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MENDELSSOHN / LALO
Violin Concerto / Symphonie Espagnole (with Chausson: Poeme) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Paris Symphony Orchestra / Orchestre des Concerts Colonne [ Naxos Historic Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
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SCHUMANN / DVORAK
Violin Concertos (recorded 1936 & 1938) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York. Barbirolli [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Sep/2002 ] "Rarely performed or recorded, this concerto nonetheless is stirring and evocative of Schumann's broader orchestral writing" Classics Today |
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W.A. MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 / Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (Furtwangler, Commercial Recordings 1940-50, Vol. 3) Yehudi Menuhin (violin) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler (conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 19/Jun/2006 ] "Furtwängler's commercial legacy wasn't huge so collectors will welcome this latest instalment with alacrity" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
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THE YELLOW RIVER CONCERTO
The Yellow River Concerto / etc Yin Chengzong (Piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "...an excellent, unusual bargain....Most of the fillers-miniature solo piano pieces, some arranged, some by named composers-are charming, deft, dramatic, but the Three Variations on an Ancient Chinese Melody by Wang Jienzhong tell of a composer of... |
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FRANZ SCHMIDT
Franz Schmidt: Complete Symphonies Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/2024 ] Franz Schmidt's symphonies cover the years 1899 to 1933 and chart a development securely within the Austro-German tradition. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Edlinger [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1998 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" / Leonore Overture No. 2 CRR Symphony Orchestra, Michael Hahasz [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1988 ] Recorded in the Concert Hall of Czechoslovak Radio, March 1988 |
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Zagreb Philharmonic/Edlinger
Beethoven:symphony No.5 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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SCHOENBERG
Suite, Op. 29 / Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 9 Zahir Ensemble / Juan Garcia Rodriguez [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Always among the most innovative of composers, Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) wrote several works that deliberately blur the distinction between chamber orchestra and chamber ensemble. Among these, the First Chamber Symphony compresses the classical... |
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BARBER
Barber conducts Barber - Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 / Cello Concerto, Op. 22 / Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23 Zara Nelsova (cello) / New Symphony Orchestra of London / Samuel Barber [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 2/Feb/2011 ] |
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JIA DAQUN
Jia Daqun: Impressions of Liyuan: Symphonic Concerto Cycle Zhang Jiajing (Chinese percussion), Wang Junkan (dizi), Lu Yiwen (erhu), Liu Wenwen (suona), Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Lin Daye [ Naxos / CD - released 23/May/2025 ] Jia Daqun, one of China's most prolific and respected composers, has written in many forms, including symphonies, concertos, chamber music and song cycles. |
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GORECKI
Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) / Three Olden Style Pieces Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2004 ] "What's most impressive about this performance is its spirituality; and given the overall excellence of the recording, the conducting and the singing, it's strongly recommended" (Gramophone) |
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EUGENE ZÁDOR
Zador: Celebration Music Bálint Képíró, Imre Kováts, Zoltán Szőke (horns), Katalin Sarkady (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁv, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Eugene Zádor was an established composer by the time he moved from Europe to the United States in 1939 where he worked as a film composer. Many of the works on this album exhibit Zádor's finest traits, blending neo-Classicism and neo-Romanticism with... |
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MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Michael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic & Once upon a Castle Zuill Bailey (cello) & Paul Jacobs (organ) / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2017 ] "Strikingly impressive performances of wittily crafted and accessible contemporary large-scale orchestral scores." MusicWeb |