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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/1998 ] In 1891 Rachmaninov completed his piano studies at the Conservatory and the composition of his first piano concerto. The following year he graduated from the composition class with his opera Aleko. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Glemser has a bold impetuous way with Rachmaninov...he generates plenty of excitement and expressive fervour in all three works" Penguin Guide |
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Tchaikovsky:piano Conc.No.2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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J.S. BACH
Goldberg Variations / Partita No. 5 (rec 1954-55) Glenn Gould (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of the work is one of the most important and influential piano discs of the second half of the twentieth century, leading not only to a wider appreciation of Bach's keyboard works by the general public but to a... |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos 30-32 (1956) Glenn Gould (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] Not long after his February 1934 London Queen's Hall concert comprising three Mozart concertos, Schnabel made his first recording of a Mozart piano concerto, No. 27 in B flat major, K.595, at the recently opened and well equipped Abbey Road Studios.... |
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J.S. BACH
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 / Partitas Nos. 5 and 6 Glenn Gould (piano) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] Canadian pianist Glenn Gould's first Columbia recording, his classic 1955 Goldberg Variations, and second, Beethoven's last three piano sonatas, were followed by this 1957 rendition of Bach's D minor Concerto, praised by The New York Times critic... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Brahms: Piano Quintet Glenn Gould (piano) / Montreal String Quartet / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Glenn Gould played Beethoven's piano concertos from the beginning of his short concert career, this recording being made when he was 24, the same age as the composer when he wrote his Piano Concerto No. 2. |
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FERENCZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Favourites Goran Filipec (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] Franz Liszt was a unique personality in the musical world of the 19th century. He was a model and inspiration for many generations of musicians and was magnificently successful as a virtuoso pianist, educator, composer and conductor. |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Piano Music Volume 9 [Incls Piano Sonata, Op..19] Goran Filipec (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Two important works dominate volume nine of this series. The first is Bartók's substantial and ambitious late-Romantic Piano Sonata, Op. 19, a very early work, composed when he was around 17 before his studies in Budapest. It was long considered lost... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Paganini Studies Goran Filipec (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 42 / CD - released 27/Jun/2016 ] "Filipec not only generates the thrill of a live performance but does so with a disarming swagger and playfulness. Indeed, he nearly convinced me that the Carnaval of Venice variations are not as bad as they really are" Gramophone June 2016 |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Schubert Song Transcriptions • 3 Goran Filipec (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music Volume 60 / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Seldom has the art of song transcription been more creatively fashioned than in Liszt's homages to Schubert. In this third volume of elegant and virtuosic pieces, Liszt's prodigious capacity for colouration, shifting textures and use of myriad... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy Goran Filipec (piano), Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra, Imre Kollar [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2021 ] Franz Liszt had an overwhelming impact on the musical life of his time through revolutionary innovations in harmony, form and pianistic technique. Both Liszt and his brilliant musical heir Ferruccio Busoni regarded their compositions as living... |
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Gottlieb Wallisch
Schubert: Piano Sonatas [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 8, 15, Reliquie Gottlieb Wallisch (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "If you love Schubert's music, you really should invest in this disc and its companions without delay." (MusicWeb April 2008) |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 3 and 6 Gottlieb Wallisch (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] In 1815 Franz Schubert committed his first piano sonatas to paper, starting a lifelong relationship with the form. A young seventeen-year-old composer set out to conquer the weighty heritage of the Viennese classics and to find his own musical... |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Sonatas Nos. 5, 7a, 11 and 12 (Fragments) Gottlieb Wallisch (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] Tragedy and failure is suggested by the idea of 'fragment' in music and particularly in the case of Schubert. In addition to popular works, such as the Symphony in B minor, D.759, Unfinished, the uncompleted stage oratorio Lazarus, D.689, or the... |
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HEINRICH MARSCHNER
Marschner: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 - No. 2, Op. 111 and No. 6, Op. 148 (Gould Piano Trio) Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Heinrich Marschner was the leading German operatic composer between Weber and the rise of Wagner, but he also wrote prolifically for chamber forces. His Piano Trios No. 2 and No. 6 share similar qualities: both are in a minor key, they are rich in... |
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HEINRICH AUGUST MARSCHNER
Marschner: Piano Trios, Vol. 1 Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Heinrich Marschner's role as Germany's leading Romantic operatic composer in the generation between Weber and Wagner has tended to draw attention away from his accomplished chamber compositions. Marschner had a high regard for the piano trio genre,... |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Piano Trio No. 2 / Piano Quartet No. 1 Gould Piano Trio, with David Adams (viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Apr/2015 ] 'It's more than three years since the previous Stanford volume from this superb group: they clearly love this music, and it's a joyous listen to place alongside its equally fine predecessors.' Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015 |
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JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Piano Trios Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Naxos's acclaimed recordings of the music of John Ireland continue with this disc of the three piano trios and music for violin and piano. The tuneful Phantasie Trio of 1908 was one of the first of his works to bring him to public notice. The Second... |