JOSEPH HAYDN
Hommage a Haydn Xavier de Maistre (harp) / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Bertrand de Billy [ Sony / BMG Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] |
WENCHEN QUIN
Wenchen Qin: Orchestral Works Yang Zheng (soloist), Xinxin Song (soloist), ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gottfried Rabl [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2024 ] Award-winning composer and educator Wenchen Qin enjoys one of the most distinguished and influential positions in China's contemporary music scene with works that have garnered worldwide acclaim. Qin's unique musical language is influenced by his... |
ARIBERT REIMANN
Zyklus / Kumi Ori / etc Yaron Windmuller (baritone) Axel Bauni (piano) Saaebrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gunther Herbig [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "Reimann's output for solo piano has been small, but the four works documented on the first disc show a composer with awesome understanding of the DNA of the piano, especially the unerring "rightness" of his chord voicings and ability to exploit the... |
PAVLOVA
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4 Yaroslav Krasnikov (violin) / Georgy Khachikyan (organ) / Moscow Radio Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/2005 ] "This work was done with very special inspiration. As a general comment, I can say that the concept of Symphony No. 4, to me, is very close to the idea of the painting by Nicholas Roerich Path to Shambala. I see this symphony as my personal 'path to... |
MARTINU / DORATI / HOLLIGER
Yeon-Hee Kwak plays Yeon-Hee Kwak (oboe) / Munich Radio Orchestra, Johannes Goritzki [ MDG SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Since her debut CD in 2001, Yeon-Hee Kwak, the winner of two Echo Klassic awards, has been known as the "Paganini of the Oboe". Now she pays homage to three first-class oboe composers of the 20th century. |
THE YELLOW RIVER CONCERTO
The Yellow River Concerto / etc Yin Chengzong (Piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "...an excellent, unusual bargain....Most of the fillers-miniature solo piano pieces, some arranged, some by named composers-are charming, deft, dramatic, but the Three Variations on an Ancient Chinese Melody by Wang Jienzhong tell of a composer of... |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Violin Sonatas & Concertos Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi, with Enrico Pace (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "this rewarding new release is a reminder of [Hindemith's] continued close affinity with the viola...Virtuosity is not so much the music's aim as expressivity, yet Zimmermann plays with brilliance throughout" |
GORECKI
Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) / Three Olden Style Pieces Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2004 ] "What's most impressive about this performance is its spirituality; and given the overall excellence of the recording, the conducting and the singing, it's strongly recommended" (Gramophone) |
BARTOK
Piano Concertos: No. 1 & No 2; The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Zoltan Kocsis (piano) / Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Gyargy Lehel / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sir Neville Marriner [ Capriccio SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "A generally enjoyable disc" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos KV 365, Sinfonia concertante for Four Winds KV 279B, Adagio KV 261, Rondo KV 269 & 373 for Violin Bilal Alnemr, Gabriel Pidoux, Blaz Sparovec, Theo Plath, Nicolas Ramez ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Duo Sakamoto, Howard Griffiths, Thomas Zehet [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 18/Oct/2024 ] This tenth volume in the 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' series presents works that are less frequently recorded, including a concerto for two pianos (in its original orchestration), separate movements for violin and orchestra (an Adagio and two... |