DAVID LYON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyon: Concerto For Horn And Strings - Fairytale Suite Michael Thompson, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Marco Polo British Light Music / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] The English composer David Lyon was a pupil of John Gardner at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His career has involved music for the theatre and an association with the activities of younger people. He writes in an approachable style,... |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski - Cello Concerto / Chain No. 3 / Novelette Andrezej Bauer (cello) / National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice), Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2002 ] "his is an excellent disc; fine music, well played and recorded, and all at the special Naxos price...the disc as a whole conveys of some of the most characterful and individual music of the last 30 years." Gramophone |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY
Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Jean [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Takako Nishizaki gives a warm and colourful reading, tender but purposeful and full of temperament. As in the Mendelssohn with which this is coupled..With excellent playing and recording, this makes a first-rate recommendation" Penguin Guide |
CRUSELL / SPOHR / MOZART / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Classic Clarinet: Best Loved Classical Clarinet Music Per Billman, Peter Schmidl, Ernst Ottensamer, Boris Rener, Nikolaus Friedrich (clarinets) with Sibylla Rubens (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2019 ] Leading performers inspired the greatest composers of their times to write imperishable masterpieces for the new instrument, exploiting its fullest range. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Warsaw Concerto and Other Piano Concertos from the Movies Philip Fowke (piano) RTE Concert Orchestra. Proinnsias O Duinn, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2009 ] "Philip Fowke plays all the pieces with affection and panache" - Gramophone |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 [(ncls Symphony No. 2] The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Piotr Paleczny (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "An excellent disc at bargain price.": BBC Music |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Cello Concerto / Saxophone Concerto / Fantasy for Recorder and String Quartet / etc Raphael Wallfisch (cello) John Turner (recorder) / Northern Chamber Orchestra & Manchester Sinfonia, Richard Howarth & Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] "The disc is a hands-down winner in the Naxos catalogue and slips nicely into the same rank occupied by Penny's symphonies." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2011) |
EUPHONIUM MUSIC
Euphonium Music (Incls Balissat-Capriccio for Euphonium and Chamber Orchestra) Roland Froscher (euphonium) / Capella Istropolitana / Dominique Roggen [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Froscher is a marvellous performer on an under-appreciated instrument. His tone is dark and mellow, his technique is spotless, and his phrasing is sensitive. And there is great music to be heard here." MusicWeb |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Allegro appassionato for piano & orchestra Op. 70 Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Descharmes has a special way with this music that's really quite liberating" MusicWeb |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Piano Concerto in D Minor (1812) / Introduction, Variations and Rondo, Op. 60 Rosemary Tuck (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Feb/2018 ] "Tuck demonstrates the beauty and delicacy of the filigree melodies in the first movement, and the cadenza, written by Tuck and Alan Jones, glints and glitters…There is thoughtful balance between soloist and ensemble." BBC Music |
NICOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concerto Nos. 3 & 4 Erno Rozsa (violin) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Dittrich [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] "Packed with risk-taking solo playing and complemented by good, detailed sound, this release makes for an unmissable addition to anyone's basic violin library." - Classics Today |
DANNY ELFMAN / ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK
Elfman: Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven" / Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1 Saandy Cameron (violin) Stewart Goodyear (piano) / Buffalo Philharmonic orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] This recording presents brand new concertos from two vibrant and contrasting American composers. Adolphus Hailstork's First Piano Concerto draws on his African American heritage to create a work brimming with energy and high spirits. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertoss 1-3, 6 Jurgen Schuster (trumpet) Nadja Schubert (recorder) Christian Hommel/ (oboe) Winifred Rademacher (violin) /Cologne Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Oct/2000 ] Recorded: March and April 1999 Recording Venue: Studio of Deutschland Radio, Cologne |
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 |
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 |
ALEXANDER MOSOLOV
Mosolov: Symphony No. 5 / Harp Concerto Taylor Ann Fleshman, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Arnold [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Alexander Mosolov was one of the foremost composers of the Russian avant-garde during the 1920s. His music was considered 'a testament to the revolutionary spirit of his time', but the legacy of his fame from that period now rests solely on The Iron... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-2 / Sonata for Solo Violin Tianwa Yang (violin) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, Jun Märkl [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Prokofiev first became fascinated by the violin upon hearing the playing of his private teacher, Reinhold Glière. A dozen years later Prokofiev wrote his Violin Concerto No. 1 - a work of contrasting open-hearted lyricism and whimsical playfulness... |
EDOUARD LALO / JOAN MANEN
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Manén: Violin Concerto No. 1 Tianwa Yang (violin) / Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] These two concertos - one a staple of the repertoire, the other almost unknown - share melodic richness and a Spanish influence. Lalo's Symphonie espagnole reflects the quicksilver technique of its dedicatee, Pablo de Sarasate, in its ingenious and... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / YSAYE / BACH
Tianwa Yang Live in Concert in St Petersburg Tianwa Yang (violin) / St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] This is the accomplished and stylish Russian debut of Tianwa Yang - one of the most unusual and energetic violinists of our time. To an enthusiastic audience within the walls of the beautiful Court Capella in St Petersburg, she performs the... |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Cello Concerto / Grand Fantasia and Toccata / Eclogue for Piano & Strings Tim Hugh (cello) / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Northern Sinfonia / Howard Griffiths [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "Tim Hugh and the Northern Sinfonia communicate with depth and feeling. Hugh is recorded more as first among equals than prominent soloist, which works well" (BBC Music) |