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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Jenö Jandó (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] "Jandó shows his versality in refreshing, clean-fingered account of the Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto, coupled with a dazzling, totally unsentimental reading of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." Gramophone |
CAMILLE SAINT SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Trios 1 & 2 Joachim Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] "No quarrels with the playing of the Joachim Trio. The pianist in particular has elegance and charm. This is delightful and inventive music, well recorded-and well worth the money." Penguin Guide |
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: The Piano Concerto / Indian Summer / A Sea Idyll / etc John Lenehan (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "John Ireland's Piano Concerto of 1930 receives a thoroughly sympathetic, lucid performance, as does the ominously darker Legend of three years later...A delightful disc." (Daily Telegraph) |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Young Man's Exhortation (A) / Till Earth Outwears / Oh Fair to See (English Song, Vol. 16) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] "For lovers of English song, this is an indispensable disc, especially with this thoughtfully compiled programme." (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
JOHN McCABE
McCabe: Piano Music John McCabe (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "[John McCabe's] piano music is obviously of great significance in his output, and this is a good sampling." © 2016 American Record Guide |
NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN
Kapustin: Piano Sonata No. 15 / Preludes / Etudes / Bagatelles John Salmon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] Kapustin's pianistic textures are rich, spanning the entire keyboard, with melodies in every register, sweeping arpeggios, tons of chords, and a fantastic array of runs. Such music is Kapustin's birthright: Ukranian born and Moscow trained, he has... |
FREDERIC MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano music Vol 1 Jordi Maso (piano} [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] "...The unostentatious innocence of the Scènes d'enfants is beautifully caught. Excellent recording makes this a disc to recommend even if it cost far more than it does." Penguin Guide |
FREDERIC MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano music Vol 3 Jordi Maso (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] one of the most significant composer of Spanish piano music |
FREDERIC MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano music Vol 4 Jordi Maso (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Aug 2002) |
LISZT / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN
Juan Pérez Floristán - Piano Recital Juan Pérez Floristán (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series Violin / CD - released 4/Apr/2017 ] In 2015 Spanish pianist Juan Pérez Floristán won the First and the Audience Prizes at the Santander International Piano Competition and the First Prize at the Steinway Competition, Berlin. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lied Edition 24 - Romantic Poets, Vol. 1 Julia Borchert (soprano) / Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] This is the first of four discs of Schubert's settings of the 'romantic' poets. |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Complete Piano Music Julia Severus (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/May/2011 ] "Julia Severus just lets the music speak for itself with a minimum of interpretative fuss. Very fine." (The Guardian) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano Kalman Berkes (clarinet) / Jeno Jando (piano) (with Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2004 ] "The engineering is sensational. At the price this label sells for, you can't go wrong" - Fanfare |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / JOAN TOWER / WALTER PISTON / JOHN HARBISON
Gershwin: Concerto in F (with works by Tower, Piston & Harbison) Kevin Cole (piano) / National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] "From the very opening [Gershwin] with its timpani motto, the piece goes like the wind, not sounding rushed so much as bracingly correct. Miller and pianist Kevin Cole set perfect tempos for the cakewalk passage in the first movement" Fanfare |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 7 Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "The excellent engineering gives the piano a slightly metallic edge, and the bass has great richness without exaggeration. This is the finest release thus far in Naxos' ongoing complete Scarlatti sonata cycle." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com June 2010) |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Chamber Music and rarities Vol. 2 Laura Giordano (soprano), Alessandro Marangoni (piano), Alessandro Luciano (tenor), Bruno Taddia (baritone) [ Naxos Peches de vieillesse Vol 9 / CD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] Gioachino Rossini's ambitious younger years saw his composing entirely focused on well-defined projects. In later years he developed musical ideas with or without poetry to hand, and the 'Sins of Old Age' heard here bring together genre songs and... |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3 Laurence Jackson (Violin) / Ashley Wass (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] "The Naxos series has continued its devotion to Bax with impressive results. You need the previously unrecorded sonata movements if you're serious about the composer. And the performances are eloquent and impressive. Next up will be the second and... |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Incls Violin Sonata No. 2) Laurence Jackson (violin) Ashley Wass (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "Committed and thoughtful performances of some of Bax's most deeply-felt music concerned with the horrors of World War I and the tragic events of the Easter Uprising in Dublin." (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
CHARLES VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: The Railway / Preludes / Etudes / Esquisses Laurent Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "this is a disc that pianophiles may well want to marvel over" - American Record Guide - May/June 1996 |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Complete Songs (Vol 1): Zemphira's song; Midnight; Lullaby; etc Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) Ljuba Orefenova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jul/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Kazarnovskaya is a rapidly rising star, with appearances at Salzburg, la Scala, the Met and Vienna. She brings a rich soprano voice and considerable feeling to 17 of the... |
