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PERRY
William Perry: Music for Great Films of the Silent Era Michael Chertock (piano), Helen Kearns (soprano) / RTÉ National Symphony, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |
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JASCHA HEIFETZ (arranger)
Transcriptions for Violin and Piano Su Yeon Lee (Violin), Michael Chertock (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "The engineers have recorded Lee and Chertok close-up, but with no distortion. It's a flattering tonal portrait of a young violinist forming her own personality." Fanfare |
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MICHAEL EASTON
Easton: Concerto on Australian Themes / An Australian in Paris / Beasts of the Bush Margaret Haggart (soprano) Len Vorster (piano) Bernadette Conlon (Piano Accordian) / State Orchestra Of Victoria, Brett Kelly [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] Michael Easton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1954. He received his musical training at the Royal Academy of Music where the help and encouragement of Sir Lennox Berkeley confirmed his ambition to be a composer. |
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KAGEL
Mauricio Kagel: Works for Flute Michael Faust (flute) & Paulo Álvares (piano) / Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä & Ensemble Contrasts/ Robert HP Platz & Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Arriving in Europe from Buenos Aires in 1957, Mauricio Kagel soon developed his own subversive and theatrical musical aesthetics. Performed here by the work's dedicatee, Das Konzert is his typically oblique response to writing a flute concerto,... |
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PETERIS VASKS
Flute Concerto, etc Michael Faust (flute) / Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, Patrick Gallois / Sheila Arnold (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2013 ] Renowned for its luminosity and searing expressiveness, the music of Lithuanian composer PÄ“teris Vasks frequently explores the relationship between nature and humanity, not least in the Flute Concerto (written for Michael Faust), which is among the... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / Festival Overture / The Age of Gold Suite Michael Houstoun (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Michael Houston is a clear and characterful soloist." (Gramophone) |
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MARCEL TYBERG
Tyberg: Symphony No. 3 / Piano Trio in F major Michael Ludwig (violin) / Ya Fei Chuang (piano) / Roman Mekinulov (cello) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "...one of the finest conductors of her generation" The New York Times on Falletta |
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FRANZ DANZI
Danzi: Wind Quintets & Horn Sonata Michael Thompson (horn), Philip Fowke (piano) Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2001 ] "The players have an uncommon sense of balance, of give and take, and a unity of purpose and commitment that is rare indeed. The result spells pleasure from beginning to end." - Michael Carter, American Record Guide |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Melodies (Songs) Michel Piquemal (baritone) Christine Lajarrige (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Feb/2001 ] "Highly sensitive performances of a collection of Poulenc songs." Gramophone |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] (1871 London version) (Sung in English) Michelle Areyzaga (soprano) Russell Hugh (baritone) Madeline Slettedahl (piano) Terry Craig (piano) / Bella Voce, Andrew Lewis [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The recording, made in St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL, is superb, with an acoustic that combines marvelous definition, rich and beautiful reproduction of both voices and pianos" Fanfare |
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EMILE SAURET
Music for Violin and Piano Michi Wiancko (violin) / Dina Vainshtein (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] Michi Wiancko's "heightened expressive and violinistic gifts" (Gramophone) unite with acclaimed pianist Dina Vainshtein in a duo with a combined multi-award-winning pedigree. |
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VARIOUS
Violin Recital Michiko Kamiya / Ian Brown (Piano) [ NAXOS LAUREATE SERIES / 2 CD ] |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music Volume 9 Miguel Ángel R. Laiz (piano) Santiago L. Sacristán (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Twenty-five years ago, Guillermo González, a great exponent of Spanish music, inaugurated an ambitious project to record all of Isaac Albéniz's piano music. |
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ALLA PAVLOVA
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 Mikhail Adamovich (piano) / Valery Brill (cello) / Leonid Lebedev (flute) / Russian Philharmonia Orchestra / Alexander Vedernikov [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "Pavlova paints delicately with the unconventional ensemble, creating a sound-world simultaneously precise but also somehow suspended in dream." (BBC Music) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Russian Songs Mikhail Svetlov (bass) / Pavlina Dokovska (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Russian bass Mikhail Svetlov is a winner of the Viotti International Competition and has been principal soloist of the legendary Bolshoy Theatre of Moscow for more than a decade. |
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Milana Chernyavska, piano / Nicolas Koeckert, violin
Russian and Slavonic Miniatures [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] |
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Miquel Villalba
Blancafort: Piano Mus Vol.1 [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] |
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Miquel Villalba
Blancafort: Piano Music 2 [ Naxos / CD - released 3/May/2004 ] |
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Miquel Villalba
Blancafort: Piano Music 3 [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] |
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BLANCAFORT
Blancafort - Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3 Miquel Villalba, piano [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] |