LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 1 No. 1 - 4 Tim Hugh (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Anthony Halstead, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2005 ] "Tim Hugh approaches the music with lightness of touch and exemplary technique. There are cadenza-like flourishes above written accompaniments: notably in 4, which require, and get, extremely precise ensemble." Hi-Fi News |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 2 Nos. 5 - 8 Tim Hugh (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Anthony Halstead, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2005 ] "I loved the sound of this recording: clear with a sumptuously enveloping hall sound that was very comforting and easy to settle into. Recommended with a glass of port after a fine meal." - Audiophile Audition, May, 2000 |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Moeran: Cello Concerto / Serenade in G / etc Guy Johnston (cello) Rebekah Coffey (soprano) / Ulster Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] "This is an attractive Moeran anthology. The performances are consistently excellent and Moeran enthusiasts should not hesitate." (MusicWeb Oct 2013) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 3 & 5 / Adagio / Rondo Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] "The microphones convey Nishizaki's ravishingly pure timbre." Gramophone |
GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI
Viotti: Violin Concerto No.23 / Sinfonie concertanti Nos 1 & 2 Alberto Martini (violin) / Accademia I Filarmonici, Aldo Sisillo [ Naxos / CD ] The Violin Concerto No.23 was written in London in 1792. It became famous when arranged as a piano concerto by Dussek, and is a score both strong in melody and in the orchestral scoring. It also requires a soloist with a comprehensive technique, the... |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Concertino Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) / Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic / Johannes Wildner [ naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "Can hold its own against the competition in the catalogue." Penguin Guide |
WILLIAM PERRY
Jamestown Concerto for cello and orchestra (with works by Schuman & Thomson) Yehuda Hanani (cello) / RTE National Symphony Orchestra / William Eddins (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "William Perry's Jamestown Concerto was written in 2007 for the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, VA, in 1607. It is programmatic, very tuneful, and adroitly scored, sounding more than a little bit like movie music...the recorded sound... |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Violin Concerto No 1 / Company / 'Prelude and Dance' from Akhnaten Adele Anthony (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (July 2002) |
FREDERICK DELIUS / EDWARD ELGAR
Delius/Elgar: Violin Concertos (Rec 1929 & 44) Albert Sammons (violin) / Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / New Queen's Hall Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent, Henry Wood (conductors) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
VALI
Flute Concerto / Deylaman / Folk Songs (Set No. 10) Alberto Almarza (flute) / Janna Baty (soprano) / Boston Modern Orchestra Project / Gil Rose, conductor [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] This CD will continue to find a place in my changer for months to come, and it probably will be counted among 2004's best new releases." -- Raymond Tuttle, classical.net |
ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: Cello Concerto / Oboe Concerto / Symphonic Studies Alexander Baillie (cello) Stephane Hancourt, oboe, Royal Scottish, Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Concerto |
DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos. Nos 1&2 Alexander Rudin (cello) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] "these performances convey the flow and character of the music admirably" (BBC Music) |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Concerto for Piano and Violin, Op. 17 / Violin Concerto Alexander Trostianski (violin) / Polina Osetinskaya (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Gregory Rose (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] "Naxos is to be commended for bringing these two works to our attention, especially since the performances are very polished...the recording is beautifully natural." (American Record Guide) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 / Schumann: Piano Concerto (Rec 1934/35) Alfred Cortot (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Landon Ronald, John Barbirolli (Conductors) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] "At its bargain price this release should prove highly attractive to those with specialized interests." - Fanfare |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Concerto for Solo Piano Op. 39 Dmitry Feofanov (piano) / Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Feofanov does a heroic job... Good recording makes this well worth anybody's money" (Penguin Guide) |
REZA VALI
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, etc Alberto Almarza (flute), Jana Baty (soprano), George Mgrdichian (bárbát) / Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 25 [transcription by Ignaz Lachner] Alon Goldstein (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet, with Lizzie Burns [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] Ignaz Lachner's ingenious transcriptions show a complete grasp of Mozart's idiom, incorporating much instrumental detail and reinventing the music's underlying dramatic scheme within a chamber context. |
LUKAS FOSS
Foss: Ode / Renaissance Concerto / Three American Pieces / Symphony No. 1 in G major Amy Porter (flute) Nikki Chooi (violin) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 24/May/2024 ] Berlin-born Lukas Foss studied music in Paris before settling in Philadelphia in 1937. Though he freely explored diverse compositional styles, three of the works in this recording fall into his early neo-Classical period and exemplify his dictum that... |
MIKLOS ROZSA
Rozsa: Violin Concerto / Sinfonia Concertante Anastasia Khitruk (violin) / Andrey Tchekmazov (cello) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "Fine lyrical playing with aggressive virtuosity. Works of great merit that are deserving of a wider audience. Play this one next to Brahms' genre counterparts for an interesting comparison" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
JOHANN SIMON MAYR
Mayr: Messa solenne in D minor Anna Feith, Bogna Bernagiewicz, Freya Apffelstaedt, Markus Schäfer, Fang Zhi, Niklas Mallmann / Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2024 ] Johann Simon Mayr's music stands on the cusp between the Classical and Romantic eras. The expressive lyrical qualities in his religious music reflects a career in which he composed nearly 70 operas. |