JOHN CAGE
Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 2 Katrin Zenz (flutes), Tobias Liebezeit (vibraphones), Maxim Mankovski (vibraphones), Chara Iacovidou (piano) & Ludovic Frochot (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] The beauty and purpose of Cage's music lies in an intimacy and spirituality that he said should "sober and quiet the mind thus rendering it susceptible to divine influences." |
Kayaleh/Stewart
Medtner: Violin/Piano Works 1 [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2007 ] |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Music for Flute and Piano Kazunori Seo (flute) & Makoto Ueno (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Virtuoso pianist Carl Czerny was a pupil and friend of Beethoven in Vienna. His prodigious output as a composer included numerous sets of variations on operatic themes, both with orchestra [Naxos 8573254] and, as with the Trois Rondeaux, Op.374 on... |
IGNAZ MOSCHELES
Music for Flute & Piano Kazunori Seo (flute), Makoto Ueno (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] Pianist, composer and conductor Ignaz Moscheles was one of the most respected musicians of his time, and throughout his long life was at the social and musical heart of Europe. Studies with Beethoven's old teachers, Albrechtsberger and Salieri,... |
Kenneth Boulton
Mason : Piano Music [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |
ELIE SIEGMEISTER
Piano Music Volume 1 Kenneth Boulton [ NAXOS / CD ] |
Kenneth Boulton, piano
Siegmeister, Elie-Piano Music Vol 2 (Incls Piano Sonata No 2) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] Another new entry in the Naxos American composer series |
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE
Holbrooke:Violin Concerto 'The Grasshopper' (Violin Sonata No. 2), Op. 59 / Violin Sonata No. 1 ('Sonatina'), Op. 6a / Horn Trio in D (original versio Kerenza Peacock (violin) / Mark Smith (horn) / Robert Stevenson (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "All the performances are of a high standard, often brilliant and imaginative, and I was particularly impressed with Kerenza Peacock's lithe, elegant violin-playing and her easy conquest of the virtuoso demands of The Grasshopper" (Gramophone) |
HOROWITZ / DVORAK / FARWELL / FISHER
Dvořák & America Kevin Deas (narrator), Zhou Qian (violin) Edmund Battersby (piano) Benjamin Pasternack (piano) Kevin Deas (bass-baritone) / PostClassical Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Few of us bother to read Longfellow's poem anymore, but hearing it wedded to Dvorák's music really does create a powerful and, somehow, nostalgic atmosphere of perhaps a more innocent age. I found it quite moving, and the rest of the performances ve |
ALEXANDRE TASMAN
Music for Violin and Piano Klaidi Sahatçi (violin) & Giorgio Koukl (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] Although Alexandre Tansman was considered a genius in his lifetime, these recordings demonstrate that much of his chamber music remains to be rediscovered after years of neglect. Tansman's early successes included the prize-winning Romance and... |
Klara Kormendi
Satie:piano Works Vol.1 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Klara Kormendi
Satie:piano Works Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Klara Kormendi
Satie:piano Works Vol.3 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Klara Kormendi
Satie:piano Works Vol.4 [ Naxos / CD ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pa-Mun: Ripples on Water (Korean Piano Music) Klara Min (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] Award-winning pianist Klara Kim has been recognized for her "excellent technique, exuberance and vitality" (New York Concert review). Here she brings the unique synthesis of traditional sources and contemporary compositional techniques of five... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Orchestral and Chamber Works Arranged for Piano 4 Hands, Vol. 5 Klavierduo Eckerle [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2019 ] In a time without recordings, the number of four-hand arrangements exceeded that of the original compositions by fourfold. Occasionally the arrangements were made by the composer himself. Robert Schumann, who liked to play four hands. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Le Grand Tango Maria Kliegel (cello) / Bernd Glemser (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] "On the evidence of this recital Maria Kliegel... is a very impressive artist indeed" Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 2 / The Limpid Stream (piano transcription) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] "The recorded sound is fine, producing a bright piano sound which does not hurt these pieces at all. Richard Whitehouse is the author of the helpful liner notes. Recommended to fans of Shostakovich and lovers of light piano fare." (MusicWeb April 2007) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 / Variations on a Theme of Chopin / Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "Scherbakov's must rank as a front runner among modern recordings." BBC Music |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 Konstantin Scherbakov (Piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 11/May/2006 ] "On Naxos, the younger Russian ex-patriot Konstantin Scherbakov represents a fabulous bargain - at a fraction of the cost of any other. He displays wonderfully nimble, energetic finger work and scores over Ashkenzy in the meditative, slow fugues." |