JOHANNES BRAHMS / ALBERT DIETRICH / ROBERT SCHUMANN / RICHARD WAGNER
Liebestod: Works for Violin and Piano Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) Fazıl Say (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say is joined by his long standing friend, the violinist Friedemann Eichhorn, in an album of mid-19th-century German repertoire. Influenced by Liszt, Say's ingenious transcriptions of the Prelude and Liebestod from... |
Frith/Bbcsso/Hurst
Tippett:piano Conc./Ritual Dan [ Naxos / CD ] |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / etc Benjamin Frith (piano) / Rte Sinfonietta, Proinnsias O'Duinn [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "The Naxos CD is not only very well recorded and inexpensive, it also includes the appropriately named L'Hilarité - Polacca brillante, which Frith play with attractive panache." Penguin Guide |
BRANDK / DVORAK / FALLA / GLUCK / GODOWSKY etc
Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Vol. 10 Fritz Kreisler (violin), Carl Lamson (piano) [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] Fritz Kreisler was in his early 50s during the two years covered by these recordings - consolidating his status as the world's most beloved violinist, touring Italy and elsewhere in Europe, as well as giving notable concerts in Carnegie Hall and... |
FRITZ KREISLER / BALOGH / KORNGOLD / PADEREWSKI / etc
Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Vol 6 Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Carl Lamson (piano) / Victor Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Volume 6 of this series completes Fritz Kreisler's acoustic recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company. The February 1925 sessions were the final months of acoustic recording techniques and, despite numerous takes, many of the sides were... |
FRITZ KREISLER
Kreisler Plays Kreisler Fritz Kreisler (violin) Franz Rupp (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 11/Sep/2005 ] "In conclusion I can recommend the restorative work here...The programme is one that every Kreislerian will know and love but I hope younger listeners gravitate toward it and savour his inimitable way with these originals and transcriptions" MusicWeb |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT / EDVARD GRIEG
Beethoven/Schubert/Grieg: Violin Sonatas (recorded in 1928) Fritz Kreisler (violin) Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Chamber Music Recordings / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Recorded 1928 |
BACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / SMETANA / KREISLER / etc
Kreisler The Complete Recordings Vol 1 Fritz Kreisler (violin) with piano accompliment [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] "Courtesy of exemplary Ward Marston transcriptions, these century-old recordings fully convey Kreisler's inimitable artistry." (BBC Music) |
SATIE
Very Best of Satie (The) Gabor Eckhardt (Piano) / Klara Kormendi (Piano) / Nancy Symphony Orchestra / Jerome Kaltenbach (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] A selection of Satie's most popular piano and orchestral pieces. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Intent on developing the reputation he had won in Vienna, Beethoven undertook an extensive tour ending in Berlin, home to the cello-playing Frederick William II. There he unveiled his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5 with one of the famed Duport... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] After establishing a new genre with his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, Beethoven returned to it a decade later, working on his Sonata in A major, Op. 69 in parallel with his Fifth and Sixth symphonies. With its unexpected shifts of harmony and... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas and Songs Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Schwabe and Rimmer bring lots of drive and energy to the outer movements and they build up the tension in the Allegro appassionata to a powerful climax |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / EVGENY KISSIN
Russian Ballads: Works for Cello and Piano Gabriel Schwabe (cello) Roland Pöntinen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] The 20th century saw an abundance of notable Russian cellists inspiring an extensive repertoire by Soviet composers. In the cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Prokofiev, both composers explore the rich and emotive timbre of the instrument. |
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Hilos (Threads) / Danza de los Saqsampillos / Adagio para Amantani / Quijotadas / Adoracion para Angelitos / The Armadillo's Charango Gabriela Lena Frank (piano) / ALIAS Chamber Ensemble [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Born in Berkeley, California, to a mother of mixed Peruvian/Chinese ancestry and a father of Lithuanian/Jewish descent, Frank explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions. Hilos (Threads) was especially written for ALIAS Chamber Ensemble. |
W.A. MOZART
6 Violin Sonatas, K 10-15 (For Flute and Piano) Gena Raps (Piano) / Carol Wincenc (Flute) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] In 1765 he dedicated to Queen Charlotte a set of six sonatas. These appeared on 18 January as Opus III, with the title: Six Sonates pour le Clavecin qui peuvent se jouer avec L'accompagnment de Violon ou Flaute Traversière |
ROY HARRIS
Complete Piano Music Geoffrey Burleson (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "Burleson is a remarkable pianist, with tireless attack, unflagging rhythm and energy to burn." The Boston Globe |
FRANK BRIDGE / JOHN IRELAND / REBECCA CLARKE / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Folk Tales Vol 2 - British and Irish Miniatures Gerald Peregrine (cello) Antony Ingham (piano) Lynda O'Connor (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/May/2024 ] Following the success of the first volume of Folk Tales (8.574035), Gerald Peregrine and Antony Ingham go further into their explorations of British and Irish music. These include rarely recorded works and new interpretations of traditional Irish... |
GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Music Vol. 4 - Piano Concerto No. 2 / Momento Musicale e Minuetto / Novelleta Gesualdo Coggi (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "Francesco La Vecchia elicits ... incisive string playing and ... penetrating woodwind articulation in the neo-Wagnerian First symphony ... aided by Naxos' rich, dazzlingly detailed engineering ... A fine start to a promising cycle, warmly... |
GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Works Vol. 3 - Piano Concerto No. 1 / La canzone dei ricordi Gesualdo Coggi (piano) Silvia Pasini (mezzo-soprano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco la Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a not-to-be-missed series." (AudAud Five Stars Nov 2009) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Impressions of China - Winning works from the 2018 Huang Zi International Chinese Piano Composition Competition Gianluca Luisi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] All of the works in this programme were prize winners in the hotly contested 2018 Huang Zi International Chinese Piano Composition Competition, an event marking the 80th anniversary of the death of this influential composer and educator. Themes... |