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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 / Potpourri, Op. 80 Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice; Johannes Wildner, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "Ottensamer's mellow, nicely turned performances" - Penguin Guide |
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Daugherty: Dreamachine / Trail of Tears / Reflections on the Mississipp Evelyn Glennie (percussion) Carol Jantsch (tuba) Amy Porter (flute) / Dallas Symphony, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty explores the relationships between machines, humanity and nature in three unique concertos. Dreamachine for solo percussion and orchestra is a colourful tribute to the imagination of inventors who... |
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Philadelphia Stories / UFO Evelyn Glennie (percussion); Colorado Symphony. Orchestra / Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2005 ] "No earth-shaking masterpieces here, but Daugherty obviously knows how to handle large orchestral forces. Marin Alsop and her Colorado orchestra respond with vivid and committed playing." - MusicWeb Jan 2005 |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO
Conjurer & Vocalise Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Hila Plitmann (soprano), Mark Baechle (electronics) Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jan/2014 ] "Fresh, vital, vigorous; contemporary music of quality, winningly played [DM] Two stimulating and interesting scores by John Corigliano in excellent performances" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Feb 2014) |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / Symphony No. 10 (Adagio) Ewa Podles (alto) / Cracow Philharmonic Choir / Cracow Boys' Choir / Polish NAtional Readio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ NAXOS / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "This is a very impressive recording indeed" (American Record Guide) |
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CARL von DITTERSDORF
Dittersdorf: Sinfonias Vol 1 Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest, Uwe Grodd, conductor [ Naxos The 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] "sparkling performances of three Dittersdorf symphonies.." - American Record Guide |
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DITTERSDORF
Sinfonias Vol 2 Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest / Uwe Grodd, conductor [ Naxos The 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] "The slick quicksilver inventiveness and unabashed wit recommends itself immensely when delivered, as here, with such relishable idiomatic brio." (Gramophone) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphonies nos. 3 and 6 Failoni Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] nice solid readings, well played and admirably recorded. Halasz captures the many classical elements of these works, the lightness, the formal balance, and the transparent orchestral fabric..emphasizing Schubert's extraordinary lyrical gift (Fanfare) |
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CARL von DITTERSDORF
Dittersdorf: Dittersdorf: Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos. 4 - 6 Failoni Orchestra, Budapest, Hanspeter Gmur [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Six of the twelve Symphonies after the Metamorphoses of Ovid survive in their original form. These were written in 1783 and introduced to the public in Vienna three years later, when Dittersdorf had occasion to visit the city for the first... |
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Failoni Orchestra/Halasz
Schubert:symphony No.9 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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CARL REINECKE
Octet / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave) / Sextet Fenwick Smith (flute) Hugh Hinton (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, members [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Chamber music purely for wind ensembles was largely overlooked by Romantic composers and as a result Carl Reinecke's genial Sextet and Octet for wind loom rather large in a sparse landscape. |
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EDINO KRIEGER
Krieger: Ludus Symphonicus / Variações Elementare / Canticum Naturale / etc Flavia Fernandes (soprano), São Paulo Symphony Choir, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra • Neil Thomson [ Naxos The Music of Brazil / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] Edino Krieger was a leading figure in Brazilian music as both composer and arts director who influenced a generation of his compatriots during his long life. |
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Erno DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 2 & Two Songs Florida State University Symphony Orchestera, Alexander Jiménez [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] Dohnányi's powerful Symphony No. 2 was composed toward the end of the Second World War but its large canvas reflects not so much his wartime experience as his own artistic credo as a Romantic composer. Of the symphony and its philosophy he wrote:... |
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WILLIAM GRANT STILL
William Grant Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 & Wood Notes Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] Still rose from humble beginnings to work as an arranger while studying composition with Chadwick and Varèse. Still embraced the blues, spirituals, jazz, and other ethnic American musics within classical forms. |
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WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: Symphony No 4 "Autochthonous" / Symphony No 5 "Western Hemisphere" Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "Revel in these fine and likeably accessible works." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
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WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: In Memoriam / Africa / Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American' Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "This is a great CD." MusicWeb |
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Fort Smith Symphony/Jeter
Grant Still: Afro-American Sym [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] |
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FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE
Price: Symphony No.1 in E Minor (1932) / Symphony No.4 in D Minor (1945) Fort Worth Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2021 ] "This compelling music could have no better advocates. This constitutes a good starting point for those who haven't already encountered Price's music and are curious." MusicWeb Recommended |
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SIGISMOND THALBERG
Thalberg: Fantasies on Italian Operas / Les Soirées de Pausilippe, Op. 75 / Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 5 / Other Piano Works [6 Discs] Francesco Nicolosi (piano) / Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] Some mystery surrounds the birth and parentage of the virtuoso pianist Sigismond Thalberg, popularly supposed to have been the illegitimate son of Count Moritz Dietrichstein and the Baroness von Wetzlar, born at Pâquis near Geneva in 1812. |
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RAVEL
The Very Best of Ravel Francois-Joel Thiollier (Piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) / Howard Zhang (Violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers in the early twentieth century and developed his own musical idiom through the combination of French and Spanish influences. The 2 CD set contains selections of the most frequently... |