National De Belgique/Franck
Rautavaara: Book Of Visions [ Ondine / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
MARTINU
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 1 Lorenzo Gatto (violin) / National Orchestra of Belgium, Walter Weller [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Weller has a natural feel of the swaying gait of Martinu's individual rhythmic language and his conducting, allied to fine orchestral playing and exceptionally good sound, certainly makes an impact." (Gramophone) |
PROKOFIEV
Symphonies 1 - 7 Orchestre National de France, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Erato Prokofiev Edition / 4 CD - released 7/Apr/2008 ] "Undoubtedly the most accomplished among these performances are those of the Second and Fifth Symphonies. The Fifth was the earliest of the recordings to be made (October 1985) and is in many ways the most impressive. The woodwind voices are... |
MOZART / PAGANINI / LISZT / WAGNER / OFFENBACH / STRAUSS / ELGAR / COPLAND / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Discovering the Classics: Classics for Eternity [4 CD set] National Philharmonic, Charles Gerhardt / New Symphony Orchestra of London, Douglas Gamley / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Reader's Digest / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1994 ] A wide reaching collection of work that acts as a good sampler for those wishing to do a bit of discovery. More like a greatest hits compilation though, so don't expect too many surprises. |
HERRMANN / NEWMAN / KORNGOLD / TIOMKIN / ROZSA / WAXMAN
Charles Gerhardt conducts Classic Film Scores National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt, with Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) & Norma Procter (contralto) [ RCA Red Seal / Sony music Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] In the 1970s, the Classic Film Scores series introduced a new generation to the sumptuous sound of music in Hollywood's "Golden Age." |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphony No. 5, Op. 76 / Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 41 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gabriel Chmura [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] '...Gabriel Chmura has a demostrable feel for the fine-honed intensity which chracterizes Weinberg's thinking. On the basis of its first instalment, the, this traversal of his symphonies is set to be a rewarding one.' International Record Review |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphonies Nos 14 and 16 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice / Gabriel Chmura (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] 'This third volume of Gabriel Chmura's Weinberg cycle features two single-movement symphonies from the years of after Shostakovich's death. Each one is out of the top drawer… Here [in the Fourteenth] and in the Sixteenth, the Polish orchestra do... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphony No. 4, Op. 61, Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47 No. 1, Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 74 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice / Gabriel Chmura, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] "Gabriel Chmura and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra deliver vibrant and committed accounts of the Symphony and the Sinfonietta. Add to this equation Chandos's customary state-of-the-art engineering, and you have a release that deserves... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 10 (Edited Wheeler) National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice) Robert Olson, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] "Olson's interpretation of Mahler's Symphony No. 10 remains insightful and affectionate, its character sharpened by time and experience." CDNow |
National Rso Ukraine/Williams
Flagello/Rosner [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] |
National S.O Of Ukraine
Brusa: Orchestral Works [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] |
MARTINU
Symphonies Nos 2 & 4 National SO of Ukraine / Arthur Fagen [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] Naxos records the Martinu Symphonies |
National S.O.Ireland/Leaper
Nielsen:symphonies 1 & 6 [ Naxos / CD ] |
National S.O.Ireland/Saccani
Respighi:ancient Airs & Dan [ Naxos / CD ] |
MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Reinhard Seifried [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Mar/1997 ] "Seifried draws refined playing from the Irish orchestra in readings with few idiosyncrasies." - Gramophone |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Syms.1 & 2/Dreams National S.O.Ukraine/Kuchar [ Naxos / CD ] |
ANTONIN DVORAK / AARON COPLAND
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 / Copland: Billy The Kid National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ NSO SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Feb/2020 ] "In fact, this entire release-and no doubt the summer concerts from which it derives-has an air of joyful music-making. That would be a wonderful sign that the National Symphony is waking up from its sleepiness. I couldn't be more pleased for them" |
GERALD BARRY
Barry: Orchestral Works National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland [ Marco Polo / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 / Caprice Bohémien National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] The great Russian pianist and composer, Sergey Rachmaninov wrote three symphonies cast in a romantic mood, and full of the distinctive melodies that have captured a place in the standard orchestral repertoire. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland / Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "There are shattering climaxes when music calls for them, and the symphony ends in rousing style…thoroughly recommendable." Gramophone Magazine |