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JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Brahms/Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Benjamin Frith, JenÅ‘ Jandó (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice [ Naxos / CD ] Much of Mendelssohn's childhood was passed in Berlin, where his parents moved when he was three, to escape Napoleonic invasion. There he took lessons from Goethe's much admired Zelter, who introduced him to the old poet in Weimar. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 / Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 Rebecca Hirsch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Not only does Rebecca Hirsch (for the most part) make light of the solo part's fiendish technical difficulties, her playing evinces a beguiling lyrical beauty that's breathtaking. By the side of both Ida Haendel and Lorraine McAslan, she perhaps... |
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MAX BRUCH / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bruch/Brahms: Violin Concertos Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Slovak Philharmonic, Stephen Gunzenhauser [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Nov/1991 ] Recorded: 22-27 May 1989 Recording Venue: Concert Hall of Slovak Philharmonic, Bratislava |
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CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, etc. Istvan Szekely (piano) Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Gyula Nemeth [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1992 ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Concerto For Flute and Harp / Sinfonia Concertante K.297b Capella Istropolitana, Richard Edlinger (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] "fresh and stylish and the two soloists are excellent" Penguin Guide |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Rachmaninov/Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Bernd Glemser (piano) Michael Houstoun (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] The Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major was written in 1957 for Shostakovich's son Maxim, who gave the first performance of the work on his nineteenth birthday. The work has about it a youthful appeal for performers and audience alike. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies and Concertos Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit / Ireland National Symphony, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2001 ] "There are shattering climaxes when music calls for them, and the symphony ends in rousing style...thoroughly recommendable" Gramophone [Symphony No 3] |
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Various Artists
Respighi: Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Various Artists
Schoenfield: Viola Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] |
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SCHOENFIELD
Schoenfield - Viola Concerto / Four Motets / The Merchant and the Pauper Various Artists [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] Award-winning composer Paul Schoenfield, who was born in Detroit and lives both in this country and in Israel, considers himself essentially a folk musician. His works are inspired by a wide range of musical experience: American and foreign popular... |
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GLAZUNOV
The Seasons / Violin Concerto Ilya Kaler (violin) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Camilla Kolchinsky (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2008 ] Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov has not fared well at the hands of later critics. He enjoyed a remarkably successful career in music, becoming Director of the St Petersburg Conservatory in 1905 in the aftermath of the political disturbances of... |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5-Triple Concerto Various Artists [ NAXOS / CD ] |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN / TCHAIKOVSKY / CHOPIN / PROKOFIEV / etc
Great Piano Concertos Jenö Jandó, Stefan Vladar, Idil Biret, Eldar Nebolsin, Sequeira Costa, Bernd Glemser, Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) [ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest works in the repertoire, the boxes are bursting with wonderful pieces of music,... |
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Various Artists
Various: Great Violin Concerto [ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] |
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Various Artists
Winkler.Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] |
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Various Artists
World Of The Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD ] |
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ANTON WEBERN
Webern: Symphony, Op. 21 / Six Pieces, Op. 6 / Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24 Various Artists including, Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble with Robert Craft, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] Anton von Webern was born in Vienna on 3rd December, 1883, and died at Mittersill on 15th September, 1945. He was Arnold Schoenberg's most devoted pupil from 1904, and the closest friend of his fellow pupil, Alban Berg. |
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Victor Borge
Unstarted Symphony (Incls 'Phonetic Punctuation' & Bizet's Carmen) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 15/Feb/2008 ] It's easy to tell the two most famous Danes in showbusiness history apart: Hamlet was the melancholy one and Victor Borge definitely wasn't. The man frequently referred to as 'The Clown Prince of Denmark' was an incredibly skilled pianist. |
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IGNAZ JOSEPH PLEYEL
Symphonies Concertantes / Violin Concerto in D Major Victoria Chiang, Isabella Lippi, David Perry (violins) / Baltimore Chamber Orchestra / Markand Thakar [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Pleyel's symphonies concertantes are characteristic expressions of his idiosyncratic style. They are expansive, leisurely-paced works, texturally transparent in their solo sections and rich in melodic invention. |
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Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Strathclyde Concerto No. 2 / Cello Sonata 'Sequentia Serpentigena' / etc Vittorio Ceccanti (cello) Bruno Canino (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Peter Maxwell Davies [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] This is the second disc of works focussing on Peter Maxwell Davies' continuing artistic relationship with the Ceccanti family. |