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DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas (complete) Alexandre Dossin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Anyone interested in the Soviet piano repertoire of the twentieth century need not hesitate. The recording quality is perfectly acceptable." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Distinguished Bach specialist Sir András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Extending the variety already evident in Book I (available on 2.110653), Bachs effortless brilliance and new-found... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier I BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Johann Sebastian Bach was undoubtedly the greatest musical thinker of his age. Dubbed 'the Old Testament of music' by the conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow, The Well-Tempered Clavier is acknowledged to be one of the most significant works ever... |
PIAZZOLLA
Astor Piazzolla's Best Tangos Aquiles Delle-Vigne (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Piazzolla's earthy yet highly developed music gains a new dimension of intimacy but also of power in the hands of this master of the keyboard. |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Music Vol.2 (Nocturnes Nos 10-18) Benjamin Frith (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2001 ] "They are beautifully played by the young British pianist Benjamin Frith. The recording is good and the notes are fine. All in all, this is an attractive bargain." - American Record Guide |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 & 6 Benjamin Frith (piano) / Northern Sinfonia, Bela Drahos [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "Sparkling performances from all concerned in a fine, well-recorded Field concerto series... Following up his two previous discs for Naxos of piano concertos by John Field, Benjamin Frith again proves an ideal soloist in attractive, decorative... |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos No 7 / Irish Concerto Benjamin Frith (piano) Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] Dublin-born prodigy John Field enjoyed a wide reputation and great popularity. He was renowned as a soloist for his delicacy of nuance and as a composer for his cultivation of that most poetic of forms, the nocturne. His Piano Concertos were eagerly... |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas Benjamin Frith (piano), Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Jan/2019 ] 'Benjamin Frith has done a stellar job in bringing these concertos into the sunlight, brilliantly supported by the Northern Sinfonia under David Haslam' (Pianist magazine). |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 Benjamin Frith (piano) Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2001 ] "quite heart-felt in the slow movements" (Absolute Sound) |
JOHN FIELD
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 Benjamin Frith (piano) / Northern Sinfonia / David Haslam (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Apr/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - "[Benjamin Frith's performances] match in every way - and even outshine - previous versions." - Edward Greenfield, The Guardian, London 10th September 1999 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Best Of Mendelssohn (Incls 'The Hebrides' Overture & Violin Concerto in E minor: II. Andante) Benjamin Frith (piano) Peter Nagy (piano) Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the distinguished Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, the additional surname Bartholdy adopted on his conversion to Christianity, was born in Hamburg, the son of a banker. The family moved to Berlin, where Mendelssohn was... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Barcarolle / Nocturnes Nos. 2, 19 / Scherzos Nos. 1, 3, 4 (Moiseiwitsch, Vol. 13) (recorded 1939-1952) Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The pianist's exquisite singing tone is perfectly captured and he creates powerful and impassioned climaxes while never sacrificing his impeccable taste, style and elegance. |
FREDERIC RZEWSKI
Rzewski: Late Piano Works Bobby Mitchell (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Frederic Rzewski was one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. The themes explored in his late piano works are typical of his entire body of work in their uncompromising and universal nature. The intensely contrapuntal Ruins... |
CHRISTIAN SINDING
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sinding: Songs Bodil Arnesen (soprano) / Erling Ragnar Eriksen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] Christian Sinding was born in 1856 in Kongsberg, Norway, where his father was an engineer. His mother was artistically minded, encouraging her three sons' artistic interests and both Christian's brothers pursued artistic careers |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / 9 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Boris Giltburg is lauded worldwide as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling interpreter, with critics praising his impassioned approach to performance. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Préludes Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] Written over a period of 18 years, Rachmaninov's sets of Préludes are a mirror and a record of his compositional development. With so rich a variety of character, colour, texture and mood, no two préludes are fully alike, and differentiation of tempo... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Etudes-tableaux Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Aug/2017 ] "Giltburg certainly has something fresh to say in Rachmaninov's Second Concerto...and he says it elegantly and eloquently...one of the most appealing aspects of this performance is its grand trajectory." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
ALEXANDER ALYABIEV / MIKHAIL GLINKA / ANTON RUBINSTEIN
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol 1 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] The piano trio holds an important place in the history of Russian chamber music and to follow the development of the genre is to accompany the fascinating history of Russian music in the 19th century. Its beginnings can be found with Alexander... |
VLADIMIR DYCK / CONSTANTIN IVANOVICH von STERNBERG / SERGEY YOUFEROV
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 5 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] This album concludes The Brahms Trio's five-volume survey of the piano trio in Russia with remarkable works by composers whose names have all but disappeared from the musical world's collective memory. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British Music: Green & Pleasant Land Christopher Maltman (Baritone) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor) Graham Johnson (Piano) Nicholas Daniel (Oboe) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by the elite of British artists. |
