Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 / Slovak PO - Michael Halasz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
Conductors: Halász, Michael
Ensemble: Failoni Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Schubert's last two symphonies are ambitious in scale and brimming with striking ideas, though only two movements of the Symphony No. 8 were finished and...continue...

Musical Journey: Russia, Ukraine & Uzbekistan - music by Mussorgsky & Borodin / Slovak PO, Daniel Nazareth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Conductors: Nazareth, Daniel
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

The Places: Peter the Great founded St Petersburg in 1703 on Swedish territory, a provocation to Sweden, then the most powerful state in the region....continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM Stereo 2.0
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Italian Operas / Rossini, Verid, Puccini, Cilea [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-10-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Bolognese, Mario; Borodina, Olga; Borras, Jean-Francois; Camastra, Marco; Chausson, Carlos; Dessi, Daniela; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Guleghina, Maria; ...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Marzendorfer, Ernst; Muti, Riccardo; Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This box contains four splendid productions of masterpieces of Italian opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'...continue...
Run Time: 554 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Marzendorfer/Slovak PO [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-09-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Conductors: Märzendorfer, Ernst
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

A fascinating production of La Traviata formed this year's opera highlight at one of Europe's most important open-air festivals: the Opera Festival St. Margarethen. The...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.1, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Itali...continue...

Classical Dreams / Norrington, Winschermann, Zhukov, Hartung, et al

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-09-30

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C minor, K 457; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Basch, Wolfgang; Belesow, Sergej; Gasparovic, Jadranka; Gieseking, Walter; Greutter, Roland; Hagen, Lukas; Koroliov, Evgeni; Kremer, Pierre; Makarow, Igor; Meneses, Antonio; Rubsam...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Blomstedt, Herbert; Winschermann, Helmut; Hartung, Volker; Jans, Carlo; Norrington, Roger; Cloutier, Denise; Köster, Tilmann; Wand, Günter; Karajan, Herbert von; Zhukov, Igor;...
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Cologne Youth Symphony; Dresden Staatskapelle; European Philharmonic Orchestra; German Bach Soloists; Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orc...

Eternal Beethoven / Drahos, Gunzenhauser, Halász, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in D major, Op. 70 no 1 "Ghost"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp m...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Nishizaki, Takako; Onczay, Csaba
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Drahos, Béla; Halász, Michael
Ensemble: ; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Tchaikovsky in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2008-07-29

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Swan Lake; Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Pathétique Symphony...
Performers: Bavnov, Tomislav; Futer, Arkady; Korneyev, Alexander; Schmalfuss, Peter; Toperczer, Peter [Piano]; Van Den Booren, Borika; Zverev, Fladimir
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Terian, Mikhail; Fedoseyev, Vladimir; Lapins, Ilmar; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Mága, Othmar M. F.; Ovchinnikov, Vyacheslav; Kofman, Roman
Ensemble: ; Kiev Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR State Academy Symphony Orchestra

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Chopin in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2008-07-29

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 7 in A major, Op. 28/7, CT. 172; Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Nocturne for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/1, CT. 114; Nocturn...
Performers: Brzezinska, Joanna; Cernecká, Ida; Margulis, Vitalij; Mathe, Christiane; Novotna, Kveta; Pivka, Marian; Schmalfuss, Peter; Tomsic, Dubravka; Uchida, Mitsuko
Conductors: Dohnányi, Oliver von; Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: ; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Film Music Classics - Perry: The Innocents Abroad and other Mark Twain films / Perry, Slovak PO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: William Perry: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Pudd'nhead Wilson; Life on the Mississippi; The Innocents Abroad; The Private History of a Campaign That Failed; The Mysterious Stranger
Performers: Hayman, Richard
Conductors: ; Perry, William
Ensemble: Rome Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The six Mark Twain Films in this recording present a series of exciting challenges in the variety and range of their musical requirements. 'The Mysterious...continue...

