Since you are interested in Joan and the Bells (with Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet: Suite No 2), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Glagolitic Mass & Taras Bulba Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Iris Vermillion (contralto) Stuart Neill (tenor) Arutjun Kotchinian (bass) / RundfunkSinfonieorchester, Marek Janowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] This album offers two of the best known and most loved works by Leoš Janáček. The Glagolitic Mass was thus described by a musicologist: "It has absolutely everything, it's engrossing and enthralling and captivating and startling and soothing and... |
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5 in B flat / Ode to the End of the War, Op. 105 Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Oct/2007 ] He died on the same day as Stalin. Not only did March 5, 1953 see the ending of the life of the Soviet dictator who despised mankind, but also of the life journey of Sergei Prokofiev, which had travelled its winding path for more than 60 years and... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante / Symphony No 100 in G Military Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolic [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "An enterprising Haydn programme from Gordan Nicolic, until recently the leader of the London Symphony Orchestra. He directs strong and vital performances, aided by recorded sound that allows the music's dynamic range to make a powerful impact" Musicweb |
SAINT-SAENS
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt / Eliahu Inbal [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] His early symphonic works were dismissed by French audiences as too scholarly. Nevertheless, both his Symphony in A (1850) and his Symphony in F, with the epithet Urbs Romana (1856) - which did not receive an opus number - are full of close motivic... |
HAYDN / BEETHOVEN
Haydn: Symphonies Nos 88 & 99 / Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "With its warmth, exuberance and pungency of detail, this is modern-instrument Haydn as its finest." Richard Wigmore, Daily Telegraph |
PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Ballet Suites: Prokofiev / Khachaturian / Shostakovich Russian National Orchestra conducted by Alexander Vedernikov [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] All Pentatone SACDs are 5.1 stereo sound. Playable on all Compact Disc players |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 11 Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 11/Mar/2006 ] “The Russian National Orchestra is in top form, with its brass department in resplendent form.” --Robert Benson, classicalcdreview.com |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55 (with Stravinsky - Divertimento & Ballet Suite from 'The Fairy's Kiss') Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] "The Russian National Orchestra, under its Principal Guest Conductor makes a wonderful job of these two colourful and tuneful works. I recommend it unreservedly." (MusicWeb March 2006) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony Nos. 1 & 6 Russian National Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "It is one of the finest recordings in the PentaTone catalogue." -Christophe Huss, ClassicsToday 10/10 (France) |