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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem, Op. 48 / Messe basse / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Lisa Beckley (soprano) Nicholas Gedge (bass-baritone) / Oxford Schola Cantorum / Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "The fresh, forward choral tone goes with an unmannered interpretation from Jeremy Summerly, with soloists comparably fresh toned" - Penguin Guide |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 - 4 Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2004 ] "Whether in waltz or gallop Shostakovich proves consistently full of verve and these performances, warmly recorded, are splendid ones" (MusicWeb Nov 2004) |
KALMAN
Csardasfurstin (Die) (The Gypsy Princess) (Complete operetta) Karl-Michael Ebner (tenor) Mojca Erdmann (soprano) Heinz Holecek (bass) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Naxos Opera Classics SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Kálmán's great contribution to the musical language of Viennese operetta was to bring to it the brilliant colours, the heady rhythms and the dynamic energy of his native Hungary - not just as an imitator, like so many other composers, but as one who... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde / Te Deum Katarina Jovanovic (soprano) / Philippe Do (tenor) / Mark Schnaible (bass) / Orchestre National de Lille / Jean-Claude Casadesus [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "There are many moments to cherish, notably Clotilde's prayer, starting on an exquisitely delicate pianissimo." Gramophone Magazine, February 2011 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11 / Arias (with Handel-arias) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with Ena Mitchell (soprano) William Herbert (tenor) William Pasons (bass) / Cantata Singers / Reginald Jacques [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'No summit of solemnity was inaccessible to her, and it was particularly music of spiritual meaning that seemed her most personal domain.' Thus wrote the distingushed conductor Bruno Walter about the contralto Kathleen Ferrier, whose highly... |
ANTON ARENSKY
Arensky: Piano Concerto / Ryabinin Fantasia / To the Memory of Suvorov / Symphonic Scherzo Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Not surprisingly, these performances are very Russian in feeling, and after a bold opening both orchestra and the excellent soloist make the very most of the concerto's memorable secondary theme...A most enjoyable collection." Penguin Guide |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Konstantin Scherbakov, piano / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "the best Third Concerto I've ever heard; stupefying brilliant sound in 8 different flavours" (MusicWeb) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 Konstantin Scherbakov, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] "This Tchaikovsky First is grand and big, filled with power and majesty, all captured in brilliant sonics by Naxos." (MusicWeb) - Hybrid SACD in 5.1 Surround Sound. |
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BELLINI
I Puritani (Complete opera) (Recorded April 1953 ) Maria Callas (soprano) Aurora Cattelani (soprano) Carlo Forti (bass) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Tullio Serafin (conducto [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "The thrill of hearing Maria Callas launching into Bellini's dramatic arias, replete with vocal acrobatics, is one of opera's great experiences. Recorded in 1953, at the peak of her career, it has that burning and dramatic intensity to carry the disc... |
CELLO ENCORES
Virtuoso Cello Encores (Incls Offenbach's 'Danse Bohemienne' & Popper's 'Fantasy on Little Russian Songs') Maria Kliegel (cello) Raimund Havenith (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] This collection of Virtuoso Cello Encores ranges widely from Bach's Air on the G string to Shostakovich's Neapolitan Tarantella from his film score, The Gadfly. |
J.S. BACH
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Complete oratorio) Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo) / Ann Hallenberg (mezzo) / Sunhae Im (sop) / Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos SACD / 2 SACD - released 17/Apr/2005 ] This, one of the greatest of choral works, ends with both thanks to God and a prayer for peace. - Keith Anderson |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Yiddish Winterreisse - A Holocaust Survivor's Inner Journey Told Through Yiddish Song Mark Glanville (bass-baritone) / Alexander Knapp (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] A Yiddish Winterreise is a sequence of songs from the Yiddish repertoire devised by opera singer and cantor Mark Glanville, recreating the original, Schubertian journey in a Holocaust context. The singer reflects on the life and world he has just... |
HANDEL
Athalia (English oratorio in three acts) Markus Brutscher (tenor) / Friederike Holzhausen (soprano) / Stephan MacLeod (bass) / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] "a thoughtful performance of a musically staisfying piece" - BBC Music Magazine |
