Wit, Antoni > Wit, Antoni [Conductor]

Chill With Tchaikovsky

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Chanson triste; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; The Snow Maiden, inciden...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Clark, Keith [Conductor]; Czech-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Entremont, Philippe; Geringas, David; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Golovschin, Igor; Halasz, Michael [Condu...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Geringas, David; Halász, Michael; Entremont, Philippe; Golovschin, Igor; Wit, Antoni; Clark, Keith
Ensemble: ; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Capella; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Personnel: Nóra Mercz (harp); Vytautas Sondeckis (cello); Janos Balint (flute); Ilona Prunyi, Idil Biret (piano).

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky may be best remembered for the Nutcracker Suite. ...continue...

Classical Chill

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero, ballet in one scene, Op. 67, F. 1a; E.J. Moeran: Trio for s...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Anthony, Adele; Bakels, Kees; Bloch, Thomas; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Edison, Noel; Edlinger, Richard; Europea...
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Yuasa, Takuo; Griffiths, Howard; Panula, Jorma; Penny, Andrew; Kamu, , Okko; Bakels, Kees; Robinson, Christopher; Wit, Antoni; Summerly, Jeremy; Edison, Noel; Good...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Elora Festival Singers; English Northern Philharmonia; European Union Baroque Orchestra; Ge...

Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listener...continue...

Classical Heat

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Alberto Ginastera: Dances from Estancia, dance suite from the ballet, Op. 8a; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde...
Performers: -Lloyd, David; Alsop, Marin; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bramall, Anthony; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dalayman, Katarina; Engeset, Bjarte; Geringas, Da...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Bramall, Anthony; Bátiz, Enrique; Mund, Uwe; Wildner, Johannes; Morandi, Pier G.; Jean, Kenneth; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Alsop, Marin; Gunzenhauser...
Ensemble: ; Vlach Quartet Prague

Classical Heat collects two discs' worth of fire-related and/or energetic classical music. The first disc, cryptically titled "By the Electric Fire," includes Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, Mars, the Bri...continue...