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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Konstantin Scherbakov, piano / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "the best Third Concerto I've ever heard; stupefying brilliant sound in 8 different flavours" (MusicWeb) |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Concerto in modo misolidio / Concerto a cinque Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Capella Istropolitana / Howard Griffiths & Ewald Danel [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Ottorino Respighi was born in Bologna in 1879 and studied the violin and viola at the Liceo Musicale there from 1891 with Federico Sarti. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 Konstantin Scherbakov, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor [ Naxos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Jan/2005 ] "This Tchaikovsky First is grand and big, filled with power and majesty, all captured in brilliant sonics by Naxos." (MusicWeb) - Hybrid SACD in 5.1 Surround Sound. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Morceaux (18), Op. 72 Konstantin Shamray (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Tchaikovsky completed his last set of piano pieces about six months before his death. Each bears a dedication to a friend or colleague... The 18 pieces are no mere salon effusions; rather they are richly characterised, sometimes virtuosic, and... |
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TORU TAKEMITSU
Takemitsu: Piano Music Kotaro Fukuma (piano) [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] This selection of his piano music, extending over 43 years, offers an inclusive overview of his stylistic development from Romance (1949), the nineteen-year-old composer's earliest surviving piano work, to the hypnotic Rain Tree Sketch II (1992),... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Trio, K. 498 / Violin Sonata No. 26 (arr. for clarinet and string trio) Jozsef Balogh (clarinet) / Danubius Quartet [ Naxos / CD ] "finely performed, with lovely melodic touches from clarinettist Jozsef Balogh" Classic CD |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Complete Songs for Soprano and Piano Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Maria Prinz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] "Stoynova sails through it in glorious voice and Maria Prinz's accompaniment is as equally accomplished. For lovers of good singing." Opera Now April 2017 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas Fritz Kreisler (violin), Franz Rupp (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / 3 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2003 ] Recorded: 2 April 1935 Recording Venue: Studio 3, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London |
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KERRY TURNER
Turner: Horn Works (Complete), Vol. 1 Kristina Mascher-Turner (horn, Kerry Turner (horn), Frank Lloyd (horn), Lauretta Bloomer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Kerry Turner made his mark on the global music community through his association with the illustrious American Horn Quartet. Turner's compositional goal is to communicate to the listener a vivid picture through his highly melodic musical language.... |
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Ku/Lu
Ma: Music For Violin & Piano 1 [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 3 & 5 Kun Woo Pak (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD ] "Kun Woo Paik's playing throughout these five concertos has exhilarating bravura...with vivid recording in the Concert Hall of Polish Radio, which has plenty of ambience, this set is enormously stimulating and a remarkable bargain" Penguin Guide |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concs.2+5 Kun Woo Pak [ Naxos / CD ] |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Volume 2 Kungsbacka Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] Haydn's Keyboard Trios possess a rich variety of themes and musical inventiveness, with strong demands on the pianist. The C major is dramatic and eventful. Patterns are varied in the E major where Haydn gives the violin major lyrical statements,... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Volume 1 Kungsbacka Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "the Kungsbacka's playing ensures all four trios bear witness to the variety, personality and sparkling invention that Haydn channelled into this delightful and multifaceted music." (Daily Telegraph) |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Volume 3 Kungsbacka Piano Trio: Malin Broman, Jesper Svedberg, Simon Crawford-Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] "Intuitive and insightful performances complemented by a fresh and balanced recording. Bravo!" (Record of the Month MusicWeb April 2014) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Trio, Op. 8 / Variations for flute and piano in E major / etc Kungsbacka Piano Trio, with Emily Beynon (flute) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "This CD opens with an enchanting, 1828 Rondo...it proves a fresh and joyous discovery, treated with plenty of TLC by the engaging duo of Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore...The Kungsbacka Trio balance the three instruments with care [in Op.... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Piano Quartet No. 2 / Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120 / etc Kungsbacka Piano Trio, with Philip Dukes (viola) & Richard Hosford (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] Gabriel Fauré's chamber works, long overshadowed by his popular Requiem (Naxos 8550765), are regaining their rightful place. This new release from the Kungsbacka Piano Trio follows their recording of Fauré's First Piano Quartet and other chamber... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major / Sonatensatz Kungsbacka Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] "no one need hesitate to acquire this disc which has an intensity and a freshness all of its own." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Trios Volume 1 Kungsbacka Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "These people know their Mozart, and give these trios bouncy (perhaps a bit too much so) readings that Mozart would have enjoyed: bright, brash and with more than a modicum of good humour." cliffsclassics.com |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Trios Volume 2 Kungsbacka Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Composed in 1788 at the peak of his creative powers, though at a time of both artistic success and looming personal crisis, Mozart's last three piano trios are masterpieces whose prevailing character of congenial gaiety is heightened by poignant... |