LAURENT PETITGIRARD
Petitgirard: Little Prince Mari Lili-Laurila / Budapest Studio Choir, Honvéd Male Choir & Solistes du Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest, Laurent Petitgirard [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] The prize-winning French composer Laurent Petitgirard has earned acclaim for the unusually personal power of his theatrical imagination. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera) Huw Rhys-Evans / Linda Gerrard / Luisa Islam-Ali-Zade / Luca Salsi / Czech Chamber Soloists / Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno / Brad Cohen [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] "At the usual Naxos give-away price this is a highly recommendable version of one of Rossini's most spirited comedies." (MusicWeb Nov 2007) |
J. S. BACH
Christmas Oratorio (highlights) Ingrid Kertesi / Judit Nemeth / Joszef Mukk / Janos Toth / Hungarian Radio Choir / Failoni Chamber Orchestra / Geza Oberfrank [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2011 ] |
J.S. BACH
Heavenly Voices: J.S. Bach's most beautiful arias Judit Nemeth (alto) Ibolya Verebits, Teri Dunn, Ingrid Kertesi (sopranos) / Hungarian Festival Choir / Aradia Ensemble / Capella Istropolitana / etc [ Naxos Double / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Over 2 hours of J.S Bach's most glorious music for voice. Including "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" and "Where Sheep May Safely Graze". |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Orchestral Music Vol 5 (complete incidental music to Peer Gynt) Isa Gericke (soprano) Unni Lovlid (soprano) Kirsten Braten Berg (mezzo-soprano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra / Malmo Chamber Choir / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Excellent soloists (especially the Solveig of soprano Ise Katharina Gericke), an enthusiastic chorus, and extremely atmospheric engineering...At Naxos' very reasonable price, this set becomes self-recommending." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Stabat Mater / Veni Creator / Litany to the Virgin Mary / etc Iwona Hossa (soprano) Ewa Marciniec (mezzo-soprano) Jaroslaw Brek (baritone) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] BBC Music Magazine - Choral Choice of the Month (Oct 2008) - "Superb singing, faultless technique and interpretative breadth." (MusicWeb Nov 2008) |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: A Polish Requiem Izabela Klosinska (soprano) Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor) Piotr Nowacki (bass) Jadwiga Rappe (alto) / Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "Performed with fervour. This disc is now the top recommendation." - MusicWeb April 2005 |
HANNIBAL LOKUMBE
Dear Mrs. Parks Janice Chandler-Eteme / Jevetta Steele / Kevin Deas / Rackham Symphony Choir / Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Wilkins [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Dear Mrs Parks features a massive ensemble comprised of full orchestra plus two choirs and four vocal soloists. Influenced by blues, jazz, African music and Gospel music, it pays homage to Rosa Parks in the form of imaginary letters to the civil... |
MICHAEL HURD
Pop Cantatas John Addison (narrator) / Alexander Wells (piano) / Members of the New London Orchestra / New London Children’s Choir / Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] "The works on this Naxos disc are lightly jazzy and must have turned generations of children on to concert music. They make confident and fearless communion with West End show-time, dance-band drum-kit and light Radio 2 style middle-of-the-road... |
GERALD FINZI
Best of Finzi (Incls music from the Cello Concerto & Clarinet Concerto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Peter Donohoe (piano) Tim Hugh (cello) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Northern Sinfonia / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical expression not only in his song settings, but in the Cello Concerto,... |
LEONARDO BALADA
Balada: La Muerte de Colon (Death of Columbus) - complete opera Jon Garrison / Judith Jenkins / Katherine Mueller / David Okerlund / Carnegie Mellon Choir and Philharmonic Orchestra / Robert Page [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "Leonardo Balada's The Death of Columbus has been critically acclaimed as 'uncommonly impressive and winning'...The Death of Columbus is an intensely moving opera, filled with lyrical melodies and imaginative orchestration" |
CHARLES WOOD
St Mark Passion Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Simon Wall (tenor), James Birchall (baritone), Edward Grint (bass) Ruth Jenkins (soprano) / Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "Modestly tasteful, Wood's St Mark still fails to engender any passion." Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 |
ALEXANDER KASTALSKY
Kastalsky: Requiem Joseph Charles Beutel (bass-bar), Anna Dennis (sop) Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, Chamber Choir of St. Tikhon's Monastery [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Alexander Kastalsky was a student of Tchaikovsky and a mentor to Rachmaninov, becoming director of the Moscow Synodal School until the Bolshevik regime banned all sacred music. |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) (Complete opera) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Josa Manuel Zapata (tenor) Paolo Bordogna (baritone) / Prague Chamber Choir / SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslauten / Alberto Zedda [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 18/Dec/2005 ] "A wonderfully spirited live recording of what is probably Rossini's masterpiece. With an ensemble of mostly young singers, where American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role could hardly be bettered." (MusicWeb) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Masses Vol. 2 Katharina Konradi (soprano) Sarah Romberger (mezzo) Martin Mitterrutzner (tenor) Mikhail Timoshenko (bass) / Cologne Radio Choir & Orchestra, Christop [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] This second album of Mozart's complete Masses pairs one work of exceptional dimensions and ambition with a miniature example. The 'Great' Mass in C minor is one of Mozart's most spectacular. |
NICOLAS JACKSON
Choral Music (Incls Requiem, Missa cum Jubilo) Laura Oldfield (sop) Emily Beahan (sop) Peter Davoren (ten) / Rodolfus Choir / Ralph Allwood [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Nicholas Jackson has pursued a career as an organist, harpsichordist and composer. Mass for a Saint's Day, his first choral work, achieved great success and remains in the repertoire of many church choirs all over the English-speaking world.... |
HANSON
Merry Mount, Op. 31 Lauren Flanigan / Walter MacNeil / Richard Zeller / Northwest Boychoir / Seattle Girls' Choir / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] The plot of his 1933 opera, Merry Mount, set in New England in 1625 during a conflict between the Puritans and the Cavaliers, is anything but merry. However, the composer described the music as “warm-blooded…essentially a lyrical work [that] makes... |
GEOFFROY
Music For Choir And Organ Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet (Organ And Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "It's remarkable to have such obscure repertoire, performed so admirably, at the price of this disc. The most important Geoffroy issue yet" - Fanfare |
ONUTE NARBUTAITE
Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae (Three Symphonies of the Mother of God) Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra / Kaunas State Choir / Aidija Chamber Choir / Robertas Šervenikas [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] The eloquent, expressive music of Lithuanian neo-romantic composer OnutÄ— NarbutaitÄ— is noted for its sense of aristocratic poise and strong compositional discipline. Her Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae (Three Symphonies of the Mother of God) is not a... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (1928, 1938) London Select Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] "Classic and mostly pioneering recordings of Delius by his finest ever interpreter, Sir Thomas Beecham." - Classic FM (Robert Layton), August, 2000 |