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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Boris Giltburg (piano) / Brussels Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto was composed while he was a student at the Moscow Conservatoire, then fully reworked before he left Russia in 1917 and again in 1919. It is hard to explain why it never achieved a higher level of popularity. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Etudes-tableaux Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Aug/2017 ] "Giltburg certainly has something fresh to say in Rachmaninov's Second Concerto...and he says it elegantly and eloquently...one of the most appealing aspects of this performance is its grand trajectory." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Variations on a theme of Corelli Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No. 3' is a complex, epic narrative that moves from a simple opening melody to the triumphant apotheosis at its conclusion. The composer ingeniously links motifs, melodies and at times whole sections between the... |
ALEXANDER ALYABIEV / MIKHAIL GLINKA / ANTON RUBINSTEIN
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol 1 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] The piano trio holds an important place in the history of Russian chamber music and to follow the development of the genre is to accompany the fascinating history of Russian music in the 19th century. Its beginnings can be found with Alexander... |
VLADIMIR DYCK / CONSTANTIN IVANOVICH von STERNBERG / SERGEY YOUFEROV
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 5 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] This album concludes The Brahms Trio's five-volume survey of the piano trio in Russia with remarkable works by composers whose names have all but disappeared from the musical world's collective memory. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British Music: Green & Pleasant Land Christopher Maltman (Baritone) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor) Graham Johnson (Piano) Nicholas Daniel (Oboe) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by the elite of British artists. |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 26 Bruno Vlahek (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Domenico Scarlatti's magnificent sonatas were composed for the Infanta, who became Queen of Spain in 1746. Previous releases in this series have focused primarily on the sonatas contained in Venetian volumes but this one ranges further afield. It... |
CHEN GANG / XIAN XING-HI
The Yellow River Piano Concerto / The Butterfly Lovers Piano Concerto Chen Jie (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Carolyn Kuan [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] The Yellow River Concerto is one of the most popular of all Chinese works, a richly melodic exploration of scenic variety, and a forceful expression of patriotic pride. Written in 1958 by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao, The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto... |
ANTONIO BAZZINI
Bazzini: Virtuoso Works for Violin and Piano Chloe Hanslip (violin) Caspar Frantz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "Hanslip has a clear tone, very accurate intonation, nimble fingers, and a tight, fast vibrato that she can employ on short notes. She knows how to shape a phrase by varying dynamics and adding accents." American Record Guide |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 1: No 6 Op 123 & No 8 Op 151 Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] "If its successors are as good as this, the series will introduce us to a lot of very attractive music." (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos Vol 5: Piano Concerto in E flat, Op. 42 / Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 177 / etc Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Uwe Grodd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] The fourteen works for piano and orchestra of Ferdinand Ries stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. Intensely lyrical and yet displaying at times a rugged... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Mar/2013 ] "The performances could hardly be more finely attuned to the technical challenges, while the composer's own booklet-notes set the scene succinctly...As a 'feast for the senses', Whalley's music demonstrably has much to recommend it." Gramophone |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 30 Minuets with Trios / 8 Ländler / 5 Écossaises Daniel Lebhardt (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Dances were an important element in Schubert's compositions. He favoured the Ländler, triple time country dances - perfect material for Viennese middle-class tastes - and the Écossaise, supposedly Scottish, cast in duple time and performed with women... |
HERMANN GOETZ
Goetz: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Spring Overture Davide Cabassi (piano) Magdeburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Kimbo Ishii [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] "Given the price, I think this Naxos disc is now the front runner for this music" MusicWeb |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Songs Dennis O'Neill (Tenor) / Ingrid Surgenor (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "This is a simply gorgeous selection of songs. Donizetti's craftsmanship is never, ever in doubt; neither is the devotion of the O'Neill/Surgenor partnership" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol 1 Eteri Andjaparidze (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] At age 5, Andjaparidze entered the Special Music School for Gifted Children in Tbilisi (studio of Meri Chavchanidze), and at age 8 debuted as a soloist with the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra and in solo recital at age 9. |
ALFRED HILL
Alfred Hill - String Quartets, Vol. 4 (Nos. 10, 11 & 'Life' Quintet) Dominion String Quartet with Richard Mapp (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] Alfred Hill was the doyen of Australasian composers, and his exploration of the string quartet demonstrates the range of his imagination. Both the Tenth and Eleventh quartets were written in 1935, but they offer richly differing affiliations. No. 10... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Sonatas (Sonatinas) For Violin And Piano Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "Korean-born Dong-Suk Kang plays with style and panache" - Penguin Guide |
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Lieder, Vol. 1 Dorothea Craxton (soprano) Babette Dorn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "I am not going to get carried away with praise, but these are songs just as worthy of our attention as many from Schubert, and it is good to note that this is the first volume of a cycle." David's Review Corner, December 2009 |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Music Vol. 3 Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] "[a] totally compelling performance full of hair-raising mood swings, in which harrowing despair alternates with profound mystic fervour... the Naxos disc demands to be heard." The Guardian |
