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WILHELM PETERSON-BERGER
Flowers from Froso Island Niklas Sivelov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was born in 1867 in Ullånger on the Ångermanland coast in northern Sweden, and spent his school years north of there on the Västerbotten coast. He inherited his musicality from his mother, his first musical experience coming... |
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FRANZ BERWALD
Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 / Piano Concerto Niklas Sivelov (piano) / Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra / Okko Kamu [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "Strongly recommended." - Fanfare - July/August 1996 |
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WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Niklas Sivelov (piano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2012 ] "This is one for rare repertoire junkies...Some beautifully applied golden-age style from Sivelöv" (BBC) |
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VARDAPET / KHACHATURIAN / BARKHUDARIAN / MIRZOIAN / BEKARIAN
Armenian Brilliance Nikolay Madoyan (violin) Armine Grigoryan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Small in form yet rich in artistic significance, these delightful Armenian works for violin and piano are both evocative and songful. Komitas Vardapet's poetic examples include Krounk ('The Crane'), the anthemic symbol of the motherland, whilst... |
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SVEINBJORNSSON
Piano Trios / Violin Sonata Nina-Margret Grimsdottir (piano) Audur Hafsteinsdottir (violin) Sigurgeir Agnarsson (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2008 ] The music of Iceland's first composer, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, is reflective of his personality, described by his contemporaries as vivacious and affectionate but temperamental at times. This recording celebrates the composer's 160th anniversary... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol.2 Takako Nishizaki (violin) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "The performances are good enough, never less than technically proficient, respectful of the dynamic and structural limits of the music, and professionally polished." Fanfare |
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FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER
Double Bass Quartets Nos. 2, 3 & 4 Norbert Duka (double bass) / Erno Sebestyen (violin) / Helmut Nikolai (viola) / Martin Osertag (cello) / Phillip Moll (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2011 ] "Throughout the Hoffmeister his intonation is a cut above our expectations, his unnamed instrument producing a most appealing tone. The challenges of the Schubert is probably one step too far, but that equally applies to many cello recordings. He is... |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 7 - Nos. 16, 19, 35, 37 & 41 Oberlin Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] Much of Joseph Haydn's musical life was spent in service at the palace of Eszterháza on the Hungarian plains, a complex of buildings to rival Versailles in magnificence. Haydn's reputation abroad was, however, already considerable by 1790, and he was... |
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AKIO YASHIRO
Yashiro: Piano Concerto / Symphony Hiromi Okada (piano) / Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos Japanes Classics / CD - released 4/Nov/2002 ] |
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FREDERICK CHOPIN
Chopin: Complete Songs Olga Pasichnyk (soprano) / Natalya Pasichnyk (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "each song is individually characterised by Olga's expressive and agile soprano...sensitive to the dominant characters of nostalgia, lovelorn youth and folkloric innocence..[Natalya] follows her sister's every twist and turn with remarkable empathy." |
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ALEXANDER GOEHR
Goehr: Marching to Carcassonne Oliver Knussen / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Peter Serkin (piano), London Sinfonietta [ NAXOS / CD - released 13/Feb/2013 ] Alexander Goehr is a central fi gure of the post-war Manchester School of composers with Birtwistle and Maxwell Davies. His work is recognized today for its assimilation of intellectual rigour with transparent expressiveness and richly haunting... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An Evening Hymn: Music For Solo Treble Oliver Lepage-Dean (Treble) / The Choir Of St John'S College Cambridge / Christopher Whitton (Organ) / Christopher Robinson (Director & Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "His [Oliver Lepage-Dean] voice is well recorded: firm and even, true in pitch, pure in quality. In two items he sings, as soloist, with the choir: Stanford's G Major Magnificat (the treble's violin concerto) and Mendelssohn's Geistliches Lied... |
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CASELLA
Notte di maggio / Cello Concerto / Scarlattiana Olivia Andreini (mezzo-soprano) / Andrea Noferini (cello) / Sun Hee You (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "A beautiful disc, and one that collectors should snap up without delay." (9/9 ClassicsToday.com) |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Piano Music, Vol. 3 Olivier Cazal (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Jan/2000 ] Francis Poulenc was born on 7th January 1899 in Paris into a well-to-do family of pharmaceutical manufacturers. His childhood passion, as he once wrote, was playing the piano, encouraged by the present of a child's piano when he was two. His mother... |
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REINECKE
Music For Clarinet Olivier Dartevelle (Clarinet) / Jean Schils (Piano) / Pierre Henri Xuereb (Viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Listening to Reinecke's compositions, one is immediately reminded of Schumann, with whom he was friendly, and of Brahms, who exercised a strong influence on him. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Violin Sonata / Piano Trio / New Transcriptions Opus Two (violin piano duo) with Charles Bernard (cello) & Marin Mazzie (soprano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2011 ] "A worthy purchase for all fans of Bernstein and of mid-20th century American chamber music." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
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Orchestre Colonne/Dervaux
El-Khoury: Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2007 ] |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Egyptian" Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Saint-Saëns's mature creative genius shines throughout these last two piano concertos, looking back over a glorious musical ancestry while at the same time opening the door to new worlds. The Fourth Piano Concerto is prescient of both his great Organ... |
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KENNETH FUCHS
Fuchs: String Quartet No. 5, 'American', Falling Canons & Falling Trio Delray String Quartet / Christopher O'Riley (piano) / Trio21 [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Kenneth Fuchs is one of America's leading composers and his music is performed worldwide. String Quartet No. 5 is an exciting, large-scale work that explores the contrapuntal possibilities of a single 'American' theme. |