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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' / Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise AUDIO ONLY Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2011 ] Using the new Polish National Chopin Edition, acclaimed pianist Eldar Nebolsin and Poland's national orchestra conducted by the renowned Polish conductor Antoni Wit, here present fresh interpretations of Chopin's great works for piano and orchestra. |
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ALEXANDRE TANSMAN
24 Intermezzi / Petite Suite Eliane Reyes (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] "Brief, fluid and exotic, [the first two books] are alive with many unnerving twists of harmony and direction...[Reyes's] performances are memorably refined, dextrous and committed. She is excellently recorded and this is clearly a disc for... |
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BACRI
Piano Works Eliane Reyes (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
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AVNER DORMAN
Piano Sonatas 1-3 / Moments Musicaux / Azerbaijani Dance Eliran Avni (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] While studying together at Juilliard, Eliran Avni asked Dorman to write a set of short piano pieces for him. Dorman named the pieces Moments Musicaux (2003), both as a tribute to Schubert, and to encourage the performer to focus on the musical moment... |
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SCHUBERT
Lieder (with works by Beethoven) [recorded 1952-1954] Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) with Edwin Fischer (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Although best remembered in the operatic rôles of the Marschallin (Der Rosenkavalier), Countess Madeleine (Capriccio), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro) and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf also enjoyed... |
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BOLCOM
Music for Two Pianos Elizabeth Bergmann (piano) / Marcel Bergmann (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2006 ] BARGAIN OF THE MONTH "Naxos seems to conjure this sort of thing from their sleeve like a magician’s never-ending handkerchief – long may it remain so" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
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FRANCO ALFANO
Alfano: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet Elmira Darvarova (violin) / Scott Dunn (piano) / Mary Ann Mumm (violin) / Craig Mumm (viola) / Samuel Magill (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "this disc…should at least get things moving in the right direction for this underrated composer." MusicWeb |
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ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Choral Music Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison (Conductor) with Leslie De'Ath (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "(Whitacre) couldn't have more luminous or illuminating interpreters than the Elora Festival Singers, a choir that I've heartily praised in the past and that deserves the same recognition here." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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LAURIDSEN
Choral Works (Incls 'Les Chansons des Roses' & 'Mid-Winter Songs') Elora Festival Singers / Noel Edison (Conductor) with Leslie De'Ath (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "Although O nata lux (a movement from the larger work Lux aeterna) and O magnum mysterium have been recorded numerous times, they never have been done better--or more movingly--than here. Highly recommended." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
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ARTHUR FARWELL
Farwell: Songs, Choral and Piano Works (America's Neglected Composer) Emanuele ArciuliI (piano), Dakota String Quartet, University of Texas Chamber Singers [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2021 ] Arthur Farwell has been called 'the most neglected composer in [American musical] history.' Hounded by accusations of 'cultural appropriation,' he has posthumously fallen prey to changing notions of cultural authenticity. As the leader of the... |
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RAMEAU / MOZART / SCHUMANN / SMETANA / RAVEL / etc
Early Recordings Vol 1 (1935-1951) Emil Gilels (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 11/Feb/2009 ] "…here, in performance after performance, is the sort of playing that made Rubinstein, on hearing the teenage Gilels in Russia, exclaim, "if that boy ever comes to America I might as well pack my bags and retire"." Gramophone Magazine, February 2009 |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Early Recordings, Vol. 2 (1937-1954) Emil Gilels (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] These recordings were made in the USSR and come from the first stage of Emil Gilels's career. Although he was strongly identified with Russian repertoire, this disc presents several rarities. |
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CHOPIN / LISZT / SCARLATTI
Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 3 (Rec 1935-1955, USSR) Emil Gilels (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] |
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EDIE HILL / JONATHAN SANTORE / CRAIG BRANDWEIN / JESSICA RUDMAN
These Distances Between Us Emily Jaworski Koriath (mezzo-soprano) Tad Koriath (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] The four American composers on this album have all won recognition for their diverse approaches to contemporary art song. |
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MARCO ENRICO BOSSI
Bossi: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 Emmanuele Baldini (violin), Luca Delle Donne (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Marco Enrico Bossi gained fame as one of the most influential Italian organ virtuosos of his day, and as a composer who helped lay the foundations for a new tradition of instrumental music in a country dominated by opera. Bossi's First Violin Sonata... |
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WOLF-FERRARI
Wolf-Ferrari: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Emmanuele Baldini (violin), Luca Delle Donne (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's reputation rests largely on his operas, but the instrumental music he composed at the beginning and end of his career deserves a wider currency. The influence of Brahms can be detected in the First and Second Violin Sonatas,... |
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GIORGIO FEDERICO GHEDINI
Complete Music for Violin and Piano Emy Bernecoli (violin) & Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jul/2013 ] Although Giorgio Federico Ghedini's proud independence and lack of adherence to any particular school brought him into conflict with the avant-garde, he is now increasingly recognised as one of the finest Italian composers of the 20th century. |
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RESPIGHI
Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Volume 1 Emy Bernecoli (violin) & Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] Composed between 1897 and 1905, this collection of Respighi's earliest music for violin and piano, some from his student days, is notable for its openness to influences as diverse as German Romanticism, Russian Nationalism and the French school, as... |
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ARTHUR BLISS / FREDERICK DELIUS / FRANK BRIDGE
The English Viola Eniko Magyar (viola) Tadashi Imai (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2009 ] "More germane to this review it announces another highly impressive young violist and duo. Finally the Bliss recording is a strongly recommendable one and the Delius in its viola incarnation is rare." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
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FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Three Sonatas for Violin and Piano Eric Grossman (violin) / Susan Kagan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] "The playing, positioning and recording are first-rate, and the three pieces recorded are charming, entertaining and with a good feel for motivic development. Whether they form part of a more extended investigation into the composer's repertoire for |