BUSONI
Piano Concerto / Fantasia Contrappuntistica Victoria Postnikova (piano) / National de France Orchestra & Choeurs de Radio France Chorus, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] |
The Radio Dept.
Clinging to a Scheme [ Labrador / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] All the pre-release hype and anticipation has been justified; the Radio Dept. have delivered the best work of their career. |
The Radio Dept.
Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010 [ Labrador / 2 CD ] |
Radio Moscow
Brain Cycles [ Alive Records / CD - released 14/Apr/2009 ] "Call it blues rock, call it psychedelic, call it hard-grooved stoner rock. Call it whatever the hell you want, as long as you just call it ROCK. Iowa-based Radio Moscow's second album, 'Brain Cycles'... |
ROSSINI
Overtures (with Bizet-Preludes and Ballet Music from Carmen) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon Originals / CD - released 25/Mar/2006 ] "Fricsay is an easy recommendation for those not minding fast overall speeds. The orchestral playing is well up to the chosen tempi, the recording is first-rate and the whole effect exhilarating." [Rossini Overtures] Penguin Guide, 1966 |
MAHLER
Symphony No 10 (ed Cooke) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 2/Jul/2000 ] "In terms of recorded sound this is the best Mahler/Cooke Tenth currently available. As an interpretation it is imbued with polish, nobility and integrity." - MusicWeb Sept 2000 |
SAINT-SAENS
La Muse et le Poète [Violin & Cello Concertos] Renaud Capuçon (violin) & Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Violinist Renaud Capuçon and his cellist brother Gautier are joined by the young French conductor Lionel Bringuier and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France for a programme of works by Camille Saint-Saëns. |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Das land Des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) (complete operetta directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt) Rene Kollo / Birgit Pitsch-Sarata / Dagmar Koller / Heinz Zednik / Fred Liewehr / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Wolfgang Ebert (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 9/May/2006 ] G :- While most works from the heyday of German operetta have long disappeared from the stage, Franz Lehár's Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of a Smile) is an exception that is well-known to today's music-loving public |
RALPH BENATZKY
Benatzky: Im Weiben Rossl [The White Horse Inn] Anneliese Rothenberger, Peter Minich, Benno Hoffmann, Peter Kraus / Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, Willy Mattes [ Warner Classics Cologne Collection / CD - released 14/May/2012 ] |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Ma Vlast / 'Bartered Bride' orchestral excerpts Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] Má vlast (meaning "My homeland" in the Czech language) is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879. While it is often presented as a single work in six movements and - with the exception of Vltava - is almost always recorded that... |
JANACEK
Capriccio / Concertino / On an Overgrown Path / Piano Sonata Rudolf Firkun (Piano) / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik [ DG Originals / 2 CD - released 22/May/2000 ] The DG Original Recordings series continues! |
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sergiu Celibidache
Strauss, Richard - Ein Heldenleben, A Hero's Life, Une Vie de Heros, Vita d'eroe [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Richard Strauss performed by a classic conductor |
WAGNER
Orchestral music from Parsifal, TannhANuser & Tristan und Isolde Swedish Radio Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] Besides the Tristan Prelude and Liebestod and the Tannhäuser Overture, there is a repertoire speciality: thirty minutes of Parsifal, including the Prelude and a "suite" from Act Three, compiled by Claudio Abbado himself. |
BARTOK
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Duke Bluebeard's Castle) / Canata profana Topper, Fischer-Dieskau, Krebs / RIAS Kammerchor / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Ferenc Fricsay [ DG The Originals / CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] "Fricsay's conducting is like a man possessed, the orchesral playing is utterly magnificent...A quite wonderful disc." - www.musicweb.uk.net |
Tv On The Radio
Desperate Youth Blood Thirsty Babes [ LP - released 19/Aug/2011 ] |
TV on the Radio
Return to Cookie Mountain [ Interscope Records / CD - released 12/Sep/2006 ] |
ROSSINI / VERDI / OFFENBACH / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BELLINI / etc
100 Best Overtures & Preludes: Includes 'The Bartered Bride', 'William Tell' & 'The Barber of Seville') Philharmonia Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, La Scala Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Emi Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2018 ] 100 Favourite overtures and preludes from all your favourite operas & ballets. |
ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / BIZET / BEETHOVEN / VERDI / WEBER / etc
50 Best Overtures & Preludes: Includes 'The Bartered Bride', 'William Tell' & 'The Barber of Seville') Philharmonia Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, La Scala Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] 50 Favourite overtures and preludes from all your favourite operas & ballets. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Includes the Suites / Souvenir de Florence / The Nutcracker / Swan Lake / 1812 - Overture / Eugene Onegin) DELETED Various orchestras and conductors including Suisse Romande Orchestra, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra & the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Philips / 9 CD - released 8/Apr/2000 ] Over eleven hours of music on 9 CDs! |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich plays Shostakovich [2 CDs] Dmitri Shostakovich (piano) / French National Radio Orchestra, Andre Cluytens, with Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 15/May/2015 ] All Shostakovich's recordings are distinguished by his masterly technique and the clean, non-legato touch, which is wholly in keeping with the character of his music. Yet beautiful tone and broad cantilenas are also in evidence, notably in the slow... |