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... |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5-Triple Concerto Various Artists [ NAXOS / CD ] |
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,... |
Various Artists
Various: Great Violin Concerto [ Naxos / 10 CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] |
Various Artists
Winkler.Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] |
Various Artists
World Of The Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD ] |
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. |
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. |
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. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Rondo for piano & orchestra Stefan Vladar (piano) Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth [ Naxos / CD ] "Striking freshness and spontaneity." - Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 Stefan Vladar (piano), Jenö Jandó (piano) / Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/1999 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 Stefan Vladar (piano) / Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Gramophone, October 1990 "...the performances are dramatic and fresh." Penguin Guide, January 1990 "The performances are dramatic and fresh... the digital sound is very good." MUSIC AND MUSICIANS, October 1989 "There is a joy in the outer... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 1 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1992 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, conductor [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 11/Sep/2005 ] "Superb liner notes from Jonathan Summers and Mark Obert-Thorn has done a fine job with the sound." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
BACH / BEETHOVEN
Partitas Nos. 1, 5, 6 / Italian Concerto / Piano Sonata No. 17, "Tempest" (recorded 1934-1940) Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Walter Gieseking's interpretations of Bach in the early years of his career gained him laurels for 'his control over shades of tone, especially over infinite gradations in the range between piano and pianissimo, the clear definition of his agile... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 (Concerto Recordings Vol. 3) Walter Gieseking (Piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Bohm (Conductor) / Bruno Walter (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Recorded in a single day in January 1939, with the eight sides all issued from first or second takes, Gieseking’s account of the Piano Concerto No. 4 is one of moulded delicacy, the light-weight approach particularly apt for the outer movements. |
WOJCIECH KILAR
Bogurodzica / Piano Concerto / Hoary Fog / Koscielec 1909 Warsaw Philharmonic Choir / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Wit Antoni [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "The sound in all works is vivid and state-of-the-art. All in all, this disc can be strongly recommended." (ClassicalNet) |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Viola Concerto / Cello Concerto No. 2 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Penderecki's concertos are amongst the most communicative, emotionally charged, and important works of the second half of the twentieth century. The Second Cello Concerto was written for Rostropovich and its exploration of Romantic intensity... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Concerto In F / Rhapsody No 2 / etc Orion Weiss (piano) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] "The Buffalo Philharmonic produces a big, beautifully proportioned sound-rich in texture...I doubt that any Gershwin aficionado will feel cheated by this CD. Veteran producer Tim Handley captures these renditions in full and luminous sound" Fanfare |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Backhaus - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) / Saxon State Orchestra, Karl Böhm [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 23/Aug/2004 ] Recorded 1932-1939 |