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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No 1 / Pohjola's Daughter / Tapiola London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Kajanus [ Naxos Historical Kajanus Conducts Sibelius Vol 1 / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "Kajanus's understanding of Sibelius's novel structures is fully in evidence in that most mysterious of scores, Tapiola." Gramophone |
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Rso Berlin/Wilkins
Amram: Symphony [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] |
DUKAS
L'apprenti sorcier / La péri / Symphony in C Major RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Paul Dukas is famed for his brilliant, meticulously scored symphonic scherzo The Sorcerer's Apprentice, first performed in 1897, which almost immediately entered the international repertoire. It was subsequently the focus of a ballet and later Walt... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Roma / Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite) / etc RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] The success of Bizet's opera Carmen has overshadowed the rest of his output, but this fascinating orchestral programme, which includes a number of seldom performed works, reveals more of his talent for writing colourful, atmospheric and melodic... |
LUIS DE FREITAS BLANCO
Orchestral Works Volume 4 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra / Álvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] This fourth volume in Naxos's critically acclaimed series of Portuguese composer Luís de Freitas Branco's orchestral music juxtaposes his magnificent Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme, Vathek, with Symphony No. 4. As his... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
In Memoriam / Symphony No 17 / Symphony No 32 / etc RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The sound quality is outstanding, the playing is convincing and the programme is ultimately satisfying. (MusicWeb January 2011) |
LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Scherzo Fantastique / Suite Alentejana No. 1 RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] Luís de Freitas Branco was a pre-eminent figure in Portuguese music of the first half of the twentieth century. This first disc of a four-volume series of Freitas Branco's orchestral works features the First Symphony, in which the influence of César... |
LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Branco: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphony No. 2 RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Cassuto, an expert in his native repertoire, conducts fine and nuanced readings of these works, while the Irish musicians are recorded cleanly…A top recommendation." (Fanfare) |
LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Symphony No. 3 / The Death of Manfred / Suite alentejana No. 2 RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "As with all of the releases in this series so far, Álvaro Cassuto conducts as persuasively as we have any right to expect, and Naxos' sonics are excellent. A very attractive and welcome release." 9/9 ClassicsToday.com |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Festive Symphony / The Bartered Bride & Overture and Dances Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Darrell Ang [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Bedrich Smetana's 'Festive Symphony' was composed in 1854 when hopes for Emperor Franz Joseph becoming King of Bohemia were high. The splendid sounds of Smetana's only formal symphony pre-echo later masterpieces such as 'Ma Vlast,' but his use of the... |
Cesar FRANCK / Ernest CHAUSSON
Franck/Chausson: Symphonies Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] César Franck's only symphony came at a time when the French music world was seeking to rival the great Austro-German tradition. The 'darkness-to-light' narrative of the Symphony in D minor owes a debt to Beethoven and there is a unique power within... |
FELIKSAS BAJORAS
Symphony-Diptych / Violin Concerto / Exodus I Rusne Mataityte (violin) / Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra / Gintaras Rinkevicius [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] A leading representative of 'New Folklorism', the Lithuanian composer Feliksas Bajoras conveys his interest in Lithuanian folk-music in a strikingly individual and personal voice. The Symphony-Diptych, which draws on themes from the composer's opera... |
KARA KARAYEV
Symphony No. 3 / Leyla and Mejnun / Don Quixote Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "This is fascinating. Karayev was a pupil of Shostakovich whose music is heavily indebted to the music of his native Azerbaijan. The symphonic poem Leyla and Mejnun won a Stalin prize in 1948. Inspired by the twelfth-century Azerbaijani poet Nizami,... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 'Leningrad' Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Few symphonies since Beethoven's Fifth have attracted the degree of extra-musical speculation accorded Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Although ideas for a Seventh Symphony had begun coming to mind the previous year, the work that emerged has been... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 7 'Leningrad' Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Few symphonies since Beethoven's Fifth have attracted the degree of extra-musical speculation accorded Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Although ideas for a Seventh Symphony had begun coming to mind the previous year, the work that emerged has been... |
STEPHEN ALBERT
RiverRun / Symphony No. 2 Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Paul Polivnick [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2007 ] Stephen Albert’s music is at once traditional and contemporary, lyrical yet powerful and dynamic. He drew inspiration from the rich orchestral palettes of composers such as Stravinsky and Bartók, but his musical language is very much his own. |
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Russian Po/Yablonsky
Karayev: Symphony No 3 [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos. 1 And 2 Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / DVD-Audio - released 2/Feb/2003 ] DVD audio only |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (highlights from the complete ballet) Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] Tchaikovsky was ideally equipped to write the music for the ballet Swan Lake. His gift for vivid theatricality, for lively, memorable melodies, and for rich characterisation was allied to a mastery of dance rhythms. These qualities were augmented by... |
PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky / Pushkiniana Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] "Naxos offers a well-planned and by and large admirably executed and recorded disc, to which the 'Dance of the Oprichniks' from Ivan the Terrible makes arousing conclusion." - David Fanning, Gramophone, June 2003 |
