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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

1 DVD Audio / Classic / 2010-06-08

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Performers: Carlson, Claudine; Rabinovitsj, Max
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Semkov, Jerzy

On this recording, Leonard Slatkin leads the Saint Louis Symphony in Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky and Jerzy Semkow takes the helm for Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Originally produced...continue...

Bloch: Concerto Symphonique, etc / Amos, Yui, LSO

1 DVD Audio / Classic / 2010-06-08

Works: Ernest Bloch: Concerto symphonique, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos); Scherzo fantasque, for piano & orchestra (or 2 pianos); Concerto grosso no 2
Performers: Arbuckle, Ashley; Clarke, Brian; McGrath, Rod; Watson, Neil; Yui, Micah [Piano]
Conductors: Amos, David; Amod, David

This release highlights the audio excellence of the DAD and HDAD formats. It can be played on any standard DVD player, and the HDAD side...continue...

Starker Plays Baker

1 DVD Audio / Classic / 2010-06-08

Works: David Baker: Singers of Songs/Weavers of Dreams for cello & 17 percussion instruments; Sonata for cello & piano
Performers: Gaber, George; Planès, Alain; Starker, János

This release highlights the audio excellence of the DAD and HDAD formats. It can be played on any standard DVD player, and the HDAD side...continue...
Recording information: Opera House at Indiana University at Bloomington (1980)....continue...

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noël / Arcadia Ensemble

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-12-13

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Dixit Dominus, motet for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra, H. 204; Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9
Performers: Archibald, Jane; Cambre, Esteban; Deboer, Michele; L'Esperance, Anne; McLennan, James; Nortman, David; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Charpentier's 'Messe de Minuit' is a unique synthesis between the sacred and the secular, combing ten popular French carol melodies with standard liturgical elements. The...continue...

Spanish Classics - Falla: Three-Cornered Hat, etc / Valdes

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Canciones populares españolas (7); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Martos, Maria Jose; Nafé, Alicia
Conductors: Valdes, Maximiano
Ensemble: Principality of Asturias Symphonic Orchestra

Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin / Alsop, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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...

Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne / Gens, Casadesus, et al

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

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Baïlèro; Passo pel prat (Viens par le pré), folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 3, no; Lou Boussu (Le bossu), folksong for...
Performers: Gens, Véronique
Conductors: Casadesus, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: Lille National Orchestra

Brahms: Symphony no 1, etc / Marin Alsop, London PO

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

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80
Performers: Thornton, Michael
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, Gloria, etc / Mallon, Aradia, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Performers: Archibald, Jane; Boer, Michele de; Brown, Nils; Krause, Anita; Mahon, Peter; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble

Pärt: Berliner Messe, Magnificat, Summa, etc / Edison, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Arvo Pärt: Cantate Domino; Berliner Messe, for SATB chorus & string orchestra; De profundis; Summa, for SATB chorus or soloists; The Beatitudes, for chorus & organ; Magnificat
Performers: Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers

The Adventures of Mark Twain: The 1944 Score by Max Steiner [DVD Audio]

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Max Steiner: The Adventures of Mark Twain, film score
Performers: Chorus; Moscow Symphony Orchestra; Stromberg, William T. [Conductor]
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.

2006 Grammy nominee for Best Classical Crossover Album.

Reconstructed for CD release by John Morgan and performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Max Steiner's score for the 1944 m...continue...

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights / Halasz, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Girolami, Renato; Halász, Judith; Mescheriakova, Marina; Monarcha, Janusz; Roider, Michael; Sáfár, Orsolya; Sima, Gabriela; Skovhus, Bo
Conductors: Halász, Michael
Ensemble: Hungarian National Chorus; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A Sea Symphony"

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"
Performers: Maltman, Christopher; Rodgers, Joan
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suites no 1 & 2

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2003-06-01

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite for Jazz Orchestra no 1, Op. 38b; Suite for Jazz Orchestra no 2, Op. 50b

Although the symphonies, string quartets and concertos represent the core of his achievement, Shostakovich had wide sympathies across the musical spectrum: hence his oft-repeated comment...continue...

Elgar-Payne: Symphony no 3 / Daniel, Bournemouth SO

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2003-04-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 3 (incomplete; completed by Anthony Payne)
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Elgar's Symphony No. 3 was commissioned by the BBC in 1932, but the work was left far from complete at the time of the composer's...continue...

Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon, Mississippi & Niagara Suites [DVD Audio]

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Ferde Grofé: Mississippi
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.

Grofe's popular 'Grand Canyon Suite', derived from his early period roaming the desert and mountain country as an itinerant pianist, is in five sections, each...continue...

Corroboree [DVD Audio]

1 DVD Audio / Classic Records / 1999-07-20