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HANDEL
Keyboard Suites Volume 2 Philip Edward Fisher (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jan/2015 ] These final four suites illuminate not only Handel's melodic gifts and dramatic flair, but his ability to unify a variety of forms and styles into a complete and magnificent whole. |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO
Corigliano: Complete Solo Piano Music Philip Edward Fisher, Piano (piano) / Albany Symphony, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] John Corigliano's music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by some of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. He is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, five GRAMMY Awards, the Grawemeyer Award for... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo / The Holy Sonnets of John Donne / Winter Words Philip Langridge (tenor) / Steuart Bedford (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 7 / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] The three cycles on this recording span the years 1940 to 1953, an astonishingly productive and fertile period for Britten that saw the completion of no fewer than eight operas, as well as several other by no means insubstantial scores such as the... |
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Philip Thompson
Liszt:cpte.Piano Music V.3 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Philip Thompson
Liszt:cpte.Piano Music V.4 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Chamber Music Vol. 1 (Incls 'Sonata for Oboe and Piano') Philippe Bernold (flute) Olivier Doise (oboe) Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) etc [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] "As it stands, this initial installment, brightly and clearly recorded, is indispensable. Look for further volumes to be released throughout 2000, beginning in early spring." - Classics Today (10/10) |
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PAGANINI
La Campanella / Le streghe / Variations (arr. F. Kreisler) Philippe Quint (violin) / Dmitry Kogan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] "Philippe Quint opts for the arrangements by Kreisler, a sensational performer himself, who added piano parts and polished the pieces into recital encores....The Kreisler arrangements may be cloying bonbons but they have a period charm" The Observer,... |
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ROZSA
Music for Violin and Piano (Incls Violin Sonata Op 40) Philippe Quint (violin) William Wolfram (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] Trained in his native Budapest and in Leipzig, "Philippe Quint, a young Russian-American, makes an affirmative case for the music. A must-have for fiddle fans." - Montreal Gazette, October 11, 2007 |
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JOHN CORIGLIANO
Red Violin Caprices / Violin Sonata (with Thomson-5 Ladies / Portraits) Philippe Quint (violin) William Wolfram (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - September 2008 - "Engaging solo repertoire as The Red Violin yields up more musical delights." |
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HOWARD FERGUSON
Ferguson: Piano Sonata in F minor / Discovery / 5 Bagatelles / Partita Phillida Bannister (contralto) / Vadim Peaceman (piano) / Raphael Terroni (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Belfast-born Ferguson's reputation as a composer rests on the nineteen published works that he wrote between 1928 and 1959. Rhythmic energy endows his music with its exciting sense of momentum, underpinned by his command of Baroque and Classical... |
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RICHARD ADDINSELL
Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two Cities Philip Martin (piano), Roderick Ems (piano) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn [ Naxos British Light Music / CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] World-famous for the Warsaw Concerto from the film Dangerous Moonlight, Richard Addinsell was one of Britain's leading composers for stage and screen. This selection ranges widely over every area of his achievement. |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Barcarolles / Ballade Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano) [ Naxos / CD ] "Volondat displays poetry and sensitivity, adding introversion or passion as appropriate. With more Faure and works by Franck and Dukas to come, Volondat promises to be a valuable addition to the Naxos stable." BBC Music |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Piano works Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/1999 ] |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Four Hand Piano Music Pierre-Alain Volondat, Patrick de Hooge (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Faure's musical language bridged a gap between the romanticism of the nineteenth century and the world of music that had appeared with the new century, developing and evolving, but retaining its own fundamental characteristics. |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Preludes And Impromptus Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] "Volondat makes the most of the built-in contrasts in the Preludes" BBC Music |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Violin Concerto No. 2 'American Four Seasons' & Violin Sonata Piotr Plawner (violin), Gerardo Vila (piano) Berner Kammerorchester, Philippe Bach [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Philip Glass has become an iconic figure in American music. His works are often inspired by collaborations with other leading musicians, and the proposal of an ʻAmerican Four Seasonsʼ by the violinist Robert McDuffie to reflect Vivaldi's famous... |
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Poulenc
Piano Music Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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FRANZ BERWALD
Berwald: Piano Trios Vol.1 - Nos 1 - 3 Andras Kiss (violin) / Csaba Onczay (cello) / Ilona Prunyi (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jul/2000 ] "These three mature piano trios echo the symphonies in their sharp originality, full of surprising twists and turns, often like a more quirky Mendelssohn. The second of the three is the most striking in a troubled F minor, with a broodingly intense... |
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Prutsman/Drury-Byrne/Fagan/Nat
Macdowell:piano Concertos 1&2 [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano & Violin Music Vol.2 (Incls Silent Woods, Op. 68, No. 5) Qian Zhou (violin) / Edward Battersby (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "The performers appear to enjoy themselves enormously here (and for that matter throughout) and the partnership shows great unanimity and understanding." MusicWeb |