Chang/Camerata Cassovia/Stanko
Bach:piano Concs.Bwv1052/4 [ Naxos / CD ] |
DUKAS
Complete piano music Chantal Stigliani (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Chantal Stigliani (piano) |
MILTON BABBITT
Babbitt: Soli e Duettini Charles Abramovi (Piano), Curtis Macomber (Violin), Marshall Taylor (Alto saxophone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] One prepossessing characteristic of Milton Babbitt's music is that its lines jump around a lot. However intrinsically appealing, this gains something from the fact that they also do not. The jumps sample streams of slower activity, communicate... |
JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Das Buch der Klänge, 12 pieces for piano Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Roberto Díaz (viola) / IRIS Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] |
BORIS TISHCHENKO
Tishchenko: Symphony No. 8 / Concerto for violin, piano & string orchestra / etc Chingiz Osmanov (violin) & Nikolai Mazhara (piano) Mila Shkirtil (mezzo-soprano) / St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Serov [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] Boris Tishchenko was one of the most recognisable and important Russian composers of his time. His studies with Shostakovich - whose mantle as Russia's leading symphonist he assumed after his teacher's death in 1975 - proved decisive. Symphony No. 8,... |
ANTONIO BAZZINI
Bazzini: Virtuoso Works for Violin and Piano Chloe Hanslip (violin) Caspar Frantz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "Hanslip has a clear tone, very accurate intonation, nimble fingers, and a tight, fast vibrato that she can employ on short notes. She knows how to shape a phrase by varying dynamics and adding accents." American Record Guide |
GEORG TINTNER
Tintner: Violin Sonata / Variations on a Theme of Chopin / Piano Sonata / Trauermusik Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Helen Huang (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] The Austrian-born Georg Tintner achieved fame as a conductor but considered himself a 'composer who conducts', with an ambition 'to write beautiful music'. His early works are tonal and Romantically influenced, while later music - notably the Violin... |
PAUL SCHOENFELD / STEVEN STUCKY / JOHN HARBISON
Schoenfeld/Stucky/Harbison: Three American Violin Sonatas Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Jon Kimura Parker (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] The three sonatas on this recording were written at the behest of violinist Cho-Liang Lin, who worked closely with each composer at their premiere performance. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Favourites Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/1997 ] Fryderyk Chopin was born in 1810 at Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw. His father Nicolas Chopin was French by birth but had moved to Poland to work as an accounting clerk, later serving as tutor to the Laczynski family and thereafter to the family of Count... |
FREDERICK CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Piano Music Vol. 14 - Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Idil Biret (piano) / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] The Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor was actually the second of the two to be composed and was written, like its companion, in Warsaw, before Chopin left Poland. The concerto was tried out in private and then given its first public performance in 1830 |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Mazurkas, Vol. 1 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Fryderyk Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, in 1810. His father, Nicolas Chopin, was French by birth, but had been taken to Poland in 1787, at the age of sixteen, working first as a clerk in a tobacco factory, before taking part in the... |
CARSON COOMAN
Cooman: Nantucket Dreaming: Orchestral and Chamber Works Chris Gekker (flugelhorn & trumpet) / Roman Mesina (bassoon) / Jeffrey Grossman (piano) / Emmanuel Feldman (cello) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Oct/2010 ] Fanfare proclaimed that "Cooman has something to say, an engaging voice to do so, and real musical chops". |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Works for Cello & Piano Vol 1 Christian Benda (cello) Sebastian Benda (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "Martinu's muscular, sinewy writing for this combination is always invigorating and inventive, and the three sonatas find him at his most rewarding." International Record Review |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Works for Cello & Piano Vol 2 Christian Benda (cello) Sebastian Benda (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2000 ] "Their kind of involvement brings out the details - where as we have heard, the devil resides." American Record Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 11: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 AEC String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 Christian KAhn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bass player and his much older wife, a seamstress. His childhood was spent in relative poverty, and his early studies in music, for which he showed a natural aptitude, developed his... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete four hand piano music Christian Koehn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / 18 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] To make his works more accessible to the general public, Johannes Brahms produced a raft of arrangements for piano four hands and two pianos. These included his symphonic and orchestral music, as well as concertos, chamber works, and more. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four hand Piano Music Vol 7 : Symphony No 2 & 3 Christian Koehn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bass player and his much older wife, a seamstress. His childhood was spent in relative poverty, and his early studies in music, as a pianist rather than as a string-player, developed... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four Hand Piano Music, Vol. 9 (Includes Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15) Christian Kohn (piano) / Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bass player and his much older wife, a seamstress. His childhood was spent in relative poverty, and his early studies in music, as a pianist rather than as a string-player, developed... |
DVORAK
Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Incls 10 Legends, Op. 59, B 117) Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "...a lively and diverting coupling of short pieces by Dvorak for piano duet...a handy disc to have." - Classic CD - Dec.96 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 14 (Incls 5 Waltzes, Op. 39 ) Christian Kohn, piano / Silke-Thora Matthies, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2005 ] "The series is presumably nearing completion - it is worth noting that this recording was made nearly five years ago. On this evidence it seems well worth exploring. Despite rather short measure, volume 14 would be a good place to test the water."... |