FRANCOIS-JOSEPH GOSSEC
Le Triomphe de la Republique ou Le Camp de Grand Pre SalomAFAC Haller / Antonella Balducci / Guillemette Laurens / Makato Sakurada / Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano / I Barocchisti / Diego Fasolis [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] Diego Fasolis has developed quite a reputation for innovative repertoire with the Suisse Radio musicians and is regarded as one of the leading lights in the performance of early music. |
MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 (Recorded at the Rheingau Musik Festival 2013) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (HRSinfonie Orchester), Paavo Järvi [ C Major DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/May/2015 ] Symphonies Nos. 5 + 6 will continue the release of the complete Mahler cycle with Paavo Järvi and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, which since the 80s became a "powerful Mahler orchestra" (Frankfurter Rundschau) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Voice & Ensemble |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Les Offrandes Oubliées Sarah Leonard (soprano), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen (conductor) [ Orfeo / CD - released 16/Jul/2022 ] The fifth instalment in Orfeo's Michael Gielen / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra series. What makes Olivier Messiaen's œuvre so special is largely his ability to coalesce various influences, inspirations and convictions into a wholly individual... |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Piano Concerto / Fantasia Slava / Toccata Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Capella Istropolitana / Howard Griffiths & Ewald Danel [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] "The Russian pianist, Konstantin Scherbakov, is a persuasive and at times dazzlingly brilliant soloist and he is accompanied persuasively by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) under Howard Griffiths." Penguin Guide |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Concerto / Prometheus Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian State TV and Radio Choir / Moscow Symphony Orchestra / Igor Golovschin [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This budget-priced production from the composer's compatriots certainly holds its own against all comers. Konstantin Scherbakov plays the concerto with steel and sensitivity in equal measure, and he's particularly successful in knitting together the... |
Segerstam/Finnish Radio So
Finnish Violin Concertos [ Bis / CD ] |
Segerstam/Swedish Radio So
Blomdahl:the 3 Symphonies [ Bis / CD ] |
Segerstam/Swedish Radio So
Drangar:serfs Of Orpheus [ Bis / CD ] |
Segerstam/Swedish Radio So
Segerstam:symphonies 11&14 [ Bis / CD ] |
LOTTA WENNÄKOSKI
Wennäkoski: Sigla / Sedecim / Flounce Sivan Magen (harp) / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] "This is music that knows exactly where it is going and is happy to bring its audience along with it." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Contemporary |
Braunfels,
Te Deum op. 32 Sjöberg, Jonsson, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Swedish Radio Choir; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] |
RUSSIAN FAVOURITES
Russian Favourites (music by Borodin, Gliere, Glinka, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Kabalevsky, etc) Slovak Phil Orch, Slovak Radio SymphOrch, conductors: Bramall, Gunzenhauser, Halasz, Hayman, Jean [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The second half of the nineteenth century brought with it a burgeoning of Russian culture, itself, whatever nationalist critics might have said, a result of that cross-fertilisation of ideas that has its origin in the reforms of Peter the Great. |
RAVEL
Bolero / Daphnis et Chloe / Ma Mere L'oye Slovak Philharmonic Chorus / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Jean (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "This is a treasurable collection excellently conducted by Kenneth Jean" - American Record Guide (USA) |
BINGE / COATES / CURZON / DUNCAN / ELGAR / FARNON / GERMAN / ETC
A British Festival (Incls 'Elizabethan Serenade' & 'In a Monastrey Garden') Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper, Andrew Penny [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "unforgettable tunes that everyone knows but few can put names to....this is a well-chosen selection taken from the Marco Polo and Naxos back catalogue." --Review by Jeremy Nicholas, ClassicFM |
COATES / KETELBEY / BINGE / MAYERL / TOMLINSON / etc
Elizabethan Serenade: The Best of British Light Music Slovak Philharmonic Male Chorus / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ernest Tomlinson (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Oct/2006 ] "Excellent value" - Penguin Guide |
DVORAK
Symphony No.2 / Legends Op.59 Nos. 6-10 Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / (Bratislava) / Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Gunzenhauser gives a taut, beautifully textured account, very well played and recorded" - Penguin Guide |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Symphony No. 9 / Legends Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Gunzenhauser (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "The orchestra is the Slovak Philharmonic, who really have this music in their blood, conducted in lively and idiomatic fashion by Stephen Gunzenhauser who has a most engaging way with Dvorák's music." - The Guardian - Aug 1990 |
ERIC COATES
Coates: London Suite / The Merrymakers / London Again Suite / Cinderella / The Dambusters March Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] With orchestral works at the core of his output, the supreme melodic gift that distinguishes the music of Eric Coates earned him a reputation as the 'uncrowned king of light music'. |
ALBERT KETELBEY
Ketelbey: Bells Across the Meadows / In a Monastery Garden / In a Persian Market / etc Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper [ Naxos British Light Music Vol 14 / CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Albert Ketelbey was an excellent pianist, touring Britain and honing his craft as an expert tunesmith as musical director of London's Vaudeville Theatre. The delightful miniature In a Monastery Garden placed Ketelbey at the forefront of British Light... |