The Very Best of Christmas

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

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; F...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Bloss, Michael; Bungard, Jonathan; Davidson, Angus; Evanson, John; Houssart, Robert; Johnston, Raymond; Kertesi, Ingrid; Langridge, Philip; Lewis, J. Reilly; Mukk, József;...
Conductors: Hunt, Donald; ; Mallon, Kevin; Edison, Noel; Scribner, Norman; Rossiter, Grace; Sackett, Andrew; Robinson, Christopher; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Oberfrank, Géza; Krcek, Jaroslav; Schuldt-Jensen,...
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group; Hungarian Radio Chamber Choir; Leipzig Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Sy...

"Naxos' double-disc compilation, The Very Best of Christmas, presents an agreeable and balanced assortment of holiday favorites, with vocal and choral numbers assigned to the...continue...

Smetana, Grieg: Orchestral Works [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-08-28

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55
Conductors: Pesek, Libor
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

This program combines wonderful music and striking pictures. Fascinating landscapes from Bohemia accompany the excellent interpretation of Smetana's "Moldau". Impressions from Norway, music and a...continue...
Run Time: 70 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DD 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: USA
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Vaclav Talich Special Edition Vol 14 - Handel, Bach

1 CD / Supraphon / 2007-05-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto for Oboe no 3 in G minor, HWV 287; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Performers: Hantak, Frantisek; Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Talich, Vaclav
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Vaclav Talich and the young Sviatoslav Richter made this now-legendary recording of the Bach piano concerto on the evening before their joint concert in June,...continue...

The Very Best of Sibelius

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

Works: Jean Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music for orchestra, Op. 46; Kyllikki, Op. 41; Oceanides, Op. 73; Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani; Songs (6), Op. 36; Kuolema; Sympho...
Performers: Gimse, Havard; Jurmu, Hannu; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Lauriala, Risto; Somero, Jouni
Conductors: Gallois, Patrick; Sakari, Petri; Leaper, Adrian; Panula, Jorma
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sinfonia Finlandia; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

Jean Sibelius is considered the greatest Finnish composer and from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, defined Finnish music, becoming the nationalist voice of...continue...

The Very Best of Dvorák

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

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187; Quartet for Strings no 12 in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American"; Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Zigeun...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Battersby, Edmund; Brewer, Christine; Klansky, Ivan; Kliegel, Maria; Kohn, Christian; Matthies, Silke-Thora; Valaskova, Jana; Veselka, Stefan; Zhou, Qian
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Krcek, Jaroslav; Kosler, Zdenek; ; Wildner, Johannes; Shafer, Robert; Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Joachim Trio; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Wind Soloists of the Oslo Philharmonic (Wind Soloi

Antonin Dvorak is considered the greatest of the Czech nationalist composers of the later 19th century, and he continues to enjoy the widest international popularity....continue...

Discover Your Genius

1 CD / Spring Hill Music / 2006-08-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Claude Debussy: La mer; Richard Strauss: Also spr...
Performers: Donose, Ruxandra; Eklund, Niklas; Fink, Manfred; Loman, Judy; Otelli, Claudio; Papian, Hasmik; Shulman, Nora
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Nicolaus Esterházy Chorus ; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfon...

Cinema Classics 2006

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Quartet f...
Performers: Amps, Kym; Charlston, Terence; La Scola, Vincenzo; Meshcheriakova, Marina
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Morandi, Pier G.; Hurst, George; ; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Feodorov, Victor; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic O...

Personnel: Kym Amps (soprano); Terence Charlston (harpsichord)....continue...

Chill with Beethoven

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Trio for clarinet (or...
Performers: Inui, Madoka; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kliegel, Maria; Miteva, Teodora; Nishizaki, Takako; Schmidl, Peter; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Drahos, Béla; Jean, Kenneth
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Florencio Asenjo: Orchestral Music / Kirk Trevor, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-02-01

Works: Florencio Asenjo: Tearings, for orchestra; Passion and Apotheosis, symphony for orchestra; Glimpses
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Asenjo employs an approach to music called 'maximalism', a method of transition from one theme to another to achieve a highly dense content which is...continue...

Art and Music - Cezanne - Music of His Time

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

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Emmanuel Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques (10), for piano; Henri Duparc: Chanson triste; Le...
Performers: Banfalvi, Bela; Botvay, Karoly; Fehervari, Janos; Groves, Paul; Kormendi, Klara; Lindley, Simon; Prunyi, Ilona; Rabol, Georges; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Bramall, Anthony; Georgiadis, John; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; RTE Sinfonietta; San Diego Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) received almost no recognition until the last years of his life, but is now widely regarded as one of the key figures...continue...

