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SERGEI RACHMANINOV / FRANZ LISZT / etc
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Liszt: Paganini Etudes Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] "There were so many unique facets to Horowitz's playing: the unmistakable sound, the…musical imagination, the extraordinary power and speed…surely one of the greatest of all piano recordings…" Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Brahms/Tchaikovsky - Piano Concertos Vladimir Horowitz (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] Penguin Guide - Rosette Winner |
SI CONG MA
Music for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1 Hsiao-Mei Ku (violin) / Ning Lu (piano) [ Naxos Chinese Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] Ma Sicong is remembered today as a leading violinist, composer and teacher who devoted his life to creating a new national identity for Chinese music. |
SICONG MA
Music for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2 Hsiao-Mei Lu (violin) / Ning Ku (piano) [ Naxos Chinese Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] The Chinese composer and violinist Ma Sicong was born in Haifeng in Guangdong (Canton) province in 1912, and was among the relatively few Chinese musicians of his generation to study abroad. He settled in America in 1967. The music on this disc... |
KABALEVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 50 (with Rimsky-Korsakov-Piano Concerto) Hsin-ni Liu (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Kabalevsky's most lasting achievement was in the field of music education, notably his development in later years of a programme for music in schools. His Third Piano Concerto, 'Dedicated to Soviet Youth', completes the trilogy of instrumental... |
FILTSCH / GUTMANN / MIKULI / TELLEFSEN
Piano Music by Pupils of Chopin Hubert Rutkowski (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Of Carl Filtsch, who died aged only fifteen, Liszt said: "When this little one begins to tour, I will have to close up shop." |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Flute Sonatas (Complete) Lise Daoust (flute), Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Carmen Picard (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2010 ] "The performers, all Canadians, are technically top drawer and altogether committed to playing the music for all it is worth." (Fanfare) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Piano Music Vol. 5 (Incls 5 Characteristic Impressions, Op. 103 ) Havard Gimse (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Aug/2004 ] "Havard Gimse has proved a sensitive and imaginative advocate of this repertoire and here he is at his distinguished best. A highly recommendable and rewarding issue." BBC Music |
GRIEG
Piano Concerto / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn Havard Gimse (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Bjarte Engeset, conductor, [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] "Sweep away the glitz that usually surrounds the Grieg concerto, and you have this gorgeous performance from the young Norwegian pianist, Havard Gimse…Delicacy and superb technique” – Yorkshire Post |
ROBERT FUCHS
Fuchs: Violin Sonatas Nos 4 - 6 Hyejin Chung (violin), Warren Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/May/2024 ] Eminent composer and revered teacher, Robert Fuchs, was an established part of Vienna's musical landscape. His six violin sonatas fuse lyricism with conversational ease and chro matic harmonies with folk-derived melodies. This second volume of the... |
LORD BERNERS
Berners: Songs & Piano Music Ian Partridge (tenor) Len Vorster (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Lord Berners was essentially self-taught as a composer, profiting from experiences gained while travelling in Europe, and receiving advice and encouragement from Stravinsky. |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Variations Ian Yungwook Yoo (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] The art of variation lies at the heart of much music, including that of Beethoven, who practised this demanding technique as both performer and composer at many stages throughout his career. For his 'Eroica' Variations Beethoven used a theme... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol. 4 - Nos. 4 and 8 Ib Hausmann (violin) / Maria Kliegel (cello) / Nina Tichman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Composed in 1798, a few years after he settled in Vienna, Beethoven's Gassenhauer ('popular song') Trio gained this nickname from its set of variations on Pria ch'io l'impegno from Weigl's comic opera Il Corsaro. It opens with a finely crafted... |
ENRICH JAQUES WOLFF
Erich J. Wolff: Complete Songs, Vol. 2 Ida Aldrian (mezzo-soprano), Klaus Simon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Jun/2024 ] Erich J. Wolff was a friend and contemporary of Schoenberg and Zemlinsky - his songs were highly successful and much admired before the First World War. Wolff's tragic early death, however, contributed to his music being almost entirely forgotten... |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Music for violin & piano (Incls Violin Sonata) Ida Bieler (violin) Nina Tichman (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] "Corigliano could have made a comfortable living churning out film scores: his versatility, orchestral wizardry and fluency are undeniable." BBC Music Magazine |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 Ida Bieler (violin) Nina Tichman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "Bieler and Tichman are expert musicians, and there's nothing that they don't give to these performances, which were recorded in 2003 by German Radio." -Raymond Tuttle, classical.net |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-32 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] Turkish pianist Idil Biret's series of Beethoven Sonatas prove the depth of her expression and performing power. Biret is one of the finest interpreters of her generation, and on this collection, favors slower tempos and a light touch, all the more... |
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Idil Biret
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volum [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] |
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Idil Biret
Boulez:piano Sonatas 1-3 [ Naxos / CD ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Music, Vol. 9 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Dec/1996 ] "Idil Biret plays then with her customary skill" - Fanfare |
