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... |
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 |
Scottish National Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Elegy for Strings [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] Music for relaxation and for moments of pleasure |
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 |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies No. 2 & 5 Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "Alexander Gibson's 1980s Sibelius cycle on Chandos, one of the first digital sets, was praised for its clean lines, propulsive phrasing, and bracing impact." MusicWeb |
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 |
Segerstam/Danish National Rso
Schnittke: Concerto No1 [ Bis / CD ] |
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... |
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" |
GUBAIDULINA / TAKANO / BEAMISH
Spellbound Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Svenska Kammarorkestern / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Gateborgs Symfoniker [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] Sharon Bezaly has been recognized not only for her superb gifts as a musician, but also for her commitment to her instrument and its repertoire. She has inspired numerous composers to compose directly for her, and makes it a priority to perform these... |
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) |
WAGNER
Parsifal (Complete opera recorded in 1985) Sir Donald McIntyre, Waltrud Meier, Phillip Joll, Warren Ellsworth, Chorus and orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Reginald Goodall [ EMI The Opera Series / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Parsifal was Wagner's last and many say most accomplished opera, the culmination of the development of the emotional intensity of the German Romantic movement. |
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... |