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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony Nos. 1 & 5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Thomas Søndergård's sophomore album as Music Director marks his first symphonic recording with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Søndergård conducts an all-Prokofiev programme juxtaposing two contrasting symphonies: Symphony No. 1 in D major... |
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HOLST
An Introduction to Holst (Incls 'The Planets' & 'Brook Green Suite') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / women's voices of the RSNO Chorus / Sir Alexander Gibson / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'In every respect this latest Holst anthology from Chandos will be hard to beat. The recording is superb - very real indeed…' The Penguin Complete Guide |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No.5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "His Bruckner Fifth is revelatory. I found myself making comparison with Karajan, Jochum, Wand and Furtwaengler, finding that Tintner was bringing insights to the music worthy of any of those great names." Hi-fi News & Record Review |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Alexander Romanovsky (piano) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Jose [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "Clear and slightly reverberant recording maximises the textures and appeal of these works making the disc worthy of consideration as a benchmark recording" (MusicWeb on Symphony 5 & Seasons) |
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FREDERICO de FREITAS
The Silly Girl's Dance Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] "Cassuto and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra are obviously on the same wave-length and the orchestra clearly enjoys itself in these colourful, unpretentious but entertaining scores...I have already returned to this lovely disc of refreshingly e |
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GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier [ Warner Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] "Serebrier gets very characterful and brilliant performances from the RSNO and his account of No.4 in particular has a good claim to be a first recommendation…" (Penguin Guide) |
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GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3 & 9 [2 CDs] Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] |
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DUKAS
L'apprenti sorcier / La péri / Symphony in C Major RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Paul Dukas is famed for his brilliant, meticulously scored symphonic scherzo The Sorcerer's Apprentice, first performed in 1897, which almost immediately entered the international repertoire. It was subsequently the focus of a ballet and later Walt... |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Roma / Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite) / etc RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] The success of Bizet's opera Carmen has overshadowed the rest of his output, but this fascinating orchestral programme, which includes a number of seldom performed works, reveals more of his talent for writing colourful, atmospheric and melodic... |
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LUIS DE FREITAS BLANCO
Orchestral Works Volume 4 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra / Álvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] This fourth volume in Naxos's critically acclaimed series of Portuguese composer Luís de Freitas Branco's orchestral music juxtaposes his magnificent Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme, Vathek, with Symphony No. 4. As his... |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
In Memoriam / Symphony No 17 / Symphony No 32 / etc RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The sound quality is outstanding, the playing is convincing and the programme is ultimately satisfying. (MusicWeb January 2011) |
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LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Scherzo Fantastique / Suite Alentejana No. 1 RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] Luís de Freitas Branco was a pre-eminent figure in Portuguese music of the first half of the twentieth century. This first disc of a four-volume series of Freitas Branco's orchestral works features the First Symphony, in which the influence of César... |
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LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Branco: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphony No. 2 RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Cassuto, an expert in his native repertoire, conducts fine and nuanced readings of these works, while the Irish musicians are recorded cleanly…A top recommendation." (Fanfare) |
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LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 - Symphony No. 3 / The Death of Manfred / Suite alentejana No. 2 RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "As with all of the releases in this series so far, Álvaro Cassuto conducts as persuasively as we have any right to expect, and Naxos' sonics are excellent. A very attractive and welcome release." 9/9 ClassicsToday.com |
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MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera recorded in 1991) Ruggero Raimondi (Boris Godunov), Paul Plishka, Kenneth Riegel, Nicolai Gedda, Galina Vishneyevskaya / National Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropov [ Erato / Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2018 ] "Ruggero Raimondi's Boris is sung firmly and lyrically. He responds to the elegance to be found in Mussorgsky's brief, speech-inflected phrases, and some scenes, notably his final exchanges with his son, are movingly done." (Gramophone) |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) / Night on the Bare Mountain / Khovanshchina / etc Russian National Orchestra / Carlo Ponti [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Modest Mussorgsky owes his reputation to three compositions in particular: his opera Boris Godunov, his orchestral fantasy Night on the Bare Mountain and his descriptive collection of solo piano pieces entitled Pictures at an Exhibition. |
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PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Ballet Suites: Prokofiev / Khachaturian / Shostakovich Russian National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Vedernikov [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] All Pentatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |
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RODION SHCHEDRIN
Carmen Suite / Naughty Limericks / The Chime Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ] |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 11 Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] “The Russian National Orchestra is in top form, with its brass department in resplendent form.” --Robert Benson, classicalcdreview.com |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 15 / Hamlet Op. 32 Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Nothing is as it seems here. And everything seems futile here. Can one say it any more briefly? Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15 remains a complete enigma for the observant listener. |