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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' / Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise AUDIO ONLY Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Antoni Wit [ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2011 ] Using the new Polish National Chopin Edition, acclaimed pianist Eldar Nebolsin and Poland's national orchestra conducted by the renowned Polish conductor Antoni Wit, here present fresh interpretations of Chopin's great works for piano and orchestra. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-3 Fanny Clamagirand (violin) / Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Strongly recommended for its soaring performances, in lively recorded sound. Fanny Clamagirand seems to have all the prerequisites for a strong violinistic personality-at least as strong as Grumiaux's or Stern's." Fanfare |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5, "Emperor" (arr. for piano and string quintet) Hanna Shybayeva (piano) / Animato String Quartet, with Bas Vliegenthart (double bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Ignaz Lachner's superb arrangements of Mozart's piano concertos are well known, but his brother Vinzenz Lachner's arrangements of Beethoven's concertos are a rarity, though equally as valuable. |
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SIGISMOND THALBERG
Thalberg: Fantasies on Italian Operas / Les Soirées de Pausilippe, Op. 75 / Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 5 / Other Piano Works [6 Discs] Francesco Nicolosi (piano) / Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 14/May/2021 ] Some mystery surrounds the birth and parentage of the virtuoso pianist Sigismond Thalberg, popularly supposed to have been the illegitimate son of Count Moritz Dietrichstein and the Baroness von Wetzlar, born at Pâquis near Geneva in 1812. |
ANDREAS BAKSA / UROS KREK / BORIS PAPANDOPULO / FRIGYES HIDAS
Piccolo Concertos Francesco Viola, (piccolo) / Nationaltheater-Orchester Mannheim, Salvatore Percacciolo [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] The idea of a piccolo concerto might have seemed far-fetched at the beginning of the 20th century, but numerous composers have now expanded its role as the highest instrument of the orchestra into a true solo voice. |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Symphonic Variations / Les Djinns / Piano Concerto No 2 Francois-Joel Thiollier & Martjn van den Hoek (pianos) / Arnhem PO / Roberto Benz [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Not so well known repertoire of Cesar Franck |
SCHARWENKA
Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor / Polish National Dances François Xavier Poizat (piano) / Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra / Lukasz Borowicz [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Aug/2011 ] Scharwenka's fourth and final Piano Concerto (which the composer performed under the direction of Mahler and Stokowski) is a work of genius which stands at the apex of his achievement. |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
SCHOENBERG
Concerto for String Quartet / The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15 Fred Sherry Quartet / Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble / Robert Craft [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "When you consider that this disc gives almost eighty minutes of music, including a rarely performed work in what Robert Craft describes as an unmatched performance, plus three other pieces and an interview, all for a super-budget price then it is... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Concerto and other orchestral music Philippe Djokic / Symphony Nova Scotia, Georg Tintner [ Naxos Titner Memorial Edition 10 / CD - released 27/Sep/2010 ] "...Tintner's Delius is not quite in that category, but I have to say that he makes a very credible and creditable case for all the music on this generously-timed album." MusicWeb |
EDVARD GRIEG / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16 / Chopin: Sonata in B-Flat Minor Ignaz Freidman (piano) / Studio orchestra, Philippe Gaubert [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 30/Sep/2002 ] Until 1914 Friedman lived in Berlin but during World War I he lived in Copenhagen and after the war resided in Italy. Friedman's first visit to America was in 1920 and in April 1923 he made his first records for American Columbia. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / W. A. MOZART / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Kreisler: The Complete Concerto Recordings Vol. 2 (Historical Recordings 1924 & 1927) Fritz Kreisler (violin) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Dec/2000 ] Recorded 1924 - 1927 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Kreisler: Complete Concerto Recordings Vol.1 Fritz Kreisler (Violin) / Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leo Blech [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 23/Jun/2001 ] The first of an important series |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Great Violinists - Kreisler : Vol.5, Mendelssohn / Beethoven (Rec 35/36) Fritz Kreisler (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barbirolli, Ronald [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 5/Jun/2002 ] Classic historic recordings remastered |
JOSEPH BOULOGNE SAINT-GEORGES
Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op. 2 & Op. 7 Fumika Mohri (violin) / Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] A brilliant swordsman, athlete, violin virtuoso and composer, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges might well lay claim to being the most talented figure in an age of remarkable individuals. The string quartet was still in its infancy in France... |
LAURENT PETITGIRARD
Petitgirard: Concertos for String Instruments (including Cello Concerto) Gary Hoffmann / Gerard Causse / Augustin Dumay / Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra / Laurent Petitgirard [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2007 ] "All three orchestras used on this disc seem to give their all for the conductor-composer. Worth investigating" Fanfare |
GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Music Vol. 4 - Piano Concerto No. 2 / Momento Musicale e Minuetto / Novelleta Gesualdo Coggi (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "Francesco La Vecchia elicits ... incisive string playing and ... penetrating woodwind articulation in the neo-Wagnerian First symphony ... aided by Naxos' rich, dazzlingly detailed engineering ... A fine start to a promising cycle, warmly... |
GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Works Vol. 3 - Piano Concerto No. 1 / La canzone dei ricordi Gesualdo Coggi (piano) Silvia Pasini (mezzo-soprano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco la Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "This is a not-to-be-missed series." (AudAud Five Stars Nov 2009) |
MIKLOS ROZSA
Rozsa: Viola Concerto / Hungarian Serenade Gilad Karni (viola) / Budapest Concert Orchestra / Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "I prefer (Gilad Karni's) account, both more intimate and earthier, authentically Hungarian and more sombre in colouring." BBC Music Magazine, February 2009 ***** |
J.S. BACH
Keyboard Concerto No. 1 / Partitas Nos. 5 and 6 Glenn Gould (piano) / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] Canadian pianist Glenn Gould's first Columbia recording, his classic 1955 Goldberg Variations, and second, Beethoven's last three piano sonatas, were followed by this 1957 rendition of Bach's D minor Concerto, praised by The New York Times critic... |
