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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) |
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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... |
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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,... |
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Ciccolini/Candela/Circolo Arti
Pilati/Longo: Piano Quintets [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
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CYRIL SCOTT
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3 / Sonata Melodica Claire Howick (violin) / Sophia Rahman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Works for violin and piano are an important part of Cyril Scott's chamber music. This disc presents three sonatas which span his output. The capricious and ruminative First Violin Sonata ranks among the most convincing and successful of his earlier... |
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CLARA SCHUMANN
Schumann, Clara: Piano Music Yoshiko Iwai (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "Warm-hearted occasional pieces along with a sonata and the Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann." Ottawa Citizen |
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BRIDGE / DELIUS / ELGAR / IRELAND / SCOTT
British Music for Violin and Piano Clare Howick (violin), John Paul Ekins (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Framed by Edward Elgar's deeply personal Violin Sonata and the bravura fireworks of his Mazurka, this programme is a fascinating look at British music for violin and piano at the turn of the last century. Popular pieces such as Delius's haunting... |
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JULIUS KLENGEL
Klengel: Complete Concertinos for Cello and Piano Clare Howick (violin), John Paul Ekins (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "Rummel and Kato bring all this off well, particularly the Konzertstuck. The recorded sound is excellently clear. Even listeners other than cellists might find it worthwhile" American Record Guide |
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SMYTH / MACONCHY / POLDOWSKI / TATE / BARNES
British Women Composers Clare Howick (violin) / Sophia Rahman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "imaginative programme, brilliantly handled … a very generously filled CD." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2011) |
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Classical
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] |
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Claudio Arrau
Mozart:piano Sonatas/Beethoven [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 (with Weber-Konzertstuck / Piano Sonata No. 1) (recorded 1941-47) Claudio Arrau (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Desire Defauw [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 2/Oct/2007 ] "This is an account that does Weber proud and should ever be available. The documentary nature of this disc makes it a mandatory purchase for those interested in the great work of Claudio Arrau." (MusicWeb Nov 2007) |
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SANDRO FUGA
Fuga: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Claudio Voghera, Carlotta Fuga, Giacomo Fuga (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] Sandro Fuga became a leading figure in Turin's musical life in the mid-20th century. His passion for art and music was inherited from his eminent Venetian family which included grandfather Luigi Nono among its members. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44 / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 (Rec 1951-1952) Clifford Curzon (piano) / Budapest String Quartet [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] The Budapest Quartet made four recordings with Curzon in 1950-53, the present two and the quintets of Brahms and Dvoøák. |
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JACQUES CASTÉRÈDE
Casterede: Flute Works (Complete), Vol. 2 Cobus du Toit (flute) with Doreen Lee (piano), etc [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2020 ] Jacques Castérède was one of many composers who refused to abandon tonality and traditional forms amid the stormy avant-garde of the 20th century. The Quintette for winds was written in 1953, the same year that Castérède won the Prix de Rome, and... |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol 10 Colleen Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] The son of Alessandro Scarlatti, who created a new school of opera in Naples, Domenico Scarlatti is particularly distinguished for his remarkable series of 555 surviving keyboard sonatas, written while employed at the Spanish court in Madrid largely... |
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EL-KHOURY
Meditation poetique / Piano Concerto / Poems Nos 1 and 2 Colonne Orchestre / Pierre Dervaux (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] Bechara El-Khoury is that rare thing, then, both a composer and a poet. Central to all his works is a lyrical vein which transports his music far from the academic and from abstract formalism. |
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LEON KIRCHNER
Kirchner: Duo for Violin and Piano / Piano Trio / Piano Sonata / Triptych Continuum, with Mark Steinberg (violin) & Maria Kitsopoulos (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] Kirchner was born in Brooklyn in 1919, the son of Russian Jews. At the age of nine his family moved to Los Angeles, which was in the 1930s to become a creative mecca with the influx of distinguished figures fleeing Nazi Europe. Family hopes for a... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Sonatas 2 & 3 / Polonaises (1923-1947) Alfred Cortot (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 30/Oct/2006 ] Posterity has judged Alfred Cortot as one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. This fourth disc in the Naxos five volume series devoted to his 78rpm era recordings of Chopin includes three rarities: My Joys and the Polonaise-Fantasie,... |
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BARBER / BRAHMS / DEBUSSY / SCHUMANN
Permit Me Voyage: Transcriptions for Trumpet Craig Morris (trumpet/flugelhorn) / Valentina Lisitsa (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |