CARL MARIA von WEBER
Best Of Weber CSR Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Paley (piano), etc [ Naxos / CD ] Soloists include Kalman Berkes (clarinet), Alexander Paley (piano), Benjamin Frith (piano), Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) |
Various Artists
Blancafort: Piano Music Vol.4 [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Mar/2008 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Brahms/Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Benjamin Frith, Jenő Jandó (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice [ Naxos / CD ] Much of Mendelssohn's childhood was passed in Berlin, where his parents moved when he was three, to escape Napoleonic invasion. There he took lessons from Goethe's much admired Zelter, who introduced him to the old poet in Weimar. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / FRANZ LISZT
Brahms/Liszt: Piano Concertos Joseph Banowetz, Jenő Jandó (piano) / Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD ] Franz Liszt was born at Raiding, in Hungary, in 1811, the son of a steward employed by Haydn's former patrons, the Esterhazy family. |
Various Artists
Chopin: Famous Piano Music [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] |
CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, etc. Istvan Szekely (piano) Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Gyula Nemeth [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/1992 ] |
Various Artists
Classical Piano Music [ Naxos / 3 CD ] |
BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / CHOPIN / MENDELSSOHN / SCHUMANN / etc
Fur Elise & Other Romantic Piano Wks Various pianists from the vast Naxos catalogue [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] Shorter piano pieces from the 19th century. |
Various Artists
Giannini: Piano Cto/Symph No.4 [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jan/2009 ] |
Various Artists
Godowsky: Easy Listening Piano [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Jack-In-The-Box: A collection of amusing and entertaining works by classical compsers (Incls 'The Typewriter' & 'Kitten on the Keys') Klara Kormendi (piano), Eteri Andjaparidze (piano), Olivier Cazal (piano), Marian Lapsansky (piano), Peter Toperczer (piano), Cecile Licad (piano), Wa [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2008 ] A collection of delightful light classical works to entertain, delight and amuse the listener. |
Various Artists
Mozart: Easy Listening Piano C [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Rachmaninov/Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Bernd Glemser (piano) Michael Houstoun (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] The Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major was written in 1957 for Shostakovich's son Maxim, who gave the first performance of the work on his nineteenth birthday. The work has about it a youthful appeal for performers and audience alike. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies and Concertos Bernd Glemser (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony, Antoni Wit / Ireland National Symphony, Alexander Anissimov [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2001 ] "There are shattering climaxes when music calls for them, and the symphony ends in rousing style...thoroughly recommendable" Gramophone [Symphony No 3] |
RAWSTHORNE
Piano Quintet / Piano Trio / Cello Sonata / etc Nadia Myerscough (violin) Martin Outram (viola) Peter Adams (cello) and others [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2000 ] All of Rawsthorne's chamber music at a great price!! |
Various Artists
Respighi: Piano Concerto [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Various Artists
The Romance Of The Piano [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |