W. A. MOZART
My First Mozart Album (Incls 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' & Clarinet Quintet') Jiri Valek (flute), Hana Mullerova (harp), Jenö Jandó (piano), Ladislav Kyselak (viola), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jozsef Balogh (clarinet), Georg Ti [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] If you listen carefully to this CD, you will get to know one of the best composers in the world. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived 250 years ago but he carries on being famous - so he must have been special. He giggled a lot. He was also good at playing... |
SCHUBERT / GRIEG / JOPLIN / CHOPIN / etc
My First Piano Album (Incls 'Marche Militaire' & 'Maple Leaf Rag') Various performers from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] Listen to the piano turn into a bumblebee, a donkey, trolls, a bird, a horse and a butterfly! Sometimes it isn't anything except a piano, but the music coming out of it is exciting and beautiful. Can you spot Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star? Mozart... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
The Best of Prokofiev Tedi Papavrami (violin), Kun-Woo Paik (piano) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak State Ph [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] A new addition to the Naxos 'Best of' series features the outstanding series of Prokofiev recordings made with the Ukraine orchestra. |
Vatin/Ensemble D'arco
Haydn: Piano Concertinos/Trios [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2006 ] |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Piano Music Victor Sangiorgio (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Dec/2007 ] "Victor Sangiorgio, a pianist new to me, plays this music with authority and assertiveness, captured in excellent sound….there is a wonderful revelation waiting in store for you!" Audiophile Audition |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 / Concert Overture / Study in B-flat minor Jan Krzysztof Broja (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "A splendid addition to what is now an indispensable cycle." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Prokofiev / Khachaturian / Shostakovich: Piano Concert & Recital (1944-1949) William Kapell (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Anton Dorati, Boston Symphony [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "During the past few years Naxos has carved out a considerable piece of the historic reissue market simply by providing shellac-era favorites in newly minted transfers at budget... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Rarities and Short Piano Works Wojciech Waleczek (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Among Schubert's compositions are rare and overlooked works for solo piano that reflect staging posts of his short compositional life. As a boy he had studied with Salieri who almost certainly encouraged him to explore contrapuntal techniques in 1812. |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 10 [transcriptions] Wolf Harden (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2018 ] "The most intriguing tracks on this recording are the Brahms Chorale Preludes for Organ Op.122 in which Brahms' Romanticism is augmented by Busoni's often heroic keyboard style. Harden plays this with such perfect balance" The WholeNote |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Music - Poemes / Waltzes / Dances Xia Yin Wang (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Scriabin lovers will find plenty to revel in and for the newcomer to the music of this very special composer I can hardly imagine a better disc to gain insight into his world." (MusicWeb Sept 2009) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol 1: Nos. 5 and 6 / Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 44 Xyrion Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "A wonderful disc, well recorded and containing some magnificent playing. Do hear this." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
LUDWIG avn BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 (Nos. 1, 2, 9) Xyrion Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "As an inexpensive means of getting to know Beethoven's first two piano trios this disc may have its merits, but there are considerably greater rewards to be had from the elegantly-shaped and warmly recorded accounts by the Trio" (BBC Music) |
ZEZ CONFRREY
Confrey: Piano Music [Incls 'Kitten on the keys'] Eteri Andjaparidze (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2020 ] "Andjaparidze brings some poetry tot the final bars of [Three Little Odditiies], and is most impressive in the rapt Romanza, playing with gentle delicacy in the Novelette." Fanfare |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Fuga for solo violin / Klingende Buchstaben for solo cello / Piano Quintet / String Trio 1999 AFCM Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2002 ] "The force behind this brilliant collection is violinist Mark Lubotsky, the original soloist of Schnittke's first two violin concertos and the dedicatee of the second. Lubotsky's connection with the man and the music is obvious from the first note of... |
AARON JAY KERNIS / JORGE LIDERMAN / STEVEN MACKEY
New American Chamber Music with Guitar Aaron Jay Kernis (piano) / Hila Plitmann (soprano) / Axel Strauss (violin) / David Tanenbaum (guitar & conductor) / San Francisco Conservatory Guitar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Each of these new pieces was written for the artists who perform them here. |
ANTON ARENSKY
Arensky: Piano Music (Incls 6 Pieces, Op. 53 & 12 Etudes, Op. 74) Adam Neiman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Recommended for those, then, who particularly like Russian music, or who want to delve deeper into their understanding of the roots of 20th-century Russian music." Fanfare |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Violin Recital: Adele Anthony Adele Anthony (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series Violin / CD ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 3, 5 Spring & 9 Kreutzer Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] The Naxos Violinist series continues |
PETER WARLOCK
The Curlew / Lillygay / Peterisms Sets 1 & 2 / Saudades Adrian Thompson (Tenor) Christopher Maltman (Baritone) John Constable (Piano) / The Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The performance competes with the best, with sensitive playing from the Duke and finely shaded singing from Adrian Thompson." --Robert Cockroft, Yorkshire Post |
DEBUSSY
Early Works for Piano Duet Adrienne Soós and Ivo Haag (piano duo) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] An innovative genius, Claude Debussy is famous for his mature 'Impressionist' music, though he rather disliked the term. He frequently performed four-hand piano pieces in concert, most of the works on this disc either being composed or adapted by him... |