More By Artist: The National
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Segerstam/Danish National Rso
Segerstam:thoughts 1989,199 [ Bis / CD ] |
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" |
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Shaw/National So Of Ireland
Lamb:the Children Of Lir [ Naxos / CD ] |
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 |
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) |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: La Nativité Du Seigneur / La Transfiguration De Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ Simon Preston (organ) Yvonne Loriod (piano), Westminster Symphonic Choir, National Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati [ Decca Enterprise / 2 CD Box Set - released 9/Apr/2012 ] The first public performance was on June 7, 1969, in Lisbon, Serge Baudo was the conductor. The United States premiere was on March 27-30, 1972 in Washington, DC with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Westminster Choir; Antal Dorati was the... |
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Sirenko/Ukraine National So
El-Khoury: Orchestral Works [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2002 ] |
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 ] |
MENDELSSOHN
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4 Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Ireland National Symphony Orch bestra / Bramall (conductor), Seifried (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "The Naxos performance is an attractive, alert one, well recorded." - Penguin Guide |
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3 / A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Bramall (conductor), Seifried (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "A performance that gains in tautness as it progresses." - Guardian (UK) |
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. |
PETROS PETRIDIS
Petridis: Saint Paul Soloists / Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Byron Fidetzis [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Petros Petridis was one of the leading composers of the Greek National School. In Saint Paul he sought to combine the polyphonic approach of Byzantine music with the form of the oratorio. The libretto follows the Acts of the Apostles with fourteen... |
FRANZ XAVIER GRUBER
Gruber: Ukrainian Christmas Solomiya Ivakhiv Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Serhii Khorovets [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Ukraine has a long and vibrant tradition of Christmas carols, whose melodies and meaning - now, more than ever - hold an important place in the hearts of the country's people. Some carols date back centuries and cover a wide variety of themes, but... |
