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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Prodigal Son Op. 46 / Divertimento, Op. 43 / Symphonic Song Op. 57 / etc Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "Once again, Chandos provides their usual reverberant and vibrant sound. In all its facets, this innovative and distinguished release continues their Prokofiev winning streak." American Record Guide |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Suites (Including The Golden Cockerel & The Tale of Tsar Saltan) Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Neeme Jarvi draws the most seductive response from the SNO; he consistently creates orchestral textures which are diaphanously sinuous. Yet the robust moments, when the brass blazes or the horns ring out sumptuously, are caught just as strikingly... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Waltzes (Incls Waltz Suite, Op. 110 & Two Pushkin Waltzes, Op. 120) Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] 'As performances, these are equal to the best.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Symphonic Poems Vol. 1 (Includes Ein Heldenleben & Eine Alpensinfonie) Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'the skilled Chandos engineering ensures that the orchestral layout is very believable, heard within a natural perspective.' - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Symphonic Poems Vol. 3: Aus Italien, Op. 16 / Metamorphosen Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] 'This is as good a recording of Aus Italien as any. The sound is sumptuous… Metamorphosen sounds beautiful here.' American Record Guide |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Overtures Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 20/Sep/2002 ] "energetically played, vividly recorded " (Fanfare) |
FRY
Santa Claus Symphony / Niagara Symphony / Macbeth Overture Scottish National Orchestra / Tony Rowe [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2001 ] Delightful American music from the 19th Century |
RAVEL / BARBER / BIZET / SZYMANOWSKI / RIMSKY KORSAKOV
Femmes Fatales - Soprano Heroines from the Orient Seljan Nasibili (soprano), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine; Yalchin Adigezalov [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Composers of every era have drawn on the strengths, sorrows and joys of women for operas and vocal works, inspiring some of their most powerful music. From the heartbreaking tragedy of Samuel Barber's Andromache's Farewell to the magical storytelling... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 Idil Biret (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice); Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "In sum, this beautifully engineered disc tells much about these oft-recorded works we think we know better than we actually do." ClassicsToday |
HAYDN / LIGETI
Haydn / Ligeti: Concertos & Capriccios Shai Wosner (piano) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon [ Onyx / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] "naturally it is in Ligeti's 1988 Piano Concerto that the DNSO get to unfurl their full colours…from this dazzling display of colour and sound, soloist and ensemble convey a fundamental humanity so appealing...Shai Wosner's finest recording to date" |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Music Vol 3 (Incls 'Coronation March' & 'Phantasm') Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] "The performances under Hickox are as authoritative as ever." (The Guardian) |
XIAOGANG YE
Ye: Winter Shenyang (bass-baritone), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Wei Lu (violin), Noriko Ogawa (piano) /Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orc [ BIS / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "The orchestral playing in all five works is splendidly committed and the recording throughout is superb. An outstanding release." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2021 |
NED ROREM
Rorem: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Cello Concerto Simon Mulligan (piano) / Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "Better late than never, these Rorem premieres are irresistible. Finely recorded, it's a clear winner for the Naxos American Classics series." (Gramophone Dec 2007) |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 'The Egyptian' Simon Trpčeski, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn Records / CD - released 28/Aug/2026 ] Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski continues his critically acclaimed piano concertos series on Linn Records with a 'spectacular' (Bachtrack) live recording of Saint-Saëns' Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5, both performed at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall... |
VICTOR HERBERT
Columbus Suite / Irish Rhapsody / etc Slovak National Symphony Orchestra / Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Victor Herbert, beloved name in American music, was one of the most prodigiously multi-talented musicians in our history. He was a major orchestral conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony, and even a candidate to be music director of the New York... |
JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT
Chroma: Northern Lights / Symphony No. 2, "Remember Me" (excerpts) / Stillness Slovak National Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 11/May/2010 ] |
BALLET FAVOURITES
Ballet Favourites (excerpts from Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Sylvia, Romeo & Juliet, etc) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Tough, tight playing... what an exhilarating performance by Mogrelia. Very fine recording and reproduction of what is a very difficult selection of music." - CLASSIC CD (on the Prokofiev) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Aleko / The Miserly Knight / Francesca da Rimini (excerpts) Sofia National Opera Chorus / Sofia National Opera Orchestra / Nayden Todorov (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] "Another Naxos opera triumph. An intelligent and valuable concept. All performed with passion and commitment." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
LEON MINKUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Minkus: Paquita / La Bayadere (ballets) Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Boris Spassov [ Capriccio / CD - released 12/Dec/1995 ] "This is a wonderful recording of music of the under-rated Minkus (and a few others), a way to often neglected composer of some of the most famous works of ballet." (Amazon.com) |
MINKUS
Don Quixote (Complete Ballet) Sofia National Opera Orchestra / Nayden Todorov (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2004 ] Léon Minkus was born Alois Ludwig Minkus in 1826 in Vienna, where he is presumed to have studied. A violinist, conductor and composer, he was said to be of Hungarian origin, although by ancestry of Russian or Polish derivation. |
