DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 23 Sergio Monteiro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Domenico Scarlatti's distinguished career included a royal post in Rome where he competed against Handel, the latter being declared the better organist and Scarlatti the better harpsichordist. Written for his pupil the Infanta Maria Bárbara,... |
LOUIS VIERNE
Vierne: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 Sergio Monteiro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Louis Vierne will always be best remembered as one France's most outstanding organ composers, but his piano works are part of a significant wider oeuvre and notable for their colourful and inspired inventiveness. |
LYAPUNOV
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Shorena Tsintsabadze (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Feb/2011 ] "Hearty and robust performances of music that is at times most interesting and at others somewhat mechanical. The second concerto makes the whole effort worthwhile." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
SCHUMANN
Complete Songs Vol. 3 - Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op. 79 / Lieder und Gesange I, Op. 27 Sibylla Ruberns (soprano) / Stefanie Iranyi (mezzo) / Thomas Bauer (baritone) / Uta Hielscher (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "A mostly charming set of some Schumann songs that need to be better known" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Classics Explained: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 - An exploration of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Jeremy Siepmann (reader) / Jeno Jando (piano) / BRT Philharmonic, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos Classics Explained / 2 CD ] There is perhaps no great piano concerto grander than the Brahms B flat. With the spaciousness of a symphony, the drama of an opera, the intimacy of a lullaby and the intertwining raptures of the greatest love songs.. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four Hand Piano Music Vol 2 (Incls Hungarian Dances) Silke-Thora Matthies / Christian Kohn (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "Crisp, clean ensemble, matched by well-focused sound. An excellent bargain " - Penguin Guide |
Silke-Thora/Kohn Matthies
Dvorak:four-Hand Piano Musi [ Naxos / CD ] |
ROREM
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Cello Concerto Simon Mulligan (piano) / Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "Better late than never, these Rorem premieres are irresistible. Finely recorded, it's a clear winner for the Naxos American Classics series." (Gramophone Dec 2007) |
GRUODIS / BANAITIS / VAINIŪNAS / UZELIŪNAS
Lithuanian Music for Violin and Piano Simona Venslovaitė (violin), Veronika Kopjova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] The 20th-century Lithuanian composer's dialogue between modern forms of expression and folk motifs is well represented in the four works in this recording. There is a sense of playful lightness in the Romantic aesthetic of Gruodis's work, while... |
ELGAR
Violin Recital Simone Lamsma (violin) Yurie Miura (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "In this issue in Naxos's Laureate Series we are provided with a fine recital from two promising chamber performers; names to follow." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
SIRA HERNANDEZ
Hernandez: Piano Music - Initiation to the Shadow / Terra Santa / etc Sira Hernández (piano) [ Naxos Classics From Spain / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] The distinguished Spanish composer and pianist Sira Hernández is known especially for her involvement with multi-discipline arts projects at major international festivals and cultural events. |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Songs Sivan Rotem (soprano) / Jonathan Zak (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] Often reflecting on the joys and pains of love or glowing with religious fervour, the 26 songs heard here are interpreted by Sivan Rotem, one of Israel's outstanding singers. |
EINAR ENGLUND
Englund: Orchestral Works Niklas Sivelov (piano) / Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorma Panula [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "Excellent recordings of three of Englund's finest works, including the Blackbird Symphony, depicting the 'brutality of Man compared with the purity of Nature'. (Gramophone) |
ANTONIO SOLER
Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 93-95 Evgeny Konnov (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] Aside from the famous Fandango, Antonio Soler's music has tended to be underrated, with composers such as Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach, Haydn and Mozart putting him somewhat in their shadow. |
LORENZO PEROSI
Perosi: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 and 2 / String Trio No. 2 Matteo Bevilacqua (piano) / Roma Tre Orchestra Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Puccini once said, 'there is more music in Perosi's head than in mine and Mascagni's put together'. Priest-composer Lorenzo Perosi achieved international celebrity by the late 1890s for his sacred music, and he also composed a fine selection of... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 / The Tempest / etc Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ondrej Lenard (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Banowitz is an excellent pianist." - American Record Guide |
PIAZZOLLA / D'RIVERA / VILLA-LOBOS / FRANCAIX / MILHAUD
Latin American Dances - Works for Saxophone and Piano Sándor Rigó (saxophone), Christina Leeb-Grill (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] Virtuoso duo Sándor Rigó and Christina Leeb-Grill have taken Jean Françaix's description of his own work, 'musique pour faire plaisir', as the motto for this programme. |
Snyder/Czech State/Serebrier
Pann:piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2003 ] |
CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Guarnier: Chôros, Vol. 2 São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Tibiriçá, with Ovanir Buosi (clarinet) & Olga Kopylova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] In his Choros, Guarnieri wrote music that conjures up the landscape and essence of Brazil. These very personal concertos reveal the composer's refined instrumental combinations and elegant contrapuntal writing. |
FLORENT SCHMITT
Piano Quintet / A tour d’anches Solisten-Ensemble Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Compared by contemporaries to Ravel and Debussy, French composer Florent Schmitt is being rediscovered today. Following his death, one critic mourned that "French music has just lost a smile and a master". The whimsical and sparkling À tour d'anches... |