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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Allegro appassionato for piano & orchestra Op. 70 Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2017 ] "Descharmes has a special way with this music that's really quite liberating" MusicWeb |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Piano Concerto in D Minor (1812) / Introduction, Variations and Rondo, Op. 60 Rosemary Tuck (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Feb/2018 ] "Tuck demonstrates the beauty and delicacy of the filigree melodies in the first movement, and the cadenza, written by Tuck and Alan Jones, glints and glitters…There is thoughtful balance between soloist and ensemble." BBC Music |
ALBERT KETELBEY
Ketelbey: A Dream Picture - Piano Pieces Rosemary Tuck (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jul/2021 ] Albert Ketèlbey reached such a pinnacle of eminence and popularity that in 1929 he was named as Britain's greatest living composer, based on the number of performances of his works. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto / The Wasps / English Folk Song Suite / The Running Set Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "The Piano Concerto of Vaughan Williams has been seriously undervalued...a performance as fine as this one from Ashley Wass will simply have one marvelling at the originality of the piece and its distinctive slant on the idea of a piano concerto."... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Songs (Complete) Ruth Ziesak (soprano) Lothar Odinius (tenor) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Mozart loved the human voice, which he used as an instrument of musical expression throughout his compositional career from the age of six or seven. His Lieder, written largely in response to requests and commissions from acquaintances, friends and... |
DANNY ELFMAN / ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK
Elfman: Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven" / Hailstork: Piano Concerto No. 1 Saandy Cameron (violin) Stewart Goodyear (piano) / Buffalo Philharmonic orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] This recording presents brand new concertos from two vibrant and contrasting American composers. Adolphus Hailstork's First Piano Concerto draws on his African American heritage to create a work brimming with energy and high spirits. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
The Best Of Saint-Saëns Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Marian Lapsansky (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Idil Biret (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Imrich Szabo (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Dec/1997 ] Artists Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Marian Lapsansky (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Idil Biret (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Imrich Szabo (organ) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony... |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music Volume 6 Santiago L. Sacristán (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2014 ] Volume 6 of this complete edition focusses in the main on Albéniz's richly varied, early salon style. It includes the dazzling Chopin influenced Vals Champagne, the Estudio de concierto which rivals Liszt for virtuosity, and the famous Tango from... |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Songs, Vol. 1 Sara Jakubiak (soprano) Patrick Carfizzi (bass) Mary Phillips (mezzo) Laura Garritson (piano) Biava Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "All of this is immensely praiseworthy… for the many novelties which they include, and for the way in which they demonstrate the range and quality of Ives' songs." --Review by John Sheppard, MusicWeb International |
ERIK SATIE
Best Of Satie (Incls 3 Gymnopedies & Six Gnossiennes) Klara Kormendi (piano) / Nancy Symphony Orchestra / Jerome Kaltenbach [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Erik Satie, born in France in 1866, was a lazy pupil at the Paris Conservatoire, and only came to public attention after Debussy made orchestrations of two of his piano pieces, Gymnopédies. Satie became a 'character' in the Latin Quarter of Paris,... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Quintet 'Trout' / Adagio & Rondo Concertante Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Istvan Toth (double bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "The string playing is clean and alert, and the pianist is brilliant" - Classics |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 Idil Biret (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice); Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "In sum, this beautifully engineered disc tells much about these oft-recorded works we think we know better than we actually do." ClassicsToday |
LOUIS VIERNE
Vierne: Piano Works (Complete), Vol. 1 Sergio Monteiro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Louis Vierne is renowned as one of the most brilliant of all French organ composers. His piano works are little known despite their colourful, imaginative and inspiring treatment of the instrument. |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Zemlinsky: Rustic Dances, Op. 1 / Four Fantasies, Op. 9 / A Ray of Light Silke Avenhaus, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] "Silke Avenhaus never does too much with these pieces, never tries to over-inflate the rhetoric, instead allowing them to find their own level. She seems to have enjoyed the more roguish elements of Ein Lichtstrahl but her playing of the Fantasien is... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four Hand Piano Music Vol 1: 16 - Waltzes op 39; Variations in E flat on a theme by Schumann; etc Silke-Thora Matthies, Christian Kohn (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2004 ] "Matthies and Kohn successfully achieve a rich variety of colour and expression...pedalling and articulation are almost ideal" - Gramophone. |
ANTONIO SOLER
Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. Nos. 75 - 86 Soo-Jung Ann (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2018 ] For the last 25 years of his life Antonio Soler occupied the distinguished positions of maestro di capilla and organist at the Escorial palace. He wrote around 150 keyboard sonatas, which remain his best known achievement, a body of music that... |
MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas Op. 1 & 13 Soyeon Kate Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Dec/2019 ] Muzio Clementi was born four years before Mozart and outlived Beethoven by the same span. His legacy to pianists as a composer and teacher was a significant one, introducing new virtuosity and exploring the expressive possibilities of the piano, a... |
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
A Night in the Tropics: Solo piano music Steven Mayer (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Sep/2015 ] Louis Moreau Gottschalk was the first important American composer to fuse European classical piano music with American cultural influences, including folk music, the music of slaves, and Latin American dances. Although still revered for his... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Music for Wind Instruments Stéphane Lemelin (piano) / Canada's National Arts Centre Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] "The unifying feature of this programme is the excellently judged piano playing of Stéphane Lemelin, who adds a discerning range of colour and spirit to the performances" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - March 2011 |
ALFREDO CASELLA
Casella: Symphony No. 2 / A notte alta Sun Hee You (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "One of Casella's subtlest creations, it receives a fine performance from the Rome Symphony Orchestra and Francesco La Vecchia" Gramophone |
