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WALTER PISTON
Piston: Chamber Music including the Quintet for Flute & Sting Quartet 1999 Australian Festival of Chamber Music [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "The Naxos American Classics series is throwing up both intriguing repertoire and some appealing performances" The Strad |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Emerson Concerto / Symphony No. 1 Alan Feinberg (Piano) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Alan Feinberg is an ideal exponent of Ives's truculent and tender realism. The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland partners him well... a very strong recommendation" International Record Review |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D.821 'Arpeggione' / Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 100, D. 929 Alexander Rudin (arpeggione/cello), Erich Hobarth (violin), Appo Hakkinen (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2021 ] Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata has today become part of the cello repertoire but it was originally written for the arpeggione, a form of bowed guitar invented by the Viennese maker Johann Georg Staufer in 1823. With a unique ethereal sound, this... |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUBERT / HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Italian Songs Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Andreas Schiff (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Feb/1992 ] "Haydn's dramatic scena, Arianna a Naxos, lively with Bartoli's quick response to every fleeting emotion, makes a formidable finale to this finely conceived and enthusiastically realised recital." ClassicalMusic |
CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Guarnieri: Chôros, Vol. 1 Olga Kopylova (piano) Claudia Nascimento (flute) Alexandre Silverio (bassoon)/ São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Isaac Karabtchevsky [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Camargo Guarnieri's catalogue of works represents a legacy of incalculable worth for Brazilian culture, as has his influence as a teacher on several generations of younger composers. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Rondo, WoO 6 Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "Here's a very promising start to what I assume will be a new Beethoven piano concerto cycle...Fine playing, fine conducting, fine engineering-in short, a really fine release generally." ClassicsToday |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2023 ] For 19th-century audiences Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 was the most loved of all his piano concertos, a work in which the balancing of high drama, tenderness, lyricism and humour is most pronounced and in which a coda resolves inner tensions... |
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Dec/2016 ] "Much of the credit for this belongs to Vasily Petrenko as well, who continues his series of top-notch Shostakovich recordings for Naxos." 10 / 10 ClassicsToday Jan 2017 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Variations on a theme of Corelli Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No. 3' is a complex, epic narrative that moves from a simple opening melody to the triumphant apotheosis at its conclusion. The composer ingeniously links motifs, melodies and at times whole sections between the... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 4 (Incls 'Concerto Pastoral in D, Op. 120') Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "...If you've yet to make this composer's acquaintance, this is an excellent place to start." International Record Review |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Flute Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Claudia Stein (flute), Elisaveta Blumina (piano) Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, David Robert Coleman [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Mieczysław Weinberg's works for flute were mainly conceived for the renowned soloist Alexander Korneyev. The earliest of these is the 12 Pieces from 1947, a playful series of character studies that touch on a variety of moods. Also from 1947, the... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Chamber Music [Incls String Quartet No. 3] Dante Quartet / Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] Herbert Howells' style, immediately recognisable for its long melodic lines, rhapsodic nature and rich harmonies, defined the sound of English cathedral music in the 20th century. His studies in London imbued his works with sophistication and a... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasia Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Nebolsin hardly puts a foot wrong, and Michael Stern secures rhythmically vibrant playing from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra" BBC Music Magazine |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Danse macabre / Introduction et rondo capriccioso / Havanaise / Air de Dalila Fanny Clamagirand (violin) & Vanya Cohen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Saint-Saëns composed many original works for the violin. He also took the art of arrangement to new heights of refinement, believing his transcriptions were independent of their models, following the precedent of composers such as Liszt. |
FERDINANDO CARULLI
Guitar and Piano Music, Vol. 1 Franz Halasz (guitar) / Debora Halasz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Born in Naples, Ferdinando Carulli wrote the first complete classical guitar method, which continues to be used today. From among his more than 400 guitar pieces come several transcriptions with operatic associations, including those of Beethoven's... |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - 6 Danzas espanolas / 6 Pequenos valses / 6 Mazurkas de salon Guillermo Gonzalez (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "This is a great CD that explores some impressive music that is technically superb in both the sound quality and the performance. González succeeds in making these pieces both moving and attractive." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Songs of Love and Death Hedwig Fassbender (mezzo-soprano) Hilko Dumno (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] "Fassbender is an understanding, sympathetic and, above all, straightforward guide to this music. The recording… deserves hearing for both its interesting juxtaposition of repertoire and the unaffected sincerity of the performances…" (Gramophone) |
JENNY McLEOD
McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale / Rock Concerto / etc Helen Medlyn (narrator) & Eugene Albulescu (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] New Zealand-born composer Jenny McLeod's wide musical background is here distilled into three works of highly enjoyable directness. The Emperor and the Nightingale is a colourful score which accompanies the narration of a Hans Christian Andersen... |
MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas (from Op. 1, 10 & 12) HyeJin Kim (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] A native of Rome, Muzio Clementi was 'discovered' by the wealthy Beckford family of Dorset in England, where the foundations for a distinguished international professional career as a composer and performer were laid. Clementi's legacy to pianists... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Coffee & Classical Idil Biret (piano), Jenö Jandó (piano), Maria Lambros (viola), Soyeon Kate Lee (piano), Alon Goldstein (piano), Rachel Calin (double bass), Benjamin F [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Nov/2019 ] Enjoy this full-flavoured selection of music whilst sipping on a coffee from your favourite cup. Let our blended brew of aural aromas bring you down to earth from the days highs, and experience how our choice of works gives grounds for escape from... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Chamber Music - Piano Quartet, Op. 16 / Minuets and Dances Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Janette Fishell (organ), Sofia Kim (violin), Susie Kroh (violin), Aleck Belcher (double bass), etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] In his first decade in Vienna, Beethoven seems to have been preoccupied with music for wind instruments. The best-known example is his Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16, which he arranged at the same time for piano quartet. |
FRANZ LISZT
The Very Best of Liszt Jeno Jando (Piano) Peter Nagy (Piano) / Franz Liszt Academy of Music Orchestra / Matyas Antal (Conductor) and many more [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] A selection of Liszt's most popular piano and orchestral pieces. |
FREDERIC MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano music Vol 1 Jordi Maso (piano} [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] "...The unostentatious innocence of the Scènes d'enfants is beautifully caught. Excellent recording makes this a disc to recommend even if it cost far more than it does." Penguin Guide |
ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Violin Sonata and other chamber pieces Joseph Lin (violin) Benjamin Loeb (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "Excellent virtuosic and expressive performances of some of Korngold's most enchanting music." Recording of the Month. (MusicWeb June 2004) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ LISZT
Liszt / Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Transcription) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "This is a magnificent disc and listening to it is a truly uplifting experience." MusicWeb, October 2004 |
BRITTEN / HINDEMITH / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN / HANDEL
Viola (The Art of the) Madoka Inui, piano / Milan Karanovic, cello / Alexandra Koll, violin / Heinrich Koll, viola / Peter Schmidl, clarinet [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "These three experienced plays have an excellent rapport. Balances are finely judged; dynamics are excellent. The ethos is mellifluous and affectionate. Inui plays a full part, ensuring rhythmic snap when required, and strong chording elsewhere. This |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works Vol 3 (Mazurkas, Op. 50 ; Etudes, Op. 33; etc ) Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "In the louder moments, he is never too hard, which given Szymanowski's propensity for dense textures, is a major plus point. ... Highly recommended." - International Record Review |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Complete Works for Cello Vol.2 Martin Rummel (cello), Eric Lamb (flute), Stefan Stroissnig (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Ferdinand Ries is remembered as Beethoven's one-time pupil, secretary and copyist, but the discovery of his many compositions showed him to be a forward-looking composer in his own right. The 1799 Cello Sonata in C minor is among the first of its... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Cello Sonatas Vol 1 Martin Rummel (cello) & Stefan Stroissnig (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] Ferdinand Ries's life and work are inextricably intertwined with those of his friend and teacher Beethoven, and both Cello Sonatas, Op. 20 and 21 were dedicated to cellist Bernhard Romberg, who performed regularly with Beethoven. Ries exploits... |
PAUL MORAVEC / YI CHEN / TANIA LEON / EVE BEGLARIAN / NED ROREM / etc
Eight Visions: A New Anthology for Flute and Piano Marya Martin (flute) Colette Valentine (piano) Eve Beglarian (electronics) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] Born in New Zealand and now living in United States, Marya Martin plays eight commissioned works to add to the sizeable repertoire of 20th century scores for flute and piano. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol.1 [Nos 4, 5, 6 & 9] Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "The performances are good enough, never less than technically proficient, respectful of the dynamic and structural limits of the music, and professionally polished." Fanfare |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol.2 Takako Nishizaki (violin) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "The performances are good enough, never less than technically proficient, respectful of the dynamic and structural limits of the music, and professionally polished." Fanfare |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Egyptian" Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Saint-Saëns's mature creative genius shines throughout these last two piano concertos, looking back over a glorious musical ancestry while at the same time opening the door to new worlds. The Fourth Piano Concerto is prescient of both his great Organ... |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Sonata alla toccata Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Peter Donohoe, born-again champion of the British piano concerto, gives tremendous performances of two works he can rarely if ever have played live. This is music well worth discovering: and nestling between the two concerti is the splendid Derby... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Warsaw Concerto and Other Piano Concertos from the Movies Philip Fowke (piano) RTE Concert Orchestra. Proinnsias O Duinn, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2009 ] "Philip Fowke plays all the pieces with affection and panache" - Gramophone |
JACOB WEINBERG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Weinberg: Piano Concerto 2 / String Quartet Op. 55 / etc Jorge Federico Osorio (piano), Patrick Mason (baritone) / Bingham String Quartet, Barcelona Symphony, National Orchestra of Catalonia [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] This compact disc features world premiere recordings of three works by JACOB WEINBERG (1879-1956), who was born in the Ukraine to a cultured, assimilated family and studied first at the Moscow conservatory and then in Vienna. |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Second Grand Concerto in E Flat major / Concertino, Rondino Rosemary Tuck (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Dec/2019 ] Carl Czerny penned an astonishing amount of music, including the numerous potpourris, fantasies, teaching pieces and studies for which he became known. This recording features the delightfully entertaining Concertino in C major, Op. 210/213, as well... |
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 3 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hannu Lintu [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] "performances are fully as fine as any available.. unobtrusively excellent." - David Hurwitz, Classicstoday.com |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 27 Sergio Gallo (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas are among the most original of the 18th century, especially in their use of often discordant and chromatic harmonies. From the virtuoso Essercizi (K.12 and 15) to the touching cantabile eloquence of the Sonata in... |
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