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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Schumann-Introduction and Concert-Allegro) Idil Biret, Jeno Jando (pianos) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antoni Wit (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Jeno Jando and his Polish colleagues strike me as getting the balance just about right" - Classic CD |
SERGEI RACHMANIMOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Idil Biret (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "...for Biret's incisive, sharply accented pianism is an absolute delight. Naxos' price makes this disc well worth investigating." ClassicsToday |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Igor Levit (piano), Xiaohan Wang (piano) / Kolner Kammerorchester, Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] Igor Levit made his recording debut with a performance of Beethoven's First Piano Concerto when he was 20 years old, long before he became a superstar of the classical music world and a major interpreter of Beethoven's music. The occasion was part of... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons / Chanson triste in G minor / etc Ilona Prunyi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] "she plays with evident sympathy" Penguin Guide |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Ode to a Nightingale / Piano Concertino / Symphony No. 7 Inna Galatenko, Oleg Bezborodko, Marija Grikevičiūtė / Lithuanian National Symphony, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Valentin Silvestrov's elusive post-modern style is rich in nostalgia for the lost music of a barely remembered past filled with beauty and spiritual aspiration. |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Violin Sonata / Piano Music Ivan Peshkov (violin) Olga Solovieva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "Peshkov's playing is polished and refined but he doesn't stint the fire when it's called for. Peshkov to the list. His playing is polished and refined but he doesn't stint the fire when it's called for." (MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
EDWARD MacDOWELL
MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1 James Barbagallo (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2009 ] "[John Barbagallo] obviously cares for this music and provides scintillating readings. The Marco Polo sound is near perfect." - Fanfare |
ARTHUR FOOTE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Foote: Piano Quintet / String Quartets James Barbagallo (piano) Da Vinci Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2020 ] Foote received his first music lessons at the age of fourteen, eventually studying harmony with Stephen A. Emery at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: The Rose - Songs 3 Jana Wallingerová (mezzo-soprano) Giorgio Koukl (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] This recording focuses on three of Martinů's song-cycles, and a selection of individual songs from an early period in his life that sheds fascinating light on his enthusiasm for song composition. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas (Vol 5) Nos. 48 - 52 Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "This latest volume in Jeno Jando's complete edition presents these pieces in a compelling, modern-instrument version" Gramophone |
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LEO ORNSTEIN
Ornstein: Piano Sonatas No. 4 & No. 7 / etc Janice Weber (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "the growing clan of Ornstein fanciers will rightly want both discs for their wealth of stimulating and frequently astonishing music, ultimately unlike anyone else's." (BBC Music Magazine) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Perfect Piano: Best loved classical piano music Jenö Jandó, Idil Biret, Einar Steen-Nøkleberg, François-Joël Thiollier, Benjamin Frith, Boris Giltburg [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] For those who are new to an instrument, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question and a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of classical music. Spotlighting individual... |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Symphonies Nos 1 'Jeremiah' & 2 'The Age of Anxiety' Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano) Jean-Yves Thibaudet, (piano) / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 17/Dec/2016 ] "It's great to see this music being played with such conviction. I don't think that Bernstein could have done better...the engineering is also rock solid and brilliant by turns. A marvelous release by any standard." ClassicsToday 10/10 Jan 2017 |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Jennifer Pike (violin), Sina Kloke (piano) / Chamber Orchestra of New York, Salvatore Di Vittorio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Vaughan Williams withdrew or destroyed many works from his earliest period, but he considered The Solent, with its haunting opening and luminous polyphonic textures, as among his 'most important works'. The Fantasia is his earliest known piece for... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 - Op. 2, Nos. 1 - 3 Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "Jenő Jandó's first CD (actually Volume 3) establishes Jandó's credentials as a strong, unidiosyncratic Beethovenian. The piano sound is full and bold." Penguin Guide |
BARTOK
Bartok-For Children Jeno Jando, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] The pieces are described as little pieces for beginners, without stretches of an octave. They are a direct reflection of Bartók's interest in the folk-music of Hungary, and here also of Slovakia. |
J.S. BACH
Goldberg Variatioions Jeno Jando (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "All in all, Jeno Jandó's Goldbergs add up to a solid, recommendable bargain alternative to the reference versions listed above." -- Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com, 25 January 05 |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas (Vol 3) Nos. 53 - 56, 58 / Un Piccolo Divertimento Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "He is a true Haydn player, and this is in every way recommendable, particularly as the recording is so vivid and clean: just right for the repertoire." Penguin Guide |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Volume 2: Nos. 42-47 Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] "Jeno Jando is gradually approaching completeness in his own Haydn series, characterized by a no-nonsense, down-to-earth vivacity." - Jessica Duchen BBC Music Magazine October 2001 |
