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JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Nov/2004 ] "Bristling energy to aching desolation: a bargain survey that has real impact" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2004 |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - 6 Danzas espanolas / 6 Pequenos valses / 6 Mazurkas de salon Guillermo Gonzalez (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is a great CD that explores some impressive music that is technically superb in both the sound quality and the performance. González succeeds in making these pieces both moving and attractive." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Sonata alla toccata Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Peter Donohoe, born-again champion of the British piano concerto, gives tremendous performances of two works he can rarely if ever have played live. This is music well worth discovering: and nestling between the two concerti is the splendid Derby... |
MICHAEL HERSCH
Hersch: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Fracta / Arrache Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Championed by distinguished conductors such as Marin Alsop and Mariss Jansons, since his mid-20s, Michael Hersch's music has been performed by leading orchestras and concert artists. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mahler: Symphony No 10 (with Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/May/1985 ] Simon Rattle has performed the 10th more times than any other conductor. In many ways it's become his signature work. |
GORDON SHI-WEN CHIN
Chin: Double Concerto / Formosa Seasons Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Felix Fan (cello) / Kansas City Symphony Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "Formosa Seasons" is based on a series of Haiku-like poems, and is dedicated to the celebrated Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin. |
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Lieder, Vol. 1 Dorothea Craxton (soprano) Babette Dorn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "I am not going to get carried away with praise, but these are songs just as worthy of our attention as many from Schubert, and it is good to note that this is the first volume of a cycle." David's Review Corner, December 2009 |
COPLAND / PERISCHETTI / IVES / CORIGLIANO
American Choral Music University of Texas Chamber Singers / University of Texas Chamber Orchestra / James Morrow (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "A very stimulating collection of fine performances of mainly unfamiliar repertoire" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month May 2007) |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 / Concert Overture / Study in B-flat minor Jan Krzysztof Broja (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "A splendid addition to what is now an indispensable cycle." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Dance Symphony / Symphony No. 1 / Short Symphony Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "The moods of these early Copland works are brilliantly captured by Marin Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra." The Top 10 Classical Recordings of 2008 (Telegraph UK) |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Symphony No. 2 and 3 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 5/Jan/2005 ] "Marin Alsop's accounts of these two symphonies are magnetically performed and brilliantly recorded." Penguin Guide |
ROBERT SIMPSON
Symphony 9 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
FERDE GROFE
Grofe: Death Valley Suite / Hollywood Suite / etc Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "Boisterous performances one and all accorded immensely vivid engineering. Light-music fans will find plenty to enjoy here - and the price is right, too!" --Review by Andrew Achenbach, Gramophone, November 2002 |
CARL von DITTERSDORF
Dittersdorf: Dittersdorf: Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos. 4 - 6 Failoni Orchestra, Budapest, Hanspeter Gmur [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Six of the twelve Symphonies after the Metamorphoses of Ovid survive in their original form. These were written in 1783 and introduced to the public in Vienna three years later, when Dittersdorf had occasion to visit the city for the first... |
ARTHUR BLISS
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Eager and polished performances that do Bliss absolutely proud." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2004) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies [Complete] Sinfonia Finlandia, Patrick Gallois / Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Bela Drahos / Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon [ Naxos / 34 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] One of the most extraordinary bequests in the history of music, Haydn's symphonies established his reputation as the greatest composer of his time. |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Johann Strauss II: The Complete Orchestral Edition Various orchestras and conductors [ Naxos / 52 CD Box Set - released 30/Jun/2011 ] The Strauss Edition, originally 52 separate releases on the Marco Polo label, represented a milestone in recording history. It is celebrated by this beautiful boxed set. |