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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. |
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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. |
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W.A. MOZART
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 |
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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 |
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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... |
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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... |
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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) |
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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... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Soirees Italiennes / Paganini Etudes / Rossini and Spontini Impromptu / Rossini Variations Gianluca Luisi (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "Splendidly performed and recorded in Vienna this volume in the continuing series shows no sign of flagging. Luisi is an excellent choice in these undemanding early Romantic piano arrangements so radiant with Italian sunshine." (MusicWeb Jan 2010) |
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LUDWIG THUILLE
Sextet / Piano Quintet Gianluca Luisi (piano) / Gigli Quartet / Chantily Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] One of the leading members of the Munich School, most famously represented by Richard Strauss, Ludwig Thuille was a prolific composer whose Sextet today remains the best known of his many chamber works. |
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Gieseking
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4/5 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 28/Aug/2006 ] |
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MARTINU
Complete Piano Music Vol. 1 Giogio Koukl (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Another worthy projected series is up-and-running from Naxos - they should certainly be giving this one high priority. This is attractive music with considerable merits and experience of Firkušný's marvellous record suggests that there are even... |
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MARTINU
Complete Piano Music Vol. 4 (Incls 7 Czech Dances) Giorgio Kouki (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Dec/2007 ] Although they number approximately eighty out of a total of over four hundred works, Martinů's compositions for solo piano have long been overshadowed by his orchestral and chamber music. This fourth and final release in the Naxos complete Martinů... |
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MARTINU
Complete Piano Music Vol. 5 (Incls 6 Polkas, H. 101) Giorgio Kouki (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Giorgio Koukl's survey of Martinů's complete piano music has been praised as "a delight" (Gramophone) and "estimable and important" (MusicWeb International). Since the release of Volume 4 (Naxos 8.570215), which was originally intended to be the... |
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MARTINU
Complete Piano Music Vol. 2 Giorgio Koukl (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "A fascinating selection of Martinu early piano works, plus two late rifles" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine May 2007 |
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MARTINU
Piano Music (complete) Vol. 6 Giorgio Koukl (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Giorgio Koukl's survey of Martinů's complete piano music has been praised as "a delight" (Gramophone) and "estimable and important" (MusicWeb International). |
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MARTINU
Piano Music (complete) Vol. 7 - A Fairy-Tale of Goldilocks / From Anderson's Fairy-Tales Giorgio Koukl (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Koukl, very well recorded here, remains a dependable interpreter capturing the widely varied accents of this collection with considerable precision in nearly all cases." BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 *** on the fourth volume in the Martinu... |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Piano Music (Complete), Volume 3 Giorgio Koukl (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Sep/2007 ] This third release in the Naxos complete Martinů solo piano music series represents the most mature style of his work. |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Piano Concertos Vol 2: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 Giorgio Koukl (piano) / Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra / Arthur Fagen [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] The music of Bohuslav Martinů , whose complete solo piano works have also been recorded by Giorgio Koukl for Naxos, can ring like bells, shimmer like a mirage or pulse with sheer rhythmic vitality as is the case with these three piano concertos,... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Mephisto Waltzes / 2 Elegies / Grosses Konzertsolo Giuseppe Andaloro (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 24 / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] If Liszt's Faust-Symphony was inspired by Goethe, his Mephisto Waltzes had their literary source in the work of Nikolaus Lenau. Nicolaus Franz Niembsch, Edler von Strehlenau, known always under his pseudonym, was the son of an Austrian cavalry... |