Since you are interested in Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstances Marches Nos. 1-5, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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 |
WEBER
Overtures (Incls 'Euryanthe' & 'Der Freischutz') New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Weber was a great tunesmith, and some of his overtures were on the same level of popularity (in the time before pervasive aural garbage) with William Tell, 1812 and the like. Polish-born and trained conductor Wit I'm sure is familiar with the... |
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) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture / Romeo and Juliet / Marche Slave / etc Philharmonia Cassovia / Johannes Wildner (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Johannes Wildner was born in the Austrian resort of Mrzzuschlag in 1956 and studied violin and conducting, taking his diploma at the Vienna Musikhochschule and proceeding to a doctorate in musicology. As a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,... |
HANDEL
Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks Prague Chamber Soloists / Andrew Mogrelia (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Andrew Mogrelia has a varied conducting career on the concert platform and in the recording studio, and extensive experience of working with major dance companies since studying at the Royal College of Music in London and Tanglewood. |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra / Gunter Neuhold (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/1998 ] Bruckner's Symphony No.4 in E flat major, was written in its first version in 1873 and 1874, further revisions, as always, taking place in the following years. |
RUSSIAN FAVOURITES
Russian Favourites (music by Borodin, Gliere, Glinka, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Kabalevsky, etc) Slovak Phil Orch, Slovak Radio SymphOrch, conductors: Bramall, Gunzenhauser, Halasz, Hayman, Jean [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] The second half of the nineteenth century brought with it a burgeoning of Russian culture, itself, whatever nationalist critics might have said, a result of that cross-fertilisation of ideas that has its origin in the reforms of Peter the Great. |
BALLET FAVOURITES
Ballet Favourites (excerpts from Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Sylvia, Romeo & Juliet, etc) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Tough, tight playing... what an exhilarating performance by Mogrelia. Very fine recording and reproduction of what is a very difficult selection of music." - CLASSIC CD (on the Prokofiev) |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Ma Vlast [My Country/Fatherland] Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Reinhard Seifried (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] " Reinhard Seifried's gentle and persuasive account ...generally captures its immeasurable charm." (The Scotsman) |
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto & Sextet Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (with Jeno & Janos Kevehazi, horns) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Those looking for a super-bargain, digital version will find that Nishizaki's spontaneous performance is a match for many by more famous names." Penguin Guide |
LUIGI BOCCHERINII
Cello Concertos Tim Hugh (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Anthony Halstead (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Tim Hugh approaches the music with lightness of touch and exemplary technique. There are cadenza-like flourishes above written accompaniments: notably in 4(i), which require, and get, extremely precise ensemble. The cellist brings unshowy virtuosity... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies 4 & 7 Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Edlinger [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1998 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |