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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 3 Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "Speeds are sensibly chosen for the sonata, as they are in Brahms's own piano-duet version of the Haydn Variations, again clarified. Bright, clear sound to match." Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: J.: Waltzes / Cadenzas / Die schöne Magelone Idil Biret (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Dec/1995 ] Johannes Brahms was born on 7th May 1833 in the Gängeviertel district of Hamburg, the son of Johann Jakob Brahms, a double-bass player, and his wife, a seamstress seventeen years his senior. |
NIKOLAY ROSLAVETS / DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 10 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] Nikolay Roslavets was one of the great musical innovators of the 1920s, described by Stravinsky as 'the most interesting Russian composer of the 20th century,' but vilified by the Soviet regime on account of his constant experimentation. His Piano... |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY / PAUL PABST
History of the Russian Piano Trio Vol. 2 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] "This is a very satisfying recording of Tchaikovsky's Trio, and while the Pabst is a minor work, it's good to have it on disc. This looks like a promising series. Recommended." Fanfare |
ANTON ARENSKY / SERGEY TANEYEV
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 4 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 14/May/2021 ] "These three Russian virtuosos present the two trios with equal conviction, summoning up different palettes of colours for some truly high-level music-making." Editor's Choice - Gramophone September 2021 |
VLADISLAV ALIOZ / ALEXANDER WINKLER
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 7 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] The two composers featured on this album worked in Russia during a period when it had become part of international musical culture, with many European musicians choosing to make a living there. Famous Czech cellist, Vladislav Aloiz, whose... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 / Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 2 Idil Biret (piano) Bernd Glemser (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] Born in Ankara, Idil Biret started to learn the piano at the age of three and later studied at the Paris Conservatoire under the guidance of Nadia Boulanger, graduating at the age of fifteen with three first prizes. |
DOMINICK ARGENTO
Argento: The Andrée Expedition / From the Diary of Virginia Woolf Brian Mulligan (baritone) Timothy Long (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2017 ] "Mulligan delivers Argento's plain-spoken, pensive setting with appropriate serenity. Throughout, he sings with gratifyingly clear diction…" Opera News Critics Choice |
FRANK BRIDGE
Bridge: Piano Music, Vol. 2 Ashley Wass (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "Michael Ponder's recording, made at Saint George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol, U.K., is admirably clear. It is close, but not claustrophobically so, and given the intensity of much of the sonata and the dark mood of other pieces on this disc this makes |
YORK BOWEN
Viola Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 The Bridge Duo: Matthew Jones (viola) & Michael Hampton (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "Admirers of Bowen will not have any pause for thought and certainly people who enjoy fine recitals of viola and piano playing will find much to give pleasure here." (MusicWeb March 2012) |
BRIGHT SHENG
Bright Sheng: The Phoenix / Red Silk Dance / Tibetan Swing / H'un (Lacerations) Bright Sheng (piano) / Shana Blake Hill (soprano) / Seattle Symphony Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] The Phoenix, co-commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and Danish National Symphony Orchestra, was inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen tale, the mythical bird symbolizing for Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng "the muse of all peoples."... |
SCHUBERT
Schubert's Friends, Vol. 2 (Includes Der Knabe in der Wiege, D. 579 ) Brigitte Geller (soprano) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 15 / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] In 1816 Franz Schubert, together with his circle of friends, decided to publish a collection of all the songs which he had so far written. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British Music: Green & Pleasant Land Christopher Maltman (Baritone) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor) Graham Johnson (Piano) Nicholas Daniel (Oboe) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by the elite of British artists. |
ERICH KORNGOLD
Korngold.: Songs, Vol. 2 Britta Stallmeister, Sibylle Fischer, Uwe Schenker-Primus / Klaus Simon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] In his song settings, Korngold pursued the Romantic ideal and lavished considerable care and inventiveness on their composition. His seemingly effortless gift for melody is everywhere apparent in this second volume. |
HANS PFITZNER
Complete Lieder Vol. 1 Britta Stallmeister (soprano), Klaus Simon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jan/2014 ] |
KORNGOLD
Songs Volume 1 Britta Stallmeister (soprano) / Uwe Schenker-Primus (baritone) / Klaus Simon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] The precociously gifted Korngold followed in the footsteps of the great late romantic composers Richard Strauss, Mahler and Pfitzner, his unwavering commitment to refined melody, ravishing harmony and formal coherence earning him the reputation of a... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Bronislaw Huberman - Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words / Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, Kreutzer etc (Rec 1930-1931) Bronislaw Huberman (violin) Ignaz Friedman (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 7/Jul/2004 ] Ignaz Friedman was born, as was Josef Hofmann, in Podgorze, a suburb of the Polish city of Krakow, in 1882. |
CLEMENTI
Clementi: Piano Concerto in C major Bruno Canino (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jul/2014 ] These four works are among the few surviving examples of Muzio Clementi's early orchestral music. The two Symphonies, Op. 18 follow Classical models but are full of the surprise modulations and dynamic contrasts to be found in his piano sonatas. The... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lied Edition 6 - Schiller, Vol. 1 Martin Bruns (baritone) & Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2001 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ANTONIN DVORAK
Brahms/Dvorak: Piano Quintets Clifford Curzon (piano) / Budapest String Quartet [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] These recordings were the first and last of four that Curzon and the Budapest Quartet made in 1950-53 |
