Orf Radio So Wien/Schoenberg C
Beethoven: Fidelio 1805 [ Oehms Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2010 ] |
Orf Radio So/Meister
Bartok: Kossuth/Concerto For O [ Cpo / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] |
HANS ZIMMER
The World of Hans Zimmer - A Symphonic Celebration ORF Radio Symphony Radio, Martin Gellner, with Lisa Gerrard (vocals), Aleksandra Suklar (percussion), El Amir (guitar), etc [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2019 ] Sony Classical is pleased to release the sensational double-album by one of the world's most accomplished film composer, Hans Zimmer. This stunning album sees Hans Zimmer arrange some of his most successful and recognisable compositions into... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 KV 459 - Concerto for Flute & Harp KV 299 - Andante for Flute KV 315 - Horn Concerto No. 1 KV 412/514 ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths, Thomas Zehetmair, Aaron Pilsan, Nicolas Rames, Diren Duran, Elisabeth Plank [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] For the seventh volume in this collection devoted to Mozart by the younger generation of soloists, the award-winning Austrian pianist Aaron Pilsan records the concerto K.459 with the ORF Radio Symphonieorchester in Vienna. French horn player Nicolas... |
JOHANN NEPOMUK DAVID
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Johannes Wildner [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] Johann Nepomuk David is an Austrian symphonist from the generation of Hindemith, Distler and Pepping whose music has been in urgent need of revival. His music demands in special measure active participation, a close listening to the musical... |
FLORENCE BEATRICE PRICE
Price: Symphony No. 3 / The Mississippi River / Ethiopia's Shadow in America ORF Vienna Radio Symphony, John Jeter [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Florence Price was one of the most versatile and accomplished american musicians of her generation whose unstoppable creativity and earliest successes were set against the backdrop of 1930s economic depression |
DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: The Veil of Pierrette, Op. 18 ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ariane Matiakh [ Capriccio / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] The Veil of Pierrette premiered in 1910 as a ballet-pantomime based on a story by Arthur Schnitzler (18621931), one of Austria's most prominent fin-de-siècle figures. Ernst von Dohnányi provided the accompanying score that proved an immediate... |
WILLIAM DAWSON
Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen [ CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony was premiered by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1934 to huge enthusiasm. Its traditional form houses a continuous process of variation and introduces little-known spirituals in fragmentary... |
MARGARET BROUWER
Brouwer: The Art of Sailing at Dawn / Rhapsody, Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony No. 1 "Lake Voices" ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Margaret Brouwer is a composer renowned for her music's lyricism, imagery and emotional power. The five premiere recordings on this album span 24 years. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 [re-orchestrated by Gustav Mahler] ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Robert Schumann's works lie at the centre of German Romanticism, with an essentially lyrical style that reflects his quintessential place among the great German composers. |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: City Noir / Fearful Symmetries / Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] John Adams' music has long since captured the admiration of listeners for its inimitable American qualities. City Noir was inspired by the cultural and social history of Los Angeles, with Adams calling it 'an imaginary film score' in its evocation of... |
SCHUBERT
Male Choruses Orphei Drangar conducted by Robert Sund with Instrumentalists from the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 6/Jun/2000 ] Schubert's some 100 songs for men's choir have been strangely neglected, probably because they are musically highly demanding. |
GEORGE ORWELL
Nineteen Eighty-Four Radio Adaptation with Tim Pigott Smith, Christopher Eccleston & Pippa Nixon [ Audio Book / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] SPECIAL PRICE Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster and the Thought Police uncover each act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that... |
NICOLAI PAGANINI
Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "There is no lack of dazzle in the fireworks, and no damp squibs here. With very good notes, this is an excellent example of a Naxos super-bargain at its best." Penguin Guide |
Panzarella/Munich Radio Orch/P
Mayr: La Lodoiska [ Oehms Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |
SCHOENBERG
Gurrelieder (with Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd) Paul Frey (tenor) Elizabeth Connell (soprano) / Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt / Chor des NDR Hamburg & Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eliahu Inbal [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Jun/2006 ] The Gurrelieder are Schönberg at his most impressive. This recording was made in Germany in 1990 was an all-German team. The vocal soloists include Paul Frey, tenor and Jard van Nes, mezzo-soprano. The narrator is Hanz Franzen. |
SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND
Violin Concerto 'Darkness in Light' / Ignite for orchestra Pekka Kuusisto (violin) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] An earlier recording of orchestral works by Sebastian Fagerlund was described in BBC Music Magazine as displaying 'boundless technical resource at the service of a considerable imagination'. These qualities, and his receptivity towards different... |
Peter Prommel, percussion, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic / Peter Eatvas
Harvey - Madonna of Winter and Spring, Percussion Concerto, Song Offerings [ Nimbus / CD - released 30/Jul/2000 ] Three world-premieres feature on an outstanding disc of contemporary music! |
GEORGE ROCHBERG
Violin Concerto (restored original version) Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin) / Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] "The Rochberg concerto is a powerful work with music of grit and emotionally fluency sustained across five meaty movements. It stands alongside the superb William Schuman concerto (also recorded by Naxos) as one of the finest concerted works by an... |
NIGEL CLARKE
Carke - The Prophecies of Merlin - Symphony for Violin and Orchestra Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neil Thomson, with Alexandru Cozma (bassoon) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] The Brussels-based British composer Nigel Clarke is renowned for his virtuosic style, and an uncompromising contemporary musical language that speaks with an authentic voice to today's audiences. |