Naxos catalogue at half price on Qobuz

[Darryl R]

Too many to paste in all the jpegs, but here are some long-time keepers:

 

Borodin/Schwarz - Syms 1-3

Dvorak/Suk/Capella Istropolitana - Serenades

Liszt/Scherbakov - Beethoven transcriptions

Liszt/Cohen - various transcriptions

Rachmaninov/Grohovski et al - Piano Trios

Schumann/Brahms/Jando - Quintets

Shostakovich/Petrenko - Syms 4 & 7 (2xHD)

Tchaikovsky/New Haydn Quartet - String Quartets

 

and Naxos also imports others.  Don't have time to look into that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Darryl R]

18 hours ago, austinpop said:

Thanks! Yes, I see quite a collection of Shostakovich albums with Vasily Petrenko. Now I just need to find a way to appreciate Shostakovich symphonies more.  

 

As you know, and IMO, #5 is probably the most popular and accessible, followed by #10.  In this catalog I like #7 because of the history.  Admittedly some are hard to hear, and I don't even have any after #11.

 

For mellower symphonies in this catalog, Kees Bakels did a good job with the Vaughan-Williams (maybe #7 Antartica not so mellow at Ye Ice Falls!).

 

Marin Alsop also did a  nice job with some of the Dvorak.  I bought the 24/96 download with #6 just for the beautiful Nocturne.