LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Guitar Quintets, Vol. 3 Zoltan Tokos (guitar), Gyorgy Eder (cello) / Danubius String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2011 ] |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Works For String Quartet Vol. 5 [incls Cypresses] Valch Quartet Prague [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] During the space of just over two weeks in July 1865 DvoĆák wrote a set of eighteen songs, settings of words by the Moravian poet Gustav Pfleger, Cypresses. |
SHOSTAKOVICH / GRANADOS / SCRIABIN / PROKOFIEV / MALININ
Valentin Malinin Piano Laureate Recital - 2021 Winner Jaén Prize International Piano Competition Valentin Malinin (piano) / Bretón String Quartet [ Naxos Piano Laureate series / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] Russian pianist Valentin Malinin, winner of the 62nd Jaén International Piano Competition, has chosen a programme that offers moments of reflection alongside dazzling virtuosity. |
Beethoven
The Best of Beethoven Volume 1 Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Takako Nishizaki (violin) Inga Nielsen (soprano) [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Classic Beethoven highlights drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
ELGAR / WALTON / ARNOLD / HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / etc
Best Of British Various artists incls Maria Kliegel, Maggini Quartet, Oxford Camerata, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Choir of St. John's College, etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2019 ] A selection of stirring music from the best of British composers, performed by the elite of British artists. CD 1 features powerful and rousing classics, while CD 2 boasts some of the most serene and beautiful music ever written |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
The Best of Schubert Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeno Janod (piano), Ensemble Villa Musica, Manderling Quartet and more [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The best of Schubert drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
The Best of Johann Strauss Volume 1 CSR Symphony Orchestra, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Strauss with recordings taken from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
GEORGE WALKER
Walker: Chamber Music and Songs - String Quartet No. 2 / Poem / Modus Various Artists [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classical Meditation (Incls 'Agnus Dei' by Barber & 'The Lark Ascending' by Vaughan Williams) Various performers incls St. John's College Choir, Ormond College Choir, Elora Festival Singers, English Northern Philharmonia, Maggini Quartet [ NAXOS / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The perfect antidote to these troubled times, this MEDITATION set from Naxos will help you calm down and unwind after a stressful day. |
BARTOK
Bartok-String Quartets (Complete) Vermeer Quartet [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] "The result is a discipline and a suavity that elevates their Bartok cycle to a very high level." -- Jeff Simon, Buffalo News, May 27, 2005 |
BARKER / BOYSEN / NELSON / TULL
Fanfare, Capriccio and Rhapsody Vince DiMartino (trumpet) / Chicago Saxophone Quartet, Indiana State University Faculty Winds, Indiana State University Wind Orchestra / John Boyd [ Naxos Wind Band Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] Fanfare, Capriccio and Rhapsody embraces an extraordinary range of musical styles from a wide variety of sources. The Medieval Suite pays homage to Léonin, Pérotin and Machaut, three master-composers from the Middle Ages, while the Sketches on a... |
Vlach Quartet
Dvorak:string Quartets [ Naxos / CD ] |
Vlach Quartet Prague
Dvorak-String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 80; String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61 [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2004 ] "the new Vlach is quite wonderful, with enormous tonal panache, some soaring playing, and an old-fashioned Romantic approach which is just right for these middle-period Dvorak quartets" - Fanfare |
DVORAK
String Quartets Vol 7: No. 1, Op. 2 and No. 6, Op. 12 Vlach Quartet Prague [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] |
DVORAK
String Quartets Vol. 1: Opp. 96 ' American ' & 106 Vlach Quartet Prague [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Jan/2003 ] "The Melos players externalize the profundity of this remarkable work with effortless ease." - Jan Smaczny BBC Magazine September 2001 |
DVORAK
String Quartet No.9 in D minor Op.34 / Terzetto in C major Op.74 Vlach Quartet Prague [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Jan/2003 ] "The new Vlach is quite wonderful, with enormous tonal panache." Fanfare |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: String Quartets Vol. 4: String Quartets Nos 10 & 14 Vlach Quartet Prague [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Oct/2007 ] "anyone following the present cycle needn't hesitate" - Gramophone |
DVORAK
String Quintets Opp.1 & 97 Vlach Quartet, Prague / Ladislav Kyselak, viola [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] Dvoøák was just 19 when he wrote his first String-Quintet |
DVORAK
String Quintet Op 77 / Miniatures / etc Vlach Quartet, Prague / Ladislav Kyselak, viola [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Dvorák's String Quintet with double bass can be counted among his finest chamber works (or actually among his finest works, period). It contains all of the composer's trademark compositional virtues: vibrant energy, gorgeous melodies, dancing... |