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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Orchestral Works Volume 4 - Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien / etc Orchestre National de Lyon. Jun Markl [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Märkl is a master Debussyan, who captures the magical half-lights of these scores with a rare instinct for colour and texture." Classic FM Magazine, November 2010 ***** |
PAUL DUKAS
Dukas: Music for Piano / Orchestral Music / Ariane et Barbe-Bleue Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Jean Hubeau, Martha Argerich, Alexander Rabinovitch (pianos) / Orchestre National de I'O.R.T.F., etc [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2024 ] The composer Paul Dukas was known for abandoning many of his musical undertakings, resulting in a limited output of published works. This collection consolidates the core of his oeuvre in landmark renditions by prominent artists. |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Ma Vlast (My Fatherland), including Vltava (Moldau) The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] "this new Naxos offering enshrines an interpretation of no mean stature and individuality: an undoubted bargain, I would say" - Gramophone |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Sonata in D Major Tedi Papavrami (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "Tedi Papavrami is evidently someone to shout about, playing with flawless technique". - Classic CD |
TCHAIKOVSKY / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / LISZT / ALWYN / etc
Richard Farrell Complete Recordings Vol 3 Richard Farrell (piano) / National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service [ Atoll Records New Zealand / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Nov/2019 ] "Richard Farrell brings new excitement and insights to familiar repertoire making listening an experience of rewarding re-discovery." (TheWholenote.com) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
G & S: The Yeomen of the Guard / Trial by Jury (Complete operettas) Richard Suart / Felicity Palmer / Welsh National Opera / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Telarc Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2000 ] Two all-time G & S favourites recorded in Telarc's 20-bit digital sound. |
JACOB WEINBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weinberg: Piano Concerto 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / etc Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) / Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] This compact disc features world premiere recordings of three works by JACOB WEINBERG (1879-1956), who was born in the Ukraine to a cultured, assimilated family and studied first at the Moscow conservatory and then in Vienna. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Fennimore and Gerda (complete opera) Robert Tear (tenor) Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Hedwig Rummel (Mezzo Soprano) Elisabeth Söderström (Sop) / Danish national radio symphony, Meredith [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/May/1997 ] "Throughout his career, (Meredith Davies) championed the cause of Frederick Delius, and his most celebrated association with Benjamin Britten came in May 1962, when he directed the premiere of Britten's War Requiem" Guardian |
CHRISTMAS
Feliz Navidad Rolando Villazon (tenor) with the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, Allan Wilson [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Star tenor follows critically acclaimed Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito with his first Christmas album for the Yellow Label Feliz Navidad extends great tradition of seasonal albums by Fritz Wunderlich, Luciano Pavarotti,... |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 3 Laura Mikkola (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] "performances are fully as fine as any available.. unobtrusively excellent." - David Hurwitz, Classicstoday.com |
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JOHN ADDISON / ARTHUR BENJAMIN / ELIZABETH MACONCHY / HUMPHREY SEARLE / EDMUND RUBBRA GEOFFREY BUSH
British Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Lyrita / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "Smaller concertos for piano and modest orchestral forces were a feature of British composition in the first half of the 20th century. Often they were written for a special occasion, and typically vanished into oblivion thereafter. During the COVID... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Damnation De Faust Op. 24 Michael Myers, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Alain Vernhes / Orchestre National de Lille/ Région Nord-Pas de Calais, Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] Recorded: 4 - 5 November 2003 Recording Venue: L'Auditorium du Nouveau Siecle, Lille, France |
FREDERICK LOEWE
Loewe: My Fair Lady Alec McCowen, Tinuke Olafimihan & Bob Hoskins / National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards [ Jay Digital / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/1988 ] My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor... |
FRANZ XAVER SCHARWENKA
Scharwenka: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 4 Alexander Markovich (piano) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 31/Mar/2014 ] "Jarvi's watchful support and...control of orchestral dynamics gives Markovich more room to shape phrases effortlessly: his playing is especially fine [in the Scherzo of No. 1], cool-headed, but always meticulous...[in No. 2] Markovich blends fiery v |
W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24 Angela Hewitt (piano) National Arts Centre Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2014 ] Here Angela Hewitt is joined by her compatriot National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada and frequent collaborator Hannu Lintu for sparklingly stylish renditions of Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos 22 and 24. |
EDOUARD LALO / PABLE de SARASATE / GEORGE BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole / Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Bizet: Carmen Suite & Jeux d'enfants Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/1997 ] Today one of the world's top musicians - back then a child prodigy whose emotional power and technical prowess fascinated audiences and critics alike. |
HENRIQUE OSWALD & ALFREDO NAPOLEAO
The Romantic Piano Concerto 64 - Oswald & Napoleão dos Santos Artur Pizarro (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 64 / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] Portuguese virtuoso Artur Pizarro makes a welcome return to the Romantic Piano Concerto series with the outpourings of two brilliant pianist-composers. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Violin Concertos & Phantasie Baiba Skride (violin) Danish National Symphony Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Orfeo / CD - released 2/Sep/2013 ] These works were written in the last three years of Schumann's life, and it was a stroke of ill luck that the Violin Concerto in D Minor was completed in 1854 just as Schumann succumbed to mental illness. Baiba Skride now offers her performer's... |
HEINO ELLER
Heino Eller: Violin Concerto / Symphony No 2 / etc Baiba Skride (violin) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts [ Ondine / CD - released 9/Nov/2018 ] "Estonian composer Heino Eller was a wonderful orchestrator, as revealed in these beautiful, if slightly forgettable, works. Skride, Elts and co, however, give the strongest advocacy for them with terrific playing" BBC Music |
