W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 9 & 19 (recorded 1952-56) Clara Haskil (piano) / Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra / Otto Ackermann / Ferenc Fricsay [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Listening to the Bucharest-born Clara Haskil (1895-1960) always brings much joy. Her playing exudes musicality, whether it is Mozart, Falla or Hindemith...A very recommendable release." (Colin Clarke classicalsource.com) |
STRAVINSKY
Le Rossignol (complete opera) (with Delage: Quatre poems hindous; Berceuse phoque) Janine Micheau, Genevieve Moizan, Jean Giraudeau, Lucien Lovano / Chorus and Orch. of the French Nat. Radio, Andre Cluytens [ Testament / CD - released 15/Mar/2015 ] "Igor Stravinsky conceived his lyric opera in three acts, Le Rossignol, after a tale by Hans Christian Andersen, the first performance presented by Diaghilev's Ballet Russes in Paris, on 26 May 1914. The score captures both the poetry and irony of... |
LUCIANO BERIO
Berio: Coro Cologne Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Berio [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] 'A highly personal, yet urgently communicative statement, persuasively performed.' Gramophone reviewing the original release in 1980 |
RAVEL
La Mer / Trois Nocturnes / PrAClude AÂ l'aprAs-midi d'un faune Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gary Bertini [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] In 1987 Bertini was awarded the Israel Prize, the most prestigious award handed out by the State of Israel. In 1995 he won two prizes: Conductor of the Year, and Fermio Abiatti Prize of the Italian Music Critics Union. |
J. S. BACH
Magnificat (with Handel - Dixit Dominus) Maarten Engeltjes, Diana Haller, Maximilian Schmitt / Bavarian Radio Chorus & Concerto Koln, Peter Dijkstra [ Br Klassik / CD - released 28/Jan/2013 ] The Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks joins forces with Concerto Köln to produce another superb CD. |
BARTOK
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Duke Bluebeard's Castle) (complete opera) Cornelia Kallisch, Pater Fried / Radio Sinfonieorchester of the SWR / Peter Eatvas, [ Hanssler / CD - released 16/Apr/2003 ] In addition to three dramatic works for the theater, Bartók composed only one opera: Duke Bluebeard's Castle. |
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Halffter, Cristóbal / Orán, María / Preece, Simon
Halffter, Cristóbal - Siete Cantos de Espa?a [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 / Lyric Pieces (selection) / etc Cyprien Katsaris (piano) / The Radio Orchestra of Leipzig / Horst Neumann [ Piano 21 / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine April 2008 (Re-issue of the Month) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No 1 / Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Edlinger (cond), Michael Halasz (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Leaper, conductor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Gary Carpenter, conductor
Best of British Light Music Classics Vol 1 (Includes Sleepy Lagoon, A Children's Overture & The Robin Hood Suite ) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] All your favourite light music classics |
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Leaper, conductor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Gary Carpenter, conductor
Best of British Light Music Classics Vol 4 (Includes The Warsaw Concerto, Cornish Rhapsody & The Dream of Olwen ) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2003 ] All your favourite light music classics |
BIZET / MASCAGNI / SCHMIDT / HUMPERDINCK / PUCCINI / etc
Intermezzo Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Rahbari, conductor ; Budapest Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Halasz, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] The lights are dimmed and from the pit the sound of the orchestra rises. |
EMILE WALDTEUFEL
Waldteufel: The Best of Vol 1 (Incls 'Les Patineurs' & 'Estudiantina Waltz') Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Emile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg on 9 December 1837, just seven weeks after the elder Johann Strauss gave his first concert on French soil in that very city. |
WALDTEUFEL
The Best of Vol 4 (Incls 'Zig-zag polka' & 'Solitude Waltz') Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Walter [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Emile Waldteufel was born in Strasbourg on 9 December 1837, just seven weeks after the elder Johann Strauss gave his first concert on French soil in that very city. |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Symphony No.1 and 2 Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Ludovit Rajter, conductor Edgar Seipenbusch, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] "This work of a 21-year-old is totally accomplished" |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete Ballet) Czecho-SLovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jan/2003 ] "Lenard's complete Swan Lake is both exhilarating and full-blooded" - Penguin Guide |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcraker (with Glazunov - Les Sylphides) Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orhcestra (Bratislava) / Ondrej Lenard [ Naxos / 2 CD ] "the excellent Slovak playing, which is bright and lively and vividly recorded" - Penguin Guide |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 4 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovak [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "So congratulations (again) to Naxos. The real Shostakovich cognoscenti may be mildly disappointed here and there, but even they will be gripped more often than not by these committed and well recorded performances" ABC Radio |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 3 Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovak [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] Recorded in November 1986, and January 1990 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies 2 & 15 Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovak [ Naxos / CD ] "I would recommend the Czech release" CD Review |