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BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: String Quartets Nos.1 and 2 Moyzes Quartet, with Tatjana Franova (piano) Takako Nishizaki (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Feb/2005 ] "The playing here is vigorous, idiomatic and committed" - Northern Echo (UK) |
EDWARD GREGSON
Gregson: Piano Solo Music (complete) Murray McLachlan, with Edward Gregson & Rose McLachlan [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] Murray McLachlan says of Edward Gregson's piano music that 'he knows the importance of restraint and control; nothing is overly stated, repeated or extended. Concentration and craftsmanship permeate every bar that the composer has penned.' |
CIURLIONIS
Piano Music Volume 1 Muza Rubackytò (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2011 ] Muza Rubackytò's recordings of Ciurlionis have been described as 'flawless' (American Record Guide). |
CIURLIONIS
Piano music vol. 2: Preludes / 3 Autumn Pieces on a Theme Muza Rubackyte (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis' earlier works inhabit a romantic idiom, with the colorful influences of folk-music and the beauty of the countryside intermingled with pieces showing his development while at the Conservatoires of Warsaw and Leipzig. |
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
Godowsky: Music for Violin and Piano Nazrin Rashidova (violin) & Roderick Chadwick (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] "Godowsky's music is light and enjoyable...Azerbaijani violinist Nazrin Rashidova and Roderick Chadwick capture the moods of these pieces perfectly and are technically very adroit." American Record Guide |
ROREM / HOVHANESS / QUATE / CRESTON
American Saxophone Music Neil Hornsby (Guitar) / Jeremy Limb (Piano) / Alex Mitchell (Saxophones) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] Although it was the brainchild of a Belgian inventor, Adolphe Sax, the saxophone is commonly thought of as the quintessential American instrument, not least for the pivotal rôle it has played in jazz during key stages of the music's evolution. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Piano Quintet / Six Studies in English Folksong / etc London Soloists Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Apr/2014 ] "They are lovely - romantic, melodious, wistful, beautifully crafted - even though they sound more like Elgar or Brahms than VW, with scarcely a modal harmony in an hour of music. Gently beguiling performances from top-notch players." The Times |
Nellie Melba, soprano, with Harold Craxton, piano & Landon Ronald, piano
Nellie Melba: London and Middlesex Recordings (1921-1926) [ Naxos Great Singers / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] The Complete Gramophone Company Recordings, Vol. 4 |
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
Widor: Piano Trio, Op. 19 / Piano Quintet, Op. 7 New Budapest Quartet, with Ilona Prunyi [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Nov/2001 ] "Both works are played here with fluent spontaneity and plenty of spirit, and the recording is excellent. This is not great music, but admirers of Widor's organ music may find it a refreshing change." Penguin Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Quartets New Zealand Piano Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "These resourceful works by the 15-year-old Beethoven contain sufficient glimpses of his mature style to warrant the occasional airing. Good solid performances that manages to convey some of the music's boldness and charm." BBC Music Magazine, August... |
AN EVENING WITH THE NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
NZSO: An Evening with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / various conductors, with Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) & Michael Houstoun (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2006 ] The NZSO has an extensive catalogue of CD recordings. It makes one CD of New Zealand music annually, as part of a commitment to promote and encourage music by New Zealand composers. |
BAX / FISKE / HAMILTON / WOOD / RODNEY BENNETT
The Thurston Connection: English Music for Clarinet & Piano Nicholas Cox (clarinet), Ian Buckle (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] British music for the clarinet was hugely indebted to the elite interpreters who inspired this important repertoire. They included Frederick Thurston, who first performed three of the works on this recording. Bax's Sonata, much admired and imbued... |
VITEZSLAVA KAPRÁLOVÁ
Kapralova: Waving Farewell / Suite en Miniature / Piano Concerto Nicholas Phan (tenor), Amy I-Lin Cheng (piano) / University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Kiesler [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Despite her tragically early death at the age of 25, Vítězslava Kaprálová left a portfolio of more than 50 works of the highest craftsmanship and inspiration. |
BOULANGER / PIERNE / D'INDY
Cello Recital: French Cello Sonatas Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) / Jose Gallardo (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] |
CLARA SCHUMANN
Clara Schumann: Piano Music Francesco Nicolosi (piano), with Rodolfo Bonucci (violin), Andrea Noferini (cello) Alma Mahler Sinfonietta, Stefania Rinaldi [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] "The autograph manuscript of Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto (1845) revealed not only the toil but also the hand of Clara, par- ticularly in the last movement. Eleven years earlier, Robert had orchestrated a Concertsatz by the 14-year-old Clara and... |
WILHELM PETERSON-BERGER
Flowers from Froso Island Niklas Sivelov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was born in 1867 in Ullånger on the Ångermanland coast in northern Sweden, and spent his school years north of there on the Västerbotten coast. He inherited his musicality from his mother, his first musical experience coming... |
FRANZ BERWALD
Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 / Piano Concerto Niklas Sivelov (piano) / Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra / Okko Kamu [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "Strongly recommended." - Fanfare - July/August 1996 |
WILHELM STENHAMMAR
Stenhammar: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Niklas Sivelov (piano) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2012 ] "This is one for rare repertoire junkies...Some beautifully applied golden-age style from Sivelöv" (BBC) |
VARDAPET / KHACHATURIAN / BARKHUDARIAN / MIRZOIAN / BEKARIAN
Armenian Brilliance Nikolay Madoyan (violin) Armine Grigoryan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Small in form yet rich in artistic significance, these delightful Armenian works for violin and piano are both evocative and songful. Komitas Vardapet's poetic examples include Krounk ('The Crane'), the anthemic symbol of the motherland, whilst... |
SVEINBJORNSSON
Piano Trios / Violin Sonata Nina-Margret Grimsdottir (piano) Audur Hafsteinsdottir (violin) Sigurgeir Agnarsson (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2008 ] The music of Iceland's first composer, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, is reflective of his personality, described by his contemporaries as vivacious and affectionate but temperamental at times. This recording celebrates the composer's 160th anniversary... |
