FERDINAND RIES
Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Vol 4 Susan Kagan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Susan Kagan is an eloquent advocate and sympathetic interpreter of Ferdinand Ries's piano sonatas and sonatinas, on which she is an acknowledged authority. While clearly indebted to his teacher Beethoven, Ries was nonetheless praised by Schumann for... |
FERNANDO LOPES-GRACA
Lopes-Graca: Songs and Folk Songs, Vol. 2 Susana Gaspar (soprano) Ricardo Panela (baritone) Nuno Vieira de Almeida (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] Fernando Lopes-Graça was one of the greatest Portuguese composers of the 20th century. He composed songs in many genres, including folk-song arrangements, modernist settings of Portuguese poetry, and songs. |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Horn Trio / Flute Sonatina / Viola Sonata / Quintet for Wind and Piano Susanne Stanzeleit (violin) / Stephen Stirling (horn) / Patrick Williams (flute) / Morgan Goff (viola) / Members of the New London Chamber Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] Lennox Berkeley amassed over 100 works and contributed to almost every genre. Since he had the opportunity to write for some of the leading performers of the time-the Horn Trio was written for Dennis Brain-chamber music featuring wind and strings... |
GABRIEL FAURE / GEORGE ENESCU
Faure/Enescu: Piano Quartets Suyeon Kang (violin), Karolina Errera (viola), Andrei Ioniță (cello), Catalin Serban (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Gabriel Fauré's Piano Quartet in C minor was one of the first of its genre in France, composed as part of the 'Ars Gallica' idea of strengthening French music against German cultural domination. |
WEBERN
Complete Songs with Piano Svetlana Savenko (soprano) / Yuri Polubelov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Apr/2007 ] Through his songs, it is possible to follow Webern's development as a composer, from early traditional writing to the more experimental work of his later years, from the tonal to the atonal, and to the sparer textures for which his work became well... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Tchaikovsky/Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas (recorded 1956-1958) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] By the time he made these recordings, all three of the sonatas had been in Sviatoslav Richter's repertory for years. He had first performed Tchaikovsky's Sonata in G major in 1942, recording it in Moscow in 1956. His recordings of the music of... |
SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN
Richter: Early Recordings, Vol. 1 (recorded 1948-1956) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 10/May/2009 ] Indisputably one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, Sviatoslav Richter mesmerized audiences with his stunning pianism, charismatic stage presence and powerful interpretations of music ranging from Bach to Shostakovich. |
W.A. MOZART
Best of Mozart Volume 1 Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Jeno Jando (piano), Gewandhaus Chamber Choir, Leipzig Chamber Orchestra, Takako Nishizaki (violin) [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Classic Mozart highlights drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
Szekely/Budapest So/Nemeth
Chopin;Piano Concertos 1&2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Violin Miniatures (Incls 'Humoresque' & 'salut d'amore') Takako Nishizaki (violin) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "Guaranteed to bring back many happy memories of the past for those of us who still enjoy the Romantic Age of music" - Sunday Star (Malaysia) |
CESAR FRANCK / EDVARD GRIEG
Franck/Grieg: Violin Sonatas Takako Nishizaki (violin) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Classical Masterpieces - Bestselling Naxos Recordings 1987-2012 Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Klara Kormendi (piano), Colm Carey (organ), Kathryn Selby (piano) Slovak Radio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2012 ] Artists Takako Nishizaki (violin), Jeno Jando (piano), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Klara Kormendi (piano), Colm Carey (organ), Kathryn Selby (piano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oxford Camerata, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 8 and 9 Takako Nishizaki (violin) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "we must conclude - as we usually do with Naxos - that this is a good buy" - American Record Guide |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas, K. 378, K. 376 and K. 296 Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Wolf Harden (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Wolf Harden is an excellent pianist." - Penguin Guide |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS / RICHARD WAGNER
Schumann/Brahms/Wagner: Romantic Song Cycles Tamara Takacs (mezzo) / Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/1994 ] "A fine recording ... The performer, Hungarian mezzo soprano Tamara Takacs, has a rich, warm and full-toned voice that is well suited to the four song cycles she performs." The Journal |
CLEMENTI
Piano Sonatas-Op. 50/1, Op. 34/2 and Op. 41 Tanya Bannister (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Mar/2006 ] "Reason to wish that Naxos continue to release more Clementi. Highly competent and assured performances." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
VILLA-LOBOS
Piano Music Vol 4: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 / Children's Carnival Tatjana Rankovich (piano) Sonia Rubinsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2004 ] Villa-Lobos's international reputation as one of the most influential Brazilian artists of all times was thoroughly established in the late 1940s and continued to strengthen throughout the 1950s until his death. |
STRAVINSKY / BRITTEN / DUTILLEUX / DEBUSSY
Cello Recital Tatjana Vassilieva (cello) Yumiko Urabe (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series: cello / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "Listen, for example, to how subtly she handles the many unconventional tonal effects in the piece." - Michael Jameson, Classics Today |
STRAVINSKY / BRITTEN / DUTILLEUX / DEBUSSY
Tatjana Vassiljeva - Cello Recital Tatjana Vassiljeva (cello) Yumiko Urabe (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series: cello / CD - released 29/Apr/2002 ] "Listen, for example, to how subtly she handles the many unconventional tonal effects in the piece. The first movement's plucked glissandos slither and crawl around the fingerboard with complete freedom, and I also admired the sense of mystery and... |
Tchaikovsky
Piano Music Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD ] |