Since you are interested in Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome / Roman Festivals, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 [original 1926 version] (with Medtner - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50) Yevgeny Sudbin (piano) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "…Sudbin's relatively low-key playing, never leaves you in doubt of his musicianship and dexterity." Gramophone Magazine, February 2010 |
VILLA-LOBOS
Floresta do Amazonas Anna Korondi (soprano) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / Sao Paulo Symphony Choir / John Neschling [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "It's a typical Villa-Lobos patchwork, including a male chorus chanting in an Amazonian language, extravagant vocalise for the soprano solo and lushly romantic textures straight out of Hollywood...this recording...reveals the score in all its... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Totentanz / Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major / Piano Concerto No.2 in A major Arnaldo Cohen (piano) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] A mercurial performer, conductor and composer, Franz Liszt epitomizes the Romantic genius, and his chosen instrument, the piano, was the emblematic instrument of the Romantic era. This disc brings together the composer's three mature works for piano... |
NATHANIEL SHILKRET / FREDRIK Haâ€"GBERG / CHRISTIAN LINDBERG
Trombone Concertos Christian Lindberg (trombone/conductor) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Oct/2005 ] Nathaniel Shilkret's trombone concerto is something of a Holy Grail for trombone players. It has long been known that film and Broadway composer Nathaniel Shilkret composed a concerto for Tommy Dorsey at Leopold Stokowski's request, and that it was... |
CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Orchestral Works Vol. 3 (Includes Symphony No.5 for orchestra and choir) Coro da Orquestra de Sao Paulo / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Neschling [ BIS / CD - released 18/Mar/2004 ] "The São Paulo Symphony Orchestra play marvellously and John Neschling directs with great understanding. Excellent sound." (Gramophone) |
VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas Brasileiras 1, 4, 5 & 6 Donna Brown (soprano) / The Cellists of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / Roberto Minczuk / Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) Sato Moughalian (flute) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] With this disc, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) and Robert Minczuk close their three-disc cycle of the nine Bachianas Brasileiras by their countryman, Heitor Villa-Lobos. Previous instalments have been praised for the fine orchestral playing, as... |
VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas Brasileiras No.2, 3 & 4 Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / Roberto Minczuk, conductor [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] This is the first volume in a 3-CD series of what is often considered to be Heitor Villa-Lobos' greatest masterpiece: the nine Bachianas Brasileiras. |
VILLA-LOBOS
Choros 1, 4, 6, 8 & 9 Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS / CD - released 1/May/2008 ] "Villa-Lobos's textural inventiveness is a constant delight in both [Choros 8 & 9] and the São Paulo Symphony's performances under John Neschling exploit it to maximum effect." The Guardian, 25th July 2008 **** |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: The Complete Choros and Bachianas Brasileiras (also including The Complete Solo Guitar Music) Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling / Roberto Minczuk / Anders Miolin (guitar) [ BIS / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The Brazilian players sound as if the music is in their blood … and their ensemble is in no way inferior to that of any of their rivals" (Gramophone) and "a world-class ensemble providing an assured blend of lush colours, pulsating rhythms and... |
RODRIGO / BORNE / IBERT
Flute Concertos - Bridge across the Pyrenees Sharon Bezaly (flute) / Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / John Neschling [ BIS SACD / SACD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "There is absolutely nothing here to criticize. Sharon Bezaly is one of the world's top flutists; the repertoire has been chosen with her usual intelligence and imagination; she plays the living daylights out of all of three pieces; the... |