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Walter Gieseking
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 20-21 [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
EDVARD GRIEG / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] Gieseking's father was a distinguished German doctor with a keen interest in entomology who travelled in France and Italy. As a result, his son Walter was born in Lyons, France, and spent the first sixteen years of his life in southern France and... |
BACH / BEETHOVEN
Partitas Nos. 1, 5, 6 / Italian Concerto / Piano Sonata No. 17, "Tempest" (recorded 1934-1940) Walter Gieseking (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Walter Gieseking's interpretations of Bach in the early years of his career gained him laurels for 'his control over shades of tone, especially over infinite gradations in the range between piano and pianissimo, the clear definition of his agile... |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / LISZT
Piano Concertos Walter Gieseking (Piano) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Henry Wood (Conductor) Hans Rosbaud (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Recordings / CD - released 11/May/2006 ] 'Mr Gieseking's skill is great enough in some ways… and his pianissimo now and then becomes as nearly nothing as is possible to imagine…' |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5 (Concerto Recordings Vol. 3) Walter Gieseking (Piano) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Bohm (Conductor) / Bruno Walter (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Recorded in a single day in January 1939, with the eight sides all issued from first or second takes, Gieseking’s account of the Piano Concerto No. 4 is one of moulded delicacy, the light-weight approach particularly apt for the outer movements. |
J. S. Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II (Rec 1949-1951) Wanda Landowska (piano) [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "With a work so intense, so diverse, so varied in mood, no single interpreter is likely ever to produce a perfect version for everybody. You must resign yourself to having multiple sets, and this Landowska set will be the centerpiece of your... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (version for piano) Warren Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2019 ] Ludwig van Beethoven was commissioned by the dancer and choreographer Salvatore Viganò to write the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus-an allegorical story based on the myth of Prometheus-and the composer's piano version of the orchestral score was... |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Rubinstein: Le Bal Warren Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] During his lifetime Anton Rubinstein gained a considerable reputation as a piano virtuoso the equal of Liszt, and for a stream of distinctive compositions, among them symphonies and operas. He was also responsible for revolutionising standards in... |
WOJCIECH KILAR
Bogurodzica / Piano Concerto / Hoary Fog / Koscielec 1909 Warsaw Philharmonic Choir / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Wit Antoni [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "The sound in all works is vivid and state-of-the-art. All in all, this disc can be strongly recommended." (ClassicalNet) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Hungarian Dances and the Hungarian Tradition Adrienn Miksch (soprano) János Bándi (tenor) Ferenc Szecsődi (violin) / Szilvia Elek, István Kassai (fortepiano and piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Brahms had long been immersed in the folk traditions and spirit of Hungary's musical repertoire, not least through the famous violinist Ede Reményi, for whom he played as piano accompanist. Brahms employed melodies that he had heard, as well as those... |
WEBER
Clarinet Quintet / Grand Duo Concertant / etc Kalman Berkes (clarinet) Jeno Jando (piano) / Auer Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Finally to my record of the month, a collection of Weber's Clarinet Works, played with panache and succulent tone by Kálmán Berkes, partnered by the Auer Quartet or Jenő Jandó." - Classic CD - Bargain Release of the Month |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Piano Music Vol. 5: Overtures Alexander Paley, Brian Zeger (piano, four hands) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Weber's childhood was in a theatrical environment as the family was part of his father's touring theatre company. He had been born in 1786 in Germany and given the names Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber. His education was haphazard as the company... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Concerto In F / Rhapsody No 2 / etc Orion Weiss (piano) / Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] "The Buffalo Philharmonic produces a big, beautifully proportioned sound-rich in texture...I doubt that any Gershwin aficionado will feel cheated by this CD. Veteran producer Tim Handley captures these renditions in full and luminous sound" Fanfare |
CHILCOTT / MEALOR / HOLST / MacMILLAN / O'Regan / etc
The Song of the Stars: British Music for Upper Voice Choir Wells Cathedral School Choralia, Christopher Finch., with Eleanor Turner (harp) & Elliot Launn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] The 24 singers together create a sound that is both blended and impeccably balanced, completely consistent throughout widely varied repertoire, but also capable of such constant reinvention." Editor's Choice Gramophone (Awards Issue) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Frohe Weihnacht (Merry Christmas) Thomas Nitschke (treble), Ulrich Schicha (organ), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Erich Ferstl (piano), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Erich Ferstl (guitar) Hungar [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] Artists Thomas Nitschke (treble), Ulrich Schicha (organ), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Erich Ferstl (piano), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Erich Ferstl (guitar) Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Capella... |
CHAUSSON
Concert in D major / Piano Trio Wihan String Quartet / Meadowmount Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] The première of Chausson's Concert in D major was a major triumph for the composer. Not only had the great Eugène Ysaÿe performed on violin, but audiences and critics had recognised a work of exceptional intensity, passion and haunting beauty. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Backhaus - Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) / Saxon State Orchestra, Karl Böhm [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 23/Aug/2004 ] Recorded 1932-1939 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Paganini / Rhapsodies, Op. 79 (recorded 1929-32) Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchstra / Adrian Boult, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Wilhelm Backhaus was born in Leipzig in 1884. A major pianist of the twentieth century, Backhaus was not a pupil of any of the major teachers of his time, and the only pianist of note who had any bearing on his development was Eugen d'Albert |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Schubert: Waltzes and Dances / Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata (1946-1952) William Kapell (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Golschmann (cond) with Edmund Kurtz (cello) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 27/Jun/2005 ] "this newcomer is worth investigating for the sake of the Rachmaninov Sonata." Penguin Guide |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Schubert's Waltzes and Dances) (rec 1946-1952) William Kapell (piano) / NBC Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Golschmann (cond) with Edmund Kurtz (cello) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "It looks as though Kapell’s recordings have to be taken as evidence of what might have been rather than as already complete statements. But what might have been was so full of promise that those interested in the history of piano-playing in the 20th... |
