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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 'Leningrad' / Royal Liverpool PO, Petrenko

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony")
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Three weeks after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Shostakovich volunteered with the Home Guard in Leningrad. As the siege of...continue...
Recording information: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, England (06/01/2012-06/03/2012)....continue...

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 "To October" & 15 / Vasily Petrenko

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 2 in B flat major (To October), Op. 14; Symphony no 15 in A major, Op. 141
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

These two hugely contrasting symphonies come from the opposite ends of Shostakovich's life and career. The Second Symphony was written to commemorate the 10th anniversary...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England....continue...

John Ireland: Piano Concerto; Legend; Sea Idyll; First Rhapsody / John Lenehan, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: John Ireland: Concerto for Piano in E flat major; Legend, for piano & orchestra (also 2 pianos); First Rhapsody, for piano in C sharp major; Pastoral, for piano; Indian Summer, for piano; A Sea Idyll...
Performers: Lenehan, John [Piano]
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

John Ireland's radiant Piano Concerto was written for his protégée Helen Perkin, and is infused with her sense of vitality. The result is a brilliant...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 12 / Petrenko

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54; Symphony no 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "To the Memory of Lenin - 1917"
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Shostakovich's Sixth and Twelfth Symphonies both had their origins in large-scale projects about Lenin, though the Sixth was one of the composer's most abstract and...continue...
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Alwyn: Concerti Grossi Nos. 2 and 3 / Lloyd-Jones - Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-08-30

Works: William Alwyn: Overture "The Moor of Venice"; Concerto Grosso no 2 in G; Serenade, for orchestra; Irish Tunes (7), suite for orchestra; Concerto Grosso no 3
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

There are several descriptive scores in William Alwyn's prolific output, including The Moor of Venice Dramatic Overture which examines the turbulent central character in Shakespeare's...continue...
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Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies no 5 and 9 / Vasily Petrenko

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-10-27

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Following their electrifying account of Shostakovich's 'Eleventh Symphony', Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra explore the profound ambivalences of the composer's most perf...continue...

Film Music Classics - Great Movie Themes Vol 2 / Davis, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-05-26

Works: Danny Elfman: Batman; Henry Mancini: Pink Panther; Lalo Schifrin: Mission Impossible; Francis Lai: Love Story; John Williams: Jurassic Park; Superman; Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet; The Godfather; Gabr...
Conductors: Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Music from Pirates of the Caribbean, The English Patient, Jurassic Park, Shakespeare in Love, Batman, The Pink Panther, Mission Impossible, Love Story, Superman, Romeo and...continue...

Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 3 / Hinterhuber, Grodd, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Ferdinand Ries: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 132; Grand Variations on 'Rule Britannia', for piano, Op. 116; Introduction and Variations Brillantes, for piano, Op. 170
Performers: Hinterhuber, Christopher
Conductors: Grodd, Uwe
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The fourteen works for piano and orchestra of Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as among the most important of their kind from the...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 11 'The Year 1905' / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 11 in G minor, Op. 103 "Year 1905"
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"Paired as before with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko turns in a full-scale riot of a performance that is yet tightly controlled and cogently...continue...

Liszt: Piano Concertos no 1 and 2, Totentanz / Nebolsin, Petrenko, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Totentanz for Piano, S 525
Performers: Nebolsin, Eldar
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony Op 58, The Voyevoda Op 78 / Petrenko, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; The Voyevoda, Op. 78
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Written between the fourth and fifth symphonies, Tchaikovsky's programmatic 'Manfred Symphony', inspired by Byron's dramatic poem of the same name, contains some of the composer's...continue...

Alwyn: Orchestral Music - Concerto Grosso no 1, Pastoral Fantasia, etc / Lloyd-Jones, Royal Liverpool PO, et al

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

Works: William Alwyn: Overture to a Masque; Concerto Grosso no 1 in B flat major; Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Strings; Preludes (5) for Orchestra; Tragic Interlude for 2 Horns, Timpani and Strings; Autu...
Performers: Dukes, Philip
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

William Alwyn composed some fifty works for the orchestra, including five symphonies, a sinfonietta, concertos for flute, oboe, violin, piano, harp, three concerti grossi, and...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...

Sullivan: Pineapple Poll / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Pineapple Poll, ballet (compiled & arranged by C. Mackerras); Symphony in E major ("Irish")
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Pineapple Poll was first performed, with immediate success, in March 1951 at Sadler's Wells Theatre. Sullivan was of partly Irish descent and his Symphony in...continue...

Alwyn: Elizabethan Dances, etc / Lloyd-Jones, Small, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: William Alwyn: Elizabethan Dances for orchestra; The Innumerable Dance, an English overture for orchestra; Concerto for oboe, harp & strings; Aphrodite in Aulis, an eclogue for small orchestra (after...
Performers: Hudson, Eleanor; Small, Jonathan
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"William Alwyn's Elizabethan Dances cleverly alternates music evocative of Tudor and modern times, recalling the reigns of both Queen Elizabeths. It's a work that deserves...continue...

Film Music Classics - Frankel: Curse of the Werewolf, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Benjamin Frankel: The Curse of the Werewolf; So Long at the Fair; The Net; The Prisoner
Conductors: Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Alwyn: Symphonies no 1 & 3 / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-02-21

Works: William Alwyn: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 3
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"For younger readers the phrase 'Cheltenham Symphony' probably doesn't mean a great deal. But for at least two decades after the Second World War it...continue...

Alwyn: Symphony no 4, Sinfonietta / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-02-21

Works: William Alwyn: Symphony no 4; Sinfonietta for strings
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"(David Lloyd-Jones) brings out all the tender lyricism which puts this music in the Vaughan Williams line of English classical composers. It's a great success...continue...

American Classics - M. Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Margaret Brouwer: Aurolucent Circles, for percussion & orchestra; Mandala, for trombone & orchestra; Pulse; Remembrances, for orchestra; SIZZLE, for orchestra
Performers: Glennie, Evelyn; Price, Kevin
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Remarkable for its poetic sensibility, Margaret Brouwers music also demonstrates craftsmanship of the highest order. Aurolucent Circles is a percussion concerto written for the virtuoso...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Willow-Wood, etc / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; Willow-wood, cantata for baritone or mezzo-soprano, female chorus & orchestra or for voice & piano; The Voice out of the Whi...
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Here's an enormously useful and enjoyable disc containing some well-known favorites (Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Toward the Unknown Region), alongside three rarities... The...continue...

Alwyn: Symphony no 2 & 5 / Lloyd-Jones, Willison, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-08-16

Works: William Alwyn: Symphony no 5, "Hydriotaphia"; Lyra Angelica for harp & strings; Symphony no 2
Performers: Wilson, Suzanne
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"The Fifth Symphony is a terse and compact work of only 14 minutes based on a single three note motif and divided into five sections...continue...