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 |
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.. |
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... |
Snyder/Czech State/Serebrier
Pann:piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |
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... |
NICOLAS FLAGELLO
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Dante's Farewell / Concerto Sinfonico Susan Gonzalez (Soprano) / Tatjana Rankovich (Piano) / Kynan Johns (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2006 ] Nicolas Flagello was one of the last American composers to pursue traditional romantic musical values, intensified by modernist innovations in harmony and rhythm, but without the irony or detachment of postmodernism. |
JOACHIM
Violin Concerto in G minor Op 3 / Violin Concerto in D Op 11 Suyoen Kim (violin) / Staatskapelle Weimar / Michael Halasz [ Naxos 19th Century Violinist Composers / CD - released 20/Dec/2009 ] "Suyoen Kim plays with the technical brillance and musical maturity that have already brought her, at the age of 18, to the attention of conductors like Kurt Mazur and Seiji Ozawa." The Strad |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 / Harp Concerto, 'Lyra Angelica' Suzanne Willison (harp) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "This disk can be placed alongside those of the composer and Richard Hickox and its price as well as its performance quality make it a valuable contribution to the Alwyn discography." |
REINECKE
Flute Concerto / Harp Concerto / Ballade Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Gallois Patrick / Pierre Fabrice [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] Carl Reinecke is probably better remembered as a teacher than as a composer, with a range of pupils to his credit, from Sullivan and Svendsen to Grieg and Weingartner. |
J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 Swiss Baroque Soloists [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] "On first listening, inevitably one goes to favourite movements. For me, the starting point was the crisp, four-instrument weave of the Second Concerto, with trumpet, recorder, oboe and violin in full Bachian flow, and it was astounding, particularly... |
Takagi/Osaka Po/Shimono
Ohguri: Violin Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Apr/2003 ] |