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BARTOK
Piano Works Vol 2 (Incls the Dance Suite, Slovakian Dance, Petite Suite) Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2002 ] "Highly recommended" |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Rhapsodies, Op. 79 / Waltzes, Op. 39 Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] These exquisite miniatures are characterised by a joyful abandon not usually associated with this composer. With their quasi-orchestral texture, the two Rhapsodies, Op. 79 alternate passages of passionate urgency and tender lyricism. |
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BEETHOVEN
Easy Listening Piano Classics Jeno Jando (piano) / Balazs Szokolay (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Naxos' Easy-Listening Piano Classics presents a delightful range of music from Baroque masterpieces to beautiful works of the Classic and Romantic eras, as well as Impressionist classics, specially selected for discerning listeners to enjoy at home... |
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EDVARD GRIEG
The Very Best of Grieg Jeno Jando (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (Conductor), Capella Istropolitana / Adrian Leaper (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 9/May/2006 ] Edvard Grieg is the most important Norwegian composer of the later 19th century, a period of growing national consciousness. As a child, he was encouraged by the violinist Ole Bull, a friend of his parents, and studied at the Leipzig Conservatory at... |
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BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonatas Op. 69 & 102, Nos. 1 - 2 Jeno Jando (piano) / Csaba Onczay (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "These two Hungarians bring plenty of vigour and passion as well as tenderness to the performances." - Fanfare |
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BARTÓK
Bartók: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 and Contrasts Jeno Jando (piano), Gyorgy Pauk (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Oct/1994 ] "Readers who habitually fight shy of Bartók's provocatively astringent piano writing might at first find these endlessly fascinating works rather unpalatable, the First Sonata especially. But careful scrutiny reveals manifold beauties which, once... |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Jeno Jando (piano) / Budapest Symph Orchestra / Gyorgy Lehel [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "... a quite astonishing bargain and... one of the finest Rachmaninov discs in the CD catalog." - THE GUARDIAN |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Works for Four Hands Vol 6 Jeno Jando (piano), Ilona Prunyi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] Franz Schubert's gift for songwriting transfers into the lyrical sensitivities in his instrumental music. Composed for himself and friends to play at musical evenings, the brilliant Rondo, D. 608 shares the musical burden equally between the parts.... |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Works for Four Hands Vol 1 Jeno Jando (piano), Ilona Prunyi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "This is the kind of project that leaves a listener eagerly anticipating the coming volumes. What a pleasure this recital is! Buy it!" (MusicWeb) |
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W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Mozart: Piano Quintet, K. 452 / Beethoven: Piano Quintet, Op. 16 Jeno Jando (piano) Jeno Kevehazi (horn) Jozsef Kiss (oboe) Bela Kovacs (clarinet) Jozsef Vajda (bassoon) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Feb/2006 ] "Excellently recorded" - Penguin Guide |
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FRANZ LISZT
The Very Best of Liszt Jeno Jando (Piano) Peter Nagy (Piano) / Franz Liszt Academy of Music Orchestra / Matyas Antal (Conductor) and many more [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] A selection of Liszt's most popular piano and orchestral pieces. |
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BEETHOVEN
Eternal Beethoven (Incls Moonlight & Allegretto from Symphony No 7) Jeno Jando (piano) Takako Nishizaki (violijn) Csaba Onczay (cello) / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Born in Bonn in 1770, the eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister, Beethoven moved in 1792 to Vienna, where he had some lessons from Haydn and others, quickly... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios 'Archduke' & 'Ghost' Jeno Jando (piano) / Takako Nishizaki (violin) / Csaba Onczay (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] The so-called Ghost Trio, Opus 70 No.1, in D major, was the first of a pair of such works written in 1808 and dedicated to Countess Marie von Erdödy, in whose house Beethoven had taken up residence in that year. |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BRAHMS / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Great Chamber Music [10 CD set] Jeno Jando (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Kodaly Quartet, Gould Piano Trio, Joachim Trio, etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] This collection of great chamber music brings together nine giants of music in works which reveal their most immediate and individual expressive worlds: proof if ever any was needed that less can be much, much more. |
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Jeno Jando/Ilona Prunyi
Schubert:piano 4 Hands Work [ Naxos / CD ] |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms/Schumann: Piano Quintets Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD ] "This is robust music-making, romantic in spirit, and its spontaneity is well projected by a vivid recording, made in an attractively resonant acoustic. An excellent bargain." Penguin Guide |
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VYTAUTAS BACEVIČIUS
Bacevicius: Orchestral Works Vol 2 Gabrielius Alekna (piano) / Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Vytautas Bacevičius's life was defined by exile and migration during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, but his impressive catalogue represents a remarkable creative spirit undimmed by adversity. Composed while studying in Paris, the... |
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GRACE WILLIAMS
Grace Williams: Songs Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) Wendy Hiscocks (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] Grace Williams' lifelong interest in vocal writing no doubt owed something to her upbringing in Wales. The original works heard here in their premiere recordings span the entirety of her career, ranging from her earliest surviving composition in any... |
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JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Guitar Works, Vol. 1 (Incls 3 piezas espanolas & Sonata giocosa) Jeremy Jouve (guitar) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Apr/2008 ] "The young French guitarist Jérémy Jouve plays it brilliantly, although he is not a show-off artist, preferring musical values, which he displays in the sensitive account of the Andante moderato slow movement of the Sonata giocosa." Penguin Guide |
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IAN KROUSE
Krouse: Nocturnes / Invocation Jessica Rivera (soprano) Vladimir Chernov (baritone) Maryanne Kim (Piano), etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Ian Krouse has been acclaimed by Gramophone as "one of the most communicative and intriguing" of today's composers, his style drawing on historical and traditional influences as well as being innovative and modern. |