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde (Complete opera) Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano / John Erik Eleby, bass / Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano / Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ Naxos Historical Opera / 3 CD - released 26/Aug/2005 ] "If you were judging this recording only on the soloists (the excellent German soprano Hedwig Fassbender and the lackluster Wolfgang Millgram) it wouldn't be in the running but what lifts it above average is the wonderful playing of the Swedish Opera... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Schopfung (Die) (The Creation) Max Ciolek (choirmaster) Sunhae Im (soprano) Jan Kobow (tenor) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (bass-baritone) / Capella Augustina / Andreas Spering [ Naxos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 23/Jun/2005 ] "From the very first chord one feels that this recording is something special. The sound is crisp, well-balanced and detailed without being over-analytical." (MusicWeb May 2005) |
LYAPUNOV
Violin Concerto in D minor / Symphony No. 1 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov belonged to the second generation of Russian nationalist composers who were professionally trained and strongly influenced by Balakirev and his associates. |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "It is…good to welcome these new accounts to the market…the advantages of state-of-the-art recording techniques are immediately apparent in the immense gains in clarity and orchestral translucence." MusicWeb |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 / Serenade, Op. 75 Maxim Fedotov (violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "A warm welcome for Bruch's neglected Serenade and his compelling Fantasy" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2004 |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Konzertstuck / Romance, Op. 42 Maxim Fedotov (Violin) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "Fedotov's playing takes no hostages; it is full-blooded in sound and passionately committed, at the same time clinically judged in clean intonation and phrasing, nevertheless the famous Adagio in the G minor concerto should bring a tear to the eye.... |
ALLA PAVLOVA
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 Mikhail Adamovich (piano) / Valery Brill (cello) / Leonid Lebedev (flute) / Russian Philharmonia Orchestra / Alexander Vedernikov [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "Pavlova paints delicately with the unconventional ensemble, creating a sound-world simultaneously precise but also somehow suspended in dream." (BBC Music) |
Milana Chernyavska, piano / Nicolas Koeckert, violin
Russian and Slavonic Miniatures [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (highlights from the opera) Miriam Gauci (soprano) / Kaludi Kaludov (tenor) / Henk Lauwers (bass) / Vincente Sardinero (baritone) / Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic / [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2005 ] "This 68 minutes of excerpts from Puccini's first great success is an excellent introduction to the opera. We get most of the music for Manon and Des Grieux in Act 1, Manon's second act aria and the big duet, the beautiful Intermezzo (rather... |
W.A. MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro (highlights) Natale de Carolis (baritone) / Donato di Stefano (bass) / Ingrid Kertesi (soprano) / Hungarian State Opera Orchestra / Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] Love, seduction, intrigue and comedy provide the confusing situations that has placed Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro among of the most popular of all the comic operas. |
TRADITIONAL
Russian Chant - Divine Liturgy (Sung in Church Slavonic) Novospassky Monastery Choir, Igumen Mitrofan [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] a number of the most popular Russian religious-composers are represented |
KARA KARAYEV
Symphony No. 3 / Leyla and Mejnun / Don Quixote Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "This is fascinating. Karayev was a pupil of Shostakovich whose music is heavily indebted to the music of his native Azerbaijan. The symphonic poem Leyla and Mejnun won a Stalin prize in 1948. Inspired by the twelfth-century Azerbaijani poet Nizami,... |
FIKRET AMIROV
Shur / Kyurdi Ovshari / Gyulistan Bayati Shiraz / Azerbaijan Capriccio Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "Very punchy sound ideal for the music." David's Review Corner, March 2010 |
SHIRO FUKAI
Chantes de Java / Creation / Quatre Mouvements Parodiques Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] In the second half of the nineteenth century, Japanese westernisation in music led first to an interest in German musical traditions, while the Army Band, on the contrary, took France as its model, with many of its musicians trained in France... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Hamlet, Op. 116 / 116a Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] Complete published film score (incorporating the Suite, Op.116a, arranged by Lev Atovmian) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Hamlet, Op. 116 / 116a Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - The director Grigori Kozintsev had been fascinated by Hamlet since the early 1920s. In 1928 he and his co-director Leonid Trauberg met... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 'Leningrad' Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Few symphonies since Beethoven's Fifth have attracted the degree of extra-musical speculation accorded Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Although ideas for a Seventh Symphony had begun coming to mind the previous year, the work that emerged has been... |
