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My First Lullaby Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Arnold Bax: Lullaby, for piano; Ig...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Gens, Veronique; Jando, Jeno; Linell, Dorothy; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Rickards, Steven; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Veselka, Stefan; Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Breiner, Peter; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Clark, Keith; Judd, James; Casadesus, Jean-Claude

For centuries, babies and children all over the world have been rocked to sleep with a song to calm them. Whether parents sing or play,...continue...

Arnold Bax: Winter Legends

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-04-26

Works: Arnold Bax: Winter Legends, sinfonia concertante for piano & orchestra; Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex), symphonic variations for piano & orchestra in E major; Saga Fragment, for trumpet, strings, p...
Performers: Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Judd, James

Arnold Bax was a major force in British composition between the two world wars. The three works on this disc were composed for renowned pianist...continue...
Recording information: Lighthouse, Poole Center for the Arts, England (06/21/2010-06/22/2010)....continue...

The Ultimate Lullaby Collection

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano K 332; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Edvard Grieg: Bådnlåt (At the Cradle), lyric pie...
Performers: Capova, Sylvia; Kirvessalo, Maarit; Loman, Judy; Mullerova, Hana; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Shulman, Nora; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar; Valek, Jiri
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Pesek, Libor; Judd, James; Edlinger, Richard; Clark, Keith; Lenárd, Ondrej; Panula, Jorma; Breiner, Peter; Georgiadis, John; Rahbari, Alexander

Beautiful music for bedtime by the world's greatest composers....continue...

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream / James Judd

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Conductors: Judd, James

In 1826 Felix Mendelssohn, aged only seventeen, composed his famous overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream. He wrote incidental music for the same play sixteen...continue...
Recording information: Motivation Sound Studios (09/14/2009); Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand (09/14/2009); Motivation Sound Studios (2003-09-08_2003-09-10&2007-); Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand ...continue...

Classical Meditation

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: De profundis; Berliner Messe; John Tavener: The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; The Lord's Prayer, for chorus (1999); Song for Athene; Samuel Barber: Heaven-Haven, for chorus (arr...
Performers: Barton, William; Cox, Michael; Daniel, Nicholas; Green, David [Violin]; Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel; Robinson, Christopher; Lawrence, Douglas; Summerly, Jeremy; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Lintu, Hannu; Judd, James; Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Maggini Quartet

Beethoven: Egmont Incidental Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-01-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; March for wind ensemble in F major, ("Für die Böhmische Landwehr"), WoO 18; March for wind ensemble in F major, WoO 19; Ah, Perfido!,...
Performers: Pierard, Madeleine [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Judd, James

Shortly after completing his breathtaking 'Fifth Symphony', Beethoven composed incidental music for Goethe's drama, 'Egmont'. While the 'Overture' is well known, the remaining movements deserve...continue...

Creswell: Voice Inside; Alas! How Swift

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Lyell Cresswell: The Voice Inside, for voice, violin & orchestra; Alas! How Swift, for trumpet & orchestra; Cassandra's Songs, for voice & orchestra; Kaea, for trombone & orchestra
Performers: Bremner, David; Kirgan, Michael; Leppanen, Vesa-Matti; Pierard, Madeleine [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Judd, James

New Zealand-born Edinburgh-based Lyell Cresswell has composed works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, voice and solo instruments which have been widely performed and broadcast. In...continue...
Recording information: Wellington Town Hall, New Zealand (08/16/2007-08/17/2007)....continue...

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Concertos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Concerto for Piano in C major; English Folk Song Suite; The Running Set, fantasia on jig-rhythms for orchestra
Performers: Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Judd, James

The popular overture from Vaughan Williams's incidental music for Aristophanes's 'The Wasps' introduces a suite whose mischievously witty, noble and farcical movements underline the play's...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England (01/27/2009-01/28/2009)....continue...

Zemlinsky: The Mermaid

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-07-28

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta, Op. 23; Die Seejungfrau (The Mermaid), fantasy for orchestra
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

A Symphony in all but name, Zemlinsky's lavishly scored "symphonic fantasy" 'Die Seejungfrau' (1903) is his most frequently performed large-scale work beside the 'Lyric Symphony'....continue...

