MEDTNER
Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 2 Laurence Kayaleh (violin) Paul Stewart (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Distinctly Russian, unabashedly Romantic and full-bodied, yet intellectually devised and highly disciplined, Medtner's compositions for violin and piano encompass music of rare beauty and power, gratifying for both performer and audience. Violin... |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Esquisses Op. 63 Laurent Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "...The range of moods and styles covered - from 'antique' to forward-looking, from serene to darkly disturbed - is startlingly wide. For this reason, and at Naxos's asking price, the disc is worth consideration..." ***Performance**Sound. - Max... |
ALKAN
The Railway / Preludes / Etudes / Esquisses Laurent Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "this is a disc that pianophiles may well want to marvel over" - American Record Guide - May/June 1996 |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Complete Piano Works Vol 2 (Incls 6 Piano Pieces Op 41) Lawrence Schubert (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] Lawrence Schubert (piano) |
ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
Pizzetti: Piano Trio / Violin Sonata / 3 Canti Leila Rasonyi (violin) / Laszlo Fenyo (cello) / Alpaslan Ertungealp (piano) [ Naxos Italian Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Ildebrando Pizzetti was hailed in 1921 by The Musical Times as 'doubtless the greatest musician in Italy today'. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ LISZT
Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No. 9 (Transcription for two pianos) Leon McCawley & Ashley Wass (pianos) [ Naxos Complete Liszt Piano Music Vol 28 / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "I hope Naxos already has enlisted these artists for Liszt's two-piano version of A Faust Symphony. Highly recommended." --ClassicsToday (10/9) |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Sextet / Clarinet Quartet / Cello Divertimento Michel Lethiec (clarinet) Arto Noras (cello) Markus Maskuniitty (horn) / Bruno Pasquier Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] "..Memorable...There is much rewarding listening here. Recommended." MusicWeb |
Ligorio
Falla: Piano Music 1 [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
SCHUMANN / LISZT / WEBER / SCRIABIN / BACH / BARTOK
Women at the piano-An anthology of piano performances, Vol. 2 Lili Kraus / Kathleen Long / Raie de Costa / Madeleine de Ellen Ballon / Marie-Aimee Warrot / Galina Werschenska / etc [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] In this second volume, Naxos continues its comprehensive anthology of historic performances by the pioneering women pianists who recorded during the first half of the twentieth century. |
GODZINSKY / KLAMI / FOUGSTEDT / SZENTIRMAY / PARTANEN / KASKI
Evening Dusk Serenade - Newly Discovered Finnish Works for Violin and Orchestra Linda Hedlund (violin), Elisa Järvi (piano) / La Tempesta Orchestra, Jyri Nissilä [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] The repertoire of Finnish music for violin and orchestra is full of hidden gems, with a substantial amount of works remaining unperformed and unpublished. |
YORK BOWEN / IMOGEN HOLST / BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Chamber Music with Viola Yue Yu (viola), Anthony Hewitt (piano), Jeffrey Armstrong (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2022 ] An accomplished horn and viola player, York Bowen is said to have preferred the tone of the viola to the violin. Inspired by the virtuosity and vibrato style of the distinguished violist, Lionel Tertis, Bowen wrote several works for him and became... |
ROGER QUILTER
O Mistress Mine / To Daisies / Julia's Hair / Go, Lovely Rose and other songs Lisa Milne (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) Duke Quartet [ Naxos The English Song Series / CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Roger Quilter was born in Hove in 1877 into comfortable family circumstances. His father was Sir Cuthbert Quilter, who in 1881 founded the National Telephone Company and was for... |
Liszt
Piano Music Vol.11 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Liszt
Piano Music - Vol.7 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Liszt Piano Music
Vol.10 [ Naxos / CD ] |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete Songs (Vol 2): Children's Songs Op.54; Six Romances Op.73 Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) Ljuba Orefenova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jul/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "well worth adding to your collection" (Sunday Tribune, Dublin) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete Songs (Volume 3) Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) Ljuba Orfenova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "...At [Ljuba Kazarnovskaya's] best, her sensitivity to words and her gift for phrasing respond well to the subtle melodic lines, and she is beautifully supported by her... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Songs (Complete), Vol. 4 Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) Ljuba Orfenova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Jan/2008 ] Tchaikovsky's songs represent a little-known but highly characteristic facet of his musical personality. In all he composed over 100 songs, most of which are set to poetic texts about the problems of emotional entanglement. Tchaikovsky takes these... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Songs (Complete), Vol. 5 Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) Ljuba Orfenova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Apr/2008 ] "Kazarnovskaya possesses a soprano rich in timbre and powerful in projection... Tchaikovsky's ever-ingenious melodic gift combined with Kazarnovskaya's ever-probing and emotive singing make for a continually engaging program, one that you will no... |
TOMAS BRETON
Bretón: Piano Trio / 4 Spanish Pieces Lom Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2008 ] "Bretón's countrymen offer a delightful taster of the Spaniard's chamber works… this inexpensive newcomer offers an utterly delightful taster of what he has to offer." Gramophone |