KDFC - Islands of Sanity 3 - 100% Natural

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-01

Performers: Barbagallo, James; Biret, Idil; Donohoe, Peter; Greed, David; Jandó, Jenö; Nagy, Péter; Nishizaki, Takako; Tóth, István; Thiollier, François-Joël; Yablons...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Engeset, Bjarte; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Kamu, Okko; ; Leaper, Adrian; Nazareth, Daniel; Rahbari, Alexander; Amos, David; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bátiz, En...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Iceland Symp...

Niños Clásicos - Lo mejor de Tchaikovsky

1 CD / Children's Group / 2005-10-18

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Marche slave, Op. 31; Nutcracker, Op. 71; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Kuchar, Theodore; Halász, Michael; Lenárd, Ondrej; Entremont, Philippe; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian State Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Ukrainian National Symphony Orches...

Discover - Music of the Romantic Era

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Frédéric Ch...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Banowetz, Joseph; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Hill, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Orgonasova, Luba; Podles, Ewa; Russell, L...
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Talmi, Yoav; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Bramall, Anthony; ; Morandi, Pier G.; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Wildner, Johannes; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wit, Antoni; Kosler, Zden...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Kodál...

The 'Discover Series' opens the door to key areas of classical music. Through a combination of illustrative music tracks and a richly filled booklet, the...continue...

Klimt - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Das Lied von der Erde; Alexander Scriabin: Prelude in ...
Performers: Donose, Ruxandra; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Peter; Zagorzanka, Barbara; Zarafiants, Evgeny
Conductors: Bogár, István; Walter, Alfred; Halász, Michael; Seipenbusch, Edgar; Yuasa, Takuo; Kosler, Zdenek; Stryja, Karol
Ensemble: ; Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice; Ulster Orchestra

Bax: Sinfonietta, Overture, Elegy and Rondo / Wordsworth

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-08-01

Works: Arnold Bax: Overture, Elegy and Rondo, for orchestra; Sinfonietta
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording features two little-known works by Arnold Bax, who in the years following the First World War was regarded as one of the leading...continue...

Zemlinsky: Symphonies no 1 and 2 /Seipenbusch, Rajter, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-03-01

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Symphony no 1 in D minor; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Rajter, Ludovit; Seipenbusch, Edgar
Ensemble: ; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Zemlinsky's 'First Symphony', with its grandiose first movement, lively scherzo and lyrical final movement, is rooted firmly in the rich Viennese classical tradition and represent...continue...

Mozart - Highlights / Iona Brown, L. Pesek, Bertone, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2003-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entf...
Performers: Brown, Timothy; Moravec, Ivan
Conductors: Brown, Iona; Hahn, Klaus-Peter; Pesek, Libor; Bertone, Marco; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Moscow Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra; Mozart Festival Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

More award-winning performances from the Hanssler Classic catalogue, compiled into a handsome double set of Mozart's greatest hits at budget price....continue...

Life and Works - Johannes Brahms / Jeremy Siepmann

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Johannes Brahms, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Sonata for Piano no 3 in F minor, Op...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Boulton, Nicolas; Britton, Jasper; Claxton, Elaine; Hegyi, Ildiko; Hodson, Steve; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kl...
Conductors: ; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Constantine, Andrew
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Piano Trio

Brahms is one of the best-loved yet most controversial of all the Romantics. Almost uniquely, his works have never suffered the slightest period of eclipse....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...

Classics Explained-An Introduction to Dvorak: Symphony no 9

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: An Introduction to Dvorák's Symphony no 9, Narration with Musical Examples; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Few works for the concert hall have won such immediate and continuing popularity as Dvorak's Ninth Symphony, "From the New World." Dramatic, lyrical and spacious,...continue...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Imagination

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-20

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Hector Berlioz: Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109; Johann Strauss II: Perpetuu...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Müller, Dario; Tylsar, Bedrich; Tylsar, Zdenek
Conductors: Walter, Alfred; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Dittrich, Michael; Edlinger, Richard; Leaper, Adrian; Carpenter, Gary; Mogrelia, Andrew; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anth...
Ensemble: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak Sta...

