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DVORAK
Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Incls 10 Legends, Op. 59, B 117) Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "...a lively and diverting coupling of short pieces by Dvorak for piano duet...a handy disc to have." - Classic CD - Dec.96 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 14 (Incls 5 Waltzes, Op. 39 ) Christian Kohn, piano / Silke-Thora Matthies, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jul/2005 ] "The series is presumably nearing completion - it is worth noting that this recording was made nearly five years ago. On this evidence it seems well worth exploring. Despite rather short measure, volume 14 would be a good place to test the water."... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 15 Christian Kohn (Piano), Silke-Thora Matthies (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Apr/2006 ] Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg in 1833, the son of a double-bass player and his much older wife, a seamstress. His childhood was spent in relative poverty, and his early studies in music, as a pianist rather than as a string-player, developed... |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & Op. 72) Christian Kohn (piano) Silke-Thora Matthies (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "The brilliant piano duo of Matthies and K_hn are most persuasive performances radiating their own enjoyment...An excellent bargain" - Penguin Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 16 Christian Kohn / Silke-Thora Matthies (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] While Brahms arranged many of his own works for piano, a standard method through which new compositions could be heard, either played through to friends or published in this form for a wider public, he also turned his attention to the music of other... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 17 (Incs. Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor) Christian Kohn / Silke-Thora Matthies (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] The concerto is massive in its symphonic conception, described by one contemporary as a symphony with piano obbligato, and clearly posed problems to its first audiences, lacking any trivial or superficial brilliance in its writing and calling for... |
SCHUBERT
Mayrhofer Lieder Vol 2 Christiane Iven (soprano), Burkhard Kehring (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 12 / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] 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. Joseph Spaun, whom Schubert had known since his school days, tried his (and Schubert's) luck in a letter to the... |
SCHUBERT
Austrian Contemporaries, Vol. 1 (Includes Der Wanderer an den Mond D.870) Christoph Genz (tenor) / Wolfram Rieger (piano) [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 8/Dec/2002 ] "If you want to get to know some marvelous late Schubert songs for minimal outlay, Genz's intelligent, personable performances, sympathetically accompanied by Wolfram Rieger, won't disappoint." - Hilary Finch, BBC Music Magazine, February 2003 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Complete Songs Vol.1 Christoph Prégardien (Tenor) Ulrich Eisenlohr (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] "Few lieder singers today combine such honest directness and subtle understanding as Christoph Prégardien, whose career now stretches back some 40 years...Eisenlohr is a sympathetic and observant partner, rhythmically firm yet supple." Gramophone |
JUDITH LANG ZAIMONT
Judith Lang Zaimont: Sonata & A Calendar Set – 12 Virtuosic Preludes Christopher Atzinger (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] Judith Lang Zaimont's acclaimed music embraces a wide variety of forms. One of her earliest works is Nocturne: La fin de siècle...Rich in contrast, perfect in form, it provides a deeply enriching listening experience. |
C. P. E. BACH
Sonatas and Rondos Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 4 (Incls 'Concerto Pastoral in D, Op. 120') Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "...If you've yet to make this composer's acquaintance, this is an excellent place to start." International Record Review |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano and Orchestra Works (complete) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Gavle Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Ferdinand Ries' works for piano and orchestra stand alongside those of Hummel as the finest and most important of their kind from the early decades of the 19th century. |
RIES / ERNST / LISZT / SARASATE / BUSONI
Naxos 20th Anniversary Concert - Virtuoso music of the 19th Century (recorded live in May 2007) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) Ilya Grubert (violin) Wolf Harden (piano) Tianwa Yang (violin) Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) and others [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 8/Feb/2008 ] G - Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, 22 May 2007 |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Piano Concerto in A minor) Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "An admirable collection, made all the more desirable by the pianism of Christopher Hinterhuber. It's been a while since I've heard playing of such consistent quality" (MusicWeb June 2009) |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith in Paris Christopher Park (piano), Guilhem Kusnierek (trombone) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/May/2026 ] Paul Hindemith is among the most significant German composers of the 20th century. The Sonata for Trombone and Piano - one of a multitude of sonatas he composed for various instruments - is a lively tour de force, performed here with an additional... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Rarities Christopher Williams (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Recent scholarship has brought numerous compositions by the excessively self-critical Mendelssohn into print and has ensured more accurate compositional dates for them. Many of these rare and little-known examples are encountered on this album. The... |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Volume 13 Chu-Fang Huang (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] .On Volume 13 in Naxos's highly praised and popular series, the young Chinese pianist Chu-Fang Huang, who in 2005 won First Prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition and was a finalist in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition,... |
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Ciccolini/Candela/Circolo Arti
Pilati/Longo: Piano Quintets [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] |
CYRIL SCOTT
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3 / Sonata Melodica Claire Howick (violin) / Sophia Rahman (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Works for violin and piano are an important part of Cyril Scott's chamber music. This disc presents three sonatas which span his output. The capricious and ruminative First Violin Sonata ranks among the most convincing and successful of his earlier... |
