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MILHAUD
La Creation du monde / Le Boeuf sur le toit / Suite provencale Tomoko Makuuchi (soprano) Jian Zhao (mezzo-soprano) Mathias Vidal (tenor) Bernard Deletre (bass) / Lille National Orchestra / Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Few twentieth century composers were anywhere nearly as prolific as Darius Milhaud, whose listed works stretch to 443 opus numbers produced over a period of 63 years. Yet despite... |
JOHN WILLIAMS / JAMES HORNER / VANGELIS / JERRY GOLDSMITH / etc
Galaxymphony II - Galaxymphony Strikes Back (Blu-ray) Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano), Christine Nonbo Andersen (soprano), Jihye Kim (soprano) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Antony Hermus [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "These artists really know how to put on a show, the lighting effects adding hugely to the filmed experience - musicians' faces glow and the singers quite literally glitter." BBC Music |
MARTINU
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6 'Fantaisies symphoniques' Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra / Arthur Fagen (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2004 ] "Arthur Fagen and his Ukrainian orchestra give convincing accounts of both symphonies, and with the help of a sympathetic recording, they achieve that wonderfully luminous, glowing sound which is a special feature of Martinu's orchestral music" - BBC... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Dances and Overtures Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra / Theodore Kuchar (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky retains his position as the most popular of all Russian composers. His music offers obvious charms in its winning melodies and vivid orchestral colours. At the same time his achievement is deeper than this, however tempting... |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies Nos 3 & 7 Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. Theodore Kuchar, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Two of Prokofiev's lesser symphonies get fine performances from this Kiev orchestra." Fanfare |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No 6 / Waltzes Op 110 Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra. Theodore Kuchar, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "...the intensity of feeling is so often right." Gramophone Magazine |
MORTON GOULD
Morton Gould: American Legend Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar / University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Scott Weiss / Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Scherme [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Feb/2013 ] "Morton Gould is the American composer closest to my heart. The breadth of his talent, and his ability to channel American vernacular effortlessly into his concert works, make him the true heir of George Gershwin." Albany Symphony |
CHADWICK
Chadwick - Symphony No. 2 / Symphonic Sketches Ukrainian National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Theodore Kuchar, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "Rewarding listening" |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ARNOLD BAX / FRANK BRIDGE / BENJAMIN BRITTEN etc
Seascapes Ulster Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra [ Chandos Collect / CD ] |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Vadim Gluzman (violin), Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Järvi [ BIS SACD / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "A positively explosive account of the Sonata for solo violin" Gramophone September 2016 |
JULES MASSENET / CHARLES GOUNOD / GIUSEPPE VERDI / GIACOMO PUCCINI / FRANCO ALFANO / HENRI TOMASI / ALFREDO CATALINI
Par amour Vannina Santoni, Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Marie Zeitouni [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Love is the common thread running through this first recorded recital by soprano Vannina Santoni; it's also an opportunity to look back over her fifteen-year career, through her leading roles, alongside her favourite musicians. With the help of the... |
ELGAR / WALTON / ARNOLD / HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Best Of British Various artists incls Maria Kliegel, Maggini Quartet, Oxford Camerata, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Choir of St. John's College, etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2019 ] A selection of stirring music from the best of British composers, performed by the elite of British artists. CD 1 features powerful and rousing classics, while CD 2 boasts some of the most serene and beautiful music ever written |
FRANZ LISZT
The Best of Liszt Volume 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jeno Jando (piano), CSR Symphony Orchestra, Baslasz Szokolay (piano), Hungarian State Orchestra, and others [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Liszt taken from the vast naxos catalogue. |
SAINT-SAENS
The Best of Saint-Saens Various performers including Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Joachim Trio, etc [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Featuring the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Joachim Trio, Idil Biret (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra & others. |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Best of Tchaikovsky Volume 1 Bernd Glemser (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Maria Kliegel (cello), National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Takako Nishizaki (vio) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The best of Tchaikovsky collected from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
WAGNER
The Best of Wagner Volume 1 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, and more [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Richard Wagner inspired in his contemporaries extremes of reaction. For some his music seemed as misguided and repulsive as his anti-Semitism, while others were overwhelmed by the size of his ambition and achievement, to which everything had to be... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Brahms/Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Benjamin Frith, Jenő Jandó (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice [ Naxos / CD ] Much of Mendelssohn's childhood was passed in Berlin, where his parents moved when he was three, to escape Napoleonic invasion. There he took lessons from Goethe's much admired Zelter, who introduced him to the old poet in Weimar. |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete Published Orchestral Works Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice; Polish National Radio Symphony; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; etc [ Naxos / 17 CD Box Set - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Dvořák was a composer steeped in the national and folk music of his Bohemian homeland, and his orchestral music combines a broad and soulful melodic sweep with the wit of sparkling orchestration. |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutosławski: Symphonies / Concertos / Choral and Vocal Works Olga Pasichnyk (soprano) Andrzej Bauer (cello) Krzysztow Bakowsk (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Choir, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 29/Jul/2013 ] "Naxos has collected its existing recordings and issued a 10-CD box Lutosławski-Symphonies; Concertos; Choral and Vocal Works…featuring the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (and others) under the direction of Antoni Wit." The WholeNote |
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (complete opera recorded in 1955) Miroslav Čangalović, Sofija Janković, Zlata Sesardić, Milica Miladinović, Stepan Andrashev / Belgrade National Opera Chorus, Kreshimir Baranovich [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2018 ] A first release on CD of Mussorgsky's epic tragedy recorded by the Belgrade National Opera. With this and six companion issues, Eloquence makes available for the first time on CD the seven complete Russian operas recorded in 1955 by Decca with the... |
