FERGUSON / GERHARD / ROWLEY / DARNTON
British Piano Concertos Peter Donohoe (piano & conductor) / Northern Sinfonia [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2005 ] Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2005 - Concerto "Four contrasting concertos for piano with string orchestra. They are all played with surging elan and no little poetry. Enthusiastically recommended." (MusicWeb) |
ARTHUR BLISS
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Eager and polished performances that do Bliss absolutely proud." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2004) |
JOHN GARDNER
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 / Midsummer Ale Overture Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This recording should help to re-establish [Gardner's] reputation with two relatively early works written in the post-war years, the Symphony No. 1, "a superbly crafted work... by a subtle and imaginative orchestrator" (Paul... |
HARTY
A Comedy Overture / Piano Concerto / Fantasy Scenes Peter Donohoe (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] "As a single disc invitation card to the refulgent talent of Hamilton Harty this Naxos CD is at the top of the list" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
WILLIAM MATHIAS
Mathias: Choral Music Peter Foggitt (piano), Michael Papadopoulos (organ & Piano) & Tom Winpenny (organ) / St Albans Abbey Girls Choir, The Lay Clerks of St Albans [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] "This is a fine introduction to Sergei Bortkiewicz's piano music. The playing is impressive, technically assured and quite simply beautiful." MusicWeb |
Peter Hill
Stravinsky:piano Music [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2000 ] |
Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Suite from 'The Boyfriend', Suite from 'The Devils' & Other Works Peter Maxwell Davies (piano) / Aquarius, Nicholas Cleobury [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] All the works on this recording have connections with the stage or theatre. The two suites are derived from scores that Maxwell Davies wrote for films by Ken Russell and could not be more different. |
Peter Nagy
Romantic Piano Favourites [ Naxos / 2 CD ] |
Peter Nagy
Romantic Piano Favourites 2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Peter Nagy
Romantic Piano Favourites 4 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Peter Seivewright
Nielsen:cpte.Piano Music 1 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Peter Seivewright
Nielsen:piano Music Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
PAUL MORAVEC
The Time Gallery Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Violin) Aaron Shorr (Piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] The Time Gallery, a chamber work in four movements, is among the latest installments in Moravec’s rapidly growing opus. A “meditation,” as the composer puts it, on various aspects of time, whether temporal duration, clocks, or human pulse. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Pianist and Conductor - Legendary Recordings, 1919-1942 Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski & Eugene Ormandy [ Naxos Historical / 9 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] In every recording by Rachmaninov, whether it be of his own compositions or not, one is immediately aware of his complete control. This is combined with acute clarity, sparse use of the sustaining pedal and an orchestral conception of sound. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Chamber Music (Incls 'Piano Quartet No 1') Philip Dukes (viola) / Kungsbacka Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] Gabriel Fauré's musical language bridges a gap between the romanticism of the 19th century and the new worlds of music which appeared in the 20th, employing subtle harmonic changes and a gift for melody to combine innovation with an entirely personal... |
REBECCA CLARKE
Viola Music Philip Dukes (viola) / Sophia Rahman (piano) / Daniel Hope (violin) / Robert Plane (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2007 ] "This is a very splendidly performed and recorded disc from Naxos that will undoubtedly bring the music of Rebecca Clarke to a wider audience" (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
HANDEL
Keyboard Suites Vol 1 (Nos 1 - 4) Philip Edward Fisher (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Handel's keyboard suites may be among his lesser-known works, but the so-called 'Eight Great Suites' of 1720 are true masterpieces of the genre. |
HANDEL
Keyboard Suites Volume 2 Philip Edward Fisher (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jan/2015 ] These final four suites illuminate not only Handel's melodic gifts and dramatic flair, but his ability to unify a variety of forms and styles into a complete and magnificent whole. |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: Complete Solo Piano Music Philip Edward Fisher, Piano (piano) / Albany Symphony, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] John Corigliano's music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by some of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. He is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, five GRAMMY Awards, the Grawemeyer Award for... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo / The Holy Sonnets of John Donne / Winter Words Philip Langridge (tenor) / Steuart Bedford (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 7 / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] The three cycles on this recording span the years 1940 to 1953, an astonishingly productive and fertile period for Britten that saw the completion of no fewer than eight operas, as well as several other by no means insubstantial scores such as the... |