Naxos
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Special offer. Barber conducts Barber
Zara Nelsova (cello)
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber
It is fascinating to hear Barber's own recordings of three works from the 1940s...The performances are excellent and Naxos's remastered sound (Mark Obert-Thorn) is astonishingly good, especially... —
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This release offers Kyllikki and two important sets of the piano pieces, Opp. 34 & 40, as well as the Six Finnish Folk Songs, the fifth of which, 'Fratricide', is slightly Bartokian. As in his... —
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Following on from its illuminating Bax series, Naxos here launches a cycle of Stanford's even symphonies, with high-quality playing and a conductor in David Lloyd-Jones who characterises the... —
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Lennox Berkeley - Chamber Music
Raphael Terroni (piano), Susanne Stanzeleit (violin), Stephen Stirling (horn), Patrick Williams (flute), Morgan Goff (viola), Members of the New London Chamber Ensemble
Stephen Stirling's horn playing is magical...Morgan Goff brings both sensitivity and charisma [to the Viola Sonata]. Pianist Raphael Terroni is a constant throughout these performances and is... —
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Wojciech Kilar: Angelus, Exodus & Krzesany
Hasmik Papian (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cracow Philharmonic Chorus, Antoni Wit
The Polish choral and orchestral forces are first rate, engineering is excellent, and the price is right —
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Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3, Paganini Variations, Paroles tissées
Bernd Glemser (piano), Piotr Kusiewicz (tenor), Adam Kruszewski (baritone)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit
A series that is setting high standards in budget-price contemporary music....Wit conjures a fantastic range of tone colour from his well-drilled Polish orchestra ...the third symphony has never... —
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Ginastera: Panambí & Estancia
Luis Gaeta (Narrator/Bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gisèle Ben-Dor
Alberto Ginastera comes over as an Argentinian Stravinsky in these two early ballets, which is by no means to denigrate their distinctively Latin American idiom. Glittering orchestration, and... —
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Special offer. American Classics - David Diamond
Ilkka Talvi (violin)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz
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Penderecki: A Polish Requiem
Izabella Klosinska (soprano), Jadwiga Rappé (alto), Ryszard Minkiewicz (tenor), Piotr Nowacki (bass)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
The Polish Requiem had its origins in a setting of the Lacrimosa dedicated to Gdansk shipyard workers who died during clashes with the Communist authorities in 1970. Though the work's tendency... —
