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BALAKIREV
Piano Sonata (with Liszt-Apres une lecture du Dante) Louis Kentner (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 2/Oct/2007 ] "Louis Kentner plays the work superbly, with all the requisite virtuosity yet without any lack of delicate poetic insight" (The Gramophone, August 1951). |
CASELLA
9 Pieces, Op. 24 / 6 Studies, Op. 70 / Children's Pieces, Op. 35 Luca Ballerini (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Feb/2005 ] |
IRELAND
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / Cello Sonata Lucy Gould (violin) / Alice Neary (cello) / Benjamin Frith (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "The Ireland sonatas are sweet, uncomplicated and...unmistakably English. The performances are fine" Financial Times, 7th August 2010 ** |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
Violin Concerto / Sinfonietta No. 4 / Song Over the Great Plains Ludmilla Kovaleva, piano / Brian Reagin, violin / Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra / John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 23/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos's third McKay disc ... a worthy revival of music that could otherwise have been lost to posterity" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
IGNACIO CERVANTESI
Danzas Cubanas Álvaro Cendoya (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2012 ] Ignacio Cervantes is a key figure of Latin American piano music. As the cultural and national identity of his native Cuba gained strength through the 19th century, the genres of danza and contradanza became a fixture of the island's dance and concert... |
GUISEPPE MARTUCCI
Orchestral Music, Vol. 2: Symphony No. 2 / Theme and Variations / Tarantella / Gavotta Lya de Barberiis (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] This is a not-to-be-missed series." (AudAud Five Stars Nov 2009) |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection': arrangement for piano four hands by Bruno Walter Maasa Nakazawa (piano) & Suhrud Athavale (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] World-renowned conductor Bruno Walter was particularly well acquainted with Gustav Mahler's work, and was employed as his assistant at the Hamburg Opera at the time Mahler's Second Symphony was given its première in Berlin. |
HOWARD BLAKE
Violin Sonata / Piano Quartet / etc Madeleine Mitchell (violin) Jack Rothstein (violin) Kenneth Essex (viola), Peter Willison (cello) Howard Blake (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "Howard Blake is a versatile composer who may be better known for his marvellous film scores The Snowman and Granpa in which his gifts for colourful orchestration and memorable tunes are clearly evident." |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel At the Opera Madoka Inui (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Jul/2011 ] The reputation of Johann Nepomuk Hummel - child prodigy, student of Mozart, successor of Haydn and Beethoven's rival, widely-travelled piano virtuoso, composer, conductor, influential teacher and ingenious businessman - is once more on the rise. His... |
VARIOUS
The Art of the Flute Madoka Inui (piano) / Matthias Schulz (flute) / Wolfgang Schulz (flute) / Peter Schmidl (clarinet) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Apr/2007 ] Wolfgang Schulz, principal flautist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra since 1970, is one of the best known and most active flautists in the world |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albéniz: Complete Works for Voice and Piano Magdalena Llamas (mezzo), Guillermo González (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Isaac Albeniz is best known for his influential piano works and a style that draws on Spanish folk music idioms. But his remarkable catalogue of songs successfully combines tradition and modernity, adapting a myriad of compositional techniques to... |
ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Oboe Quintet / Piano Quartet / Viola Sonata Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Oct/2006 ] "Excellent sound, detailed liner notes, and Naxos's competitive prices. What's not to like, here?" Fanfare, January/February 2004 |
WALTON
Piano Quartet in A minor / String Quartet in A minor Maggini Quartet / Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2000 ] Colourful chamber works from this internationally famous English composer |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Piano Quartet In D Minor Maggini Quartet / Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2010 ] |
FRANCO ALFANO
Alfano: Cello Sonata / Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano Samuel Magill (cello), Elmira Darvarova (violin), Scott Dunn (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] "Alfano has created a worthy addition to the piano trio repertoire, a work that deserves far greater exposure than it currently enjoys. There is also a strong whiff of the sweet lyricism of Fauré, a quality apparent in the affecting open bars" Fanfar |
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Alessandro Marangoni (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "Tuneful, lushly scored, unpretentious and superbly crafted, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's two piano concertos (1927, 1936) deserve their stylish resuscitation by the young Italian pianist Alessandro Marangoni, who had to dig in dusty libraries to find... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Douze Morceaux & Souvenir De Hapsal Mami Shikimori (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Mar/2017 ] Tchaikovsky wrote music for the piano throughout his life, many of these pieces being dedicated to family members or close friends and musical associates. Rich in variety, the Douze morceaux range from playful dances to a substantial Marche funebre,... |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Trio & Piano Quintet Manuel Porta Gallego (violin) / Joaquín Riquelme García (viola) / LOM Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "Very welcome additions to my collection of Romantic trios and quintets." (MusicWeb) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin.: Scherzos Nos. 1-4 / Impromptus Nos. 1-3 / Fantasy-Impromptu / Allegro de concert Mao Fujita (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Chopin turned the Scherzo into a new form of piano composition: an independent virtuoso work which he laced with drama, Polish folk song, tranquillity and nuance. With their rhythmic lilt and filigree ornamentation the Impromptus are infused with... |
ANTON URSPRUCH
Urspruch: Piano Works María Linares (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Jan/2026 ] A native of Frankfurt, Anton Urspruch was a student of Joachim Raff, later becoming one of Liszt's favourite protégés. Urspruch's style was more aligned with Mendelssohn and Beethoven, however, and he proclaimed that 'you can't understand modern... |
