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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op. 147 / Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (arr viola) Annette Bartholdy (viola), Julius Drake (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] "Annette Batholdy and Julius Drake are particularly inspired here, the anguish of the viola's intense cadenza passages finding ultimate release in the calm C major of the close." BBC Music |
THOMAS PITFIELD
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Anthony Goldstone (piano) / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra / Andrew Penny [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 18/Oct/2009 ] |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs / On Wenlock Edge (Chamber version) / English Folksongs Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) / Simon Keenlyside (baritone) / Duke Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 16/Mar/2003 ] Ralph Vaughan Williams was born in the Gloucestershire village of Down Ampney in 1872, the son of a clergyman. His ancestry on both his father's and mother's side was of some intellectual distinction. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Transcriptions (by Godowsky, Liszt, Prokofiev & Busoni) Antti Siirala (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] "A disc débutant takes on a challenging programme and passes with flying colours" - Editor's Choice gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
MAX REGER
Reger: Complete String Trios and Piano Quartets Volume 2 Felix Schwartz (viola) / Aperto Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] This is the second of two discs of the complete piano quartets and string trios of Max Reger. The Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 133, completed during the first month of World War I, is a deeply expressive and intense work, using the full range of... |
MAX REGER
Reger: String Trios and Piano Quartets (Complete), Vol. 1 Aperto Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] The first of two discs containing the complete piano quartets and string trios of Max Reger, this release features the String Trio in A minor of 1904, a work of almost Mozartian clarity and the 1910 Piano Quartet in D minor. Modelled on Brahms's C... |
MARGARITIS / PETYREK
Etude No. 1 / Greek Rhapsody / Youth / Verses / Piano Sonatina / 6 Greek Rhapsodies Apostolos Palios (piano) [ Naxos Greek Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] The varied, highly individual pieces on this recording often possess a dreamlike, nostalgic, timeless quality which Schumann or Debussy would have appreciated. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 5 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Haydn worked during a period that witnessed a great deal of stylistic change, including the evolution of keyboard instruments from the harpsichord to the pianoforte with its hammer action and greater dynamic flexibility. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 6 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Haydn's 30 Piano Trios were written at a time when the harpsichord was being replaced by the pianoforte and when a parallel change saw the emergence of sonata-allegro form. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Volume 8 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] As one of the most celebrated composers of the late 18th century, Joseph Haydn can lay claim to being 'father of the piano trio' alongside that of other genres established in his lifetime such as the symphony and the string quartet. |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Complete Piano Trios Arbor Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Some of the subtlest playing on the disc comes in the Third Piano Trio…The string duos of the second movement are wonderfully done." The Strad |
KAROL LUTOSLAWSKI
Szymanowski: Complete Music for Violin and Piano (with Szymanowski-Mythes and Janacek-Violin Sonata) Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) / Miri Yampolsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] The lives of the three Eastern European composers on this disc spanned almost 150 years (1854-1994), a period of dramatic historical change, political turmoil and radical developments in Western music. Janácˇek, Lutosławski and Szymanowski each left... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music (Volume 1) Arnaldo Cohen (Piano) [ Naxos Complete Liszt Piano Music Vol 1 / CD - released 11/Jun/2006 ] "This disc shows Arnaldo Cohen to be both a virtuoso capable of meeting the appalling demands Liszt rejoiced in making in his earlier works, and also a sensitive performer who can deliver the painful intimacies of some of the last works." |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 / Carnaval, Op. 9 (with Richard Strauss-Burleske in D minor, TrV 145) (Rec 1939-46) Claudio Arrau (piano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Desire Defauw (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] This third Naxos volume of Claudio Arrau's recordings from the 1930s and 1940s includes two performances set down in an incredibly short period of time. Richard Strauss's Burleske was recorded at a morning session on 13th April 1946 at Orchestra Hall... |
ROSLAVETS
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 4 and 6 / 3 Dances Arthur Greene (Piano) / Solomia Soroka (Violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] Nikolai Roslavets is an enigmatic but intriguing figure in the history of twentieth-century music. Hissurviving compositions exhibit a marked sophistication and uniqueness attractive especially to those who enjoy repertoire beyond the mainstream. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 / 24 Preludes, Op. 28 / Trois Nouvelles Études / Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 / Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 25/Aug/2011 ] When the recording of the Preludes, Rubinstein's only committal of the work to disc, was issued in the UK in 1955, Gramophone declared: 'As a whole, this masterly performance is the best we have had so far of Chopin's great work'. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Waltzes / Impromptus Arthur Rubinstein (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] "this earlier version is wistful and whimsical, and impeccably tasteful." (BBC Music Magazine) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Brahms: Double Concerto / Beethoven: Violin Sonatas (1950-1951) Artur Balsam (Piano) / Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) / Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (Conductor) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] In contrast to Oistrakh, Milstein did not develop a rapport with Stolyarsky: at an early age he developed an ironic, independent viewpoint, and a scepticism towards those in authority which would not have served him well in post-Revolution Russia. |
RODRIGO
Piano Music, Vol. 1 Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] Artur Pizarro gives excellent performances. Great virtuosity is rarely required but sensitivity to variations of mood is the key here and he captures the spirit of the music to perfection. |
RODRIGO
Piano Music, Volume 2 (Incls ' 3 danzas de Espana') Artur Pizarro (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] This second and final volume of Artur Pizarro's recording of Rodrigo's complete solo piano music for Naxos includes miniatures written for 'small hands', including those of his daughter Cecilia, the virtuosic Sonatas de Castilla, the Suite para... |
