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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Piano Music Volume 5 Juan José Mudarra Gámiz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "All his performances are shot through with brilliance and conviction. And even in those piece which are over-extended and repetitious, his voltage and enthusiasm somehow carry the day." Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Canticles Nos. 1-5 / The Heart of the Matter Judi Dench (narrator) Philip Langridge (tenor) Jean Rigby (contralto) Steuart Bedford (piano) Osian Ellis (harp) and various Artists [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 9 / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "This is a very fine recording of some of the most exquisite vocal music of the past century, and enshrines the work of so many fine artists. Impossible to recommend it too highly." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Jan 2005 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Rare Piano Transcriptions Julia Severus (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2017 ] Sergey Rachmaninov's songs rival his piano works in terms of popularity, and are the culmination of a uniquely Russian lyrical tradition. Piano transcription became a fashionable art form in its own right after Liszt's work in the genre, and... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
3 Centuries of Bagatelles (bagatelles by Couperin, Beethoven, Liszt, Saint-Saens, Liadov, Bartok, Tcherepnin + Denisov) Julia Zilberquit (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] This innovative recording by the gifted Russian-born American pianist Julia Zilberquit traces the development of the bagatelle from Couperin through to Bartók and beyond, revealing the remarkable character and drama in the genre. |
SAINT-SAENS / PIAZZOLLA / HOLST / HAHN / RACHMANINOV / PURCELL / etc
A Tale of Two Cellos (arrangements by Julian Lloyd Webber) Julian Lloyd Webber, Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cello) John Lenehan (piano) Catrin Finch (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Sep/2013 ] "This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and lended together in slow lyrical tunes, with a stylish piano accompaniment." (Gramophone) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs For Lena / Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn Julianne Baird (soprano) Ryan De Ryke (baritone) Eva Mengelkoch (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy was the grandson of Felix Mendelssohn. He was also a polymathic intellectual - a prestigious jurist, political scientist, and one of Germany's observers to the Treaty of Versailles negotiations in 1919. |
BEETHOVEN / RIES
Ries: Clarinet Trios Jurgen Demmler (clarinet) / Peter Grabinger (piano) / Markus Tillier (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Feb/2006 ] Ferdinand Ries was born in Bonn in 1784, the son of Beethoven's teacher Franz Ries, a man who bad been able to offer help after the death of Beethoven's mother in 1787, Franz Ries, himself the son of a court musician, was a pupil of the... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / SIBELIUS / BRAHMS / WOLF / RACHMANINOV / GRIEG / TOSTI
Jussi Bjorling: Collection Vol. 5: Lieder and Songs (1939-1952) Jussi Bjorling, tenor, with Harry Ebert, piano / Frederick Schauwecker, piano [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] Ulrich Leyendecker was born in Wuppertal in 1946. From 1962 to 1965 he studied composition with Ingo Schmitt, then until 1970 with Rudolf Petzold at the Cologne Musikhochschule, where he also was a piano pupil of Günter Ludwig. |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Original Works and Arrangements for Cello and Piano Jussi Makkonen (cello) Rait Karm (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Apr/2008 ] Sibelius wrote very little for the cello, although some of his violin pieces allow alternative instrumentation. Some of his songs and piano pieces, and the popular Finlandia, are here given in effective arrangements for cello and piano, in addition... |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas Volume 6 Susan Kagan (piano) & Vassily Primakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Oct/2013 ] Ries only wrote three sonatas for piano duet but they reflect, as do his solo sonatas, a perfect synthesis of classicism and incipient Romantic influence. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano Kalman Berkes (clarinet) / Jeno Jando (piano) (with Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2004 ] "The engineering is sensational. At the price this label sells for, you can't go wrong" - Fanfare |
FRANZ BERWALD
Berwald: Piano Trios Vol.2 Kalman Draft (piano) / Jozsef Modrian (violin) / GyArgy KertACsz (cello [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2001 ] More chamber music from Berwald |
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Kamei/Ohlsson/Seattle S.O
Larazof: Tableaux For Piano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2003 ] |
KAMRAN INCE
Symphony No. 2 ‘Fall of Constantinople’ / Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments and Voices / Piano Concerto / Infrared Only Kamran Ince (piano) / Bilkent Youth Chorus / Bilkent Symphony Orchestra / Kamran Ince / Isin Metin [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] The result is music of intoxication and intimacy, violence and tenderness. |
MARTINU
Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2 / Sonata for 2 Violins and Piano Karel Kosalek (piano) / Martinu Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] Chamber music occupies a significant place in the vast output of Bohuslav Martinu. His First Piano Quintet, written in 1933, a period during which Martinu renewed his interest in the folk-lore and traditional music of his native Bohemia, is a fine... |
SCHUMANN
Music for Cello and Piano Karine Georgian (cello) / Jan Willem Nelleke (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Georgian and Nelleke play both [the Fantasiestücke and the Adagio and Allegro] with such ardour and full-toned commitment that the music seems thoroughly idiomatic...Georgian's playing is so wonderfully generous in both its expressiveness and tonal... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120 (arr. for flute and piano) Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute), Maria Prinz (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] Brahms himself explored these pieces beyond the clarinet, and Karl-Heinz Schütz's arrangements are based on the composer's own alternative versions, seeking out the ideal of two equally matched instruments in constant dialogue. |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / RACHMANINOV / BABIN / BORODIN / TCHAIKOVSKY
Hommage à Victor Babin Katerina Moskaleva, Alexey Pudinov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] The year 1972 saw the death of Victor Babin, one half of the legendary Vronsky & Babin, arguably the most brilliant piano duo of the 20th century and a worldwide sensation for over three decades. |
TRADITIONAL / QUILTER / STANFORD / PARRY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRIDGE / WARLOCK
Kathleen Ferrier-Songs of the British Isles (1949-1952) Kathleen Ferrier, contralto / Phyllis Spurr, piano / John Newmark, piano / Frederick Stone, piano [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/May/2005 ] "A bit of a wake up call to Decca. Obert-Thorn has has managed to effect an improvement to these recordings - and that can only be a welcome piece of restoration" (MusicWeb June 2005) |
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto / An American in Paris Kathryn Selby (piano) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hayman (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Kathryn Selby makes a strong showing in the Gershwin Concerto" - Fanfare |
