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HOWARD BLAKE
Violin Sonata / Piano Quartet / etc Madeleine Mitchell (violin) Jack Rothstein (violin) Kenneth Essex (viola), Peter Willison (cello) Howard Blake (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Howard Blake is a versatile composer who may be better known for his marvellous film scores The Snowman and Granpa in which his gifts for colourful orchestration and memorable tunes are clearly evident." |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel At the Opera Madoka Inui (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Jul/2011 ] The reputation of Johann Nepomuk Hummel - child prodigy, student of Mozart, successor of Haydn and Beethoven's rival, widely-travelled piano virtuoso, composer, conductor, influential teacher and ingenious businessman - is once more on the rise. His... |
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VARIOUS
The Art of the Flute Madoka Inui (piano) / Matthias Schulz (flute) / Wolfgang Schulz (flute) / Peter Schmidl (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Apr/2007 ] Wolfgang Schulz, principal flautist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra since 1970, is one of the best known and most active flautists in the world |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albéniz: Complete Works for Voice and Piano Magdalena Llamas (mezzo), Guillermo González (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Isaac Albeniz is best known for his influential piano works and a style that draws on Spanish folk music idioms. But his remarkable catalogue of songs successfully combines tradition and modernity, adapting a myriad of compositional techniques to... |
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ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Oboe Quintet / Piano Quartet / Viola Sonata Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Oct/2006 ] "Excellent sound, detailed liner notes, and Naxos's competitive prices. What's not to like, here?" Fanfare, January/February 2004 |
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WALTON
Piano Quartet in A minor / String Quartet in A minor Maggini Quartet / Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] Colourful chamber works from this internationally famous English composer |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Piano Quartet In D Minor Maggini Quartet / Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2010 ] |
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CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Alessandro Marangoni (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "Tuneful, lushly scored, unpretentious and superbly crafted, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's two piano concertos (1927, 1936) deserve their stylish resuscitation by the young Italian pianist Alessandro Marangoni, who had to dig in dusty libraries to find... |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Douze Morceaux & Souvenir De Hapsal Mami Shikimori (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] Tchaikovsky wrote music for the piano throughout his life, many of these pieces being dedicated to family members or close friends and musical associates. Rich in variety, the Douze morceaux range from playful dances to a substantial Marche funebre,... |
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ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Trio & Piano Quintet Manuel Porta Gallego (violin) / Joaquín Riquelme García (viola) / LOM Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "Very welcome additions to my collection of Romantic trios and quintets." (MusicWeb) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin.: Scherzos Nos. 1-4 / Impromptus Nos. 1-3 / Fantasy-Impromptu / Allegro de concert Mao Fujita (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Chopin turned the Scherzo into a new form of piano composition: an independent virtuoso work which he laced with drama, Polish folk song, tranquillity and nuance. With their rhythmic lilt and filigree ornamentation the Impromptus are infused with... |
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ELGAR
The Violin Music (includes Violin Concerto and much more) Marat Bisengaliev (violin) / Benjamin Frith (piano) / Camilla Bisengalieva (oboe) / West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra / Bundit Ungrangsee [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 29/Jul/2011 ] A comprehensive collection of Elgar's Violin Music on 3 CDs, featuring Marat Bisengaliev as soloist. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Hungarian Dances For Violin And Piano (with works by Joachim) Marat Bisengaliev (Violin) John Lenehan (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] "These are enlivening, not to say intoxicating performances of familiar music in a new and yet brilliantly effective guise." - Hi Fi News - October 1996 |
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Marc Peloquin
Tredici: Complete Piano Works [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] |
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ADOLF VON HENSELT
Henselt: Complete Piano Études Marcel Tadokoro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jun/2025 ] Adolf von Henselt belongs firmly in the realm of 19th-century composer-pianists such as Chopin, Schumann and Liszt. He was influential in establishing a true Russian school of pianism and held in high esteem by Rachmaninov. Henselt's virtuoso... |
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LUDWIG THUILLE
Complete Music for Violin and Piano Marco Rogliano (violin) & Gianluca Luisi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Feb/2013 ] The Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, which Strauss admitted was more advanced than his own works of the time and here receives its first recording, is the latest addition to the ongoing revival of his chamber music. |
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IVOR BERTIE GURNEY
Gurney: Songs, Vol. 2 Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Eric McElroy (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] Ivor Gurney was a poet as well as a composer and was accomplished in a number of musical genres including song. With his intuitive approach to poetry he selected texts widely, from contemporaries to ballads, Elizabethan and Jacobean poets, and even... |
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Marcus Pawlik
Reger:piano Music [ Naxos / CD ] |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: A Faust Symphony (Version for Two Pianos, S647/R369) (Complete Piano Music Vol. 34) Marcus Ullmann (tenor) / Franz Liszt Piano Duo / Liszt School of Music Chamber Choir, Weimar [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music Edition / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] A recording of the Faust Symphony arranged for two pianos |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Songs and Romances Margarita Gritskova (mezzo-soprano), Maria Prinz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Sergey Prokofiev is acknowledged as one of the 20th century's greatest composers, and his enduring popularity today rests on a rich legacy of orchestral and chamber works. Less well-known are his songs. |