Since you are interested in Kraus: Violin Concerto in C Major / Olympie: Incidental Music / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
WALTER PISTON
Piston: Violin Concertos / Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra James Buswell (violin) / National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine / Theodore Kuchar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide / * * * * * 5 Stars - BBC Music Magazine (Sept 99) / Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Oct 99) / Critic's Choice Gramophone Magazine 1999 |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Symphony No. 8, The Journey / Manhattan Trilogy / Apotheosis New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Pietari Inkinen [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Apr/2008 ] "This is a very well-balanced ensemble, and Naxos has captured them in excellent sound." (AudAud.com May 2008) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Flute Trios [Nos 15 - 17] Uwe Grodd (flute), Martin Rummel (cello) & Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "…Uwe Grodd, Martin Rummel and Christopher Hinterhuber…bring a sense of appropriate social occasion to this unfailingly sunny and no-nonsense music." NZ Herald |
BRAHMS / SCHUMANN
Double Concerto / Cello Concerto in A Minor Ilya Kaler (violin) Maria Kliegel (cello) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Constantine (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "There are not many versions of the Brahms more warmly appealing than this" - Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006 Jaap Schroder (violin) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] "However, anyone accustomed to or offended by the heavy weather often made by 'traditional' or 'old-school' (i.e. modern instrument) performers of Bach's multiple-stoppings and constantly contrapuntal writing, must try this! Schröder's playing may be... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Violin Concerto / Serenade for Strings / Souvenirs (Ballet Suite) James Buswell (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Apr/2002 ] "This is a performance with a genuine heart, superbly played, with a marked care for detail, instrumental colour and melodic inflection, and with a deeply communicative warmth and affection." Daily Telegraph |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite Janice Graham (violin) / Sarah Ewing (violin) / Andriy Viytovych (viola) / Anne Pyne (flute) / Philip Palmer (oboe) / English Sinfonia / Howard Griffi [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] The English composer Gustav Holst served for many years as director of music at St Paul's Girls' School in London, and it was for the pupils there that he wrote his St Paul's Suite, his most famous work for amateurs and, shortly after, his Brook... |
MOZART / MENDELSSOHN
Great Violinists - Heifetz Jascha Heifetz, Violin, Royal Philharmonic, Beecham, London Philh, Barbirolli [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] Recordings to be cherished |
NED ROREM
Violin Concerto / Flute Concerto / Pilgrims Jeffrey Khaner (Flute) Philippe Quint (Violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Jun/2006 ] "A classic album. Satisfying and beautiful music that has about it a rippling current of vitality." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Operatic Orchestral Suites, Vol. 1 [Jenufa / The Excursions of Mr Broucek] New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Peter Breiner, with Vesa-Matti Leppanen, violin [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "These are fine performances and stunningly dynamic recordings, with some fine low drum rumbles and plenty of sparkle and colour in the spectrum." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Concertos 1 and 2 Takako Nishizaki / Capella Istropolitana / Johannes Wildner [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] "Nishizaki's contribution is appealing in its direct lyricism. The Concerto K. 211 blossoms readily, with the Adagio beautifully shaped and the finale full of character. The Rondo K. 269/K. 261a is also given an infectious performance and the bright,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 6 Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Various accompanists and orchestras [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] As a child, Takako Nishizaki studied with Shinichi Suzuki himself. Her father was active in the early stages of the development of the Suzuki Method and for many years taught at the Matsumoto summer school. |