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Critics’ Choice
May 2013

Dear Friends,

Here comes a selection of the most glowing, recent reviews: fresh from leading music journals, quality dailies and respected online review sites. Naxos continues to accumulate outstanding ratings and reviews for its new and recent releases; please use the critical acclaim to continue to promote these titles.

Naxos Releases

Naxos 8.572845 [CD]
BUSONI, F.: Piano Music, Vol. 8 - 24 Preludes
Macchiette medioevali

Harden

‘Wolf Harden’s clean, refined, and fully committed pianism makes the best case for these early works on disc’ – ClassicsToday.com

Naxos 8.572823 [CD]
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, M.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
4 Dances for Love's Labour's Lost

Marangoni, Malmo Symphony, Mogrelia

One of Filarmonica di Bologna Magazine’s Best CD for 2012

‘the performances fizz and sparkle’ – International Record Review

Naxos 8.559737 [CD]
ELLINGTON, D.: Black, Brown and Beige
Harlem / Three Black Kings / The River Suite

Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta


Audiophile Audition

‘JoAnn Falletta catches the music’s “swing” in vivid interpretations that challenge Peress in their vitality, color, and verve.’ – ClassicsToday.com

‘These recordings bring across Ellington’s music so well that one can agree with those critics who classify Ellington as one of America’s greatest composers ever.’ – Audiophile Audition

Naxos 8.572633 [CD]
KARABITS, I.: Concertos for Orchestra Nos. 1-3
SILVESTROV, V.: Elegy / Abschiedsserenade

Bournemouth Symphony, K. Karabits
Naxos 8.572633

‘colourful and falls easily on the ear’ – Gramophone

‘Kirill directs the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra wonderfully and gets the very best from it with some fabulous orchestral colouration’
MusicWeb International

Naxos 8.572662 [CD]
MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Violin Concertos / Violin Sonata in F minor
Tianwa Yang, Descharmes, Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla, P. Gallois

 

‘Young violinist Tianwa Yang has exceptional technique, and her vision in the great E minor concerto is unfailingly intelligent.’ – ClassicsToday.com

‘Not so many have the emotional maturity or feeling for the music, and this is where [Tianwa Yang] truly excels.’ – MusicWeb International

Naxos 8.111393 [CD]
SIBELIUS, J.: Symphony No. 1 / Pohjola's Daughter
Tapiola (Kajanus Conducts Sibelius, Vol. 1) (1930-1932)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Kajanus

‘In the crowded field of brilliant pre-war performances of Sibelius, Kajanus stands out as the most ethnic, the most Northern of all.’
American Record Guide

Naxos 8.573151 [CD]
VILLA-LOBOS, H.: Symphonies Nos. 3, "War" and 4, "Victory"
Sao Paulo Symphony, Karabtchevsky

‘These new performances present both symphonies in the best possible light, the playing the most refined these works have had on disc.’
- Gramophone

Naxos 8.572873 [CD]
WEINBERG, M.: Symphony No. 8, Op. 83, "Tveti Pol'shi", "Kwiaty Polskie" (Polish Flowers)
Dobrowolska, Marciniec, Bartminski, Wit

 

‘Antoni Wit and his Warsaw forces are almost always at their best in choral music’ – ClassicsToday.com




Distributed Labels

Capriccio C49586
SCRIABIN, A.: Piano Music (Complete)
Lettberg

‘[Lettberg’s] overall consistency, meticulous technique, and total identification with Scriabin’s idiom deserve nothing less than our highest rating’ – ClassicsToday.com

Cedille CDR90000-139
VIOLIN LULLABIES
Pine, Hagle

Grand Piano GP621
SCHMITT, F.: Piano Duet and Duo Works (Complete), Vol. 1
Invencia Piano Duo

‘Schmitt’s extensive oeuvre for two pianists could have no better musicians, and I eagerly await the remaining three volumes in this series.’
– American Record Guide

‘The Invencia Duo’s nonchalant delivery perfectly matches the spirit of the piece [Rhapsodie parisienne] as they track the harmony’s sweet twists and turns with exquisite precision.’ – International Piano

Ondine ODE1216-2
In this moonlit night
Hvorostovsky

‘[Dmitri Hvorostovsky] brings to his interpretations a new richness and darkness of timbre, beautifully polished as it always was but enhanced with an even deeper understanding of how to project the subtleties of Mussorgsky’s vocal writing’ – Gramophone

Opus Arte OA1099D [DVD];
OABD7115D [Blu-ray]
GLUCK, C.W.: Iphigenie en Aulide
Iphigenie en Tauride (DNO, 2011) (NTSC)

‘Véronique Gens's joyous duet of reconciliation with the forthright Achilles of Frédéric Antoun transcends the foursquare writing.’ – Gramophone

TwoPianists TP1039206
LISZT, F.: 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante
(Transcendental Liszt)

Delle-Vigne

‘This is probably the best interpretation of these etudes since Arrau.’
– American Record Guide

Yarlung Records YAR96298
BACH, J.S.: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

Hunt Lieberson, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

‘Lieberson’s flawless tone, utterly even and capable of a dozen shades of dynamics and colors, along with her almost uncanny ability to convey feelings as rich as those expressed here, turns this half hour into an almost intimate experience’ – ClassicsToday.com


 

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