CARSON COOMAN
Piano Music Donna Amato (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Sep/2007 ] This disc presents a survey of the piano music of American composer Carson Cooman, performed by pianist Donna Amato, for whom the virtuosic Fourth Piano Sonata was composed. |
GINASTERA
Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2 Dora De Marinis (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Julio Malaval [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2001 ] "Slightly fuller and deeper sound…The performers are equal to the occasion in every piece." James Miller Fanfare September/October 2001 |
CLARA SCHUMANN
Songs (complete) Dorothea Craxton (soprano) Hedayet Djeddikar (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Clara Schumann the composer often worked in her husband's shadow, many of her songs being mistaken for his, although those best loved by the public flowed from her pen. Some were composed and performed before their marriage, others set texts which he... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Two Marimbas in Berlin - Piano Masterworks and Modern Classics arranged for Two Marimbas DoubleBeats [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Jan/2022 ] With Two Marimbas in Berlin, award-winning duo DoubleBeats presents world premiere recordings of four pinnacles of the keyboard repertoire and two modern classics in their own remarkable arrangements for marimbas and percussion. Soft, resonant tones... |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Music Vol.5 Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2001 ] "I listen to Douglas Riva for the sheer pleasure in the sound he obtains (with John Taylor's assistance) no less than for his masterly recreation of still underrated music from the romantic age." Classical Guitar |
GRANADOS
Piano Music, Vol. 10: In the Village Douglas Riva Jordi Maso (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] "This is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding piano discs I've heard this year. Verdict: an essential purchase for all pianophiles." (MusicWeb International May 2008) |
GRANADOS
Piano Music Vol 2: Goyescas Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] One of the most important Spanish keyboard works. |
GRANADOS
Piano Music Vol 7: Sentimental Waltzes / 6 Expressive Studies Douglas Riva (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "The sound of this CD is excellent and matches the superb playing by Riva." - John France, musicweb.net |
GRANADOS
Piano Music, Vol. 1 - 12 Danzas espanolas / Improvisation on the Jota Valenciana Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Douglas Riva is "one of the principal apostles of Granados' music." (El País), and according to Natalia Granados, the composer's daughter, "Mr. Riva knows everything relating to my father to perfection." |
GRANDOS
Piano Music Vol 4 (Incls 'Poetic Waltzes') Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Jan/2008 ] "Volume 4 of the continuing Naxos survey of the piano music of Enrique Granados includes three world premiere recordings. The performer is the American pianist Douglas Riva, who now enjoys a considerable reputation for his interpretations of Spanish... |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Music Vol 6 [Incls 'The Enchanted Palace in the Sea] Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Enrique Granados was born on 27th July 1867 in Lérida, near Barcelona. Son of an army captain, he began his study of the piano in 1879 and the following year he continued with Joan Baptista Pujol (1835-1898) at the Academia Pujol. |
GRANADOS
Piano Music Vol. 8 - Album of Melodies / Cardboard Soldiers / The Mermaid Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] |
GRANADOS
Piano Music, Volume 9 - Transcription of 26 Sonatas by D. Scarlatti Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2007 ] In his piano transcriptions of harpsichord sonatas principally by Scarlatti, Granados tackled the task of presenting virtually unknown works to a contemporary public. |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas Volume 14 Duanduan Hao (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The son of Alessandro Scarlatti, who created a new school of opera in Naples, Domenico Scarlatti is particularly distinguished for his remarkable keyboard sonatas, of which some 555 are known. This significant addition to early 18th century keyboard... |
SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas Volume 16 Duanduan Hao (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2015 ] The Scarlatti family was famed across Europe, Alessandro for his operatic compositions and his son, Domenico, for his keyboard works. Employed by several royal families, Domenico moved to Madrid in 1728 following the marriage of his pupil, the... |
DALLAPICCOLA
Complete Works For Violin And Piano And For Piano Duccio Ceccanti (Violin) / Roberto Prosseda (Piano) [ NAXOS / CD ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / CARL REINECKE
Beethoven (arr. Reinecke): Triple Concerto / Reinecke: Piano Trio No. 1 Duccio Ceccanti (violin) Vittorio Ceccanti (cello) Matteo Fossi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Prolific in every aspect of music throughout his long and distinguished career, Carl Reinecke represented the complete musician with the belief that 'art should bring happiness to mankind'. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Harold En Italie [Harold in Italy] trans Liszt (with works by Liszt & Roger) Philip Dukes (viola) & Piers Lane (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] Hector Berlioz's Harold en Italie draws both on Byron's Childe Harold and the composer's own experiences in Italy as winner of the Prix de Rome. Franz Liszt's rarely heard transcription admirably encapsulates this work's narrative dramas and... |
ALBERTO WILLIAMS
Williams: Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3 DUO AM - Alejandro Aldana (violin) Fabio Martino (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Alberto Williams has been described as 'the grand old man of Argentine music' and is recognised as one of the founders of an independent musical language for his native country. Williams studied in Paris during the 1880s, and his violin sonatas draw... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Cello and Piano Works (Complete) Duo Pepicelli [ Naxos / CD - released 3/May/2004 ] "The Pepicellis are manifestly accomplished musicians who invest everything they play with belief, and Francesco has a fine singing cello tone." BBC Music |