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Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonatas Vol.8 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 29: Music for two pianos (Incls 'Les Preludes') Franz Liszt Piano Duo [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] Liszt's symphonic poems were the cause of some contemporary controversy. One of the most influential critics in Vienna, Eduard Hanslick, a champion of Brahms, wrote in 1857 of the impertinence of such an attempt to produce music 'capable of fiddling... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Vol 26: Music for two pianos Franz Liszt Piano Duo / Hungarian Radio Children's Chorus / Gabriella Thesz [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "The Naxos recording made at the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest has an exceptional combination of clarity and balance. The booklet notes from Keith Anderson provide most of the essential information. The duo demonstrate that they can handle... |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces / Cello Concerto / Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg) Fred Sherry (Cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft (Conductor) [ Naxos Schoenberg Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] In 1933, Schoenberg transcribed for cello a harpsichord concerto by the baroque composer Matthias Monn (1717-50). He dedicated his arrangement to Pablo Casals, whom he had met in Vienna, but Casals considered it too demanding. |
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RAVEL / RESPIGHI / GRANADOS
Violin Sonatas Frederieke Saeijs (violin) Maurice Lammerts van Bueren (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] In 2005 Frederieke Saeijs won the First Grand Prix-'Academie des Beaux Arts' at the International Violin Competition Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud (Paris, France), as well as four special prizes |
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EDVARD GRIEG / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16 / Chopin: Sonata in B-Flat Minor Ignaz Freidman (piano) / Studio orchestra, Philippe Gaubert [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 30/Sep/2002 ] Until 1914 Friedman lived in Berlin but during World War I he lived in Copenhagen and after the war resided in Italy. Friedman's first visit to America was in 1920 and in April 1923 he made his first records for American Columbia. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ALBERT DIETRICH / ROBERT SCHUMANN / RICHARD WAGNER
Liebestod: Works for Violin and Piano Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) Fazıl Say (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say is joined by his long standing friend, the violinist Friedemann Eichhorn, in an album of mid-19th-century German repertoire. Influenced by Liszt, Say's ingenious transcriptions of the Prelude and Liebestod from... |
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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett:piano Conc./Ritual Dan Frith/Bbcsso/Hurst [ Naxos / CD ] |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / etc Benjamin Frith (piano) / Rte Sinfonietta, Proinnsias O'Duinn [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] "The Naxos CD is not only very well recorded and inexpensive, it also includes the appropriately named L'Hilarité - Polacca brillante, which Frith play with attractive panache." Penguin Guide |
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BRANDK / DVORAK / FALLA / GLUCK / GODOWSKY etc
Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Vol. 10 Fritz Kreisler (violin), Carl Lamson (piano) [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] Fritz Kreisler was in his early 50s during the two years covered by these recordings - consolidating his status as the world's most beloved violinist, touring Italy and elsewhere in Europe, as well as giving notable concerts in Carnegie Hall and... |
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FRITZ KREISLER / BALOGH / KORNGOLD / PADEREWSKI / etc
Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Vol 6 Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Carl Lamson (piano) / Victor Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon [ Naxos Historial Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Volume 6 of this series completes Fritz Kreisler's acoustic recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company. The February 1925 sessions were the final months of acoustic recording techniques and, despite numerous takes, many of the sides were... |
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FRITZ KREISLER
Kreisler Plays Kreisler Fritz Kreisler (violin) Franz Rupp (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 11/Sep/2005 ] "In conclusion I can recommend the restorative work here...The programme is one that every Kreislerian will know and love but I hope younger listeners gravitate toward it and savour his inimitable way with these originals and transcriptions" MusicWeb |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / FRANZ SCHUBERT / EDVARD GRIEG
Beethoven/Schubert/Grieg: Violin Sonatas (recorded in 1928) Fritz Kreisler (violin) Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Chamber Music Recordings / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Recorded 1928 |
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BACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRAHMS / SMETANA / KREISLER / etc
Kreisler The Complete Recordings Vol 1 Fritz Kreisler (violin) with piano accompliment [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] "Courtesy of exemplary Ward Marston transcriptions, these century-old recordings fully convey Kreisler's inimitable artistry." (BBC Music) |
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ERIC SATIE
Very Best of Satie (The) Gabor Eckhardt (Piano) / Klara Kormendi (Piano) / Nancy Symphony Orchestra / Jerome Kaltenbach (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] A selection of Satie's most popular piano and orchestral pieces. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Intent on developing the reputation he had won in Vienna, Beethoven undertook an extensive tour ending in Berlin, home to the cello-playing Frederick William II. There he unveiled his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5 with one of the famed Duport... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 2 Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] After establishing a new genre with his Sonatas for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, Beethoven returned to it a decade later, working on his Sonata in A major, Op. 69 in parallel with his Fifth and Sixth symphonies. With its unexpected shifts of harmony and... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas and Songs Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Nicholas Rimmer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] Schwabe and Rimmer bring lots of drive and energy to the outer movements and they build up the tension in the Allegro appassionata to a powerful climax |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / EVGENY KISSIN
Russian Ballads: Works for Cello and Piano Gabriel Schwabe (cello) Roland Pöntinen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] The 20th century saw an abundance of notable Russian cellists inspiring an extensive repertoire by Soviet composers. In the cello sonatas by Shostakovich and Prokofiev, both composers explore the rich and emotive timbre of the instrument. |
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GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Hilos (Threads) / Danza de los Saqsampillos / Adagio para Amantani / Quijotadas / Adoracion para Angelitos / The Armadillo's Charango Gabriela Lena Frank (piano) / ALIAS Chamber Ensemble [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Born in Berkeley, California, to a mother of mixed Peruvian/Chinese ancestry and a father of Lithuanian/Jewish descent, Frank explores her multicultural heritage through her compositions. Hilos (Threads) was especially written for ALIAS Chamber Ensemble. |