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FRANK EZRA LEVY
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 3 / A Summer Overture Scott Ballantyne (cello) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] "The sound quality of this disc fits in well with the overall quality of the Naxos releases. In the cello concerto, the solo instrument is warmly presented, well-balanced with the orchestra, and exceedingly well-played by Ballantyne" (MusicWeb April... |
VERNON DUKE
Piano Concerto / Cello Concerto / etc Scott Dunn (piano) Sam Magill (Cello) / Russian Philharmonic / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "Duke's music is tuneful and accessible. Both concertos are lovingly performed, as well as the Homage to Boston Suite." --Review by Giv Cornfield, November 2007 |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Concerto / Prometheus Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian State TV and Radio Choir / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This budget-priced production from the composer's compatriots certainly holds its own against all comers. Konstantin Scherbakov plays the concerto with steel and sensitivity in equal measure, and he's particularly successful in knitting together the... |
BLOCH
Bloch: America & Concerto Grosso No. 1 Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Swiss-born Bloch, a pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe, emigrated to the United States in 1916. Written in 1926, two years after Bloch had become an American citizen, America: An Epic Rhapsody, is the composer's tribute to his adopted country. This romantic and... |
MORTON GOULD
Morton Gould: Concerto Grosso from ‘Audubon’ Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Concertos, Hob.XVIII:3,4,9,11 Sebastian Knauer (piano) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "The young German pianist Sebastian Knauer gives sprightly and sensitive accounts of all four concertos, dancing nimbly through Haydn's long stretches of toccata-style passage work and spinning a pure, eloquent line in the slow movements." Gramophone |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 Idil Biret (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice); Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "In sum, this beautifully engineered disc tells much about these oft-recorded works we think we know better than we actually do." ClassicsToday |
CARLO GIORGIO GAROFALO
Violin Concerto / Romantic Symphony Sergei Stadler (violin) / New Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Joel Spiegelman [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "Garofalo has a melodic gift and with a bit more experience might have given Respighi a run for his money." American Record Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Classics Explained: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 - An exploration of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Jeremy Siepmann (reader) / Jeno Jando (piano) / BRT Philharmonic, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos Classics Explained / 2 CD ] There is perhaps no great piano concerto grander than the Brahms B flat. With the spaciousness of a symphony, the drama of an opera, the intimacy of a lullaby and the intertwining raptures of the greatest love songs.. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op 4 Simon Lindley (organ) / Northern Sinfonia / Bradley Creswick [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Lindley's rhythms are lively and pointed...The orchestral playing under Bradley Creswick is excellent, alive and keenly rhythmic" - Gramophone |
JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Alfredo il Grande (complete opera) Marie-Luise fressen (mezzo) Markus Schafer (tenor) / Simon Mayr Chorus, Members of the Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Medieval England exerted a strong influence on Johann Simon Mayr, especially during his final proto-Romantic period. Alfredo il Grande was to be one of his last operas, with a narrative that takes us to a land under threat of war with the Vikings. |
ROREM
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Cello Concerto Simon Mulligan (piano) / Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "Better late than never, these Rorem premieres are irresistible. Finely recorded, it's a clear winner for the Naxos American Classics series." (Gramophone Dec 2007) |
IGNAZ PLEYEL
Pleyel: Symphonies in B flat and G /Flute Concerto in C Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] This recording features two scintillating symphonies and Pleyel's only authentic concerto for flute; all three works amply illustrate the reason why he achieved such an unprecedented level of popularity in the last two decades of the 18th Century. |
SCHUMANN / HAYDN / HANDEL / TELEMANN
Schumann: Konzertstuck, Op. 86 / Haydn: Symphony No. 31, 'Horn Signal' / Handel: Concerto in F major / Telemann: Overture in F major, Alster Echo Sinfonia Varsovia / American Horn Quartet / Dariusz Wisniewski (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "The nicest thing is that they sound as if they are having fun" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Messa di Gloria and Credo in D major (with works by Johann Simon Mayr) Siri Karoline Thornhill, Marie-Sophie Pollak, Marie-Sande Papenmeyer, Mark Adler / Bavarian State Opera Chorus & Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] While the German tradition observes a strict distinction between sacred and secular styles, the 19th-century Italian Mass can feel more akin to attending an operatic performance. Donizetti's church music, consisting of at least a hundred items, has... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 / The Tempest / etc Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ondrej Lenard (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Banowitz is an excellent pianist." - American Record Guide |
THE BEST OF BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC
The Best of British Light Music (Incls 'Country Gardens', 'Coronation Scot', 'Puffin' Billy' & the Warsaw Concerto) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / RTE Concert Orchestra / BBC Concert Orchestra [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 17/Sep/2007 ] "The performances on these discs are never less than workmanlike, and in many cases they are much more than that. Those by the RTE Concert Orchestra conducted by Ernest Tomlinson are of especial merit and Philip Fowke does his best to make the ersatz... |
ALMEIDA PRADO
Prado: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Aurora / Concerto Fribourgeois Sonia Rubinsky (piano) / Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "This is quite a listening experience! For lovers of modern music, an indispensable disc." © 2020 The Art Music Lounge |
REINHARD SCHWARZ-SCHILLING
Partita / Polonaise / Violin Concerto Staatskapelle Weimar, José Serebrier [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] The so-called 'lost generation' of German composers includes many whose lives were shaped by events after 1933. |
LYELL CRESSWELL
Cresswell: Landscapes of the Soul & Piano Concerto Stephen De Pledge (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich, with the New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Lyell Cresswell, one of New Zealand's most distinguished composers, is represented on this recording by three examples of his mastery of the orchestral sound world. His Piano Concerto is cast in seven movements, written in memory of his fellow... |
