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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol. 27 Sergio Gallo (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas are among the most original of the 18th century, especially in their use of often discordant and chromatic harmonies. From the virtuoso Essercizi (K.12 and 15) to the touching cantabile eloquence of the Sonata in... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 43 - Transcriptions of Symphonic Poems Sergio Monteiro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] Liszt turned to the composition of large-scale orchestral works after his success as a touring virtuoso and wrote a sequence of ground-breaking symphonic poems that in their narrative-driven structures directly influenced such composers as Richard... |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Early Piano Music Sergio Monteiro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] In addition to his prodigious youthful genius as a composer, Mendelssohn was an exceptionally able pianist. Demonstrating an astonishing level of maturity beyond the composer's teenage years, this group of rare works is notable for a sequence of... |
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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,... |
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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. |
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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) |
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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) |
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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.. |
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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 |
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Silke-Thora/Kohn Matthies
Dvorak:four-Hand Piano Musi [ Naxos / CD ] |
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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) |
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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... |
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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) |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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. |
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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... |
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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 |
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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. |