
Silver: Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH
Violin Concerto / Rituals Pamela Frank (violin) / NEXUS IRIS Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "This is one highly enjoyable disc, enthusiastically recommended!." -- Victor Carr Jr, www.classicstoday.com |
TABAKOV
Concerto for Two Pianos / Piano Concerto Patrick Gallois (flute) / Philippe Bernold (flute) / Jean-Philippe Collard (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "Performances by top-rank soloists nicely supported by a very responsive composer-conducted orchestra … all very fine, and well recorded" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
OQUIN / PARKER / ROUSE / IVES
Organ Concertos Paul Jacobs (organ), Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerreo (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Aug/2024 ] The organ concerto tradition goes back to the 17th century and the Baroque era, but composers have constantly adapted this age-old genre to their own expressive ends - this recording provides ample evidence of its appeal today. |
ALEXANDER ARUTIUNIAN / MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG / DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
Arutiunian/Weinberg/Shostakovich: Trumpet Concertos Paul Merkelo (trumpet) / Russian National Orchestra, Hans Graf, with Jae-Hyuck Cho (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] The trumpet has had many concertos written for it by composers from the Soviet era and beyond. Appealing in its unabashed melodies and colourfully nostalgic feel, Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto became popular in the West... |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Appalachian Spring / Clarinet Concerto / Quiet City Paula Engerer (cor anglais) / Scott Moore (trumpet) / Laura Ardan (clarinet) / Nashville Chamber Orchestra / Paul Gambill (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Gambill conducts the Appalachian Spring as well as anyone ever has; he's particularly adept at sustaining the flow of the slower sections without letting the music sag, and he gets an astonishingly full sound from his ensemble. Sonics of ideal... |
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrations compiled by L. Slatkin) [with Liszt-Piano Concerto no 1] Peng Peng (piano) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Leonard Slatkin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] An increasing number of recordings now feature orchestrations of Mussorgsky's Pictures other than Ravel's popular warhorse. Leonard Slatkin's eclectic selection, some more outlandish than others, invites us to bask in the high spirits and ingenuity... |
ANTONIN DVORK
Dvorak: Greatest Melodies Peter Breiner (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Antonín DvoĆák's gift for melody was apparent as soon as he began writing music, and this naturally tuneful inspiration has long captured the imagination of arrangers. An expert in arranging for both orchestra and piano, Peter Breiner has selected 33... |
ARTHUR BLISS
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Eager and polished performances that do Bliss absolutely proud." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2004) |
JOHN GARDNER
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 / Midsummer Ale Overture Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This recording should help to re-establish [Gardner's] reputation with two relatively early works written in the post-war years, the Symphony No. 1, "a superbly crafted work... by a subtle and imaginative orchestrator" (Paul... |
HARTY
A Comedy Overture / Piano Concerto / Fantasy Scenes Peter Donohoe (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] "As a single disc invitation card to the refulgent talent of Hamilton Harty this Naxos CD is at the top of the list" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
GEORGE ROCHBERG
Violin Concerto (restored original version) Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] "The Rochberg concerto is a powerful work with music of grit and emotionally fluency sustained across five meaty movements. It stands alongside the superb William Schuman concerto (also recorded by Naxos) as one of the finest concerted works by an... |