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... |
DARON HAGEN
Hagen: Complete Piano Trios Finisterra Trio [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 19/Oct/2010 ] |
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... |
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. |
Francesco Nicolosi
Mozart:piano Variations K24 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Francesco Nicolosi
Mozart:piano Vars.K264/265 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Francesco Nicolosi
Mozart:piano Vars.K455/460 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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... |
Francesco Nicolosi, piano
Thalberg - Fantasies on Operas by Bellini [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2001 ] "impeccable performances" -International Record Review (Nov 2001) |
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. |
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... |
SIGISMOND THALBERG
Thalberg: Fantasies on Operas by Verdi, Rossini and Bellini Francesco Nicolosi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] A student of Hummel, Sigismond Thalberg was one of the great virtuoso pianist-composers of the 19th century, who enjoyed a celebrated rivalry with Liszt that was largely fomented by the press. |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 And 4 Francesco Nicolosi (Piano) / Collegium Philharmonium Chamber Orchestra / Gennaro Cappabianca [ NAXOS / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "Francesco Nicolosi plays it with taste and precision… The performances, recorded in the theatre at Caserta by musicians from the Naples opera house, are lively and attentive. An attractive disc." -- Stanley Sadie, Gramophone, September 2004 |
SIGISMOND THALBERG
Thalberg: Fantasies on Italian Operas / Les Soirées de Pausilippe, Op. 75 / Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 5 / Other Piano Works [6 Discs] Francesco Nicolosi (piano) / Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] Some mystery surrounds the birth and parentage of the virtuoso pianist Sigismond Thalberg, popularly supposed to have been the illegitimate son of Count Moritz Dietrichstein and the Baroness von Wetzlar, born at Pâquis near Geneva in 1812. |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 and 5 Franceso Nicolosi (piano) / Campania Chamber Orchestra / Luigi Piovano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] With more than eighty operas to his credit, Paisiello rivaled Mozart for success in this competitive field, though his eight keyboard concertos fell short of Mozart's output in numerical terms. They are, however, unfailingly delightful works whose... |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
Easy Listening Classics Francios-Joel Thiollier / Cheng-Zong Yin (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Naxos' Easy-Listening Piano Classics presents a delightful range of music from Baroque masterpieces to beautiful works of the Classic and Romantic eras, as well as Impressionist classics, specially selected for discerning listeners to enjoy at home... |
Franck
Piano Quintet.Chausson [ Naxos / CD ] |
DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano Music Vol.5 Francois-Joel Thiollier [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2001 ] |
Francois-Joel Thiollier
Debussy:piano Works Vol.3 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Francois-Joel Thiollier
Ravel:piano Works Vol.1 [ Naxos / CD ] |