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JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina: Piano Music, Volume 12 Jordi Maso (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Oct/2016 ] This penultimate volume of Joaquín Turina's complete piano works features his "programmatic" pieces: music inspired by local scenes or texts by the late-Romantic poet and author Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-70). The "tragicomedy" Recuerdos de mi... |
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JOAQUIN HOMS
Music for Chamber Orchestra Jordi Maso (piano) / Montserrat Torruella (mezzo) / Granollers Chamber Orchestra / Francesc Guillen [ Naxos Spanish Classics / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "Thanks to Jordi Masó’s untiring championing and to a handful of adventurous recording companies - principally Marco Polo, Naxos and Columna Musica - Homs’ music may now be appreciated for all it is worth. I have no doubt about it: Homs was an... |
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SCHUMANN
Works for Oboe & Piano Josef Kiss [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] |
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MOZART / SCHUMANN / LISZT / CHOPIN
Great Pianists - Lhevinne Complete Recordings (1920-1937) Josef Lhevinne, Rosina Lhevinne (piano) [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 29/Apr/2002 ] |
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HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST
Erlkönig, Le Carnaval de Venise & Polyphonic Studies Josef Špacek (violin) with Gordon Back (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2013 ] The Moravian Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst is a dazzling example of the nineteenth-century violinist-composer. |
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ELGAR / SIBELIUS / HUMMEL / RACHMANINOV / RUBISTEIN / CUI / GRANADOS
Easy Listening Piano Classics Joseph Banowetz / Jeffrey Biegel / Havard Gimse / Madoka Inui / Risto Lauriala / Peter Nagy / Douglas Riva / Ashley Wass (pianos) [ 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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KARL WEIGL
Karl Weigl: Toteninsel (Isle of the Dead) Joseph Banowetz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] Grammy® nominated American pianist Joseph Banowetz has been heard as recitalist and orchestral soloist on five continents. His over thirty recordings contain a significant number of world-première discs. |
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ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Piano Music (1852-1894) - Souvenir de Dresde / Akrostichon No. 1 Joseph Banowetz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] On this second volume of Anton Rubinstein's piano music, GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Joseph Banowetz interprets works spanning the composer's long career |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Music Volume 6: Complete song transcriptions of Chopin, Mendelssohn, & Robert & Clara Schumann Joseph Banowetz (piano) [ Naxos Liszt Complete Piano Music, Vol. 6 / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "This is a wonderful disc, in which pianism of the highest quality is brought to bear on repertoire which might seem outdated, but which springs to life thanks to the technique and insight of Joseph Banowitz." Classic CD |
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RUBINSTEIN
Theme and Variations / Akrostichon No. 2 Joseph Banowetz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Anton Rubinstein remains a towering figure in the history of Russian music. During his lifetime he was regarded as perhaps the only pianist worthy to be compared with Liszt, and also enjoyed an international reputation as a composer. Despite his... |
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PAUL KLETZKI
Piano Concerto / 3 Preludes / 3 Unpublished Piano Pieces / Fantasie Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 2010 Grammy Award Nomination - Best Instrumental Soloist (with orchestra) |
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BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 (Rec 1952) Joseph Fuchs (violin) Artur Balsam (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "Remastering of the original Deccas, inscribed at the Pythian Temple, New York, has been scrupulously cleaned up by Marian and Victor Ledin, an obvious labor of love." (AudAud.com ****) |
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BEETHOVEN
Violin Sonatas Nos. 8-10 (Rec 1952) Joseph Fuchs (violin) Artur Balsam (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "The Kreutzer is spick and span, decisive and taut, albeit there are one of two misplaced rubati. Overall it's robust, masculine playing, fluid and trenchant in the central movement as well, where trills are very fast; occasional portamenti as well.... |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Bagatelles Joseph Lin (violin) / Benjamin Loeb (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] its intricate part-writing, harmonic finesse and unorthodox form, the Sonata anticipates Busoni's full maturity. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Keyboard Trio No. 2 in E flat major, K. 498, Kegelstatt / etc Jozsef Balogh (clarinet) / Bela Kovacs (clarinet) / Jeno Jando (piano) / Gyorgy Konrad (viola) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Feb/2006 ] "finely performed, with lovely melodic touches from clarinettist Jozsef Balogh" - Classic CD |
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W. A. MOZART
The very best of Mozart: Excerpts from orchestral, vocal, keyboard and chamber works Jozsef Balogh (clarinet) Joanna Borowska (soprano) Michelle Breedt (soprano) Patrick Gallois (flute) Jeno Jando (piano) 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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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Piano Music Volume 5 Juan José Mudarra Gámiz (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] "All his performances are shot through with brilliance and conviction. And even in those piece which are over-extended and repetitious, his voltage and enthusiasm somehow carry the day." Gramophone Magazine, October 2014 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Canticles Nos. 1-5 / The Heart of the Matter Judi Dench (narrator) Philip Langridge (tenor) Jean Rigby (contralto) Steuart Bedford (piano) Osian Ellis (harp) and various Artists [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 9 / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] "This is a very fine recording of some of the most exquisite vocal music of the past century, and enshrines the work of so many fine artists. Impossible to recommend it too highly." Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Jan 2005 |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Rare Piano Transcriptions Julia Severus (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2017 ] Sergey Rachmaninov's songs rival his piano works in terms of popularity, and are the culmination of a uniquely Russian lyrical tradition. Piano transcription became a fashionable art form in its own right after Liszt's work in the genre, and... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
3 Centuries of Bagatelles (bagatelles by Couperin, Beethoven, Liszt, Saint-Saens, Liadov, Bartok, Tcherepnin + Denisov) Julia Zilberquit (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Jun/2007 ] This innovative recording by the gifted Russian-born American pianist Julia Zilberquit traces the development of the bagatelle from Couperin through to Bartók and beyond, revealing the remarkable character and drama in the genre. |