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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glazunov: Complete Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin) Alexander Romanovsky (piano) Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) Marc Chisson (saxophone) / Russian National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2011 ] "there's little doubt that both Serebrier and his soloists, supported by warmly idiomatic playing from the Russian National Orchestra and a beautifully clear recording, make a highly persuasive case for the reappraisal of these works." BBC Music |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with works by Ukrainian composers) Raphaela Gromes (cello) / National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Volodymyr Sirenko [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] Following the tremendous success of her album "Femmes" (2023), Raphaela Gromes releases a new album, "Dvorák: Cello Concerto", featuring one of the most renowned cello concertos alongside inspiring and moving pieces by Ukrainian composers. It was... |
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe [The Merry widow] (highlights in English) Joan Sutherland, John Brecknock, Francis Egerton, Regina Resnik, John Fryatt / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Turn of the century Paris provides the glittering setting for this operetta, first performed in Vienna in 1905 and here given by a cast lead by Joan Sutherland and also featuring John Brecknock, Valerie Masterson and Werner Krenn. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera) Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Carol Neblett, Sherrill Milnes, Paul Plishka / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / National Philhrmonic / James Levine [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] "Scotto sings a lovely "Si, mi chiamano Mimi", and her phrasing is always beautiful...no one newly smitten by the opera will find this performance of it disappointing." (Gramophone) |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Giordano: Andrea Chenier (Complete opera recorded in 1976 with libretto) Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Jean Kraft, Sherrill Milnes / National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine [ RCA Opera Series / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/1977 ] "for Scotto's sake and to a slightly lesser extent for Domingo's, I think I would choose RCA" Gramophone This set is currently unavailable |
MASCAGNI
Cavalleria Rusticana (Complete Opera recorded in 1978) Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Pablo Elvira / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine [ Sony Opera House / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "This now stands as a clear first recommendation for Mascagni's red-blooded opera, with Domingo giving a heroic account of the role of Turiddu, full of defiance...James Lveine directs with a splendid sense of pacing." Penguin Stereo Guide |
BELLINI
Norma (Complete opera recorded in 1980) Renata Scotto, Tatiana Troyanos, Giuseppe Giacomini / National Philharmonic Orchestra / James Levine [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "…Scotto's Druid priestess grows in stature to give us an unbearably moving scene in which she contemplates the murder of her children and, best of all, the duets with the rival priestess of Tatiana Troyanos, who offers the most sheerly beautiful... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman (The Tales of Hoffman) (complete opera) Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Natalie Dessay, Sumi Jo / l'Opera National de Lyon, Kent Nagano [ Erato / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 3 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] "With Nagano taking a light, airy view and using the most scholarly text available, this new version certainly has its place." (Gramophone) |
DANNY ELFMAN
Danny Elfman: Violin Concerto / Piano Quartet Sandy Cameron (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Mauceri [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/May/2019 ] "Mostly these accomplished and entertaining pieces owe a lot (as do so many movie scores) to Elfman's self-confessed passion not just for the Romantic classical repertoire as a whole but specifically for the 20th-century Russians." Gramophone |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / GLAZUNOV / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Masterpieces (Incls 'Sabre Dance', 'Procession of the Nobles' & 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] All the best Russian classics from the large Chandos catalogue. |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / SHOSTAKOVICH / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / etc
Russian Dances (Incls Dance of the Tumblers, Pushkin Waltzes & Pas de Deux from 'The Nutcracker')) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/1993 ] A great collection of popular Russian favourites with all top performances drawn from the vast Chandos catalogue. Great for car listening. |
WAGNER
Tristan and Isolde - An Orchestral Passion Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "...with fine playing and vivid sonics, this disc is certainly recommendable." (ClassicsToday Feb 2011) |
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger: an Orchestral Tribute (arranged by Henk de Vlieger) / Eine Faust-Ouvertüre / Overture to ‘Columbus’ Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Neeme Järvi conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in the fourth album of their Wagner series. |
SUPPE
Overtures & Marches Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "Jarvi is back with the orchestra with which he won so many laurels in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He brings both zip and sentiment to these orchestral delights. He is, for example, as soulful as Bruch in the preamble to Dichter und Bauer and... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Ballet Masterpieces (Incls excerpts from 'SwanLake', 'Raymonda' & 'Nutcracker') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] "The recording, made in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow has plenty of ambience but is brilliant too...the Scottish orchestra in good form throughout." (Gramophone on the Nutcracker/Swan Lake) |
SAINT-SAENS
Orchestral Works (Incls 'Phaéton, Op. 39' & 'Danse macabre, Op. 40') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] The works on this disc are all early, dating from the first half of the composing life of Saint-Saëns - that is, with the one exception of the Marche du couronnement which the composer wrote for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. |
WAGNER
Wagner Transcriptions Volume 5: Orchestral Works Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "It's still a pleasure, though, fresh and vigorous; Neeme Jarvi's fairly brisk reading, beautifully played by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, amply explains why Clara Schumann warned Robert he had a new rival." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
DUKAS / SAINT-SAENS / ROSSINI-RESPIGHI
The Sorcerer`s Apprentice / Danse macabre, Op.40 / La Boutique fantasque Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] Collect - the midprice Chandos label |
SIBELIUS
Lemminkainen Suite / Luonnotar / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] |
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Scottish National Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Elegy for Strings [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] Music for relaxation and for moments of pleasure |
