Since you are interested in Checkmate (complete ballet), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Symphonies / The Fairy's Kiss / Ode Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Jarvi / Nash Ensemble [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] "A program that offers exceptional value for the money. A fine reissue." (ClassicsToday) |
DELIBES
Sylvia (complete ballet) (with Saint-Saens - Henry VIII Ballet Music) Razumovsky Sinfonia / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "There is loving care applied to selection of tempos, shaping of phrases, orchestral balance and refinement of instrumental detail" Gramophone (Editor's Choice), June 1996 |
RACHMANINOV
Symphonies Vol 1: Symphony No 2 in E minor Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / CD - released 17/May/2002 ] the first in a cycle of Rachmaninov symphonies. |
RACHMANINOV
The Three Symphonies (3 discs for the price of 2) Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / 3 CD - released 15/Jul/2002 ] ‘Hughes is the first conductor to convince me that the First Symphony is on a par with its two successors.’ (International Record Review) |
SAMUEL BARBER
Cello Concerto / Medea (Orchestral Works Vol 2) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2001 ] Volume Two of Barber's orchestral music on Naxos |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / The Miraculous Mandarin, (suite) / The Wooden Prince Suite / etc Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] This '2for1' reissue brings together the best performances by Neeme Järvi of the music by Bartók, taken from his extraordinarily prolific recording career with Chandos Records. |
DVORAK
Complete Slavonic Dances Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 17/Jul/2001 ] Neeme Järvi's wonderful account of Dvorák's Slavonic Dances |
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Petter Sundkvist, conductor
Stenhammer-Symphony No. 2 / Excelsior! [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Nov/2002 ] "persuasive and vibrant readings...plenty of fire and passion" |
ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane (Bacchus and Ariadne) / Symphony No. 3 Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stephane Deneve [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "Denève persuades his Scottish forces to play with real affection and, where appropriate, real force....this new Naxos carves a niche firmly for itself on any serious record collector's shelves. The recording (Tim Handley) is fabulous; there is... |
ALBERT ROUSSEL
Roussel: Symphony No. 2 / Pour une fete de printemps / Suite in F major Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "Naxos' engineering is the most natural of all in terms of balance and perspective. Crank it up and wallow in some of the most marvelous symphonic music yet composed in France." -- ClassicsToday, April 29, 2008 (10/10) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (highlights from the complete ballet) Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] Tchaikovsky was ideally equipped to write the music for the ballet Swan Lake. His gift for vivid theatricality, for lively, memorable melodies, and for rich characterisation was allied to a mastery of dance rhythms. These qualities were augmented by... |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Giselle (complete ballet) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava / Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] The son of a distinguished piano-teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, Adolphe Adam was born in Paris in 1803. His contemporary popular success depended on a series of compositions for the stage, with much of his later work rendered necessary by the... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op.44 / The Spirit of England, Op.80 Teresa Cahill (sop) Anne Collins (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight." Penguin Guide |