Bax: Symphonic Variations, Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) / Judd, Wass, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Arnold Bax: Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra in E major; Concertante, for piano, left hand & orchestra
Performers: Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bax completed five works for piano and orchestra, beginning in 1916 with the highly virtuosic 'Symphonic Variations' dedicated to the pianist Harriet Cohen. The work...continue...

Antill: Corroboree, Outback Overture / James Judd, New Zealand SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: John Antill: Outback Overture; Corroboree, ballet
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

"The opening movement's rhythmic ostinato recalls Revueltas (Sensemaya), while the shorter inner movements feature more delicate textures and some sweetly memorable melodic invention. It's all...continue...

The Best of Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Forty-Ninth Parallel; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Linden Lea; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The wasps; House of life; Variants (5) of 'D...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Greed, David; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Penny, Andrew; Judd, James; Bakels, Kees; Lloyd-Jones, David; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest...continue...

The Very Best of Elgar

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Salut d'amour; Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Concerto for Cello; Quintet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 84; Sospiri; Son...
Performers: Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Donohoe, Peter; Fryer, Sarah; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kendall, William; Kliegel, Maria; Lamsma, Simone; Miura, Yurie; Nishizaki, Takako; Vaughn,...
Conductors: Judd, James; Leaper, Adrian; Halász, Michael; ; Lloyd-Jones, David; Hurst, George; Downes, Edward; Hill, David; Wright, Simon
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Mariani String Quartet; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

From raucous marches to private enigmas, the music of Elgar represents, for many, the ultimate symbol of England in the early 20th century, contrasting royal...continue...

Lilburn: A Song of Islands, etc / Judd, New Zealand SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-27

Works: Douglas Lilburn: Aotearoa, overture for orchestra; A Birthday Offering, for orchestra; Drysdale Overture, for orchestra; Forest, tone poem for orchestra; A Song of Islands, tone poem for orchestra; F...
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

"While it is clear in practically every note of this disc that the Kiwi composer Douglas Lilburn studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams, that's no bad...continue...

Elgar: Orchestral Minatures / Judd, New Zealand SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Edward Elgar: Froissart Overture, Op. 19; May Song; Carissima; Romance, for bassoon & orchestra (also arr. for cello & piano), Op. 62; Characteristic Pieces (3), Op. 10; Minuet, for piano (later orch...
Performers: Tilson, Preman
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

With their engaging, wistful charm and immediate melodic appeal, Elgar's miniatures represent a less familiar side to the composer's music. The early 'Froissart Overture,' inspired...continue...

British Piano Concertos - Alwyn / Donohoe, Judd, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-07-19

Works: William Alwyn: Concerto for Piano no 1; Derby Day Overture for orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 2; Sonata alla toccata, for piano
Performers: Donohoe, Peter
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

[From a comparative review with CHA 9935, Shelley, Hickox, et al]"...Between the two recordings, I find Donohoe the more visceral and driven, especially in the...continue...

The Story of American Classical Music / Scherer, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: William Henry Fry: Overture to Macbeth; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 1; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Arthur Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Peska...
Conductors: Rowe, Tony; Rosenberg, Richard; Fagen, Arthur; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Williams, John McLaughlin; Sinclair, James; Brion, Keith; Judd, James; Spalding, Daniel; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José;...
Ensemble: ; Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio

Think 'American Classical Music and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Joplin, Foster Sousa? These great composers are deservedly famous, but from Colonial...continue...

Elgar: Marches / Judd, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Edward Elgar: Coronation March, for orchestra, Op. 65; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Caractacus, Op 35; The Crown of India, imperial masque in 2 tableaux for ...
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

"James Judd and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra have already established their Elgar credentials in their [previous] Naxos disc [NXS 8.557166]... Here, they reinforce that...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Music / Judd, New Zealand SO

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor; In the Fen Country; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Although he was highly influenced by folk-song, as represented here most clearly in the 'Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1' and in the 'Fantasia on Greensleeves', these...continue...

Sculthorpe: Earth Cry, Piano Concerto / Judd, Cislowski

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Earth Cry; Memento Mori; Concerto for piano & orchestra; From Oceania; Kakadu
Performers: Barton, William; Cislowska, Tamara Anna
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Gang, Zhanhao: The Butterfly Lovers Concerto

1 Super Audio CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-09-21

Works: He Zhan-hao / Chen Gang: Concerto for Violin ("Butterfly Lovers"); Peter Breiner: Songs and Dances from the Silk Road, for violin & orchestra
Performers: Nishizaki, Takako
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

The 'Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto', scored for solo violin and Western orchestra, is one of the best known of all contemporary Chinese compositions and is...continue...

