Since you are interested in Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah - Famous Choruses Scholars Baroque Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Of 30 performances I personally own, my favorite is the period performance by the Scholars Baroque Ensemble. A stripped-down orchestra and chorus give an amazingly full-bodied performance of the original 1742 composition." Kulture Revolution |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Schumann-Introduction and Concert-Allegro) Idil Biret, Jeno Jando (pianos) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Jeno Jando and his Polish colleagues strike me as getting the balance just about right" - Classic CD |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Jeno Jando (piano) / Budapest Symph Orchestra / Gyorgy Lehel [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "... a quite astonishing bargain and... one of the finest Rachmaninov discs in the CD catalog." - THE GUARDIAN |
EDWARD ELGAR
Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstances Marches Nos. 1-5 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / James Judd (cond) Adrian Leaper (cond) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "a desirable bargain-price collection which should certainly find a niche in the market" - MusicWeb April 2005 (on the Pomp & Circumstance Marches) |