Since you are interested in Beck: Symphonies, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 3 No. 9-12 Raphael Wallfisch, cello / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "Completists will want all 12 of Boccherini's cello concertos and the bargain-priced Naxos series is the most obvious choice... this new offering would certainly be my recommendation for a single sampler." - MusicWeb March 2005 |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Cello Concerto / Grand Fantasia and Toccata / Eclogue for Piano & Strings Tim Hugh (cello) / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Northern Sinfonia / Howard Griffiths [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "Tim Hugh and the Northern Sinfonia communicate with depth and feeling. Hugh is recorded more as first among equals than prominent soloist, which works well" (BBC Music) |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Overtures / Suites: La Changeante / Les Nations anciens et modernes Northern Chamber Orchestra. Nicholas Ward (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2004 ] Telemann was among the most distinguished composers of his time, a rival to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach in reputation, and the certain preference of the Leipzig authorities for the position of Cantor at the St Thomas Choir School, where Bach was... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Serenade, Op. 31 / Nocturne, Op. 60 / Phaedra, Op. 93 Philip Langridge (tenor) / Frank Lloyd (horn) / Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) / Northern Sinfonia / English Chamber Orchestra / Steuart Bedford, conducto [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] The medium of the orchestral song-cycle is one that much attracted Britten. His concept of an anthology of sometimes diverse texts, unified by a common literary or poetic theme was a favourite device to which he returned several times. The present... |
ARTHUR BLISS
Cello Concerto / Music for Strings Tim Hugh (cello) / English Northern Philharmonia / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2003 ] "Tim Hugh's adroitly managed and deeply personal reading...Tim Hugh has unquestionably set the benchmark in the Arthur Bliss Cello Concerto" - Fanfare |
LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Hofmann: Concertos Tim Hugh (cello) Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Northern Chamber Orchestra. Nicholas Ward, conductor [ Naxos 18th Century Concerto / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] Leopold Hofmann was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the most gifted and influential composers of his generation. Although a church musician by profession, Hofmann was also an important and prolific composer of instrumental music . |