BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonatas Op. 69 & 102, Nos. 1 - 2 Jeno Jando (piano) / Csaba Onczay (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "These two Hungarians bring plenty of vigour and passion as well as tenderness to the performances." - Fanfare |
BARTÓK
Bartók: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 and Contrasts Jeno Jando (piano), Gyorgy Pauk (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Oct/1994 ] "Readers who habitually fight shy of Bartók's provocatively astringent piano writing might at first find these endlessly fascinating works rather unpalatable, the First Sonata especially. But careful scrutiny reveals manifold beauties which, once... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Jeno Jando (piano) / Budapest Symph Orchestra / Gyorgy Lehel [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "... a quite astonishing bargain and... one of the finest Rachmaninov discs in the CD catalog." - THE GUARDIAN |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Works for Four Hands Vol 6 Jeno Jando (piano), Ilona Prunyi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] Franz Schubert's gift for songwriting transfers into the lyrical sensitivities in his instrumental music. Composed for himself and friends to play at musical evenings, the brilliant Rondo, D. 608 shares the musical burden equally between the parts.... |
SCHUBERT
Piano Works for Four Hands Vol 1 Jeno Jando (piano), Ilona Prunyi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "This is the kind of project that leaves a listener eagerly anticipating the coming volumes. What a pleasure this recital is! Buy it!" (MusicWeb) |
BEETHOVEN
Eternal Beethoven (Incls Moonlight & Allegretto from Symphony No 7) Jeno Jando (piano) Takako Nishizaki (violijn) Csaba Onczay (cello) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Born in Bonn in 1770, the eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister, Beethoven moved in 1792 to Vienna, where he had some lessons from Haydn and others, quickly... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios 'Archduke' & 'Ghost' Jeno Jando (piano) / Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Csaba Onczay (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] The so-called Ghost Trio, Opus 70 No.1, in D major, was the first of a pair of such works written in 1808 and dedicated to Countess Marie von Erdödy, in whose house Beethoven had taken up residence in that year. |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BRAHMS / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Great Chamber Music [10 CD set] Jeno Jando (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Kodaly Quartet, Gould Piano Trio, Joachim Trio, etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] This collection of great chamber music brings together nine giants of music in works which reveal their most immediate and individual expressive worlds: proof if ever any was needed that less can be much, much more. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Jenö Jandó (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] "Jandó shows his versality in refreshing, clean-fingered account of the Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto, coupled with a dazzling, totally unsentimental reading of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms/Schumann: Piano Quintets Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD ] "This is robust music-making, romantic in spirit, and its spontaneity is well projected by a vivid recording, made in an attractively resonant acoustic. An excellent bargain." Penguin Guide |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Keyboard Trio No. 2 in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt / etc Jozsef Balogh (clarinet) / Bela Kovacs (clarinet) / Jeno Jando (piano) / Gyorgy Konrad (viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Feb/2006 ] "finely performed, with lovely melodic touches from clarinettist Jozsef Balogh" - Classic CD |
W. A. MOZART
The very best of Mozart: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Jozsef Balogh (clarinet) Joanna Borowska (soprano) Michelle Breedt (soprano) Patrick Gallois (flute) Jeno Jando (piano) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano Kalman Berkes (clarinet) / Jeno Jando (piano) (with Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2004 ] "The engineering is sensational. At the price this label sells for, you can't go wrong" - Fanfare |
KODALY
Music for Cello Vol 2 Maria Kliegel (cello) William Preucil (violin) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This is an exquisitely played feast of Hungarian folk inspired chamber pieces. The recording of these works is outstandingly clear and focused. Special kudos to cellist Maria Kliegel who invests this disc with superb performances. She infuses the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Classics Explained: Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2 - An exploration of Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Jeremy Siepmann (reader) / Jeno Jando (piano) / BRT Philharmonic, Alexander Rahbari [ Naxos Classics Explained / 2 CD ] There is perhaps no great piano concerto grander than the Brahms B flat. With the spaciousness of a symphony, the drama of an opera, the intimacy of a lullaby and the intertwining raptures of the greatest love songs.. |
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. |
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 |