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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Schumann: Introduction and Concerto-Allegro Jeno Jando (piano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Jeno Jando and his Polish colleagues strike me as getting the balance just about right" Classic CD |
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Jando/Varjon/Conc.Hungaricus
Mozart:piano Concs.7,10,15 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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REGER
Complete Clarinet Sonatas Janet Hilton (clarinet) / Jakob Fichert (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "Played by one of the UK's most popular clarinettists, Janet Hilton, the tonal quality is suitably smooth and mellow, high notes played without an edge to the tone. The recording is very close to the instruments, but admirably clear." (David's... |
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LEO ORNSTEIN
Ornstein: Piano Sonatas No. 4 & No. 7 / etc Janice Weber (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "the growing clan of Ornstein fanciers will rightly want both discs for their wealth of stimulating and frequently astonishing music, ultimately unlike anyone else's." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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PADEREWSKI
Paderewski: Piano Concerto Janina Fialkowska (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] "Paderewski's...Piano Concerto of 1888 is a lovely work, a vehicle for virtuoso display, as is the Fantasy. Janina Fialkowska is an articulate, sensitive soloist." - The Independent |
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GRANADOS / MOMPOU / CASSADO / MONTSALVATGE / CERVELLO
Catalan Violin Works Janna Gandelman (violin) Laia Martín (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] The versatility of Catalan songs has seen them much in use in arrangements for violin and piano, with Fritz Kreisler and Joseph Szigeti enthusiastic champions of their virtuoso potential and melodic charm. In addition to arrangements, this programme... |
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J. S. BACH
Inventions and Sinfonias (complete) Janos Sebestyen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "it is well to have such excellent examples of their performance available - and so well recorded at that" - Gramophone |
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VALENTIN SILVESTROV
Silvestrov: Symphony for Violin and Orchestra / Postludium for Piano and Orchestra Janusz Wawrowski (violin) Jurgis Karnavičius (piano) / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee/ [ Naxos / CD - released 24/May/2024 ] Berlin-born Lukas Foss studied music in Paris before settling in Philadelphia in 1937. Though he freely explored diverse compositional styles, three of the works in this recording fall into his early neo-Classical period and exemplify his dictum that... |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / FRANCK
Violin Sonatas (Rec 1937, 1950, 1951) Jascha Heifetz, violin / William Kapell, piano / Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano / Artur Rubinstein, piano [ Naxos Great Violinists / CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] "Those were the days. The roster of pianists here is almost beyond belief … and they're all accompanying! Three truly great pianists in the company of one of the greatest violinists" (MusicWeb May 2005) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
The very best of Beethoven: Excerpts from orchestral, concertos and chamber and piano works Jay Baylon (bass-baritone) Diane Elias (contralto) Robert Holzer (bass-baritone) Jeno Jando (piano) Maria Kliegel (cello) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
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LISZT
Ballades / Polonaises / etc Jean Dube (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Feb/2002 ] Jean Dubé (piano) |
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BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 2 / West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) / Candide Overture Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) / Florida Philharmonic Orchestra / James Judd (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "The inevitable Candide overture goes at quite a lick. So many continents. So little time. James Judd's Florida Philharmonic point and counterpoint with some aplomb and the big lyric tune is not merely glossed over but sung." - Edward Seckerson,... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Nocturnes Nos. 7-13 / Preludes, Op. 103 / Romances, Op. 17 Jean Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] Jean Martin, a pupil of Yves Nat, Pierre Pasquier, Pierre Kostanoff and Guido Agosti, divides his time between concert engagements and teaching. |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Nocturnes Nos. 1-6 / Theme And Variations Op. 73 Jean Martin (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Jean Martin is obviously at home here" - Penguin Guide |
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Jean-Francois Beaudin, flute / Mary Oleskiewicz, flute / David Schulenberg, piano / Stephanie Vial, cello
Quantz - Flute Sonatas [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] Johann Joachim Quantz was the most important flute virtuoso of the eighteenth century. Best known today for his Essay on Playing the Flute (Berlin, 1752), he wrote some two hundred sonatas for flute and continuo, about forty trio sonatas for two instr... |
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TANSMAN
Chamber Music with Clarinet Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet) / Eliane Reyes (piano) / Francis Pierre (harp) / Quatuor Elysee [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] "Tansman was never less than an efficient craftsman." Gramophone |
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MILHAUD
Suite for Clarinet, Viiolin & Piano / Scaramouche / Violin Sonata No 2 Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet) Frederic Pelassy (violin) Eliane Reyes (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet), Frédéric Pélassy (violin) & Eliane Reyes (piano) |
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DEBUSSY
Four-Hand Piano Music Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Olivier Chauzu (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Apr/2013 ] The recent discovery (2008) of the Première Suite d'orchestre for piano, four hands, is a large-scale, sonorous work which reveals Debussy's interest in constantly evolving form. |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL
Piano Music Vol. 1 Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "even [Casadesus and Cortot] could hardly have made a finer case for the composer than Jean-Pierre Armengaud, whose rich experience is reflected in well-recorded performances of outstanding vitality and expertise." (Gramophone) |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL
Piano Music, Vol. 2 Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] Though he is best known for his orchestral works, Albert Roussel wrote an important body of piano music. This second of three volumes of the complete piano works includes the composer's own reduction of his earliest orchestral work, Résurrection. |