RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel / The House of Life / etc Roderick Williams (Baritone) / Iain Burnside (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] The early songs of Vaughan Williams reflect the contemporary interest in a form to which Parry and Stanford had given much encouragement. |
MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Piano Jewels - Capriccios / Toccata / La chasse Rodolfo Leone (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Clementi's influence on pianists has proved enduring, whether through his compositions, books of instruction, or the introduction of new levels of virtuosity on the pianoforte. This album explores a selection of works that have never been recorded. |
SCHOENBERG
A Survivor from Warsaw / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / etc Rolf Schulte (violin) David Wilson-Johnson (narrator) Jeremy Denk (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] This volume of Robert Craft's acclaimed Schoenberg series presents the composer's favourite of his own orchestral works, the Violin Concerto. |
IVOR NOVELLO
The Dancing Years / King's Rhapsody (Rec 1939-1950) Roma Beaumont (vocals) / Phyllis Dare (vocals) / Mary Ellis (soprano) / Olive Gilbert, Dunstan Hart, Vanessa Lee (vocals) / with Ivor Novello (piano) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] 'I am not a highbrow. I am an entertainer. Empty seats and good opinions mean nothing to me'. (Ivor Novello) |
GABRIEL URBAIN FAURE
Fauré - Poulenc: Works for Piano & Orchestra Romain Descharmes (piano), Malmö Opera Orchestra, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] There are fruitful contrasts in the works for piano and orchestra of these two French composers. Gabriel Fauré's Ballade in F sharp major is graceful and serene but ends with a Lisztian flourish, whereas his neglected Fantaisie, though modestly... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Wedding Cake Valse / etc Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] "the climax of [Africa] is carried off with a nonchalant swagger that I found iresistible, the triangle adding a curious buzzing effect. The warmth and depth of the orchestal contribution and Marc Soustrot's eye for detail are significant bonuses." |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Préludes et Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S171d / Album-Leaves Roman Kosyakov (piano) [ Naxos Complete Liszt Edition Vol 56 / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] Born at Raiding, in Hungary, in 1811, the son of Ádám Liszt, a steward in the service of Haydn's former patrons, the Esterházy princes, Franz Liszt had early encouragement from members of the Hungarian nobility, allowing him in 1822 to go to Vienna. |
SCHUBERT
Winterreise Roman Trekel, baritone / Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "..this is a singer who really knows how to sing songs. And this is a disc that should be in the collection of all who love songs and Schubert and music that touches the heart and stirs the soul." ClassicsToday 10/10 |
CHARLES WUORINEN
6 Trios Ronald Borror (Trombone), Alan Feinberg (Piano), Daniel Druckman (Marimba), Daniel Druckman (Vibraphone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] The ways in which the composer approaches the four types of ensemble here illustrate his participation in that tradition of the ensemble genre that has been a lure for generations of Western composers. |
LEONARD BALADA
Orchestral Works Vol 2 Rosa Torres-Pardo (piano) Eliot Fisk (guitar) Magdalena MartAnez, flute [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
CLAUDE BOLLING
Suites for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio Roselli Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] |
CARL CZERNY
Bel Canto Concertante Rosemary Tuck (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] "Carl Czerny wrote so much more than just studies, and it is great to have more and more of it become available on CD. At Naxos's bargain price, it would be virtually impossible not to welcome this charming CD. After all, each work is both attractive |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Piano Concertinos / Fantaisie et Variations brillantes Rosemary Tuck (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] Carl Czerny found fame and fortune in 19th-century Vienna by writing fashionable and popular works as well as developing techniques for the newly emerging piano with his numerous études. Much of Czerny's concert music for piano was considered 'wild... |
CARL CZERNY
Grand Concerto in A minor / etc Rosemary Tuck (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2016 ] Carl Czerny, one of Vienna's most illustrious musicians, was Beethoven's student and devoted friend. Renowned today for his piano treatises, he was also a prolific composer in almost every genre, but it is the music for his own instrument that has... |
WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE
Opera Fantasies and Paraphrases Rosemary Tuck (piano) / Richard Bonynge (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] As an internationally admired opera composer, William Vincent Wallace was perfectly placed to provide brilliant fantasies and paraphrases from the operatic repertoire, refashioned for the domestic piano market. Most in this selection date from... |
WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE
William Vincent Wallace: Celtic Fantasies Rosemary Tuck (piano) & Richard Bonynge (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE
Chopinesque Rosemary Tuck (piano) & Richard Bonynge (piano) / Tait Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] The scintillating virtuoso pianist and composer William Vincent Wallace wrote a sheaf of memorable compositions for his instrument. He met the huge demand for sheet music by producing a series of waltzes, nocturnes, mazurkas, barcarolles, and other... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 - Orchestrated Piano Pieces Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Apr/2007 ] "This delightful collection, dazzlingly performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the young Norwegian conductor Bjarte Engeset, brings together some of the composer's most attractive folk-based pieces." Three Stars Penguin Guide |
ROBERT DOCKER
Doucker: Three Contrasts / Scenes de ballet / Pastiche Variations RTE Concert Orchestra, Barry Knight, with William Davies (piano) & David Presley (oboe) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Robert Docker was one of the giants of light music - a composer and arranger whose works graced stage, screen, radio and television. Two of his best pieces were written for piano and orchestra: Legend, which can rank alongside Addinsell's Warsaw... |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Piano Music Volume 4 Rubén Ramiro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] Just as Albéniz did in his concert programmes, this recording alternates pieces in Spanish style with some of the entertaining salon miniatures written for Spain's aristocracy during the last two decades of the 19th century. The Suite ancienne... |