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IAN KROUSE
Krouse: Symphony No. 5 / Fanfare for the Heroes of the Korean War / Symphonies of Strings Nos. 1, 2 Steven Gross (horn) Constatine Finehouse (piano) Philip Ficsor (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Underscoring the very special relationship between the United States and the Republic of Korea, the version of Ian Krouse's Symphony No. 5 performed on this recording with a South Korean orchestra commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Korean War. |
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ART TATUM
Tatum: Improvisations Steven Mayer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] This collection presents improvised and embellished (jazz-style) versions of classic tunes in the style that Art Tatum made famous. |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 33 - Wagner and Weber Transcriptions Steven Mayer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] |
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CHARLES IVES
Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord' / The Celestial Railroad Steven Mayer (Piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The Mayer recording is also musically excellent and prefaces each of the four movements, which are named for Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and others, with readings that give a context for Ives' understanding of these historic figures and... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Music for Wind Instruments Stéphane Lemelin (piano) / Canada's National Arts Centre Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] "The unifying feature of this programme is the excellently judged piano playing of Stéphane Lemelin, who adds a discerning range of colour and spirit to the performances" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - March 2011 |
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HENRI TOMASI
TOMASI (complete violin works) Stéphanie Moraly (Violin) Romain David (Piano) / Orchestre de la Garde républicaine, Sebastien Billard [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2022 ] Henri Tomasi is one of the great figures of 20th-century French music. The catalogue of his works, which comprises over a hundred opuses, features many splendid stage and concert scores. |
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ENESCU
Complete Works for Violin and Piano Volume 1 Axel Strauss (violin) & Ilya Poletaev (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Oct/2013 ] George Enescu's Second Violin Sonata marked his true emergence as a composer; violinist Carl Flesch referring to it as one of the most significant in the history of the genre. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trio Vol. 4 (Archduke Trio / Kakadu Variations / Allegretto, WoO 39) Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD ] "The sound is excellent, the playing nicely groomed, moderate, sensible, genial, and vital." American Record Guide |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol. 2 (Nos 3 & 8 / Variations, Op. 44) Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Feb/1994 ] Since its foundation in 1968 the Stuttgart Piano Trio has won a considerable reputation for itself. In 1969 the Trio won the Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin and the International Radio Competition in Munich. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol.3 (Nos 5 & 6) Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD ] "its springs spontaneously to life" Penguin Guide |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trios D 929 and D 897 Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "The very best D. 897 I have heard." - Fanfare |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol.1 (Nos 1 & 2) Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] "Their evident enjoyment of this music generates performances with plenty of sparkle from the Stuttgart Piano Trio which, at their best, are powerfully dramatic and exciting" - Gramophone |
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Stuttgart Piano Trio
Schubert:piano Trios D28... [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Stuttgart Piano Trio
Schubert:piano Trios D897.. [ Naxos / CD ] |
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ALFREDO CASELLA
Casella: Symphony No. 2 / A notte alta Sun Hee You (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "One of Casella's subtlest creations, it receives a fine performance from the Rome Symphony Orchestra and Francesco La Vecchia" Gramophone |
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MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Early Piano Sonatas Volume 2 Susan Alexander-Max (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] "Thoroughly engaging performances, on a fine instrument, of some of Clementi's excellent sonatas, as musically rewarding as they are historically important" (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |
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MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Early Piano Sonatas Volume 1 Susan Alexander-Max (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Apr/2010 ] Muzio Clementi was born in Rome in 1752, the son of a silversmith. By the age of thirteen he had become proficient enough as a musician to be employed as an organist at the Church of S. Lorenzo in Damaso and to attract the attention of an English... |
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CLEMENTI
Early Piano Sonatas Volume 3 Susan Alexander-Max (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] Muzio Clementi was famous throughout his lifetime as both a composer and a virtuoso performer, appearing at the court of France and competing with Mozart in Vienna. His early piano sonatas, which greatly impressed the young Beethoven, were of... |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Trios / Piano Quartet in G major / Cello Sonata Susan Alexander-Max (fortepiano) / Pal Banda (cello) / Micaela Comberti (violin) / Jane Rogers (viola) / Simon Standage (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] "Played with a fine sense of period style, and admirably recorded but for a slightly recessive piano behind closer strings, this is a charming addition to Hummel on disc." Five Stars (Chamber choice of the Month) BBC Music Mag(Jan 2006) |
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C. P. E. BACH
Prussian Sonatas, Wq 48 Susan Alexander-Max (Hofmann grand piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] |