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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Piano Concerto / Johnson Over Jordan Suite Joanna MacGregor, piano / English Chamber Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "This is probably the finest version of the Britten Piano Concerto available, notwithstanding Britten's own justly revered rendition with Sviatoslav Richter on Decca" |
ANTON GARCIA ABRIL
Madre Asturias - A Collection of Asturian Songs Joaquin Pixan (tenor); Rosa Torres-Pardo (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Full marks to the performers. Señor Pixan, possesses a very attractive lyric tenor, with few worn edges and plenty of warmth throughout the register. Rosa Torres-Pardo meanwhile is an admirable partner. It sounds ... marvellous!" (Recording of the... |
HANS SOMMER
Sommer: Lied Edition, Vol 1 Jochen Kupfer (bass-baritone), Marcelo Amaral (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Hans Sommer was a respected composer in his day and achieved widespread popularity with his songs, especially the melodic and catchy pieces in Op. 4 and Op. 5. One biographer described him as 'a direct predecessor of Hugo Wolf... the lines that start... |
HANS SOMMER
Sommer: Lied Edition, Vol. 2 Jochen Kupfer (bass-baritone) Marcelo Amaral (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Hans Sommer's career initially involved science and mathematics, but his affinity for music was apparent from an early age. He became associated with Wagner and Liszt, achieving respect as a theatre composer and gaining widespread popularity with his... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Transcriptions of vocal works Joel Hastings (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Edition Vol 44 / CD - released 17/Dec/2012 ] Amongst his portfolio of works for piano, Liszt wrote transcriptions and arrangements, some derived from his own scores and some based on the work of others. His own songs, of which he wrote over 80, reveal his particular gifts as a lyric composer,... |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Music for Double Bass and Piano, Vol. 1 Joel Quarrington (double bass) Andrew Burashko (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Mar/2008 ] "Bass players and fans of the instrument will surely be pleased with Toronto Symphony principal bassist Joel Quarrington's intensely lyrical work, and this CD includes several items not listed in other current compilations." (Fanfare) |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Music for Double Bass and Piano, Vol. 2 Joel Quarrington, Harold Hall Robinson (double bass) Andrew Burashko (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Mar/2008 ] Giovanni Bottesini enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass". He was also a successful conductor and a composer, although only the music he wrote for his own instrument has outlived him. Many of the works on this recording... |
Johannes Kalpers, tenor / Burkhard Kehring, piano
Schubert - Goethe Lieder, Vol. 3 (Includes Erlkonig, D. 328) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 16 / CD - released 24/Feb/2004 ] In 1816 Franz Schubert, together with his circle of friends, decided to publish a collection of all the songs which he had so far written. |
MICHAEL HURD
Pop Cantatas John Addison (narrator) / Alexander Wells (piano) / Members of the New London Orchestra / New London Children’s Choir / Ronald Corp [ Naxos / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] "The works on this Naxos disc are lightly jazzy and must have turned generations of children on to concert music. They make confident and fearless communion with West End show-time, dance-band drum-kit and light Radio 2 style middle-of-the-road... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The English Clarinet (Incls Finzi - 5 Bagatelles, Op. 23) John Bradbury (clarinet) James Cryer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] The clarinet is the most versatile of all wind instruments, able to express warmth, brilliance, passion and elegy. All facets of the clarinet are represented here, unified by the English school. Lloyd Webber and Edward German give us enchanting... |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
Dutilleux: Complete Solo Piano Music John Chen (piano) [ Naxos Piano Laureate series / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "Born in Kuala Lumpur but a New Zealand citizen, John Chen was the winner of the prestigious Sydney Piano Competition in 2004 when he was 18...Chen's playing is magnetic and well controlled, but giving the impression of a pianist improvising" Penguin |
DAVE BRUBECK
Brubeck: Songs John De Haan (tenor) / Jane Giering De Haan (soprano) / Dave Brubeck (piano) / Cliff Jackson (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "A disc that can be whole-heartedly recommended. Some of the finest songs I have heard for a long time. And you do get used to the singing, too!" - MusicWeb April 2005 |
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue / Porgy and Bess Suite / etc BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY John Fullam (clarinet) ion Weiss (piano) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Apr/2015 ] George Gershwin fired up the New York music scene with his mélange of alluring tunes and refinement of the jazz vibe. His Strike up the Band Overture opened a flashy Broadway hit and, inspired by a train ride, the composer heard his masterpiece... |
SCHUBERT
Piano Works for Four Hands, Vol. 5 (Incls Sonata for Piano 4 hands in C major, Op. 140, D. 812, Grand Duo) John Humphreys, Allan Schiller (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] Many of Schubert's piano duets were written for his pupils, the daughters of Count Esterházy, during summer months at the Count's country estate. These include the 'Grand Duo', an ambitious, large-scale and challenging work of symphonic dimensions,... |
PAUL REALE
Reale: Stroke of Midnight; Piano Music John Jensen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] The music of award-winning composer Paul Reale has a truly authentic American voice: eclectic in its cultural references and having a respect for tradition, but with a knife-sharp edge that keeps listeners alert. This collection of piano pieces... |
JOHN IRELAND
Piano Works, Vol. 1 (Incls London Pieces) John Lenehan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] "John Lenehan is a very accomplished performer: not only is his technical address impeccable, but he also possesses a strikingly wide dynamic range and sophisticated variety of tone colour......Lenehan's supremely affectionate and wonderfully... |
JOHN IRELAND
Piano Works, Vol. 2 (Incls Sonatina) John Lenehan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] "John Lenehan, a strong and sympathetic interpreter, time and again makes you wonder at works aptly described as 'some of the most appealing English piano music written this century, too long neglected...Lenehan's playing is of a special integrity... |
JOHN IRELAND
Piano Works, Vol. 3 (Incls Green Ways) John Lenehan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "Lenehan effortlessly maintains the favourable impression left by the first two instalments in this series. What's more, he has been accorded crystal-clear yet nicely atmospheric engineering." (Gramophone) |
JOHN IRELAND
The Piano Concerto / Indian Summer / A Sea Idyll / etc John Lenehan (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "John Ireland's Piano Concerto of 1930 receives a thoroughly sympathetic, lucid performance, as does the ominously darker Legend of three years later...A delightful disc." (Daily Telegraph) |
MICHAEL NYMAN
The Piano Concerto / Where the Bee Dances John Lenehan (piano) Simon Haram (saxophone) / Ulster Orchestra. Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2003 ] "any recordings of modern music at a price that allows you experimentation really deserves to be bought first and questioned later" - Gramophone |
