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BEETHOVEN
Eroica Variations / Bagatelles Op. 33 / Fur Elise Artur Schnabel (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] "The transfer of sound from the original shellac 78s is done by engineering magician, Mark Obert-Thorn. One knows it's not modern sound, but one wouldn't think it is from the 30s. I've reviewed several of this series, but so far this is my favorite.... |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3 (Rec 1933-1934) Artur Schnabel (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Schnabel, of course, does not need my endorsement, since critical consensus has taken care of that issue for decades...general collectors [will] be pleased as punch to obtain Schnabel's Beethoven cycle, cleanly and carefully transferred in... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 14-16 (Rec 1933-1937) Artur Schnabel (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "...his [Schnabel's] musical conduct is impeccable: his rhythm alive as fire, his line ringingly clear, his articulation acute but unfussy, his ability to convey a work's formal plasticity unrivalled." The Sunday Times, 12/10/03 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 17, 18 and 21 (Rec 1932-1934) Artur Schnabel (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "I've reviewed several of this series, but so far this is my favorite. I can't stop playing it. If you buy only one of this new series, I urge you to try this one." -- Scott Morrison, Amazon.com, February 17, 2004 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4-6 and 19-20 (Rec 1932-1935) Artur Schnabel (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "The sonic restorations on these inexpensive Naxos discs, part of an ongoing set of the complete 32 sonatas, are very good, but it's still the performances that stand the test of time and emerge with distinction." - William W. Starr, The State,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7-10 (Rec 1932-1935) Artur Schnabel (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "The sonic restorations on these inexpensive Naxos discs, part of an ongoing set of the complete 32 sonatas, are very good, but it's still the performances that stand the test of time and emerge with distinction." - William W. Starr, The State,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 / Schumann: Kinderszenen (Rec 1935/47) Artur Schnabel (Piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 15/Nov/2001 ] Naxos historic series continues |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano works, incl Piano Concerto No 1 Artur Schnabel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / George Szell, conductor [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 20/Sep/2001 ] Naxos's great historic pianist series continues |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4 (recorded 1933) Artur Schnabel (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Malcolm Sargent [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] |
BACH / BRAHMS / GALUPPI / ALBENIZ / etc
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - The Early Recordings 1 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] "Was Michelangeli's best playing his earliest? Here's a remarkable artist - overwhelmingly masterful in Brahms's Paganini Variations, engaging in Bach, poetic in Scarlatti, impulsive and haunting in Granados and Albéniz" Five Stars BBC Music |
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Grieg/Schumann: Piano Concerto [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] |
BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / MOZART
Early Recordings Vol. 2 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) / Milan Pomeriggi Musici Symphony Orchestra / Ettore Gracis [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] These works, all recorded in Milan by Michelangeli between the ages of 19 and 31, show a man at the beginning of his career as an already finished artist. One can only echo what a critic wrote in 1948, 'What a pianist! Technically, the playing is... |
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Ashley Wass
Franck: Piano Works [ Naxos / CD ] |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 4-Music for 2 Pianos Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] "If you know orchestral Bax you will have the measure of these scores. They are just as colourful and seductive and come across with so much life and sparkle that even the anti-Bax brigade must succumb to their manifold charms. Of course the success... |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 and 4 / Water Music / Winter Waters Ashley Wass (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Jun/2005 ] "Dedicated followers of Bax may have other favourite recordings of this repertoire to compare with, but for my ears, with its naturally balanced, warm recording, Wass's intelligent, agile playing does the composer's cause no harm at all." (musicWeb... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 32 - Album d'un Voyageur Ashley Wass (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Piano Music / CD - released 30/Nov/2010 ] "Wass's command of the young Liszt's idiom engages both with its poetry and virtuosity: he underscores the contrasts of mood and tempo in 'Lyon', for instance, to articulate the broader design in a way that's highly effective." (BBC Music) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Piano Music Ashley Wass (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2006 ] Public recognition brought Elgar many honours, his position sealed by the composition of music for the coronation of King Edward VII. |
FRANK BRIDGE
Piano Music (Vol. 1) Ashley Wass (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "Wass demonstrates a tremendous feel for the whole range of Bridge's piano music: delicacy on the one hand and power on the other" (MusicWeb June 2006) |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Incls 12 Preludes) Ashley Wass (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "Wass gives outstandingly sympathetic performances throughout and he has been granted eminently ripe and realistic sound. All in all, a most enjoyable CD." --Review by Andrew Achenbach, Gramophone |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Incls Sonata alla toccata & Fantasy Waltzes) Ashley Wass (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Jan/2008 ] Piano music featured prominently for the most part of Alwyn's career. The composer himself was no mean pianist, as evidenced in the varying technical demands made on the pianist in the works included here. The major work on this recording, Fantasy... |
