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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato Idil Biret (piano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice); Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] "The two Schumann works are fine bonuses, both rendered with the same commitment and insight from soloist and orchestra. In the end, one must assess all these performances as quite extraordinary and fully competitive with the best." ClassicalNet |
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EGON KORNAUTH / VALLY WEIGL / FRANZ MITTLER / FELIX PETYREK / TIBOR HARSÁNYI
The Bird of Life - Late Romantic Flute Music Birgit Ramsl (flute) with Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute), Gottlieb Wallisch (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] During the last decade of the 19th century a generation of Central European composers emerged that was to exert a powerful influence on the current of contemporary music. Yet, for the most part, their works for flute remain little known and a number... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Dichterliebe & Liederkreis Op. 39 Sebastian Bluth (baritone), Anita Keller (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Sebastian Bluth has a soft, pleasing baritone" - Penguin Classics |
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FREDERIC RZEWSKI
Rzewski: Late Piano Works Bobby Mitchell (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] Frederic Rzewski was one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. The themes explored in his late piano works are typical of his entire body of work in their uncompromising and universal nature. The intensely contrapuntal Ruins... |
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LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Sonatas Christian Benda (cello) Sebastian Benda (Piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "The F minor Sonata was discovered as recently as 1987 and has a lovely Cantabile siciliano for its slow movement which is quite haunting in the hands of these players. In short this is a first-class disc, very naturally recorded." Penguin Guide |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Volume 27 - Romantic Poets Volume 4 Florian Boesch (baritone) & Burkhard Kehring (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Song Edition / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, Biedermeier poets, and Heine. The Deutsche... |
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BORIS LYATOSHINSKY / VALENTIN SILVESTROV / VICTORIA VITA POLEVA
Ukrainian Piano Quintets Bogdana Pivnenko, Taras Yaropud, Kateryna Suprun, Yurii Pogoretskyi, Iryna Starodub [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Boris Lyatoshynsky was a leading member of a new generation of Ukrainian composers that emerged in the 1920s. His expansively conceived Ukrainian Quintet finds him at his most emotionally overt, with a heartfelt Lento e tranquillo second movement.... |
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John CAGE
Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano Boris Berman (prepared piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Listeners new to Cage's prepared piano oeuvre will be enchanted by the variety, humor, and beauty that typifies Berman's program. Solidly recommended." - ClassicsToday.com (10/10 Artistic & Sound) |
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John CAGE
Music for Prepared Piano Boris Berman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2001 ] Engaging John Cage as performed by Berman |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / 9 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Boris Giltburg is lauded worldwide as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling interpreter, with critics praising his impassioned approach to performance. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 - 3 (Beethoven 32 Vol. 1) Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2020 ] Boris Giltburg has set out to study and film all 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven by the end of 2020. The project started as a personal exploration, driven by curiosity and his strong love of the Beethoven sonatas. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 - 7 (Beethoven 32 Vol. 2) Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos Beethoven Sonatas Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Aug/2020 ] Boris Giltburg has set out to study and film all 32 piano sonatas by Beethoven by the end of 2020. The project started as a personal exploration, driven by curiosity and his strong love of the Beethoven sonatas. |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8-11 (Beethoven 32, Vol. 3) Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] Boris Giltburg has set out to study and film all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas by the end of 2020. The project started as a personal exploration, driven by curiosity and his strong love of the Beethoven sonatas. These performances display... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze / Papillons / Carnaval Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2015 ] "[Schumann] was the undisputed master of miniature. But miniature is a misleading word, as these vivid, subtle performances by this Israeli pianist remind us." Sunday Times, 8th February 2015 |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante / La Leggierezza / Rigoletto: Paraphrase de concert Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Apr/2019 ] "Giltburg needs no introduction. His series of warmly received recordings… has secured him a deservedly prominent place on the map" Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 21 & 32 Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Beethoven's piano sonatas have been recorded innumerable times, but Giltburg's programme stands out for its careful selection themed by key to create a mini-cycle, summing up Beethoven's entire creative life on a single CD. |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux / Moments Musicaux Boris Giltburg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] "His originality stems from a convergence of heart and mind, served by immaculate technique and motivated by a deep and abiding love for one of the 20th century's greatest composer-pianists." Gramophone Disc of the Month June 2016 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' / Piano Concerto No. 0, WoO 4 Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] These works share the common key of E flat major but represent two very different stages in the composer's life. The Piano Concerto No. 0, WoO 4, written when Beethoven was 13 years old, is one of his earliest works. |
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DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Boris Giltburg (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Dec/2016 ] "Much of the credit for this belongs to Vasily Petrenko as well, who continues his series of top-notch Shostakovich recordings for Naxos." 10 / 10 ClassicsToday Jan 2017 |
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ALNAR / TÜZÜN / BARAN / BALCI
Turkish Piano Trios Bosphorus Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] This album of piano trios by four Turkish composers, the first in a series, covers three generations of composers whose music combines traditional rhythms and modalities with established Western classical sonorities. |