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HANS PFITZNER
Complete Lieder Vol. 1 Britta Stallmeister (soprano), Klaus Simon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2014 ] |
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KORNGOLD
Songs Volume 1 Britta Stallmeister (soprano) / Uwe Schenker-Primus (baritone) / Klaus Simon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] The precociously gifted Korngold followed in the footsteps of the great late romantic composers Richard Strauss, Mahler and Pfitzner, his unwavering commitment to refined melody, ravishing harmony and formal coherence earning him the reputation of a... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Bronislaw Huberman - Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words / Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, Kreutzer etc (Rec 1930-1931) Bronislaw Huberman (violin) Ignaz Friedman (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] Ignaz Friedman was born, as was Josef Hofmann, in Podgorze, a suburb of the Polish city of Krakow, in 1882. |
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CLEMENTI
Clementi: Piano Concerto in C major Bruno Canino (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] These four works are among the few surviving examples of Muzio Clementi's early orchestral music. The two Symphonies, Op. 18 follow Classical models but are full of the surprise modulations and dynamic contrasts to be found in his piano sonatas. The... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ANTONIN DVORAK
Brahms/Dvorak: Piano Quintets Clifford Curzon (piano) / Budapest String Quartet [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] These recordings were the first and last of four that Curzon and the Budapest Quartet made in 1950-53 |
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MARCEL TYBERG
Marcel Tyberg: Symphony No. 2 & Piano Sonata No. 2 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta / Fabio Bidini [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] This recording of the Second Symphony develops on these musicians' experience and enthusiasm in further revelations from a forgotten composer. The Piano Sonata No. 2 is also in the eminently safe hands of internationally renowned pianist Fabio Bidini |
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GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: Cello Sonata nos 1 & 2 Buruiana, Laura (cello) Tchiba, Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Chamber music was a prominent feature of Enescu's music from his earliest years. Though separated by almost four decades, the two Cello Sonatas were not published until 1935. The First is indebted in many respects to Brahms and to Enescu's French... |
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STEFAN WOLPE
Wolpe: The Man from Midian / Violin Sonata Cameron Grant (piano) / James Winn (piano) / Jorja Fleezanis (violin) / Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] His music of this period was the result ofan encounter between European cultural and historical ideas and Middle Eastern melodies and structures, as can be heard in his score for the ballet The Man from Midian. Wolpe described his Sonata for Violin... |
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GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Symphony for String Orchestra / Concerto for String Orchestra / Piano Quintet No. 1 Capella Bydgostiensis, Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2014 ] Grażyna Bacewicz played a leading role in bringing Polish music into the 20th-century mainstream and onto the international stage. Following in the footsteps of Szymanowski, her works convey a striking emotional directness by combining elements of... |
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JOHN IRELAND / ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Ireland & Moeran: Choral Music The Carice Singers, George Parris, with David Owen Norris (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Nov/2016 ] "A very fine disc of music that is richly rewarding for both listener and choir." MusicWeb |
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FREITAS-BRANCO
Violin Sonatas 1 and 2 / Prelude for Violin and Piano Carlos Damas (violin) / Anna Tomasik (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
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WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: Songs Carole Farley (soprano) / William Bolcom (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] |
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JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina: Songs Carolina Ullrich (soprano) / Débora Halász (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 18/Jul/2011 ] Joaquín Turina's songs are little-known today, but not only was he part of an important and influential group of early twentieth-century Spanish composers such as Albéniz, Falla and Granados, he possessed a beautiful and individual compositional... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Lieder Edition, Vol. 10 Caroline Melzer (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Simon Bode (tenor), Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Some of Schumann's early songs, such as Lied für xxx, show the influence of Schubert, but it was in 1840, his 'Year of Song', that Schumann fully turned his attention to vocal music. The Zweistimmige Lieder, Op. 43 were the first that he composed... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Lieder Edition, Vol. 11 - Lieder und Gesänge Soldatenlied • Jugendlieder Caroline Melzer (soprano), Simon Bode (tenor), Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Few if any composers equalled Schumann in the breadth of his literary taste. His reading encompassed the major figures of European literature in German translation. |
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NED ROREM
Rorem: Piano Album I / Six Friends Carolyn Enger (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2013 ] been hailed by Time magazine as "the world's best composer of art songs." Of his own work he has said, "I conceive all music vocally… it is always the singer within me crying to get out." This recording features his complete Piano Album I, a series... |
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SCHNITTKE
Complete Violin Sonatas Carolyn Huebl (violin) / Mark Wait (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] The violin sonatas by Alfred Schnittke extend over his whole career. The First Sonata is among his earliest major pieces while the Second Sonata typifies the confrontational manner of the works that followed. The much later Third Sonata possesses the... |
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STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Works for Violin and Piano Carolyn Huebl (violin) & Mark Wait (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Stravinsky's music for violin and piano was written for his duo with violinist Samuel Dushkin. Both the Suite italienne and Divertimento are arrangements of ballet scores, each work in turn an alchemic transformation of Baroque and Romantic styles... |
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JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Chamber Music Carpe Diem String Quartet / Stephen Miahky (violin), Jerome Simas (clarinet) & Joshua Nemith (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] Jonathan Leshnoff is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary American music, and his lyricism is accompanied by vibrant expressive qualities. |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Complete Orchestral Works Volume 4 (Including Concierto para piano y orquesta ) Castile and Leon Symphony Orchestra; Max Bragado Darman, conductor [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 3/Feb/2003 ] |