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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. |
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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 |
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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... |
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Tchaikovsky
Piano Music Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 The Tempest Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2017 ] "I can only say that they are one of the very best trios I have heard. Their technical skill and musicianship shine through." MusicWeb Nov |
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Thibaudet/Lyon National Orch/M
Debussy: Fantaisie For Piano & [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
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Sigfrid KARG-ELERT
Complete Works for Flute Thies Roorda (flute) & Nata Tsvereli (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] Karg-Elert occupies a remarkable niche in the history of German music. He is best known for his compositions for organ and harmonium but this first recording of his complete works for flute, reveals a completely individual voice. The ground-breaking... |
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Thiollier/Polish Nrso/Wit
Ravel/Falla:piano Concs.Etc [ Naxos / CD ] |
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SCHUBERT
Lied Edition 32 - Part Songs Vol. 1 Thomas Bauer (baritone) Ingeborg Danz (contralto) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) Markus Flaig (voice) Regina Jakobi (mezzo-soprano) Sybilla Rubens (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2009 ] Ulrich Eisenlohr, praised as the 'splendid accompanist' on many of Naxos's Schubert Lieder discs, and on Mozart's Complete Songs (8.557900-01) joins nine outstanding singers on this first volume of Schubert's delectable part-songs. |
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Thomas Hlawatsch
Janacek:piano Music Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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JANACEK
Piano Music Vol 1 (Along an Overgrown Path / Piano Sonata, 'From the Street' ) Thomas Hlawatsch, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] "These performances show Hlawatsch to be a solid technician" - Fanfare |
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JANACEK
Piano Music Vol 1 (In the Mist / Variations for Zdenka / Piano Concerto ) Thomas Hlawatsch, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] "Decent recorded sound..." - Classic CD - December 1996 |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula / Melodia, Romanza patetica / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Giovanni Bottesini, an accomplished and respected conductor, also enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass". For this recording manuscript sources have been used for his Fantasia on Bellini's La sonnambula, Variations on... |
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GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor / Bolero / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Anthony Halstead (piano) with Jacquelyn Fugelle, soprano [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 3 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Giovanni Bottesini enjoyed a globe-trotting career as "the Paganini of the double bass" but was also an accomplished and respected conductor in Europe. When conducting operas Bottesini would often perform fantasies on the evening's entertainment... |
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GIOANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Fantasia on Rossini's Canzonette / Passione amorose / etc Thomas Martin (double bass) Timothy Cobb (double bass) Christopher Oldfather (piano) [ Naxos Bottesini Collection Vol 5 / CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] These works for two double basses by Giovanni Bottesini date from his student days at the Milan Conservatory. The delightful Fantasia on themes of Rossini features an opening Tarantella, a lyrical middle section and a stormy finale. Passioni amorose,... |
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PABLO SARASATE
Sarasate: Music for violin and piano Vol 2 (Incls Homenaje a Rossini) Tianwa Yang (violin) Markus Hadulla (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Dec/2007 ] "Sarasate's Concert Fantasies on operas by Rossini, Hérold , Verdi and Flotow may not be quite as imaginative as Liszt's, but they still offer many entertaining moments in these sparkling accounts." (BBC Music) |
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SARASATE
Sarasate: Music for violin and piano Vol 3 (Incls 'Sérénade andalouse, Op. 28') Tianwa Yang (violin) Markus Hadulla (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Yang throws off merciless chains of double stops and finger-crippling arabesques with scintillating aplomb. She produces astonishingly clean harmonics - whether natural or forced - and high-wire acrobatics." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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SARASATE
Music for Violin and Piano Volume 4 (Transcriptions and arrangements) Tianwa Yang (violin) Markus Hadulla (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2014 ] "We encounter Sarasate's spontaneity and coalescence of tenacity and timidity in these distinctly Spanish-sounding transcriptions and arrangements...Yang conveys Chopin's silky Nocturne No. 2 with an open humility and richness of sensitivity, rather |
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PABLO SARASATE
Sarasate: Complete works for violin and piano Tianwa Yang (violin) Markus Hadulla (piano) [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/May/2018 ] "Each piece is beautifully characterized and played with great polish and confidence... Reviewing brings a lot of surprises." American Record Guide |
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EUGENE YSAYE
Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 Tianwa Yang (violin) Markus Hadulla (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] "a display of remarkable playing. As is absolutely necessary with these pieces, the tuning is perfect, and it is a mature, assertive and compelling performance that honours these sonatas as much more than the study pieces they are often labelled." ( |