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EDOUARD LALO
Lalo: Le roi d'Ys (Complete Opera recorded in 1957) Janine Micheau, Rita Gorr, Henri Legay, Jean Borthayre / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion française, André Cluytens [ Erato The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] Lalo's Le Roi d'Ys draws on the same Breton myth of a submerged city as Debussy's La Cathédrale engloutie. A great success at its 1888 premiere at Paris's Opéra Comique, it even reached the Metropolitan Opera, New York, but its current rarity on the... |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Symphony for Violin and Orchestra / Postludium for Piano and Orchestra Janusz Wawrowski (violin) Jurgis Karnavičius (piano) / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee/ [ Naxos / CD - released 24/May/2024 ] Berlin-born Lukas Foss studied music in Paris before settling in Philadelphia in 1937. Though he freely explored diverse compositional styles, three of the works in this recording fall into his early neo-Classical period and exemplify his dictum that... |
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ALAN HOVHANESS
Hovhaness: Guitar Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 63 / Fanfare for the New Atlantis Javier Calderon (guitar) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stewart Robertson [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "I cannot over-emphasise how attractive this music is. Hovhaness wrote in the 1960s of the importance of identifying our own kind of beauty. These three works bear him out completely." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month June 2008) |
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FRANZ LISZT
The Best Of Liszt [Incls 'Liebestraum' & 'Les Preludes'] Jenö Jandó (piano), Joseph Banowetz (piano), Balázs Szokolay (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Aug/1997 ] Liszt was the son of a steward in the service of the Esterházy family, patrons of Haydn. He was born in 1811 at Raiding in Hungary and moved as a child to Vienna, where he took piano lessons from Czerny and composition lessons from Salieri. |
VYTAUTAS BACEVIČIUS
Bacevicius: Orchestral Works Vol 2 Gabrielius Alekna (piano) / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Vytautas Bacevičius's life was defined by exile and migration during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, but his impressive catalogue represents a remarkable creative spirit undimmed by adversity. Composed while studying in Paris, the... |
BO HOLTEN
Wisdom and Folly and other Choral Works Jesper Juul Sorensen (trombone) / Danish National Girls Choir/DR / Danish National Choir/DR / Bo Holten, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] "Music full of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic interest" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.14 Op.135 for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra Joan Rodgers (soprano) John Tomlinson (bass) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Mark Wigglesworth [ BIS / CD - released 10/Apr/2005 ] "Mark Wigglesworth delivers an exceptionally coherent interpretation supported by fine and idiomatic singing from both soloists...compelling...shattering." - Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music (Oct 2001) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Symphonies (with works by Rodrigo, Berlioz & Strauss) [recorded 2012-14] Johan Reuter (bass) Pepe Romero (guitar) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos [ Dacapo Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "It's a really gorgeous performance" American Record Guide |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Agamemnon & Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 John Findon, Eleanor Dennis, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Robert Murray, Clive Bayley / English National Opera Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] With Havergal Brian's 'Agamemnon' and Symphonies Nos 6 & 12, Martyn Brabbins and his English National Opera forces pay tribute to one of the great mavericks of British music. All three works belong to Brian's immensely productive old age and display... |
AULIS SALLINEN
The Red Line (Punainen Viiva), Op. 46 (complete opera) Jorma Hynninen / Päivi Nisula / Finnish National Opera Orchestra / Finnish National Opera Chorus / Tsuumi Dance Company / Mikko Franck [ Ondine DVD / DVD - released 22/Dec/2010 ] This new DVD features the première recording for video of the two-act opera The Red Line (1978) by Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen (b. 1935). |
ROBERT BEASER
Beaser: Guitar Concerto José Serebrier, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Eliot Fisk [ Linn / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] Conducting legend José Serebrier, together with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, performs the premiere recording of four works by contemporary American composer, Robert Beaser. Two of the works, Notes on a Southern Sky and the Guitar... |
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SAMUEL ADLER
José Serebrier Conducts Samuel Adler [Symphony No 6 / Cello Concerto] Maximilian Hornung (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Linn / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] Conducting legend José Serebrier, together with the RSNO, performs a programme of works by the hugely influential American composer Samuel Adler, including the world premiere of his Sixth Symphony. |
Joseph Swensen; Christiane Libor; Michael Weinius; Derek Welton; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Salvatore Caputo; Chœur de l'Opéra National de
Ring Odyssey [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2024 ] "'If, in a parallel universe, Wagner wrote a symphony rather than a sixteen-hour Ring, it might actually resemble my Ring Odyssey.' These are the words used by the new music director of the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Joseph Swensen, to... |
THOMAS DE HARTMANN
Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered Joshua Bell, Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska, Matt Haimovitz Mdr-Rundfunkorchester, Dennis Russell Davies [ Pentatone / CD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] This album brings the glowing, cinematic Violin and Cello Concertos of Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann, an important compositional voice in his own time, back into the limelight. Using an international all-star cast, the recording not only aims... |
PACINI / BELLINI / MERCADANTE / DONIZETTI / etc
Stella di Napoli Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Riccardo Minasi [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] 'Joyce DiDonato's love letter to Neapolitan 'bel canto' is all about the voice, and what a voice it proves to be. Vocal pyrotechnics hold no terrors, and her creamy mezzo leaves no nuance unturned.' (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Recital) |
FRANK MARTIN
Golgotha (complete oratorio) Judith Gauthier (sop) Marianne Beate Kielland (alto) Adrian Thomson (ten) / Cappella Amsterdam / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Reuss maintains a tight grip on the unfolding drama...there is such an obvious intensity and love of this extraordinary piece that it never feels as though it is dragging...A revelatory recording." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Choral |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Stereo Re-release) Julia Fischer (violin), Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] First released in 2006, Julia Fischer's recording of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, alongside other gems by this composer has proven to be a reference recording. It not only highlights Fischer's exceptional skill, but also her unique congeniality... |
KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV
Russian Violin Concertos Julia Fischer, violin, Russian National Orchestra. Conducted by Yakov Kreizberg [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2005 - Concerto "I don't believe I have heard a better performance of the Khachaturian than Fischer's, and with the hi-res surround sonics we have here a sure winner. The Prokofiev and Glazunov concertos prove... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1984) Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi / National Orchestra of France, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Erato Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "Maazel's buoyant lightness and edgy rhythmic energy are suitably Gallic, and his principals are visually and vocally compelling." (Gramophone) |
