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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 |
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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 |
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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... |
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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,... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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) |
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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 |
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GERALD FINZI
Best of Finzi (Incls music from the Cello Concerto & Clarinet Concerto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Peter Donohoe (piano) Tim Hugh (cello) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Northern Sinfonia / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical expression not only in his song settings, but in the Cello Concerto,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The McCormack Edition Volume 10 - Victor Talking Machine Company (1923-1924) & Gramophone Company Ltd. (1924) John McCormack (tenor) with Alexander Schmidt (violin), Alfred Lennartz (cello), Edwin Schneider (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 20/Nov/2013 ] John McCormack found extraordinary success as a concert hall artist, being declared in 1918 'the most popular singer in the world' and at one stage selling more records than Caruso. |
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DAVE BRUBECK
Nocturnes John Salmon (Piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] "The music may not be of the barnstorming kind but the whole disc is a valuable document of one of the most versatile of American composers" (MusicWeb Oct 2006) |
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SCOTT JOPLIN
Piano Rags (Incls 'Maple Leaf Rag') Alexander Peskanov (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "In this warmly recorded selection, Peskanov approaches Joplin with the sophisticated mien of the classically trained." (Gramophone) "The music is treated with respect and admiration, not simply tossed off like so many notes. … If one has any... |
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XAVER MONTSALVATGE
Piano Music, Volume 2 Jordi Masó (piano) / Granollers Chamber Orchestra / Francesc Guillén [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 19/Oct/2010 ] |
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XAVER MONTSALVATGE
Piano Music, Volume 3 [music for two pianos] Jordi Masó (piano) Miquel Villalba (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] |
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MONTSALVATGE
Piano Music, Vol. 1 - 3 Impromptus / 3 Divertimentos / Sonatina para Yvette / Recondita Armonia Jordi Masi (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Jordi Masó continues a pilgrimage to bring international recognition to the piano music of his native Spain, now moving to the works of Xavier Montsalvatge...the engineering is first class." (David's Review Corner) |
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CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Piano Music Jordi Masó (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2003 ] |
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Jordi Maso
The Catalan Piano Album [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] |
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DEDAT DE SEVERAC
Severac: Piano Music Vol 2 Jordi Maso (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] A central figure in the arts in France during his lifetime, Déodat de Sévérac stressed the importance of distinctive regional character in music. He derived his inspiration from Catalonia and Provence, and the genial warmth of expression in his work... |
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TURINA
Seville / Spanish Women / Women of Seville (Piano Music Vol. 3) Jordi Maso [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] This third volume of Turina's piano music recorded for Naxos by the Catalan pianist Jordí Masó brings together works from two of the composer's principal sources of inspiration: women and his native city of Seville. |