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... |
KHACHATURIAN / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Prokofiev / Khachaturian / Shostakovich: Piano Concert & Recital (1944-1949) William Kapell (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Anton Dorati, Boston Symphony [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "During the past few years Naxos has carved out a considerable piece of the historic reissue market simply by providing shellac-era favorites in newly minted transfers at budget... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Rarities and Short Piano Works Wojciech Waleczek (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Among Schubert's compositions are rare and overlooked works for solo piano that reflect staging posts of his short compositional life. As a boy he had studied with Salieri who almost certainly encouraged him to explore contrapuntal techniques in 1812. |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Music, Vol. 10 [transcriptions] Wolf Harden (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2018 ] "The most intriguing tracks on this recording are the Brahms Chorale Preludes for Organ Op.122 in which Brahms' Romanticism is augmented by Busoni's often heroic keyboard style. Harden plays this with such perfect balance" The WholeNote |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol 1: Nos. 5 and 6 / Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 44 Xyrion Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "A wonderful disc, well recorded and containing some magnificent playing. Do hear this." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
LUDWIG avn BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 (Nos. 1, 2, 9) Xyrion Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "As an inexpensive means of getting to know Beethoven's first two piano trios this disc may have its merits, but there are considerably greater rewards to be had from the elegantly-shaped and warmly recorded accounts by the Trio" (BBC Music) |
THE YELLOW RIVER CONCERTO
The Yellow River Concerto / etc Yin Chengzong (Piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Leaper [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "...an excellent, unusual bargain....Most of the fillers-miniature solo piano pieces, some arranged, some by named composers-are charming, deft, dramatic, but the Three Variations on an Ancient Chinese Melody by Wang Jienzhong tell of a composer of... |
ZEZ CONFRREY
Confrey: Piano Music [Incls 'Kitten on the keys'] Eteri Andjaparidze (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 28/Jun/2020 ] "Andjaparidze brings some poetry tot the final bars of [Three Little Odditiies], and is most impressive in the rapt Romanza, playing with gentle delicacy in the Novelette." Fanfare |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Fuga for solo violin / Klingende Buchstaben for solo cello / Piano Quintet / String Trio 1999 AFCM Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2002 ] "The force behind this brilliant collection is violinist Mark Lubotsky, the original soloist of Schnittke's first two violin concertos and the dedicatee of the second. Lubotsky's connection with the man and the music is obvious from the first note of... |
AARON JAY KERNIS / JORGE LIDERMAN / STEVEN MACKEY
New American Chamber Music with Guitar Aaron Jay Kernis (piano) / Hila Plitmann (soprano) / Axel Strauss (violin) / David Tanenbaum (guitar & conductor) / San Francisco Conservatory Guitar [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Each of these new pieces was written for the artists who perform them here. |
ANTON ARENSKY
Arensky: Piano Music (Incls 6 Pieces, Op. 53 & 12 Etudes, Op. 74) Adam Neiman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Recommended for those, then, who particularly like Russian music, or who want to delve deeper into their understanding of the roots of 20th-century Russian music." Fanfare |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Violin Recital: Adele Anthony Adele Anthony (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series Violin / CD ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 3, 5 Spring & 9 Kreutzer Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] The Naxos Violinist series continues |
PETER WARLOCK
The Curlew / Lillygay / Peterisms Sets 1 & 2 / Saudades Adrian Thompson (Tenor) Christopher Maltman (Baritone) John Constable (Piano) / The Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The performance competes with the best, with sensitive playing from the Duke and finely shaded singing from Adrian Thompson." --Robert Cockroft, Yorkshire Post |
DEBUSSY
Early Works for Piano Duet Adrienne Soós and Ivo Haag (piano duo) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] An innovative genius, Claude Debussy is famous for his mature 'Impressionist' music, though he rather disliked the term. He frequently performed four-hand piano pieces in concert, most of the works on this disc either being composed or adapted by him... |
MOZART
Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 17 (arr. Lachner) Alan Goldstein, Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Mozart himself had arranged four of his earlier concertos for the ensemble of piano, string quartet and bass, to enable his works to be performed domestically. Numerous subsequent transcriptions followed during the course of the 19th century,... |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music Vol 1 [Incls Iberia, books 1-4 (complete)] Guillermo Gonzalez (piano) Helen Gonzalez (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "I was sufficiently impressed with González'[s] interpretation of Iberia that even those who have heard it performed by other pianists will not want to pass by his recording." Examiner.com |
J. C. BACH
Bach, (J.C.): 6 Keyboard Sonatas, Op. 17 Alberto Nose (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] The youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Christian moved to Italy and then, finally, to London, where, like Handel before him, he won early success in the opera house. Although he had been a skilled keyboard player, he wrote relatively... |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Works for 2 Pianos Aldo Ciccolini, Aldo Orvieto, Marco Rapetti (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2020 ] Ferruccio Busoni composed a significant number of works for two pianos throughout his life. |
CAMILLO TOGNI
Togni: Complete Piano Music Volume 1 Aldo Orvieto (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Volume 1 (of 4) of the complete piano music of the influential Italian composer, teacher and pianist Camillo Togni features both original works and transcriptions of Mahler and Bach. Togni's fascination with the Second Viennese and Darmstadt Schools... |