The music of 'Playtime Imagination' was chosen specifically to stimulate the imaginations with melodies and harmonies that are as free and boundless as the world...continue...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Fun & Games

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-20

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Masquerade; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067;...
Performers: Garcia, Gerald; Nagy, Péter; Szokolay, Balázs
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Anikhanov, Andrei; Antal, Mátyás; Edlinger, Richard; Breiner, Peter; Lenárd, Ondrej; Mogrelia, Andrew; Nazareth, Daniel; Brion, Keith; Bogár, Istvá...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony O...

All children need active playtime, some exciting and different ways to use their energy. Classical music is the ideal soundtrack to 'Playtime Fun and Games',...continue...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Arts & Crafts

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Wolfgang A...
Performers: Jablokov, Alexander
Conductors: ; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Wordsworth, Barry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Rahbari, Alexander; Hayman, Richard; Georgiadis, John; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Clarinet Quintet; Budapest Strings; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmo...

Arts and Crafts allow children to truly express their creativity. A child needs only a little glue and glitter to come up with nothing short...continue...

Liadov: Orchestral Works / Gunzenhauser, Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Anatol Lyadov: Baba-Yaga, Op. 56; Intermezzi (2) for piano, Op. 8; About Olden Times (Pro Slarinu), ballade for orchestra in D major, Op. 21b; The enchanted lake, Op. 62; Village Scene by the Inn, ma...
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

The music of the Russian composer Liadov is small-scale but beautifully turned, rhythmically fresh, varied and above all, full of color and vitality. As befitted...continue...

Rubinstein: Symphonies Vol 2 / Gunzenhauser, Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-10-01

Works: Anton Rubinstein: Symphony no 2 in C major ("Ocean"), Op. 42
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

The prolific composer Anton Rubinstein's Second Symphony, known as the "Ocean" Symphony, grew and grew as he revised it. The first version was completed in...continue...

Life and Works - Beethoven / Siepmann, Peck, et al

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-07-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Narration with Musical Excerpts; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "...
Performers: Archer, Karen; Donose, Ruxandra; Fink, Manfred; Jando, Jeno; Jason, Neville; Nishizaki, Takako; Onczay, Csaba; Otelli, Claudio; Papian, Hasmik; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Dohnányi, Oliver von; ; Wordsworth, Barry; Jean, Kenneth; Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Budapest Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Capella Istropolitana; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Piano Trio

In this portrait-in-sound, actors' readings combine with Beethoven's music to reveal a titanic personality, both vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all heroic,...continue...

Fantasies - Fauré, Bach, Doppler, etc / Kutluer, et al

1 CD / Gallo / 2001-06-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Pierre Agricola Genin: Carnival of Venice, theme & variations for flute & piano, Op. 14; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Fran...
Performers: Kutluer, Sefika
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Listen, Learn and Grow - Playtime

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 i...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Garcia, Gerald; Jablokov, Alexander; Müller, Dario; Nagy, Péter; Szokolay, Balázs; Tylsar, Bedrich; Tylsar, Zdenek
Conductors: ; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Wordsworth, Barry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Rahbari, Alexander; Hayman, Richard; Georgiadis, John; Kuchar, Theodore; Walter, Alfred; Jean, Kenneth; Dittrich...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Clarinet Quintet; Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Stri...

Chesky: Psalms 4, 5 & 6 / Somary, Slovak Philharmonic

1 CD / Chesky / 2001-03-27

Works: David Chesky: Psalm no 4, "Sorrow" , for cello & orchestra; Psalm no 5 "Aftermath", for clarinet & orchestra; Psalm no 6 "Rage and Despair", for orchestra
Performers: Slavik, Jan
Conductors: Somary, Stephen
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

A-Z of Classical Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: De profundis clamavi, offertory in mode 2 (Liber Usualis no 1076; GR 388); Hildegard von Bingen: O virga mediatrix; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; William Byrd: Pavan and ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Biret, Idil; Jandó, Jenö; Kejmar, Miroslav; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Bychkov, Semyon; Edlinger, Richard; Krcek, Jaroslav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Skvor, Petr; Dvorak, Jaroslav; ; Wordsworth, Barry; Grodd, Uwe; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Wildner, Johannes; Mor...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Budapest; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmoni...

