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. |
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... |
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 |
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... |
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... |
Gottlieb Wallisch
Schubert: Piano Sonatas [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Mar/2004 ] |
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) |
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... |
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... |
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,... |
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 |
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... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "Sweeping energy and well-shaped long melodic lines make both these performances gripping and rewarding" BBC Music Magazine |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Trios, Vol. 1 (nos 1, 4, 5) Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] "If your musical tastes err towards the sunny, optimistic and playful rather than the heavyweight, gloomy and probing, let me direct you to the (seven) piano trios of Hummel...I guarantee you won't be disappointed." Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Trios, Vol. 1 (nos 2, 3, 6, 7) Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2014 ] "This disc contains an hour of melodic music, well executed and should appeal to anyone interested in nineteenth century chamber music. I will be looking forward to the next volume." (MusicWeb Jan 2015) |
KURT ROGER
Roger: Clarinet Quintet / Piano Trio / Piano Sonata / Variations on an Irish Air Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] "All four works are rendered with an obvious sense of commitment and receive the highest standards of performance. Pianist Benjamin Frith calls for special mention for his gripping interpretation of the sonata." Fanfare |
MARTIN PLUDDEMANN
Pluddemann: Ballads, Songs and Legends Ulf Bästlein (baritone) Hedayet Jonas Djeddikar (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Martin Plüddemann was a pivotal figure in the revival and modernisation of the art of ballad composition. |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Graf Mourja (violin), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet), Francoise Groben (cello) [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2022 ] " Acclaim for these recordings can be summed up by the comment 'you simply can't go wrong with any of the discs in this series.' (ClassicsToday.com on their original release) |
IAN VENABLES
Complete Works for Solo Piano Graham J. Lloyd (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jul/2013 ] "I would commend this CD to all British music enthusiasts. It is the perfect complement to the increasing number of CDs that showcase Ian Venables' undoubted mastery of English song and chamber music." (MusicWeb International) |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: 12 Spanish Dances Rosa Torres-Pardo (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Music Collection / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Very personal and exciting versions of these works, where the Madrid pianist, who has just recorded Goyescas, succeeds in properly combining the folkloric features and the intellectualism contained in them." Swing |