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."... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 15 Christian Kohn (Piano), Silke-Thora Matthies (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] 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... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & Op. 72) Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "The brilliant piano duo of Matthies and K_hn are most persuasive performances radiating their own enjoyment...An excellent bargain" - Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 16 Christian Kohn / Silke-Thora Matthies (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] While Brahms arranged many of his own works for piano, a standard method through which new compositions could be heard, either played through to friends or published in this form for a wider public, he also turned his attention to the music of other... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 17 (Incs. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor) Christian Kohn / Silke-Thora Matthies (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] The concerto is massive in its symphonic conception, described by one contemporary as a symphony with piano obbligato, and clearly posed problems to its first audiences, lacking any trivial or superficial brilliance in its writing and calling for... |
SCHUBERT
Mayrhofer Lieder Vol 2 Christiane Iven (soprano), Burkhard Kehring (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 12 / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] In 1816 Franz Schubert, together with his circle of friends, decided to publish a collection of all the songs which he had so far written. Joseph Spaun, whom Schubert had known since his school days, tried his (and Schubert's) luck in a letter to the... |
SCHUBERT
Austrian Contemporaries, Vol. 1 (Includes Der Wanderer an den Mond D.870) Christoph Genz (tenor) / Wolfram Rieger (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 8/Dec/2002 ] "If you want to get to know some marvelous late Schubert songs for minimal outlay, Genz's intelligent, personable performances, sympathetically accompanied by Wolfram Rieger, won't disappoint." - Hilary Finch, BBC Music Magazine, February 2003 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Songs Vol.1 Christoph Prégardien (Tenor) Ulrich Eisenlohr (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] "Few lieder singers today combine such honest directness and subtle understanding as Christoph Prégardien, whose career now stretches back some 40 years...Eisenlohr is a sympathetic and observant partner, rhythmically firm yet supple." Gramophone |
JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT
Judith Lang Zaimont: Sonata & A Calendar Set – 12 Virtuosic Preludes Christopher Atzinger (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Judith Lang Zaimont's acclaimed music embraces a wide variety of forms. One of her earliest works is Nocturne: La fin de siècle...Rich in contrast, perfect in form, it provides a deeply enriching listening experience. |
C. P. E. BACH
Sonatas and Rondos Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano and Orchestra Works (complete) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Ferdinand Ries' works for piano and orchestra stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Oberons Zauberhorn / Variations on Das Fest der Handwerker / Le retour de Londres Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] "(A) lovely disc of Hummel rarities. Christopher Hinterhuber is terrific in these works, and seems to be fast becoming a Naxos favourite. That label also works its old and much--appreciated trick of unearthing a really excellent but little-hyped band... |
RIES / ERNST / LISZT / SARASATE / BUSONI
Naxos 20th Anniversary Concert - Virtuoso music of the 19th Century (recorded live in May 2007) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) Ilya Grubert (violin) Wolf Harden (piano) Tianwa Yang (violin) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) and others [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] G - Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, 22 May 2007 |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Piano Concerto in A minor) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "An admirable collection, made all the more desirable by the pianism of Christopher Hinterhuber. It's been a while since I've heard playing of such consistent quality" (MusicWeb June 2009) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Rarities Christopher Williams (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Recent scholarship has brought numerous compositions by the excessively self-critical Mendelssohn into print and has ensured more accurate compositional dates for them. Many of these rare and little-known examples are encountered on this album. The... |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Volume 13 Chu-Fang Huang (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] .On Volume 13 in Naxos's highly praised and popular series, the young Chinese pianist Chu-Fang Huang, who in 2005 won First Prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition and was a finalist in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition,... |
Ciccolini/Candela/Circolo Arti
Pilati/Longo: Piano Quintets [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |