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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 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / Festival Overture / The Age of Gold Suite Michael Houstoun (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Michael Houston is a clear and characterful soloist." (Gramophone) |
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 |
FRANZ DANZI
Danzi: Wind Quintets Op.67 1-3 / Sonata for Horn Michael Thompson Wind Quintet, with Michael Thompson (horn) Philip Fowke (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "...These three are as cleverly written as always, appealing to the listener's intelligence but also to a sense of humour." © 2000 Gramophone |
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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... |
SIGMUND THALBERG
Thalberg: Piano Concerto in F minor / Souvenirs de beethoven Francesco Nicolosi (piano) / Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] Thalberg's Piano Concerto in F minor, Opus 5 is a relatively early work. The first movement opens with the expected orchestral exposition, presenting two contrasting subjects, before the entry of the soloist with an elaboration of the material. |
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... |
YORITSUNE MATSUDAIRA
Matsudaira: Bugaku Dance Suite / Theme and Variations for Piano and Orchestra Osaka Century Orchestra, Ken Takaseki [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] Yoritsune Matsudaira is descended from the Shogun family who ruled over Japan from 1603 to 1867, based in Edo, later changed to Tokyo. |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Music Vol. 1 Oxana Yablonskaya (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Apr/1995 ] Piano works composed over a period of twenty-six years (1867-1893) comprise a by no means insignificant part of Tchaikovsky's chamber music. |
CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Romantic Piano Fantasies on Sir Walter Scott's Novels Pei-I Wang, Samuel Gingher (piano duet) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Carl Czerny's instructional exercises may be his lasting legacy but there remain numerous largely forgotten pieces that reveal important elements of his compositional range. |
ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Eager and polished performances that do Bliss absolutely proud." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2004) Grammy Award Nomination 2005 - Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (with Orchestra) |
ALAN RAWSTHORNE
Rawsthorne: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Takuo Yuasa (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "Peter Donohoe's heroic series of forgotten British piano concertos brings back to life a Festival of Britain score brimming with vital ideas and effervescent writing with a 'proper-tune' finale." Gramophone |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Hanze: Volin & Viola Works Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin/viola), Roderick Chadwick (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "Hard to imagine a finer advocate for these alluring pieces by Henze than the remarkable Sheppard Skaerved." Sunday Times |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / LENNOX BERKELEY
Auden Songs Philip Langridge (tenor) / Della Jones (mezzo-soprano) / Steuart Bedford (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "...Langridge and Jones sing them with admirable ardour, colour and clarity." - Jeremy Nicholas, Classic FM Magazine |
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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 [(ncls Symphony No. 2] The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Piotr Paleczny (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "An excellent disc at bargain price.": BBC Music |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski - Orchestral Works Vol 3: Symphony No. 3 / Paganini Variations Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit, conductor, with Bernd Glemser, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] "a series that is setting high standards in budget-price contemporary music....Wit conjures a fantastic range of tone colour from his well-drilled Polish orchestra ...the third symphony has never sounded more convincing" - Classic CD |
