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PETER SCULTHORPE
Sculthorpe: Earth Cry / Piano Concerto / Kakadu / etc William Barton (didgeridoo) / Maria Anna Cislovska (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / James Judd, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Dec/2004 ] "Tasmanian composer Sculthorpe's psychedelic images of primeval times, nature and infinity are well worth your trouble. A superb and breathtakingly inexpensive disc. Miraculously good value at every level." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
AMY BEACH
Beach: Piano Concerto / Gaelic Symphony Alan Feinberg (piano) Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] "Prepare to be thrilled by the melodic invention and charming rhythmic energy of this music. Well worth exploring." - Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (June 2003) |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Piano Music, Vol. 2: Peches de vieillesse, Vol. 2 [Sins of my old age] Alessandro Marangoni (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Rossini spent his final years in Paris where he wrote numerous short piano pieces arranged in 13 volumes, which he jokingly called Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), that juxtapose irreverence and seriousness. Volume VI, Album for Smart Children... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Chamber Music & Rarities, Vol. 1: Peches de vieillesse, Vols. 8 [Sins of my old age] Alessandro Marangoni (piano & harmonium) with Massimo Quarta (violin), Ugo Favaro (horn), & Lilly Jørstad (mezzo-soprano) [ Naxos Peches de vieillesse Vol 8 / CD - released 10/Apr/2018 ] Featuring ten premiere recordings and a number of recently discovered 'Sins of Old Age' manuscripts unassigned to specific volumes, this album brings together a notable diversity of genres and instrumentation. They include the catchy Allegretto for... |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano Op. 39 Dmitry Feofanov (piano) / Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Feofanov does a heroic job... Good recording makes this well worth anybody's money" (Penguin Guide) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier II BLU-RAY András Schiff (piano) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Distinguished Bach specialist Sir András Schiff returned to the BBC Proms in 2018 to present Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Extending the variety already evident in Book I (available on 2.110653), Bachs effortless brilliance and new-found... |
IAN VENABLES
Venables: On the Wings of Love / Venetian Songs Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Richard Hosford (clarinet) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 21 / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice - December 2010) |
GAO PING
Gao Ping: Shuo Shu Ren / Distant Voices / Cello Sonata No. 2 Anita Jehli (Cello) / Gao Ping (Piano) / Gao Ping (Vocals) / Pyramide Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "Shuo Shu Ren, or The Storyteller, was inspired by my childhood memories of listening to folk stories. Folklore and the oral tradition were very much a part of people's lives before television invaded China in the 1980s." |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / 7 Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127 Anita Soldh (soprano) / Stockholm Arts Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2006 ] "The Stockholm Arts Trio successfully captures the youthful ardour of the First Trio...Anita Soldh produces a remarkably authentic Slavic sound " - Classic CD |
PIAZZOLLA
Astor Piazzolla's Best Tangos Aquiles Delle-Vigne (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Piazzolla's earthy yet highly developed music gains a new dimension of intimacy but also of power in the hands of this master of the keyboard. |
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... |
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
Bach, C.P.E: Keyboard Sonatas François Chaplin (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "...The result demonstrates how forward-looking these sonatas are, especially the appealingly expressive slow movements of the later works. The closing Rondo of 1786 is particularly successful in using the piano's fuller sonority." Penguin Guide |
J. S. BACH
BACH: Complete Piano Concertos Vol 1 Hae Won Chang (piano) / Camerata Cassovia, Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] "A couple of delightful CDs... you will certainly enjoy these vigorous, enticing and thoroughly musical performances." CDReview |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Complete Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 Hae Won Chang (piano) / Camerata Cassovia, Robert Stankovsky [ Naxos / CD ] "It is difficult to imagine a more satisfying pair of discs of this repertoire." Daily Telegraph |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos No 7 / Irish Concerto Benjamin Frith (piano) Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] Dublin-born prodigy John Field enjoyed a wide reputation and great popularity. He was renowned as a soloist for his delicacy of nuance and as a composer for his cultivation of that most poetic of forms, the nocturne. His Piano Concertos were eagerly... |
JOHN FIELD
Field: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 Benjamin Frith (piano) Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2001 ] "quite heart-felt in the slow movements" (Absolute Sound) |
JOHN FIELD
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 Benjamin Frith (piano) / Northern Sinfonia / David Haslam (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Apr/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - "[Benjamin Frith's performances] match in every way - and even outshine - previous versions." - Edward Greenfield, The Guardian, London 10th September 1999 |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Moeran: In the Mountain Country Benjamin Frith (piano), Ulster Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "sympathetically conducted by JoAnn Falletta...Celtic pastoralism with astringent chromatic harmonies and sometimes stormy emotions." (Times) |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: The Tender Land Suite / Piano Concerto / Old American Songs Benjamin Pasternack (piano) Nathaniel Stampley (baritone) / Elgin Symphony Orchestra / St. Charles Singers / Robert Hanson [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "Another collection of American classics that deserves the highest praise. With exemplary playing, singing and an acoustic to match this is plainly indispensable." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month July 2008) |
