FRANZ BERWALD
Berwald: Piano Trios Vol.1 Andras Kiss (violin) / Csaba Onczay (cello) / Ilona Prunyi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "These three mature piano trios echo the symphonies in their sharp originality, full of surprising twists and turns...Excellent performances from three Hungarian players, very well recorded." Penguin Guide |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Lieder Volume 6 - Myrthen / 6 Gedichte und Requiem Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano) / Thomas E. Bauer (baritone) / Uta Hielscher (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Aug/2011 ] "Bauer has a meaty, sizable voice and brings real engagement to the text." (BBC Music Magazine) |
MYASKOVSKY / GLAZUNOV
Russian Tales Andreas Bantelid (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Nikolay Myaskovsky was one of the most prolific and influential composers in 20th-Century Russian musical life. These two works come from the beginning and end of his distinguished career: the warmly expressive First Cello Sonata recalling the style... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Distinguished Bach specialist András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. This performance in the Royal Albert Hall was described as a musical meditation for our troubled times by the Independent. |
IAN VENABLES
On the Wings of Love / Venetian Songs Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Richard Hosford (clarinet) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 21 / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice - December 2010) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Recital Andrey Bielov (violin) / Igor Tchetuev (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2002 ] Chamber music forms a modest but significant component in the output of Sergey Prokofiev. As well as two String Quartets, a Sonata and a Ballade for cello and piano, a Sonata for Two Violins and a Wind Quintet, there are the works for violin and... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music, Vol 55 - Transcriptions Andrey Ivanov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] This is the first in a series of six albums in a new venture between Naxos and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, presenting six debut albums for outstanding students at the Conservatoire. Andrey Ivanov features in a programme of Liszt... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Recital: Andrey Yaroshinsky Andrey Yaroshinsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] Laureate of numerous awards, Andrey Yaroshinsky was also 1st prize winner at the 2011 Gabala International Competition. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier I András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] "a winning combination of the BBC's high production values and Schiff on peak form at full capacity in music that he profoundly cares about." Gramophone |
GAO PING
Gao Ping: Shuo Shu Ren / Distant Voices / Cello Sonata No. 2 Anita Jehli (Cello) / Gao Ping (Piano) / Gao Ping (Vocals) / Pyramide Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "Shuo Shu Ren, or The Storyteller, was inspired by my childhood memories of listening to folk stories. Folklore and the oral tradition were very much a part of people's lives before television invaded China in the 1980s." |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / 7 Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127 Anita Soldh (soprano) / Stockholm Arts Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2006 ] "The Stockholm Arts Trio successfully captures the youthful ardour of the First Trio...Anita Soldh produces a remarkably authentic Slavic sound " - Classic CD |
HUBERT KLYNE HEADLEY
Headley: California Suite / Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Symphony No. 1 Anna Bogulyubova (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2007 ] "The performances here are consistently exciting, with Anna Bogolyubova a confident soloist in the two concertos, and Dmitry Yablonsky leading an orchestra that sounds like it's having a remarkably good time. You will too." ClassicsToday |
HENRYK GORECKI
Antoni Wit Conducts Henryk Górecki [Incls Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) ] Anna Górecka (piano) Carol Wincenc (flute) Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "What impresses me most about this performance is its sprituality" - Gramophone on the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs |
ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvořák: Spirit of Bohemia / String Quartet No. 4 Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic (viola), Jens Peter Maintz (cello), Stepan Simonian (piano), Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Antonín Dvořák's music, imbued with the spirit of Bohemia, reflects a love of his native land. His String Sextet, written in the distinctive style which brought him international fame, was an immediate success at its premiere. Composed just eight... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classic Meets Movie - Shaken Not Stirred Anna Scheps (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] From the late Romanticism of the music from Pearl Harbour to the delicacy and refinement of The Girl with the Pearl Earring, Anna Scheps brings the full resources of the piano to bear on some of the most beautiful and rousing film scores. |
ALEXY SHORE
Shor: Composer's Notebook, Vol. 1 Anna Ulaieva, Marc Bouchkov Kyiv Virtuosi, Dmitry Yablonsky, John Warner [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 by Ukrainian composer Alexey Shor is cast in a neo-Classical vein. It offers personal impressions of places he has visited, with music that is harmonically traditional and melodic. |
GORDON JACOB
Jacob: Chamber Music with Recorders Annabel Knight (recorders), Robin Bigwood (harpsichord & piano), Maggini String Quartet, Fontanella [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "It's a real treat to have this disk available and give us another insight into Jacob's work. It's far too good and enjoyable to miss!" (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op. 147 / Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (arr viola) Annette Bartholdy (viola), Julius Drake (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] "Annette Batholdy and Julius Drake are particularly inspired here, the anguish of the viola's intense cadenza passages finding ultimate release in the calm C major of the close." BBC Music |
THOMAS PITFIELD
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Anthony Goldstone (piano) / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra / Andrew Penny [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs / On Wenlock Edge (Chamber version) / English Folksongs Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) / Simon Keenlyside (baritone) / Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 16/Mar/2003 ] Ralph Vaughan Williams was born in the Gloucestershire village of Down Ampney in 1872, the son of a clergyman. His ancestry on both his father's and mother's side was of some intellectual distinction. |