Mjaskovski
Symphonien No. 2 cis-Moll, op. 11 & No. 10 f-Moll, op. 30 Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Gottfried Rabl [ ORFEO / CD - released 21/Jan/2000 ] |
SAINT-SAENS
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] His early symphonic works were dismissed by French audiences as too scholarly. Nevertheless, both his Symphony in A (1850) and his Symphony in F, with the epithet Urbs Romana (1856) - which did not receive an opus number - are full of close motivic... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Moscow-Cheryomushki-Suite / Jazz Suite No. 1 / etc Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin / Steven Sloane [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 1/May/2007 ] Capriccio launches an ambitious recording project with Russian violinist Vladmir Spivakov and American conductor james Conlon: violin concertos of the 20th century. The first recording to be issued includes Dmitri Shostakovitch's First Violin... |
Radio Tarifa
Rumba Argelina [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Radio Tarifa's classic breakthrough debut album 'Rumba Argelina', originally released on World Circuit in 1996, is regarded as a world fusion classic. Founded in the early 90's, Radio Tarifa combined Flamenco, Arab-Andalusian music, Arabian music,... |
Radio Tarifa
Rumba Argelina (LP) [ BMG / ADA / 2 LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Radio Tarifa's classic breakthrough debut album 'Rumba Argelina', originally released on World Circuit in 1996, is regarded as a world fusion classic. Founded in the early 90's, Radio Tarifa combined Flamenco, Arab-Andalusian music, Arabian music,... |
Radio Utopia
Algebra of Delight [ Infracom / CD - released 21/Jun/2010 ] |
Radio Zumbido
Los Ultimatos Dias Del A [ Palm Pictures Music / CD - released 27/Jan/2007 ] |
ALLAN PETTERSSON
Symphony No 10 / Symphony No 11 Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR / Alun Francis [ CPO / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Take time, be patient and you will be richely awarded and perhaps you can hear'the song the soul once sang'." (Amazon.com) |
DRAESEKE
Symphony No 2 Op 25 / Serenade Op 49 Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR / Jorg-Peter Weigle [ CPO / CD - released 10/May/2009 ] "CPO's engineering and sound on these late 1990s recordings is outstanding with rich and a richly detailed orchestral palette and sound that is three-dimensional and certainly up to the standards of the pre-super audio era. Like usual, CPO loads up... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner - Symphony No. 5 (original version) / Symphony No. 9 (finale - reconstruction) Radio-Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal [ Teldec / 2 CD - released 29/Dec/1988 ] Original recording: Alte Oper Frankfurt, October 1987 |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9 Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Des Swr / Carlo Maria Giulini [ Hanssler / CD - released 19/Apr/2008 ] Bruckner had started to compose his Ninth Symphony immediately after finishing his Eight in August 1887. This work took up more than nine years of his life. |
SCHUBERT
Symphony in C Major D 944 / Overture to The Magic Harp (Die Zauberharfe) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart. Roger Norrington [ Hanssler / CD - released 16/Apr/2003 ] The premiere on March 21,1839 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus under the direction of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was a tremendous success. |
BLACHER / PROKOFIEV / MILHAUD / WAGNER / MUSSORGSKY / TCHAIKOVSKY
Leopold Stokowski conducts Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg / Leopold Stokowski [ Hanssler Classic / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 1, 96 "Miracle" & 101 "Clock" (plus documentary on Sir Roger Norrington) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgat des SWR / Roger Norrington [ Hanssler Classic / DVD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] |
BEETHOVEN
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 Pastoral Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien / Bertrand de Billy [ Oehms Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] The international reviews for the recording of the 3rd Symphony were full of praise. "A jewel of musical listening pleasure", "Beethoven taken seriously", "Finally a Beethoven for music-lovers": Bertrand de Billy and the Radio Symphony Orchestra of... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] Op 45 Miriam Gauci (soprano), Eduard Tumagian (baritone) Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos / CD ] "certainly worth considering" CD Review |
RAUTAVAARA
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Ralf Gothoni (piano) / Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Max Pommer & Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductors [ Ondine / CD - released 16/Apr/2004 ] For 35 years Ralf Gothoni has enjoyed a many-sided career as solo pianist, chamber musician and conductor all over the world. |
GAVIN BRYARS
Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal) / After Handel’s Vesper / Ramble on Cortona Ralph van Raat (piano) / Cappella Amsterdam / Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic / Otto Tausk [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "It's in the nature of Bryars's solo piano music that it flows along in gently timeless way...it also severally challenges a performer's ability to keep the listener's attention suitably gripped. In After Handel's Vesper's and Ramble on Cortona,... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / MENDELSSOHN
Tchaikovsky / Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Ray Chen (violin) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "In his hands, the music is like a living thing; one senses that each performance will have its own individual character...All in all, a most impressive release." (Recording of the Month Gramophone June 2012) |