Since you are interested in Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 / Nocturne No 4, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Orchestral Works, Volume 1 (Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Morning Song) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] 'The Cello Concerto is rhapsodic in feeling and Raphael Wallfisch plays it with marvellous sensitivity and finesse, given splendid support by the LPO under Bryden Thomson.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
HUMMEL
Piano Concerto in A flat / Concertino in G major / Gesellschafts-Rondo London Mozart Players / David Jurtiz (leader) / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 6/Apr/2008 ] '…unfailing expertise by Howard Shelley… The recordings are exceptionally well balanced, the acoustic pleasingly spacious.' Gramophone |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concertos in A and F major / Theme and Variations in F major London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'And it receives eloquent advocacy from Howard Shelley, with his aristocratic command of the glittering Keyboard pyrotechnics'. Fanfare |
HUMMEL
Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 34 / Rondo brillant, Op. 56 in A major (premiere recording) / Rondo brillant, Op. 98 in B flat major London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano and director) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] '...this one is every bit as fine as its predecessors, with full, open, well-balanced sound nand sparkling performances... These are rarities well worth sampling, unlikely to be performed or recorded better.' Gramophone |
HUMMEL
L'Enchantment d'Oberon, Op. 116 / Piano Concerto in A major / etc London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'Shelley's sparkling playing is winning… As ever in this Chandos series, the first-rate recording is clear and vivid, warm and full.' Gramophone.. |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Ballet Suites / Twelve Waltzes and Coda London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "Howard Shelley's light touch, fresh and colourful orchestral playing, and excellent recording, make this very well worth hearing on its own account, not simply as a rediscovered rarity." BBC Music |
JONANN BAPTIST CRAMER
Concerto No. 2, 7 & 8 London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Howard Shelley plays with dazzling brilliance throughout...' The Guardian |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Op 31 Nos 1,2, & 3 Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] "Nothing in these readings is either awkward or tasteless and the pianist's tone throughout remains free of the clangorous thiness that has infected other accounts." International Record Review (Nov 2000) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Violin & Piano Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Julian Milford (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2005 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) - Lydia Mordkovitch was born in Russia and studied at the Odessa Conservatory, then at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow where she was assistant to David Oistrakh. |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 7 (Winter Legends & Symphonic Variations) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] This is the only available recording of Winter Legends, one of Bax's most successful works for piano and orchestra, and there is only one other recording of the Symphonic Variations. |
GRIEG
Peer Gynt Suites / Lyric Suite / Piano Concerto Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "As a well-filled, single-disc collection of Grieg's Greatest Hits, this is a great buy." American Record Guide! |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge / Piano Quintet / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Alison Dods (violin) / The Schubert Ensemble [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "Listening to this fine new release and revisiting the comparative versions of On Wenlock Edge - sheer indulgence! - I'm struck by the excellence of all of them...this new Chandos disc is an outstanding release and admirers of Vaughan Williams can... |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 6 (Includes Russian Suite ; Four songs for tenor and orchestra & Romantic Overture) Martyn Hill (tenor) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "This disc, at mid-price, is an excellent place to start for anyone wishing to dip their aural toe into Bax's music" (MusicWeb April 2004) |
JOHN FIELD
Piano Works (Incls the Sonatas & Rondo in A flat major) Míceál O'Rourke (piano) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] 'Field's impeccably classical sonatas do not plumb great depths, but are consistently engaging in Miceál O'Rourke's hands. The gathering of shorter pieces offers great variety.' BBC Music Magazine |
CYRIL SCOTT
Chamber Works (Incls 'Clarinet Quintet' & Piano Trios) Mia Cooper (violin), David Adams (viola) & Robert Plane (clarinet) / Gould Piano Trio [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Only the amiable 1951 Clarinet Quintet for Gervase de Peyer has been recorded before, but it's the 1955 Clarinet Trio, first performed in New Zealand, that seems the most striking and characterful work here. The excellent Gould Trio are the... |