Bridge: The Sea, Enter Spring, Summer / Judd, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-08-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Summer, tone poem for orchestra, H. 116; Poems after Richard Jefferies, for orchestra, H. 118; The Sea, suite for orchestra, H. 100
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Perhaps no other English composer of the first half of the twentieth century reveals a stylistic musical journey as varied as that of Frank Bridge....continue...

Adagio Chillout

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

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sergey Rachmaninov: Andante semplice [fragment]; Hugo Alfvén: Elegy from Gustav II Adolf; ...
Performers: Alfven, Hugo; Alsop, Marin; Asturias Symphony Orchestra; Beckley, Lisa; Bilbao Symphony Orchestra; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; BRTN Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; Cantorum, Oxford S...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Ligeti, András; Kamu, , Okko; Summerly, Jeremy; Judd, James; Mena, Juan José; Sakari, Petri; Panula, Jorma; Robinson, Christopher; Rahbari, Alexander; Kuchar, Theodore; Valdes...
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Clare College Choir; Concentus Hungaricus; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Oxford Cam...

Personnel: Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Gang, Zhanhao: The Butterfly Lovers Concerto

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

Works: He Zhan-hao / Chen Gang: Concerto for Violin ("Butterfly Lovers"); Peter Breiner: Songs and Dances from the Silk Road, for violin & orchestra
Performers: Nishizaki, Takako
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

The 'Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto', scored for solo violin and Western orchestra, is one of the best known of all contemporary Chinese compositions. It has...continue...

Cinema Classics 2004 - Master and Commander, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Bolshoi Opera Chorus; Consort, Royal Academy; Halasz, Michael [Conductor]; Istropolitana, Capella; Jando, Jeno; Judd, James [Conductor]; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kopelman, Jozef; Kuchar...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Sebotka, Wolfgang; Summerly, Jeremy; Rahbari, Alexander; Kopelman, Jozef; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Judd, James; McGlinn, John; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Royal Academy Consort

Since the dawn of the Hollywood era, popular film has served as an introduction to classical music for myriad newcomers to the genre. The collection...continue...
Personnel: Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Nursery Suite / Judd, New Zealand

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth, Suite no 1, for orchestra, Op. 1a; The Wand of Youth Suite no 2, Op. 1b; Dream Children, for small orchestra (or piano), Op. 43; Nursery Suite
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Forty years after writing the tunes for a children's play about age, youth and the escapism of fairyland, for performance in the family with his...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Symphony no 1, etc / Judd

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-02-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 1 "Jeremiah"; Concerto for Orchestra (Jubilee Games), for orchestra
Performers: Gunn, Nathan
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

"Anyone who would like to get to know the alpha and omega of Bernstein's orchestral compositions will not be disappointed with this splendid and inexpensive...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves, etc / Judd, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-07-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor; In the Fen Country; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

"This is a wonderful release. The New Zealand orchestra plays beautifully, sounding everywhere like a first-rate group, while Naxos offers gorgeous, rich, well-balanced sound. Judd...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Symphony no 2, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-07-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"
Performers: Steuerman, Jean Louis
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: Florida Philharmonic Orchestra

"Any would-be interpreter of this music comes up against formidable competition from Bernstein himself. Not all composers are the best interpreters of their own music,...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Lilburn: The Three Symphonies / Judd, New Zealand Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Douglas Lilburn: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2 in C; Symphony no 3
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

"Lilburns' First Symphony is definitely worth a hearing, though, particularly for confirmed Sibelians looking for some new, unexpected action. Is that half-hour worth the (reasonable)...continue...

American Classics - Gershwin / James Judd, New Zealand SO

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

Works: George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Robert Russell Bennett: Symphonic Picture from "Porgy and Bess"; Gershwin in Hollywood
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

George Gershwin's An 'American in Paris' provides a further synthesis of the jazz that he saw as the essentially American folk-music and the traditional classical...continue...

American Classics - Copland: Symphony no 3, etc / Judd

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Symphony no 3
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Copland composed 'Billy the Kid' in France and America in 1938. It was written for the Ballet Caravan dance company and was first performed in...continue...