WOJCIECH KILAR
Kilar: Choral and Orchestral Works Hasmik Papian (soprano) / Cracow Philharmonic Chorus / Polish National Radio Symphony [ Naxos 21st Century Classics / CD - released 14/May/2002 ] Kilar was a contemporary of Gorecki and Penderecki |
FRIEDRICH CERHA
Concerto for Cello and orchestra (with Schreker-Kammersymphonie) Heinrich Schiff (cello) / Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra / Peter EAtvAs, conductor [ ECM New Series / CD - released 31/Jan/2008 ] Cellist Heinrich Schiff delivers a transcendent performance of a cello concerto dedicated to him "in friendship" by Austria's great composer Friedrich Cerha (born 1926). Cerha's special combination of stylistic conviction and expressive diversity,... |
BELLINI / MOLIQUE / MOSCHELES / RIETZ / VIVALDI
Oboe Concertos Heinz Holliger (oboe) Aurele Nicolet (flute) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Eliahu Nicolet [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "..the Philips engineers had perfected their micing to achieve the utmost realism and naturalness in discrete four-channel recording." --John Sunier, audiophile auditio |
MOZART / DVORAK
Birthday Concert for Pope Benedict XVI (filmed in April 2007) Hilary Hahn (violin) / Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR / Gustavo Dudamel [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 21/Jun/2007 ] G :- The concert programme, in part selected by the music-loving Pontiff himself, brings together two of classical music's brightest young stars for their first joint appearance - American violinist Hilary Hahn and Venezuelan firebrand conductor... |
JEAN SIBELIUS / ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Sibelius/Schoenberg: Violin Concertos Hilary Hahn (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 3/Mar/2008 ] "Hilary Hahn's wonderfully assured and generously expressive performance shows what an approachable and important work it is, and one that deserves a place in the Austro-German tradition alongside Berg's almost exactly contemporary violin... |
KURT WEILL
Das Berliner Requiem (with works by Hindemith, Stravinsky & Milhaud) Hilde Venken (sop) Ivan Goossens (ten) Jacob Bloch Jespersen (bass) / I Solisti del Vento / Flemish Radio Choir / Paul Hillier [ Glossa SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "The performance [of Stravinsky's Octet] here is beautifully executed with a delightful and exuberant finale." BBC Music Magazine, June 2010 **** |
ARVO PART
Part: Lamentate The Hilliard Ensemble / Alexei Lubimov (piano) / SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko (conductor) [ ECM New Series / 2 CD - released 13/Nov/2005 ] "Pärt's moving lament for the living brings from him rarely heard power" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Nov 2005 |
Hirsch/Netherlands Radio So
Berg: Violin Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Sep/2002 ] |
Hoelscher/Berlin Radio So/Froh
Spohr: Complete Violin Concert [ Cpo / 8 CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] |
LOUIS LEWANDOWSKI
Lewandowski: 18 Liturgical Psalms Hungarian Radio Choir, Andor Izsák [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This first complete recording of his 1879 masterwork is conducted by Andor Izsák, who encountered the historic psalm-singing tradition in his youth as organist at Budapest's Great Synagogue in the Dohány-utca. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique Hungarian Radio & Television Orchestra. Charles Munch [ ABC Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] The rarest amongst Charles Munch's many traversals of Symphonie fantastique (including those with the Boston and Paris Orchestras), this is an extraordinarily spacious reading of the first movement in particular, and will be much sought after by... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 / Introduction and Concert Allegro in D minor, Op. 134 Idil Biret (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice); Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jul/2003 ] "I have spent hours going through at least ten of my favorite recordings of this concerto, and this one with Idil Biret ranks right up there with the top five" Listener |
ERIKS ESENVALDS
Ešenvalds: St Luke Passion & Sacred Works Ieva Parša (mezzo-soprano), Janis Kurševs (tenor) & Daumants Kalninš (baritone) / Latvian Radio Choir & Sinfonietta Riga, Sigvards Kļava [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "It's an unusual and highly effective beginning, and I can say that it is unlike any other setting of the Passion with which I am familiar...One could hardly ask for better performers in this repertoire...A superb release." (Gramophone) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2019 ] "An important recording of landmarks of this century's violin literature. Highest commendation" Fanfare |
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 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Oda (Alone) complete score of the silent film Irina Mataeva (sop) Anna Kiknadze (mezzo) Dmitry Voropaev (tenor) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] Set in late 1920s Leningrad and then in the Altai Mountains in Russian Mongolia, Shostakovich's second film ODNA (ALONE) features a dazzling score for a huge orchestra including a banda (8 brass band instruments), theremin, (Shostakovich was one of... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 D Minor op. 125 Iris Vermillion, Selig Franz-Josef, Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 16/Apr/2003 ] "Excellent choral singing, very good solo work, and absolutely stunning live sonics" - Classics Today |
PETTERSSON
Violin Concerto No. 2 (revised version) Isabelle van Keulen (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard [ CPO / CD - released 23/Feb/2007 ] Classics Today described Isabelle van Keulen as an artist possessing “considerable talent, experience, and professionalism.” |
J.S. BACH
Cantata BWV80 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' / Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' Istvan Gati, Ingrid Kertesi, Jozsef Mukk, Judit Nemeth / Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Matyas Antal [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Matyas Antal |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem K 626 (Tassinari / Tagliavini / De Sabata 1941) Italian Radio Choirs / Italian Radio Orchestras / Victor De Sabata (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Recorded over two days in the grand surroundings of the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome in 1941, this performance of the Requiem was part of Italian Radio's Commemorative Ceremony for the 150th Anniversary of the death of Mozart. |