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CELIL REFIK KAYA
Kaya: Guitar Works Celil Refik Kaya (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] Celil Refik Kaya is a contemporary guitarist and composer in the great tradition of artists who have created their own unique contribution to the repertoire. Sonata No. 1 is characterised by various stylistic resemblances which include South and... |
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WILLIAM SHIELD
Shield: Complete Chamber Works, Vol. 3 - Violin Duets, Opp. 1 and 2 The Dorrit Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] William Shield's early career as a violinist and violist took him to the centre of musical life in London where he became principal violinist of the Covent Garden theatre orchestra in 1773. The publication of the Violin Duets later that decade marked... |
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MATIEGKA
Matiegka: Complete Guitar Sonatas, Vol. 1 Dragoş Ilie (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - due 10/Apr/2026 ] A native of Bohemia, Wenzel Thomas Matiegka was a contemporary of Beethoven and a celebrated guitarist. His reputation was established after settling in Vienna where he became accepted in musical circles that included Schubert. Matiegka's works... |
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ROBERT VOLKMANN
Volkmann: Romantic Piano, Vol. 8 Levon Avagyan [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] A native of Germany, Robert Volkmann was virtually unknown as a composer until the 1840s when he moved to Hungary. It was there that Volkmann achieved wider recognition due in part to Franz Liszt, Hans von Bülow and Richard Wagner expressing... |
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HENRIQUE OSWALD
Oswald: Symphony, Op. 43 Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] Henrique Oswald was perhaps the most European of Brazilian composers, having spent a large part of his life in Italy; he also absorbed influences from France and Germany. Oswald's music always retains a lyrical character with qualities of elegance... |
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NKEIRU OKOYE
Okoye: When the Caged Bird Sings Rita Coburn (Narrator), Angela Brown (Soprano), Christie Dashiell (Mezzo-soprano), Issachah Savage (Tenor), University of Michigan Symphony [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] Nkeiru Okoye's When the Caged Bird Sings is a 'musical celebration' whose compositional voice, though rooted in the African American church, also embraces minimalism and improvisational elements. Delivering a message of adversity turned to triumph,... |
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DOMENICO CIMAROSA
Cimarosa: L'Italiana in Londra Soloists, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Leo Hussain (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] omenico Cimarosa, one of the last great exponents of the Neapolitan School, was also one of the most-performed opera composers before the arrival of Rossini. He composed over 60 such works and was esteemed from Venice to St Petersburg where he was... |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Baryton Trios, Treasures from the Eszterháza Palace, Vol. 3 Valencia Baryton Project [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Mar/2026 ] It was Prince Nikolaus of Esterházy's increasing infatuation with the baryton that compelled Haydn, the prince's Kapellmeister, to write an unprecedented body of 125 works for baryton trio. The instrument is more like a viola d'amore than a bass viol... |