Franck: Psyché; Le Chasseur maudit (1995) more music like this

performed by BBC Welsh Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by César Franck

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Atsuada Otaka: Fantasy for Organ and Orchestra; Toru Takemitsu: Nami no Bon; Ran; Toshio Hosokawa: Memory of the Sea (2001) more music like this

performed by Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Atsutada Otaka, Toru Takemitsu, Toshio Hosokawa

Atsutada Otaka's "Fantasy for Organ and Orchestra" (1999) was commissioned by the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music receives its premiere recording on this disc.. It opens with powerful blasts from the organ while the orchestra floats about in an impressionistic world, the string harmonies very much like the rich combinations of Toru ...

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Schnittke: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 (1995) more music like this

performed by David Buckland (contrabassoon), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Alfred Schnittke

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Glazunov: Symphony No. 3; Ballade (2002) more music like this

performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Alexander Glazunov

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Rachmaninov: Great Works for Solo Piano & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (2001) more music like this

performed by John Lill (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

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Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, etc. (1996) more music like this

performed by John Lill (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

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Denisov: Sonata for saxophone; Concerto for alto saxophone (1994) more music like this

performed by Claude DeLangle (sax), Claude Kelangle (sax), David Buckland (bassoon), Odile Delangle (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Edison Denisov

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Takemitsu: A Flock Descends (1995) more music like this

performed by Paul Watkins (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Toru Takemitsu

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Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 more music like this

performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Alexander Glazunov

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A String Around Autumn (2002) more music like this

performed by Noriko Ogawa (piano), Philip Dukes (viola), Sharon Bezaly (flute), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Toru Takemitsu

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Glazunov: Symphonies No. 4 & 8 (2003) more music like this

performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Alexander Glazunov

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Takemitsu: Cantos (1994) more music like this

performed by Barbara Allen (harp), David Frost (vibraphone), David Frost (drums), Nancy Allen (harp), Richard Chamberlain (trombone), Richard Fitz (vibraphone), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Robert Routch (french horn), Ronald Borror (trombone), Tashi
composed by Toru Takemitsu

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Glazunov: Orchestral Works Including The 8 Symphonies [Box Set] (2007) more music like this

performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Alexander Glazunov

If gods die when people stop believing in them, do composers die when people stop listening to them? If so, then while Alexander Glazunov may have died and turned to dust in the concert hall, he is alive and well and living on recordings. All things considered, it's a pretty good half-life for the composer once considered the greatest symphonist ...

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Takemitsu: How Slow the Wind (2000) more music like this

performed by Christian Lindberg (trombone), Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Toru Takemitsu

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The Min-On Contemoporary Music Festival '79 more music like this

performed by Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Shin Sato, Yoshiro Irino

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Glaxzunov: Symphony No. 2; Mazurka; From Darkness to Light (1999) more music like this

performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Alexander Glazunov

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Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3; Chantefleurs et Chantefables (1995) more music like this

performed by Valdine Anderson (soprano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Witold Lutoslawski

Hearing Witold Lutoslawski's Third Symphony for the first time, one cannot help but say "Yes. This is exactly how a postwar symphony should sound." Begun in 1972 and finished after several interruptions in 1983, the work is a four-movement-in-one symphony of tremendous cogency, incredible power, and overwhelming intensity. From its magnificent ...

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Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 (2003) more music like this

performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Alexander Glazunov

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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 / 4 Etudes-tableaux (1993) more music like this

performed by BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

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Rakhmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4; Symphonies 1-3; Orchestral Works [Box Set] (1998) more music like this

performed by John Lill (piano), Martin Ronchetti (clarinet), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2/Vocalise (1992) more music like this

performed by Martin Ronchetti (clarinet), BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Sergey Rachmaninov

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Hoddinott: Passaggio/Heaventree of Stars/Doubles/Star Children (1993) more music like this

performed by David Cowley (oboe), Hu Kun (violin), Rosalie Armstrong (harpsichord), BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Alun Hoddinott

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Elgar: Symphony No.1/Introduction And Allegro (1995) more music like this

performed by James Clark (violin), John Senter (cello), Maureen Doig (violin), Steven Burnard (viola), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Edward Elgar

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Elgar / Payne: Symphony No. 3; Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 (2008) more music like this

performed by Anthony Payne (obbligatto vocals), Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Edward Elgar

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Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 (2007) more music like this

performed by Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
composed by Antonin Dvorák

Only two short years separate the composition of Dvorák's Eighth and Ninth symphonies, yet those two years saw drastic changes in Dvorák's life circumstances. Going from an underpaid and sometimes criticized court composer in Prague to a highly paid, much sought-after, almost deified celebrity in the United States, Dvorák took his mission to ...

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