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JENNIFER HIGDON
Higdon: Piano Trio / Voices / Impressions Cypress String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] Jennifer Higdon's philosophy in composing is simple: make sure the music communicates. It is her goal to write music that speaks not only to the seasoned professional performer, but also to audiences that come to this music with all types of... |
EUGEN d'ALBERT
D'Albert: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2 / Esther Overture Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Either performance would make a welcome addition to a collection" Fanfare |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 30 Minuets with Trios / 8 Ländler / 5 Écossaises Daniel Lebhardt (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] Dances were an important element in Schubert's compositions. He favoured the Ländler, triple time country dances - perfect material for Viennese middle-class tastes - and the Écossaise, supposedly Scottish, cast in duple time and performed with women... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Songs Dennis O'Neill (Tenor) / Ingrid Surgenor (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] "This is a simply gorgeous selection of songs. Donizetti's craftsmanship is never, ever in doubt; neither is the devotion of the O'Neill/Surgenor partnership" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol 1 Eteri Andjaparidze (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] At age 5, Andjaparidze entered the Special Music School for Gifted Children in Tbilisi (studio of Meri Chavchanidze), and at age 8 debuted as a soloist with the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra and in solo recital at age 9. |
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Lieder, Vol. 1 Dorothea Craxton (soprano) Babette Dorn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "I am not going to get carried away with praise, but these are songs just as worthy of our attention as many from Schubert, and it is good to note that this is the first volume of a cycle." David's Review Corner, December 2009 |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Music Vol. 3 Douglas Riva (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2000 ] "[a] totally compelling performance full of hair-raising mood swings, in which harrowing despair alternates with profound mystic fervour... the Naxos disc demands to be heard." The Guardian |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Complete Piano Music Einar Steen-Nøkleberg (piano), Norwegian State Institute of Music Chamber Choir [ Naxos / 14 CD Box Set - released 14/Jun/2019 ] "Steen-Nøkleberg is entirely inside this music. He manages to make the familiar pieces sound fresh, and the less familiar... are most imaginatively played" Gramophone |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Lyric Pieces (Selection) Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Among Grieg's works, the Lyric Pieces seem to have a special place with a special significance in their order. |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Concert Fantasia Eldar Nebolsin (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] "Nebolsin hardly puts a foot wrong, and Michael Stern secures rhythmically vibrant playing from the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra" BBC Music Magazine |
COPLAND / BERNSTEIN
Clarinet Sonatas (with John Dankworth-Suite for Emma / Picture of Jeannie) Emma Johnson (clarinet) John Lenehan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Sir John Dankworth was inspired by Benny Goodman's playing to study clarinet at the Royal Academy: his delightful Suite for Emma was composed for Emma Johnson, former BBC Young Musician of the Year, who performs it on this disc. Jazz and popular... |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Complete Violin Sonatas Emmanuele Baldini (violin) Pablo Rossi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] "Baldini produces an alluring tone that taps into the natural resonances of his instrument, and phrases with a natural instinct for cantabile espressivo." BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice October 2021 |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Violin and Piano Works, Vol. 2 (with works by Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli) Emy Bernecoli (violin), Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Dec/2014 ] "A fine performance of the Respighi, sensitive to its brooding soundworld, is invaluably coupled with Pick-Mangiagalli's more tautly argued Sonata." BBC Music |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Chamber Music [Incls. Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2] English Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/1998 ] "The English Piano Trio gives a thoughtful, sensitive account of this mini-masterpiece…" Gramophone |
JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / El Poema de una Sanluquena Eva Leon (violin) Jordi Maso (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Complementing his highly praised Naxos series of Turina's piano music, Jordi Masó joins Eva León to present Turina's two violin sonatas... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Danse macabre / Introduction et rondo capriccioso / Havanaise / Air de Dalila Fanny Clamagirand (violin) & Vanya Cohen (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Saint-Saëns composed many original works for the violin. He also took the art of arrangement to new heights of refinement, believing his transcriptions were independent of their models, following the precedent of composers such as Liszt. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Folk Song Arrangements Felicity Lott (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) / Christopher van Kampen (cello) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/May/2005 ] "Anyone wanting Britten's folk-song arrangements can safely acquire this pleasurable set without fear of disappointment" (MusicWeb May 2005) |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Complete Piano and Organ Music Fernando Viani (piano and organ) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "To say that Fernando Viani's performances of the better-known piano works are not necessarily the very best available is not meant to damn them with faint praises. These performances are intelligent, perceptive and technically assured. What is... |
CESAR FRANCK / ERNEST CHAUSSON
Franck: Piano Quintet / Chausson: String Quartet Quatuor Ludwig, with Michael Levinas (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Michaël Levinas and the Quatuor Ludwig give a very impressive account of 'the king of piano quintets' (the phrase is Tournemire's). This is a very competitive account which is well worth its modest asking price." Penguin Guide Key Recording |
FRANCK / FAURE / d'INDY
French Music for Piano and Orchestra Francois-Joel Thiollier (piano) / Ireland National Symphony Orchestra / Antonio de Almeida (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "Thiollier shows imagination and sensitivity in Fauré's lovely Ballade" - Penguin Guide |
