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NED ROREM
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute), David Leisner (guitar), Ronald Thomas (cello), Mihae Lee (piano), Ann Hobson Pilot (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Covering much of the composer's career, these pieces range from the early Mountain Song which captures the spirit of a rural Kentucky folksong, to the meditative and spectacular Four Prayers. |
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CARL REINECKE
Octet / Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (From the Cradle to the Grave) / Sextet Fenwick Smith (flute) Hugh Hinton (piano) / Boston Symphony Orchestra, members [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Chamber music purely for wind ensembles was largely overlooked by Romantic composers and as a result Carl Reinecke's genial Sextet and Octet for wind loom rather large in a sparse landscape. |
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GAUBERT
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 1 Jacques Zoon, Fenwick Smith (flutes) Malcolm Lowe (violin) John Ferrillo (oboe), Sally Pinkas (piano) Jayne West (soprano) Andrew Pearce (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
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GAUBERT
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 3 Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] "This third disc continues the excellent standard of recording that the earlier volumes set. Fans of Romantic era flute music need not hesitate to add this disc to their collections, and opera fans might also risk a gamble regarding the... |
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MARTINU
Chamber Music with Flute Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) / John Ferrillo (oboe) / Thomas Martin (clarinet) / Richard Ranti and Suzanne Nelson (bassoons) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The disc is the idea of the outstanding Boston-based flautist, Fenwick Smith, the recordings, some dating back to 2002 being the product of the excellent American performers involved." (David's Review Corner) |
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PHILIPPE GAUBERT
Gaubert - Complete Works for Flute Volume 2 Fenwick Smith (flute) / Sally Pinkas (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] |
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SCHUBERT
Settings of Various Poets Ferdinand von Bothmer (tenor) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 29 / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] The Naxos Deutsche Schubert- Lied- Edition: Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, and more. |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold: Piano Trio, Op. 1 (with Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4) Fidelio Trio: Darragh Morgan (violin), Robin Michael (cello) & Mary Dullea (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "Korngold and Schoenberg's artistic intention is heard through the undulations of emotion, influences and layers of interpretation." MusicWeb |
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GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: Piano Quintet in D major / Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op. 11 (arr. piano & string quintet) Fine Arts Quartet, Alexander Bickard (double bass), Gisele Witkowski & Fabio Witkowski (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Aug/2023 ] It was in Paris just before the end of the 19th century that George Enescu began to compose prolifically, but it is only in recent years that a number of these scores have emerged. The Piano Quintet in D major is one such work, lost for decades, but... |
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ANTONIN DVOARK
Dvořák: Bagatelles / String Quartet No. 2 / Rondo Fine Arts Quartet, Ryoko Morooka (harmonium), Stepan Simonian (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Antonín Dvořák is revered as one of the greatest composers of late 19th-century Romanticism. He is celebrated for the kind of poignant melodies redolent of Czech folk music found in the utterly charming Bagatelles and Rondo - the haunting tunes and... |
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DARON HAGEN
Hagen: Complete Piano Trios Finisterra Trio [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Oct/2010 ] |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Piano Music Vol.8 (Incls '3 Studies, Op. 18' & 'For Children')) Fülöp Ránki (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] BARTÓK, B: Piano Music, Vol. 8 - Rhapsody / Variations / For Children (original version) / 3 Studies (Ránki) Béla Bartók's formative years as a composer in Budapest were stimulated by fashionable musical salons hosted by the wealthy Emma Gruber... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5, "Emperor" (arr. for piano and string quintet) Hanna Shybayeva (piano) / Animato String Quartet, with Bas Vliegenthart (double bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Ignaz Lachner's superb arrangements of Mozart's piano concertos are well known, but his brother Vinzenz Lachner's arrangements of Beethoven's concertos are a rarity, though equally as valuable. |
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Francesco Nicolosi
Mozart:piano Variations K24 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Francesco Nicolosi
Mozart:piano Vars.K264/265 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Francesco Nicolosi
Mozart:piano Vars.K455/460 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas Volume 9 Francesco Nicolosi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 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... |
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Francesco Nicolosi, piano
Thalberg - Fantasies on Operas by Bellini [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2001 ] "impeccable performances" -International Record Review (Nov 2001) |
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SIGISMOND THALBERG
Thalberg: Les Soirées de Pausilippe, Op. 75 - Hommage à Rossini: 24 Pensées musicales Francesco Nicolosi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] A major genre in the solo piano repertoire was the operatic paraphrase or fantasy and in this Thalberg excelled. In works of this kind performers could exhibit a high degree of virtuosity based on more or less familiar material in which an audience... |
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SIGISMOND THALBERG / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Thalberg: Fantasies on Operas by Gaetano Donizetti Francesco Nicolosi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] Sigismond Thalberg was one of the most distinguished pianists of his time, embarking on a solo career in the 1830s and touring as far as the Americas. Thalberg was considered a rival to Liszt. |