BORIS PIGOVAT
Requiem - 'The Holocaust' / Poem of Dawn Anna Serova (viola) / Croatian Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, Nicola Guerini [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Of Ukrainian origin, Boris Pigovat is now based in Israel where he has won several distinguished national awards. His Holocaust Requiem received the ACUM prize in 1995, and was premièred at a concert dedicated to the massacre of Jews at Babi Yar.... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony no 9 Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Annelies Burmeister, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam / Radio Chorus Leipzig / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Kurt Masur [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] With this Finale, Beethoven left behind not only his symphonic legacy, but, without realizing it, also a gigantic problem: after this work, which allowed vocal music to intrude into the absolute world of instrumental music, how would any future... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Tapiola / En Saga / Eight Songs Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu (conductor) [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 24/Aug/2017 ] "Lintu's Tapiola does indeed settle into one of the finest performances on record, reconciling the obvious with the mysterious...Again, [En Saga] is a superb performance: rich down below, perky up top, full of delectable solos" Gramophone |
MARCEL POOT
Poot: Symphonies Nos. 1-7 Antwerp Philharmonic, Belgian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Franz André, Frédéric Devrees [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 14/May/2021 ] The Belgian composer, Marcel Poot, was one of the most striking musical figures of his time, with a spicy compositional style that exemplified his zest for life. His cycle of seven symphonies, the earliest of which show the influence of Ravel,... |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Lindberg: Accused & 2 Episodes Anu Komsi (soprano) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Ondine / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] This new album by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Hannu Lintu includes two of Magnus Lindberg's (b. 1958) recent compositions featuring soprano Anu Komsi as soloist in Accused. |
DVORAK / SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Concertos Arabella Steinbacher (violin) / Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] This is Steinbecher's debut on Pentatone. She is 27 and was taught by the same teacher as Julia Fischer. Her previous recordings for Orfeo have all got great reviews. |
PASCAL DUSAPIN
Dusapin: Quatuor VI Hinterland & Quator VII OpenTime Arditti Quartet, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ AEON / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "Both pieces reaffirm Dusapin's quartet cycle as among the most significant now emerging." Gramophone Award WINNER 2018 -Contemporary |
LISZT
The 2 Piano Concertos / etc Nareh Arghamanyan (piano) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Nov/2012 ] In April of this year PentaTone released the debut album of exclusive artist Nareh Arghamanyan, born in Armenia who was admitted to the Vienna Conservatory at the age of 14 (youngest ever). This Rachmaninov recital was very well received. Classics... |
ARVO PART
Part: Adam's Lament Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Riga Sinfonietta, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste [ ECM Records / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] GRAMMY WINNER: Best Choral Album 2014 |
ELLIOTT CARTER
What Next? / ASKO Concerto Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra / Peter Eotvos (conductor) [ ECM New Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] "Carter has always written for instruments operatically; now he lends opera the mercurial magic of his ensemble works, one of which, the "Asko Concerto", is appended here." Paul Driver, Sunday Times |
Ataneli/Slovak Radio Symphony
Lado Ataneli: Opera Arias [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] |
JAKOV GOTOVAC
Gotovac: Symphonic Poems Radio-Philharmonie-Hannover des NDR, Moshe Atzmon [ CPO / CD - released 26/Feb/2001 ] |
BELA BARTOK / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Bartók, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto N. 2 / Violin Concerto Augustin Hadelich, Miguel Harth-Bedoya / Norwegian Radio Orchestra [ Avie Records / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] Augustin Hadelich's first major concerto recording paired the Violin Concertos of Sibelius and Thomas Adès (AV 2276). Universally acclaimed, it was nominated for a Gramophone Award, was one of The New York Times' Top Classical Albums of the Year |
ANTONIO CALDARA
Caldara: Missa dolorosa Aura Musicale, Budapest Coro della Radio Svizzera Rene Clemencic, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2002 ] "Some of the most gorgeous string playing the early music movement has produced." |
JOHANN STRAUSS JR
Edition Vol. 26 (incls Industrie-Quadrille, Sofien-Quadrille, & Kunstlerleben, Walzer) Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Peter Guth (conductor) [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] |
JOHANN STRAUSS JR.
100 Most Famous Waltzes Overtures Polkas And Marches Volume 1 Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2007 ] A generous selection of popular Strauss favourites taken from the complete Strauss edition. |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
100 Most Famous Waltzes Overtures Polkas And Marches Volume 2 Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Katowice / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, [ NAXOS / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] The very best of Johann Strauss II taken from the complete Strauss edition. |
MAGNUS LINDBERG
Orchestral Music Avanti! Chamber Orchestra / Toimii Ensemble / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ Ondine / 4 CD Box Set - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "The prodigious Finnish composer (b1958) is among the doughtiest wielders of the large orchestra at work today. His style is instantly recognisable - furiously scurrying surfaces, sounding at once felicitous and computer-controlled, underpinned by... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 (with Janacek-Violin Concerto) Baiba Skride (violin) / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Munich Philharmonic Orchestra / Marek Janowski / Mikko Franck [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] "A natural musicaon to the ends of her fingertips." Classic FM Magazine |