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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Complete Songs (Vol 1): Zemphira's song; Midnight; Lullaby; etc Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) Ljuba Orefenova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jul/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Kazarnovskaya is a rapidly rising star, with appearances at Salzburg, la Scala, the Met and Vienna. She brings a rich soprano voice and considerable feeling to 17 of the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 4 (1941) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Paul Ulanowsky (piano) [ Naxos Great Singers / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Volume 4 of Lotte Lehmann’s Lieder recordings made in America focuses on three composers, Brahms, Wagner and Wolf, all particularly suited to the soprano’s velvet and sensuous tone. |
GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Music, Vol. 2: Symphony No. 2 / Theme and Variations / Tarantella / Gavotta Lya de Barberiis (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] This is a not-to-be-missed series." (AudAud Five Stars Nov 2009) |
ALWYN / BAX / BERKELEY / BRITTEN / MOERAN / RAWSTHORNE / etc
British String Quartets Maggini Quartet, with David Campbell (clarinet), Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Naxos / 20 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2019 ] "Another British string quartet rarity from the Maggini Quartet. Fine performances of two superbly confident chamber works." Editor's Choice - Gramophone |
ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Oboe Quintet / Piano Quartet / Viola Sonata Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Oct/2006 ] "Excellent sound, detailed liner notes, and Naxos's competitive prices. What's not to like, here?" Fanfare, January/February 2004 |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Douze Morceaux & Souvenir De Hapsal Mami Shikimori (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] Tchaikovsky wrote music for the piano throughout his life, many of these pieces being dedicated to family members or close friends and musical associates. Rich in variety, the Douze morceaux range from playful dances to a substantial Marche funebre,... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Cello Sonata / Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3 / Grand Duo Maria Kleigel (cello) Bernd Glemser (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "These gifted and accomplished young artists are very well recoded indeed and, at the price, this is a bargain." Penguin Guide |
DVORAK / ORR / DANZI
Virtuoso Cello Showpieces (Sonatina in G major, Op. 100 / A Carmen Fantasy / Don Giovanni Variations) Maria Kliegel (cello) / Nina Tichman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] This recording of virtuoso cello repertoire ranges from the work of the Mannheim cellist and composer, Franz Danzi to the British composer Buxton Orr’s Carmen Fantasy, the cellist’s answer to Franz Waxman’s famous violin fantasy. |
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: Piano Music Mark Boozer (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] Long known as the doyen of Afro-American composers, William Grant Still was born on 11th May, 1895, in Woodville, Mississippi to musical and scholarly parents of African-American, Native American, Spanish, Irish, and Scotch heritage. Following the... |
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
Moszkowski: Piano Concerto, Op. 59 / From Foreign Lands Op.23 Markus Pawlik (piano) / National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra A. Wit, conductor [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 13/Oct/2002 ] Moritz Moszkowski was born in Breslau on 23rd August, 1854, and began his music studies in Dresden, eventually moving to Berlin to continue his education with Kullak and Wüerst. |
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Works Volume 7 - Piano Concerto / Cantate / Icare Martyn van den Hoek (piano) / Nienke Oostenrijk (soprano) / Netherlands Concert Choir / Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra / Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] "Icare is arguably Markevitch's masterpiece, one of the great ballets of the 20th century. If you don't know Markevitch the composer, this is probably the best place to start." (ClassicsToday 10/10 Jan 2011) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Reflections Matthew Jones (violin and viola) & Annabel Thwaite (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "There isn't a single dud item here...Jones's playing of both instruments enthrals. His viola tone is different from the turbocharged massiveness of many of today's soloists; instead he searches out the instrument's capacity for gentle light and shad |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 1 [Incls Harlequin Dreaming & Summer Idyls] Matthew Schellhorn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] With this album, Matthew Schellhorn sheds new light on Herbert Howells as a truly significant 20th-century composer for the piano. From the charming Summer Idyls, written before the composer began studies at the Royal College of Music, to the mature... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Word (selection) Peter Nagy (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "Peter Nagy does a workmanlike job with these little gems, playing them with feeling and technical proficiency. This CD is a high price spread in terms of performance and sound but at the cost of a low price spread. How does Naxos do it" SensibleSound |
MICHAEL EASTON
Easton: Concerto on Australian Themes / An Australian in Paris / Beasts of the Bush Margaret Haggart (soprano) Len Vorster (piano) Bernadette Conlon (Piano Accordian) / State Orchestra Of Victoria, Brett Kelly [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/1998 ] Michael Easton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1954. He received his musical training at the Royal Academy of Music where the help and encouragement of Sir Lennox Berkeley confirmed his ambition to be a composer. |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol 2 Michael Lewin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Sep/2007 ] "American pianist Michael Lewin takes on the second batch in Naxos' set of The Complete Keyboard Sonatas by Italian Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti." Blogcritics Magazine, April 05, 2007 |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Chamber Music Vol.2 [Incls Violin Sonata & Clarinet Sonata] Graf Mourja (violin), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet), Francoise Groben (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] "there are wonderfully spiky moments from Graf Mourja in the Stravinskian Violin Sonata, and Ronald Van Spaendonck's control of the haunting slow movement of the Clarinet Sonata is mesmerising." (BBC Music) |
MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
Works for Violin and Piano Nazrin Rashidova (violin) & Daniel Grimwood (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2015 ] Moritz Moszkowski enjoyed a considerable international reputation as a composer and pianist and was fêted as the natural successor to Chopin. It is a mark of his music's success that it was arranged for countless ensembles and solo... |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Piano Music Vol 1 (Incls '8 Nocturnes') Olivier Cazal (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] Francis Poulenc wrote music that is witty, satirical, whimsical, and sometimes, even, impudent. His musical structures are light and graceful, his textures are fragile, and his technical assurance is rock-solid. In everything he ever wrote, Poulenc... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Egyptian" Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Saint-Saëns's mature creative genius shines throughout these last two piano concertos, looking back over a glorious musical ancestry while at the same time opening the door to new worlds. The Fourth Piano Concerto is prescient of both his great Organ... |
