JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Complete German Songs Martin Hummel (Baritone) / Birgid Steinberger (Soprano) / Glen Wilson (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2006 ] "This is a CD which in any one interested in the history of the German lied will surely want to hear; admirers of Schubert should find it of considerable interest." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
JOSEF FRIEDRICH DOPPELBAUER
Doppelbauer: Essential Works for Cello and Piano Martin Merker (cello), Anna Adamik (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2020 ] "I found the recorded sound to be splendid and all of the performances good. I just wish the quality of the music matched the performances and sonics." Fanfare |
ARNOLD / JACOB / BERKELEY / DELIUS / IRELAND
English Viola Sonatas Martin Outram (viola) / Julian Rolton (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "What a fabulous disk! English music at its best in performances of the highest order. This isn't for a minority audience - viola players only - this is essential listening for everyone with an interest in music."(Bargain of the Month Music Web May 2010) |
HASKELL SMALL
Lullaby of War / Renoir’s Feast / Three Etudes in Sound Martin Rayner (narrator) / Soheil Nasseri (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] American composer Haskell Small "has a rich imagination as a composer and an assured mastery of forms. Highly original without being self-consciously modernistic, this music has a sense of traditional structures and values without losing sight of its... |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works Vol 4 (9 Preludes, Op. 1 Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 36 etc ) Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] "Martin Roscoe - a pianist of considerable ability - he has obviously dedicated a great deal of time to this composer, and the hard work pays off in spades. His readings are authoritative and convincing" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works Vol 1 (Mazurkas, Op. 50, Nos. 1- 4 ; Four Studies, Op. 4; Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 21 ; etc ) Martin Roscoe, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "A bargain, and strongly recommended." - Gramophone |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works Vol 2 (Mazurkas, Op. 50, Nos. 5-12 ; on a Polish Theme, Op. 10 ; etc ) Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "Roscoe takes wing through it all, rising nobly to the poetry of the Fantasia and the Variations... A genuine bargain" - Fanfare |
FRANK BRIDGE
Phantasy / String Quartets Nos. 2 and 4 Martin Roscoe (piano) / Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Apr/2005 ] "The Magginis complete their Bridge cycle in distinguished style" - Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month May 2005 |
REINHOLD GLIERE
Complete Duets with Cello Martin Rummel & Alexander Hülshoff (cellos), Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) & Till Alexander Körber (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2013 ] A highly decorated composer in Soviet Russia, Reinhold Glière maintained a low political profile and a conservative but astonishingly inventive melodic style. His interest in national harmonies and folk-music emerges in the Twelve Album Leaves, and... |
JOSEPH MERK
Fleurs d'Italie Martin Rummel (cello) & Roland Krüger (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2013 ] Joseph Merk was the most outstanding cellist in Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century. |
ANTONIO SOLER
Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1 - 15 Martina Filjak (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] These fifteen sonatas are heard here in the order proposed by Rubio's catalogue. Pianist Martina Filjak - "brilliance, sensitivity and imagination" (The New York Times) - is a much admired international artist. |
GIOVANNI SGAMBATI
Sgambati: Sinfonia festiva / Piano Concerto in G minor Massimiliano Damerini (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Dec/2023 ] Giovanni Sgambati led the revival of Italian orchestral music during the late 19th century. He was a favourite student of Liszt, admired by Wagner, and a pivotal figure in the emancipation of his country's music from the dominance of bel canto opera.... |
GIORGIO FEDERICO GHEDINI
Complete Piano Music Volume 1 Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] This is the first in Naxos's two-disc survey of Ghedini's complete piano music |
GIORGIO FEDERICO GHEDINI
Complete Piano Music Volume 2 Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] This second of Naxos's two-disc survey of Giorgio Federico Ghedini's complete piano music includes his largest-scale work for solo piano, the 1922 Sonata, an intimate and harmonically complex piece which emphasizes pianistic colour. Volume 1 is... |
ENESCU
Piano Sonata No. 1 / Suite No. 2 Matei Varga (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Pianist Matei Varga is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions, among them the Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona, the Porto International Piano Competition and the George Enescu Competition in Bucharest. |
ANTONIO SOLER
Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 42 - 56 Mateusz Borowiak (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "The intimate yet full bodied sonics are remarkably lifelike, as if Borowiak is working his magic just a few feet away from you. In short, this disc, along with numerous live performances posted on YouTube, clearly positions Borowiak as a piano talen |
LORENZO PEROSI
Perosi: Piano Quintets Nos. 3 and 4 / String Trios Matteo Bevilacqua (piano) / Roma Tre Orchestra Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2023 ] Lorenzo Perosi was both a priest and a composer, enriching Italian music with a large body of transcendent choral music that was admired by Puccini. Much less well known is his chamber music, written during a creative outpouring after serious... |
GIUESEPPE MARTUCCI
Martucci: Piano Works Matteo Generani [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] Giuseppe Martucci was one of the formative figures in the re-establishment of Italian instrumental music in the second half of the 19th century. His orchestral music had advocates as powerful as Mahler and Toscanini, and his piano concertos won... |
GALUPPI
Galuppi: Keyboard Sonatas Volume 3 Matteo Napoli (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Nov/2012 ] This selection includes late works from the Passatempo al Cembalo. Matteo Napoli has been praised for his "enviable poise" (International Record Review) in volume 1 (8.572263) and "finely nuanced" playing (Fanfare) in volume 2 (8.572490). |
GALUPPI
Keyboard Sonatas Volume 1 Matteo Napoli (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/May/2011 ] A leading figure in the development of opera buffa, Baldassare Galuppi was also much admired as a keyboardist, though his many sonatas largely remain unpublished and unknown today. Usually comprising two or three contrasting movements, these graceful... |