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TONU KORVITS
Kõrvits: Hymns to the Nordic Lights, Orchestral Works Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Risto Joost (conductor), Meelis Vind (bass clarinet) [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Tõnu Kõrvits (b. 1969) is together with Arvo Pärt and Erkki-Sven Tüür among the most interesting Estonian composers of our time. This album by the Estonian NSO and Risto Joost consists of orchestral works written between a period of ten years, from... |
ARVO PART
Part: In Principio Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Tallinn Chamber Orchestra / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a superbly constructed recital of some of the most recent music of Estonian composer Arvo Part." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, Vespers Eugen Antoni (tenor) / Raisa Palmu (soprano) / Erja Wimeri (contralto) / Finnish National Opera Chorus. Eric-Olof Soderstrom, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] Rachmaninov had been in contact with Orthodox sacred music since his childhood. The influence of Orthodox chant is clearly detectable in his music, for instance in his use of stepwise motion, a characteristic of Orthodox chant, in his themes. -... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 / Symphony No. 10 (Adagio) Ewa Podles (alto) / Cracow Philharmonic Choir / Cracow Boys' Choir / Polish NAtional Readio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ NAXOS / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "This is a very impressive recording indeed" (American Record Guide) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky / Lieutenant Kije Suite Ewa Podles (Mezzo-soprano), Latvian State Choir, Lille National Orchestra / Jean-Claude Casadesus (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "These are fine performances...the disc is worth purchasing for the wonderful six-and-a-half minutes of Podleś's performance of "The Field of Death"." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Four Last Songs / Lieder Felicity Lott (soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'Voice, orchestra and sound are all gorgeous; this is well worth having, and I think you will play it often, as I have already. I could never tire of a voice as beautiful as this.' (American Record Guide) |
BRITTEN
Les Illuminations, Op. 18 / Quatre Chansons franASaises / Serenade,Op. 31 Felicity Lott (soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Michael Thompson (horn) / Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 'These are profoundly sympathetic performances, with Lott at her best in the 14-year-old composer's precocious settings of Hugo and Verlaine. Bryden Thomson and the RSNO support attentively, and the recordings are truthful and atmostpheric in the... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Orchestral Songs Vol 1 Felicity Lott (soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] 'Voice, orchestra and sound are all gorgeous; this is well worth having, and I think you will play it often, as I have already. I could never tire of a voice as beautiful as this.' (American Record Guide) |
ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12 (complete opera recorded in 2010) Finnish National Opera / Klaus Florian Vogt, Camilla Nylund, Markus Eiche, Sari Nordqvist / Mikko Franck (conductor) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "Holten's surreal evocation of Bruges, the dead city of the title, is wonderfully creepy...Vogt excels as the wild-eyed, obsessive Paul, desperately trying to make over Camilla Nylund's slutty Marietta in saintly Marie's image. Mikko Franck's conduct |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rasputin (Complete opera) Finnish National Opera / Matti Salminen / Lillia Paasilivi / Jorma Hynninen / Jyrki Anttila / MIkko Franck (cond) [ Ondine DVD / DVD - released 4/Apr/2006 ] G :- "This is a grand show." [10/10 for performances and sound Classics Today] |
KANTELINEN
The Snow Queen: Ballet Suite Finnish National Opera Orchestra, Tuomas Kantelinen [ Ondine / CD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] The Snow Queen was a hit with the Finnish National Ballet - for this timeless tale, Kantelinen created a musical score that is at once nostalgic and easily accessible. |
HOLST
'The Perfect Fool', Op. 39 / The Golden Goose, Op. 45 No 1 / The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 No. 2 Joyful Company of Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Holst's distinctive sound is carefully manicured in this recording; the rapid "mercurial" passages of string-and wind-writing of The Perfect Fool are delivered with exemplary crispness and vitality…" Disc of the Month Gramophone Magazine, Feb 2009 |
PACINI
Saffo (Complete Opera) Francesca Pedaci / Carlo Ventre / Reoberto De Candia / Wexford Festival Opera Chorus / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland / Maurizio Benini [ Marco Polo Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] "Pedaci's has refreshing purity and clean voice ... Congratulations are due to the record company" - Gramophone |
PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Piano Concertos (plus Schlime - 3 Improvisations) Francesco Tristano Schlime (piano) / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "A shining new talent forces you to listen to these concertos anew. If you can judge a pupil by his teachers, Schlimé comes with the highest pedigree, counting Mikhail Pletnev as his tutor. It is the Russian who conducts him here and his faith is... |
FRANCK / FAURE / d'INDY
French Music for Piano and Orchestra Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "Thiollier shows imagination and sensitivity in Fauré's lovely Ballade" - Penguin Guide |
RAVEL
The Very Best of Ravel Francois-Joel Thiollier (Piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) / Howard Zhang (Violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Maurice Ravel was one of the most important French composers in the early twentieth century and developed his own musical idiom through the combination of French and Spanish influences. The 2 CD set contains selections of the most frequently... |
ERIC SATIE
Orchestral Music (Incls 'Parade') French National Radio & Television Orchestra. / Manuel Rosenthal [ Everest / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "If you'd like to hear a French orchestra playing Satie and having a whale of a time, this will be an excellent starting point." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
GARRETT SCHUMANN / YANIV SEGAL / GABRIEL PROKOFIEV
Beethoven Reimagined Gabriel Prokofiev (electronics), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Yaniv Segal [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] " the two main works on the disc make this a must for adventurous Beethovenians …" CD Choice (UK) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons (1801) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Jeremy Ovenden (ten) / Gabrieli Consort & Players, National Forum of Music Choir, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (cond [ Signum / 2 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2017 ] "McCreesh and his massed Anglo-Polish forces have given us a Seasons that thrillingly catches both the work's bucolic exhilaration and its invocations of the sublime..for sheer sonic splendour it's in a class of its own" Gramophone Award Nomination |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Daniele Gatti conducts Debussy Orchestre National de France, Daniele Gatti [ Sony Bmg / CD - released 19/Oct/2017 ] "This is Debussy painted in bold acrylics rather than insipid watercolours." Arts Desk |
