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PETER SCULTHORPE
Sculthorpe: Earth Cry / Piano Concerto / Kakadu / etc William Barton (didgeridoo) / Maria Anna Cislovska (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2004 ] "Tasmanian composer Sculthorpe's psychedelic images of primeval times, nature and infinity are well worth your trouble. A superb and breathtakingly inexpensive disc. Miraculously good value at every level." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Piano Music - Poemes / Waltzes / Dances Xia Yin Wang (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "As sheer pianism this is a disc that requires to be heard by every lover of piano music. Scriabin lovers will find plenty to revel in and for the newcomer to the music of this very special composer I can hardly imagine a better disc to gain insight... |
AMY BEACH
Beach: Piano Concerto / Gaelic Symphony Alan Feinberg (piano) Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] "Prepare to be thrilled by the melodic invention and charming rhythmic energy of this music. Well worth exploring." - Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (June 2003) |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Emerson Concerto / Symphony No. 1 Alan Feinberg (Piano) / National Symphony Orchestra Of Ireland / James Sinclair [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "Alan Feinberg is an ideal exponent of Ives's truculent and tender realism. The National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland partners him well... a very strong recommendation" International Record Review |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Piano Music, Vol. 1: Peches de vieillesse, Vols. 6, 9 [Sins of my old age] Alessandro Marangoni (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "This is going to turn into another of Naxos's eminently collectable sets, and on this showing will prove to be worth it at almost any price. " (MusicWeb July 2008) |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Piano Music, Vol. 2: Peches de vieillesse, Vol. 2 [Sins of my old age] Alessandro Marangoni (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Rossini spent his final years in Paris where he wrote numerous short piano pieces arranged in 13 volumes, which he jokingly called Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), that juxtapose irreverence and seriousness. Volume VI, Album for Smart Children... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Chamber Music & Rarities, Vol. 1: Peches de vieillesse, Vols. 8 [Sins of my old age] Alessandro Marangoni (piano & harmonium) with Massimo Quarta (violin), Ugo Favaro (horn), & Lilly Jørstad (mezzo-soprano) [ Naxos Peches de vieillesse Vol 8 / CD - released 10/Apr/2018 ] Featuring ten premiere recordings and a number of recently discovered 'Sins of Old Age' manuscripts unassigned to specific volumes, this album brings together a notable diversity of genres and instrumentation. They include the catchy Allegretto for... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Complete Piano Music Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) Alessandro Marangoni (piano), with Giuseppina Bridelli (mezzo-soprano), Ars Cantica Choir & others [ Naxos / 13 CD Box Set - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Rossini drew a line under his hugely successful operatic career at the age of 37 and wrote little until his final years in Paris, where he became renowned for his musical salons. For these he wrote numerous short piano pieces. |
DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Piano Sonatas and Sonatinas (complete) Alexandre Dossin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "Anyone interested in the Soviet piano repertoire of the twentieth century need not hesitate. The recording quality is perfectly acceptable." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Distinguished Bach specialist Sir András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Extending the variety already evident in Book I (available on 2.110653), Bachs effortless brilliance and new-found... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier I BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Johann Sebastian Bach was undoubtedly the greatest musical thinker of his age. Dubbed 'the Old Testament of music' by the conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow, The Well-Tempered Clavier is acknowledged to be one of the most significant works ever... |
PIAZZOLLA
Astor Piazzolla's Best Tangos Aquiles Delle-Vigne (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Piazzolla's earthy yet highly developed music gains a new dimension of intimacy but also of power in the hands of this master of the keyboard. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovky: Piano Concerto No. 1 / The Tempest / Eugene Onegin: Polonaise & Waltz Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Banowitz is an excellent pianist." American Record Guide |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Music Vol.2 (Nocturnes Nos 10-18) Benjamin Frith (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2001 ] "They are beautifully played by the young British pianist Benjamin Frith. The recording is good and the notes are fine. All in all, this is an attractive bargain." - American Record Guide |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas Benjamin Frith (piano), Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 25/Jan/2019 ] 'Benjamin Frith has done a stellar job in bringing these concertos into the sunlight, brilliantly supported by the Northern Sinfonia under David Haslam' (Pianist magazine). |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Best Of Mendelssohn (Incls 'The Hebrides' Overture & Violin Concerto in E minor: II. Andante) Benjamin Frith (piano) Peter Nagy (piano) Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] Felix Mendelssohn, grandson of the distinguished Jewish thinker Moses Mendelssohn, the additional surname Bartholdy adopted on his conversion to Christianity, was born in Hamburg, the son of a banker. The family moved to Berlin, where Mendelssohn was... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Barcarolle / Nocturnes Nos. 2, 19 / Scherzos Nos. 1, 3, 4 (Moiseiwitsch, Vol. 13) (recorded 1939-1952) Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The pianist's exquisite singing tone is perfectly captured and he creates powerful and impassioned climaxes while never sacrificing his impeccable taste, style and elegance. |
FREDERIC RZEWSKI
Rzewski: Late Piano Works Bobby Mitchell (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Frederic Rzewski was one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. The themes explored in his late piano works are typical of his entire body of work in their uncompromising and universal nature. The intensely contrapuntal Ruins... |
John CAGE
Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano Boris Berman (prepared piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Listeners new to Cage's prepared piano oeuvre will be enchanted by the variety, humor, and beauty that typifies Berman's program. Solidly recommended." - ClassicsToday.com (10/10 Artistic & Sound) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Préludes Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] Written over a period of 18 years, Rachmaninov's sets of Préludes are a mirror and a record of his compositional development. With so rich a variety of character, colour, texture and mood, no two préludes are fully alike, and differentiation of tempo... |
