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BOGDANOV-BEREZOVSKY / FRID / KREIN / KRYUKOV / VASILENKO
Soviet Russian Viola Music Igor Fedotov (viola) / Gary Hammond (piano) / Leonid Vechkhayzer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Here is a recording of rarities on two counts. Not only is the music of Kryukov, Vasilenko, Frid, Krein and Bogdanov-Berezovsky little known outside of Russia, but viola sonatas are as welcome as they are scarce. Romantic lyricism, the influence of... |
TEIZO MATSUMURA
Matsumura: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 Ikuyo Kamiya (piano) / RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos Japanese Classics / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] |
SCHUMANN
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 Ilya Kaler (violin) / Boris Slutsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "These performances, powerfully recorded in Indiana by young Russian artists, are most enjoyable" - Gramophone |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Seasons / Piano Sonata in C sharp minor Ilya Rachkovsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] Tchaikovsky's The Seasons is a collection of twelve piano pieces, each one representing a month of the year, from the melancholy fireside in January, through Carnival, the song of the lark, April snowdrops and the nights of May, to the wistful... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Cello Sonatas: Sicilienne / Elegie / Pavane / Papillon Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson (cello) / Allan Sternfield (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Fauré's musical language bridged a gap between 19th-century Romanticism and the music that appeared with the new century, developing and evolving, but retaining its own fundamental characteristics. His gift for melody, subtle harmonic idiom and... |
KABALEVSKY
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 In-Ju Bang (Piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitry Yablonsky (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] "An excellent showing .. the rhythmic trickiness is negotiated with delicate skill and pleasing precision" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Ode to a Nightingale / Piano Concertino / Symphony No. 7 Inna Galatenko, Oleg Bezborodko, Marija Grikevičiūtė / Lithuanian National Symphony, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Valentin Silvestrov's elusive post-modern style is rich in nostalgia for the lost music of a barely remembered past filled with beauty and spiritual aspiration. |
BENJAMIN DALE
The Romantic Viola Yuko Inoue (viola) & Stephen Coombs (piano) / RAM Viola Sextet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Oct/2013 ] The English composer Benjamin Dale's compositions are relatively few in number but of great distinction. The Suite for Viola and Piano in D major, Op.2 is large in scale, brilliant in execution, and youthful in feeling |
Inva Mula, soprano / Valerie Millot, soprano / Claire Brua, mezzo-soprano / Gerard Theruel, baritone / Laurent Naouri, baritone / David Abramovitz, pi
Ravel - Songs for Voice and Piano (Chanson espagnole Noel des jouets Si morne! and others) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] From his father, a Swiss engineer, Ravel inherited a delight in precision and, incidentally, in mechanical toys, while from his Basque mother he acquired a familiarity with something of Spanish culture. |
ANDRE PARFENOV / PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Parfenov/Tchaikovsky: Aachener Walzer - Orchestral Works Ioana Cristina Goicea (violin) André Parfenov (piano) / Aachen Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Tchaikovsky stayed in Aachen for six weeks in 1887, during which time he orchestrated his Mozartiana. He also left behind 16 bars of music from his diary, and the Aachener Walzer is André Parfenov's completion of this otherwise unknown mini-waltz. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Prince Rostislav Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Naxos / CD ] "This is by any standards a notable achievement." CD Review |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: preludes Opp.28,45,P Irina Zaritzkaya (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] |
VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Moments of Memory II Iryna Starodub (piano) / Kiev Virtuosi, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Oct/2017 ] Ukranian composer Valentin Silvestrov has said that 'I do not write new music. My music is a response to and an echo of what already exists.' This is particularly pertinent to works such as the Two Dialogues with Postscript that engage hauntingly... |
IMRE SZECHENYI
Széchényi: Waltzes and Hungarian Marches István Kassai, Lázár György (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Count Imre Széchényi of Sárvár-Felsővidék was a highly regarded Austro-Hungarian diplomat and politician who counted Johann Strauss as a lifelong friend, and whose dances were popular and much in demand in his day. Széchényi composed waltzes... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Russian Oboe Ivan Paisov (oboe) / Natalia Scherbakova (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] This recording offers a fascinating survey of Russian oboe music spanning over 150 years. Though now widely neglected, Johann-Heinrich Luft held an important position as an oboist in 19th century Russia and was the acknowledged founder of the Russian... |
JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUSS
Complete Piano Music: Sonatas, Scherzo con variazioni, Swedish Dance and others Jacques Despres, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] Joseph Martin Kraus may be considered one of the most talented and unusual composers of the eighteenth century. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Mendelssohn/Schumann: Piano Trios (rec 1927-1928) Jacques Thibaud / Pablo Casals / Alfred Cortot [ Naxos Historical Great Chamber Recordings / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] Cortot, an unashamedly romantic pianist who was perhaps the finest exponent of Chopin, Schumann and Franck in his time, was born at Nyon, Switzerland, on 26th September 1877 of a French father and a Swiss mother. |
EDWARD MacDOWELL
MacDowell: Piano Music Vol 2 - First Modern Suite / 6 Idyls / Sonata No. 3 James Barbagallo (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD ] It would seem fair to say that Edward MacDowell was not only the most prominent American composer of the nineteenth century but also the first to see a considerable number of his works performed in Europe. At an early age MacDowell proved to be... |
EDWARD MacDOWELL
MacDowell: Piano Music Vol. 1 James Barbagallo (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2009 ] "[John Barbagallo] obviously cares for this music and provides scintillating readings. The Marco Polo sound is near perfect." - Fanfare |
EDWARD MacDOWELL
Piano Music Vol. 3 James Barbagallo (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] |