Mozart: Flute Concertos / Kutluer, Rezucha, Turnerova, et al

1 CD / Gallo / 2000-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 315 (285e); Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K 313 (285c); Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Sonata for Piano no ...
Performers: Kutluer, Sefika; Turnerova, Katarina
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica /Nazareth, Slovak Philharmonic

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-03-19

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Sinfonia drammatica, P. 102
Conductors: Nazareth, Daniel
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Completed in 1914, just prior to World War I, "Sinfonia Drammatica" is one of Respighi's most spectacular works and is full of brilliant orchestral writing:...continue...

Discover the Classics Volume 3 - The Concerto

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-02-26

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Giuseppe Torelli: Sonata for trumpet, strings & continuo, G. 1; Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto à cinque, for oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo n...
Performers: Banfalvi, Bela; Banowetz, Joseph; Behringer, Michael; Bisengaliev, Marat; Camden, Anthony; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Hill, Robert [Harpsichord, Piano]; Hugh, Timothy; Jando, Je...
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; Georgiadis, John; Bánfalvi, Béla; Creswick, Bradley; Warchal, Bohdan; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Skvor, Peter; Antal, Mátyás; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Budapest Strings; Capella Istropolitana; English Northern Philharmonia; London Virtuosi; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfon...

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, etc /Bramall, Dohnányi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-02-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, in D major Op. 27; Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Dohnányi, Oliver von
Ensemble: ; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Proclaimed by Goethe as the successor to Mozart, Mendelssohn was the most famous prodigy of the 19th century. The Overture and incidental Musc to "A...continue...

Famous Overtures - Marriage of Figaro, Egmont, Hebrides, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-11-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's ...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Rahbari, Alexander; Steinberg, Pinchas; Walter, Alfred; Halász, Michael; Morandi, Pier G.
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zagreb Festival ...

Famous Marches - Grand March from Aida, Marche slave, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Georges Bi...
Conductors: Saccani, Rico; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Kamu, , Okko; Leaper, Adrian; Johanos, Donald; Antal, Mátyás; Halász, Michael; Eschwe, Alfred; Bramall, Anthony; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bog&...
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Sinfonia;...

The Best of Mendelssohn

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-27

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 62; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Symphony no 3 in A minor, ...
Performers: Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako
Conductors: Dohnányi, Oliver von; Bramall, Anthony; Stankovsky, Robert; Jean, Kenneth
Ensemble: ; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

The Best of Beethoven

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op...
Performers: Holzer, Robert; Jando, Jeno; Lechner, Gabriele; Nishizaki, Takako; Pabst, Michael; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Jean, Kenneth; Wordsworth, Barry; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Edlinger, Richard
Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zagreb Philharmonic

The Best of Tchaikovsky

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-20

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Eugen Onegin; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Concerto fo...
Performers: Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Kliegel, Maria; Nishizaki, Takako; Prunyi, Ilona
Conductors: Wit, Antoni; Lenárd, Ondrej; Markson, Gerhard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael; Leaper, Adrian; Entremont, Philippe
Ensemble: ; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Vie...

Fantasia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Paul Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier; Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Bogacz, Josef; Brown, Julia; Brown, Julie; CSR Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Chorale; Jean, Kenneth; Kertesi, Ingrid; Leaper, Adrian; Rahbari, Alexander; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmon...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Rahbari, Alexander; Drahos, Bela; Drahos, Béla; Lenárd, Ondrej; Lenárd, Ondrej; Leaper, Adrian; Kovács, Lászl...
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Camerata Budapest; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Nicolau...

Discover The Classics Volume 2

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-09

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gadfly; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Saltan; Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Mily Balakirev:...
Performers: Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Kliegel, Maria
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Kuchar, Theodore; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony; Anichanov, André; Golovschin, Igor; Jean, Kenneth; Johanos, Donald; Walter, Alfred; Monnard, Jean Francois; Hal&aac...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak State...