Since you are interested in Sibelius: Scenes historiques I and II / King Christian II Suite, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Symphonic Poems (Vol. 3) Incls 'Battle of the Huns' New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halasz [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "There is some absolutely brilliant playing on this disc...With this sort of playing Liszt's orchestrations come fully alive, allowing us to appreciate some music that is very easy to see as inflated." (John Dutton ***** five stars Dominion Post) |
YASUSHI AKUTAGAWA
Akutagawa: Ellora Symphony / Trinita Sinfonica / Rhapsody New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa, conductor [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] "Thanks be to Naxos for continuing to plumb the mines of interesting and unusual music, and presenting it at their ever-attractive price. Highly recommended." (MusicWeb June 2005) |
TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mayuzumi: Bugaku / Mandala Symphony / Rumba Rhapsody New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2006 ] "Excellent performances from New Zealand and very fine recording throughout." (MusicWeb April 2006) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Fantasia on Greensleeves and others New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] "Helped by vivid sound, James Judd conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in glowing performances of these favourite [sic] Vaughan Williams works." (Gramophone) |
ARTHUR HONEGGER
Honegger: Symphony No. 3 / Liturgique / Rugby / Pacific 231 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] "His Third Symphony is one of his most powerful works, a purely musical requiem written towards the end of the Second World War and full of its horrors and its hopes for peace… The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under Takuo Yuasa makes a highly... |
WEBER
Overtures (Incls 'Euryanthe' & 'Der Freischutz') New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Weber was a great tunesmith, and some of his overtures were on the same level of popularity (in the time before pervasive aural garbage) with William Tell, 1812 and the like. Polish-born and trained conductor Wit I'm sure is familiar with the... |
MiECZYSLAW KARLOWICZ
Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Powracajace fale') New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Mieczysław Karłowicz's six symphonic poems, composed between 1904-09, are the pinnacles of a career tragically ended when he perished in an avalanche during a solitary mountain hike. His fame as one of the outstanding Polish composers of his... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Jeux d'enfants / Symphony in C-major / Jeux d'enfants New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Donald Johanos, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] Popular Bizet played by our own symphony orchestra. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Marches (Including Pomp and Circumstances) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Apr/2005 ] "a desirable bargain-price collection which should certainly find a niche in the market" - MusicWeb April 2005 |
FRANK BRIDGE
The Sea / Enter Spring / Summer New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Aug/2004 ] Now generally remembered as the teacher of Benjamin Britten, who made his gratitude clear in his variations on a theme by his mentor, Frank Bridge has been largely neglected as a composer until recent years. Born in Brighton in 1879, he was a pupil... |