Since you are interested in Symphonic Poems (Incls 'Pines of Rome'), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RESPIGHI
Vetrate di chiesa / Impressioni Brasiliane / Rossiniana Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "Brilliance from Buffalo in Respighi's rich orchestration.". - Editor's Choice, Gramophone Magazine Feb 2008 |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Best Of Tchaikovsky (Includes the complete Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor) Derek Han (piano) Vladimir Spivakov (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz and others [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] Tchaikovsky is one the pillars of classical music who cannot be ignored. Some of his works have become all time favourites. On this double CD we have compiled all his popular works. |
BIZET
The Complete Orchestral Works (Incls Carmen Suites & Symphony in C) Orquestra Filarmonica de Maxico / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 29/Sep/2006 ] French composer Georges Bizet is famous for only one masterpiece: the opera Carmen. From that we can already hear that he is a brilliant orchestrator. |
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances / The Isle of the Dead Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2006 ] In this symphonic poem Rachmaninov makes constant use of fragments of the traditional plainchant Dies irae, a hymn that for centuries had formed part of the Catholic Requiem Mass and had inevitable associations with death in the minds of its hearers |
RESPIGHI
Suite in E major & other orchestral works Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Listening to the early orchestral works of Respighi all recorded here for the first time, one would never suppose the composer to have been Italian. They belong to the earlier period of Respighi's career, before the water-shed of his development,... |