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Arvo Pärt - A Portrait

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

Works: Arvo Pärt: Für Alina, for piano; Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Davis, Peter R.; Eisrich, Antal; Falvay, Sandor; Hatfield, Lesley; Helmerson, Frans; Hirsch, Rebecca; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Kovacs, Miklos; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]; Mulligan, Simon; P...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Benedek, Tamás; Pitts, Antony; Edison, Noel; Yuasa, Takuo; Cox, Neil
Ensemble: ; Choir of Lancing College; Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers; Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St; Tonus Peregrinus; Ulster Orchestra

This absorbing, two-CD anthology combines quality performances . . . Certainly, there is no more contextual way of getting to know the composer than this...continue...

Classics - Prokofiev / Järvi, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Divertissement for orchestra, Op. 43; Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125; Sinfonietta for orchestra in A major, Op. 48
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

"Really one is beginning to run out of words to praise in dealing with this Prokofiev series from Chandos... Another top mark." - Gramophone "The...continue...

Strauss: Symphony no 2, Songs, Romanze / N. Järvi, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Symphony no 2 in F minor, Op. 12 (TrV 126); Romance for Cello and Orchestra in F major, AV 75; Lieder (6), Op. 68
Performers: Hulse, Eileen; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This notable new compilation will be of special interest to Strauss fans and scholars for it contains some of the composer's earlist work. "Jarvi's Strauss...continue...

Classics - Strauss: Symphonic Poems Vol 2 / Neeme Järvi

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-06-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica for orchestra, Op. 53 (TrV 209); Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Macbeth (symphonic poem), Op. 23; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Also Sprach Zarathustra
Performers: Harrington, John; Paling, Edwin; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

"Jarvi's interpretation of Domestica is both genial and sharply characterized, with remarkable playing by the SNO, especially in the fugue of the finale. The woodwind...continue...

Classics - Shostakovich: Ballet Suites / N. Järvi, Scottish

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-07-22

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Ballet Suite no 1, Op. 84b; Ballet Suite no 2, Op. 89b; Ballet Suite no 3, Op. 91d; Festive Overture, Op. 96; Ballet Suite no 4, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan); The Bolt, ...
Performers: Gracie, John; Walden, Timothy
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Schmidt: Complete Symphonies / Järvi, Chicago SO, Detroit SO

4 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-10-21

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 1 in E major; Symphony no 2 in E flat major; Symphony no 3 in A major; Symphony no 4 in C major
Performers: Chanteaux, Marcy
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Schmidt: Symphony no 4; Strauss / Järvi, Detroit SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-01-21

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 4 in C major; Richard Strauss: Josephs Legende, symphonic fragment from the ballet, o.Op. 148 (TrV 231a, AV 148)
Performers: Chanteaux, Marcy
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

"Franz Schmidt (1874-1939) was a contemporary of Richard Strauss, and his music will remind you of Strauss's, but it also reflects the influence of Wagner,...continue...

Arvo Pärt: Cello Concerto "Pro et Contra"; Perpetuum Mobile; Symphonies Nos. 1-3

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1992-09-05

Works: Arvo Pärt: Pro et contra, concerto for cello & orchestra; Perpetuum mobile, for orchestra, Op. 10; Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3
Performers: Forchert, Walter; Helmerson, Frans
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Brahms, Bruch: Concertos / Mordkovitch, Wallfisch, Järvi

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme