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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cinderella (Recorded live at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, 2012) BLU-RAY Dutch National Ballet / Anna Tsygankova, Matthew Golding, Larissa Lezhnina, Megan Zimny Gray / Ermanno Florio (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Oct/2013 ] Christopher Wheeldon's acclaimed new Cinderella for the Dutch National Ballet is an imaginative interpretation of a muchloved classic. Inspired by the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale, Wheeldon gives the characters renewed depth and complexity,... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Orphee aux Enfers / La Belle Helene (complete operettas recorded in 1998 & 2000) Natalie Dessay / Felicity Lott / Yann Beuron / Laurent Naouri / Opéra National de Lyon / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ ArtHaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2012 ] Arthaus presents an Offenbach Box Set (Orphée aux Enfers & La belle Hélène) featuring Marc Minkowski - the preeminent Offenbach conductor of our day but also a team of wonderful singer-actors (Natalie Dessay & Felicity Lott). |
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National
Little Drottningholm Music [ Proprius / CD - released 18/Jul/2002 ] |
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LUDWIG MINKUS
Don Quixote (complete ballet recorded in 2007) National Ballet of Cuba / Viengsay Valdes / Romel Frometa / Dayron Frometa / Giovanni Duarte (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Alicia Alonso, founded this improbable ballet company in 1948, with the support of Fidel Castro, and 60 years later, the octogenarian former prima ballerina, whose sight started to fail aged 20, is still the director. |
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National Bordeaux/Petitgirard
Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloe [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Oct/2006 ] |
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MAHLER / GERSHWIN / GINASTERA / BERNSTEIN / etc
El Sistema At The Salzburg Festival National Children's Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela & White Hands Choir Venezuela, Simon Rattle, Maybeth Garcia & Luis Chinchill [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] El Sistema is the international famous phenomenon from Venezuela and the invitation of the National Children´s Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and the White Hands Choir to the Salzburg Festival 2013 show their musical and educational quality.... |
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National Dance Theatre Of The
Traditional Music from East Siberia [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] Traditional folk music from Yakutia, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The music is played on authentic instruments and includes a shamanic ritual. |
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MARTINU
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 1 Lorenzo Gatto (violin) / National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Weller has a natural feel of the swaying gait of Martinu's individual rhythmic language and his conducting, allied to fine orchestral playing and exceptionally good sound, certainly makes an impact." (Gramophone) |
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PROKOFIEV
Symphonies 1 - 7 Orchestre National de France, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Erato Prokofiev Edition / 4 CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] "Undoubtedly the most accomplished among these performances are those of the Second and Fifth Symphonies. The Fifth was the earliest of the recordings to be made (October 1985) and is in many ways the most impressive. The woodwind voices are... |
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National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (LP) [ Universal LP / LP - released 23/May/2025 ] Originally released 21 May 1980, The Empire Strikes Back: Symphonic Suite from the Original Motion Picture Score presented selections of composer John Williams' music for STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, which had premiered in theatres just two... |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Boutique fantasque (with Britten: Musicales) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge. [ Decca / CD - released 12/Aug/1983 ] While Richard Bonynge has long been associated with opera, particularly with that of the Bel Canto age, he has been one of the most active revivers and conductors of ballet in the 20th and 21st centuries. |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphony No. 5, Op. 76 / Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 41 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gabriel Chmura [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] '...Gabriel Chmura has a demostrable feel for the fine-honed intensity which chracterizes Weinberg's thinking. On the basis of its first instalment, the, this traversal of his symphonies is set to be a rewarding one.' International Record Review |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphonies Nos 14 and 16 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice / Gabriel Chmura (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] 'This third volume of Gabriel Chmura's Weinberg cycle features two single-movement symphonies from the years of after Shostakovich's death. Each one is out of the top drawer… Here [in the Fourteenth] and in the Sixteenth, the Polish orchestra do... |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphony No. 4, Op. 61, Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47 No. 1, Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 74 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice / Gabriel Chmura, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] "Gabriel Chmura and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra deliver vibrant and committed accounts of the Symphony and the Sinfonietta. Add to this equation Chandos's customary state-of-the-art engineering, and you have a release that deserves... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (Edited Wheeler) National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) Robert Olson, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] "Olson's interpretation of Mahler's Symphony No. 10 remains insightful and affectionate, its character sharpened by time and experience." CDNow |
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National Rso Ukraine/Williams
Flagello/Rosner [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] |
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National S.O Of Ukraine
Brusa: Orchestral Works [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] |
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MARTINU
Symphonies Nos 2 & 4 National SO of Ukraine / Arthur Fagen [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] Naxos records the Martinu Symphonies |
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National S.O.Ireland/Leaper
Nielsen:symphonies 1 & 6 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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National S.O.Ireland/Saccani
Respighi:ancient Airs & Dan [ Naxos / CD ] |