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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 4 - Serenades Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] In 1851 Brahms met the émigré Hungarian violinist Reményi, who introduced him to Hungarian dance music that had a later influence on his work. Two years later he set out in his company on his first concert tour, their journey taking them, on the... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 8 - Symphony No. 4 / Tragic Overture Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Mar/2003 ] "this reviewer is delighted that the series has been issued in recordings so lovingly played and well-recorded." Scott Morrison |
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MAUD POWELL
The Complete Recordings Vol. 3 (1904-1917) Maud Powell (Violin) George Falkenstein (Piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "..showcases this fine player's talents in a variety of smaller compositions, most unexpectedly in a previously-unissued La boheme potpourri - an extremely lifelike recording, expecially given its pre-electric provenance." - Gramophone |
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Maud Powell (violin) / George Falkenstein (piano)
The Complete Recordings 1904-17 Vol.2 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
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Max Barros
Guarnieri: Piano Works Vol 1 [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R,): Piano Trios & Works for Piano Quartet Max Mandel (viola) / Amelia Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] These youthful chamber works by Richard Strauss, not widely represented on disc, are filled with sparkling inventiveness and lyricism. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata / Violin Sonata Maxim Fedotov (Violin) / Dmitry Yablonsky (Cello) / Galina Petrova (piano) / Ekaterina Saranceva (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Nov/2006 ] "..the accompanied sonata - those for cello, violin and viola counting among his most significant instrumental creations." |
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SCHUBERT
Schubert - Schiller Lieder, Vols. 3 and 4 Maya Boog, soprano / Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano [ Naxos Schubert Leider Edition Vol 18 / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] In 1816 Franz Schubert, together with his circle of friends, decided to publish a collection of all the songs which he had so far written. Joseph Spaun, whom Schubert had known since his school days, tried his (and Schubert's) luck in a letter to the... |
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SCHUBERT
European Poets, Vol. 2 (Includes An Silvia, D 891) Maya Boog (soprano) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) with Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass-baritone) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 14 / 2 CD - released 24/Feb/2004 ] Schubert as a composer of Italian arias? As a setter of gloomy, bloodthirsty Scottish ballads? He was both |
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MENDELSSOHN
Complete Works For Violin And Piano Nomos Duo [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2009 ] "I cannot imagine how these performances could be bettered." - Joseph Magil, American Record Guide, January/February 2002 |
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MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concertos Marat Bisengaliev (violin), Benjamin Frith (piano) / Northern Sinfonia, Andrew Penny [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] "the solo parts so nimbly and sympathetically shared here by Marat Bisengaliev and Naxos's own Mendelssohn devotee, Benjamin Frith. The Northern Sinfonia under Andrew Penny likewise play with all the freshness of a new discovery" (Gramophone) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos 1 and 2 / Capriccio Brillant / Rondo Brillant Benjamin Frith (piano) / Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice / Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "Frith is clearly a most capable artist, with a fearsomely accurate set of fingers and a poetic instinct of no mean order" - CD Review |
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Mendelssohn
Piano Works Vol.4 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Mendelssohn
Piano Works Vol.5 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets, K. 478 and K. 493 Menuhin Festival Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Feb/2006 ] The Piano Quartet in E flat major, K.493, was completed on 3rd June 1786, a month after the first performance of the new opera The Marriage of Figaro. |
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COLON NANCARROW
Nancarrow: Pieces for Small Orchestra / Tango? / String Quartet No. 1 Mia Wu (violin) Mark Steinberg (violin) Rachel Evans (viola) Maria Kitsopoulos, cello / Cheryl Seltzer (piano) Joel Sachs (piano) etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] The United States has spawned numerous composers so original that they were initially rejected as eccentrics. Among the best known are Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Lou Harrison. For many years, rumours told of another such musician,... |
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CHARLES TOURNEMIRE
Sagesse & Poème - Songs Michael Bundy (baritone) / Helen Crayford (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] Most of the mélodies are relatively early works, and only two of those on this album have been published. Each demonstrates the composer's great melodic gift, love of mystical harmonies and keen ear for 'atmosphere'. |
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WIDOR
Chansons de Mer / La nuit / Nuit mysterieuse Michael Bundy (baritone) / Jeremy Filsell (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] It may seem strange to associate Charles-Marie Widor (the foremost organ virtuoso of his day) with the restrained art-form of the French mélodie. Yet it formed an important part of his output and he played a major part in its establishment as a... |
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VIERNE
Le Poeme de l'amour / Psyche / La Ballade du Desespere Michael Bundy (baritone) Jeremy Filsell (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] While Louis Vierne is best known for his organ works, his mélodies form a unique part of his oeuvre, reflecting not only his own tragic life but his reaction to the world around him in all its beauty and pain. His vocal compositions can be both... |