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... |
Idil Biret
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volum [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] |
Idil Biret
Boulez:piano Sonatas 1-3 [ Naxos / CD ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3 / Ballades Op 10 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "These performances are full of character. Good recording, made in the Heidelberg studio." Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Waltzes Op 39 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2013 ] |
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 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117 / Piano Pieces, Opp. 118-119 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "All told, this issue represents a real bargain and deserves the strongest recommendation" Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Pieces, Op. 76 / Rhapsodies, Op. 79 / Fantasies, Op. 116 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "This is all impressively characterized Brahms playing, and the recording does not lack sonority." Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "a commanding and intelligent account of the C major Sonata" Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Theme and Variations / Sarabandes / Gavottes Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "I have admired all the discs in Idil Biret's Brahms series and make no exception for this one" Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Variations, Opp. 9, 24 and 35 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "This gifted Turkish-born, French-trained pianist is a strong Brahms player" Fanfare |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Variations, Op. 21 / 5 Piano Studies Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] Johannes Brahms was born on 7th May 1833 in the Gängeviertel district of Hamburg, the son of Johann Jakob Brahms, a double-bass player, and his wife, a seamstress seventeen years his senior. As was natural, he was at first taught music by his father,... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin Preludes / Barcarolle, Op. 60 / Bolero, Op. 19 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] Chopin showed an early talent for music. He learned the piano from his mother and later with the eccentric Adalbert Zywny, a violinist of Bohemian origin, and as fiercely Polish as Chopin's father. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Polonaises, Vol. 1 Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "bringing strong nationalistic drama and pathos to each number" CD Review |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Ballades / Fantaisie in F Minor / Galop Marquis Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] Fryderyk Chopin was born near Warsaw in 1810, the son of Nicolas Chopin, a Frenchman drawn by chance to Poland through the assistance and kindness of a Polish estate administrator in France, who, on his return to Poland, had taken young Nicolas with |