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MARTINU
La Revue de Cuisine (complete ballet) / Harpsichord Concerto / etc Robert Hill (harpsichord) / Holst-Sinfonietta, Klaus Simon (piano, conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] Ranging from 1927 to 1959, the year of Martinů's death, these four works reveal his unceasing versatility in chamber repertoire. La revue de cuisine, heard here in a recent reconstruction of the original complete score, is a supreme example of... |
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GERALD FINZI
A Finzi Anthology Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] More than any other composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) has come to embody the lyrical pastoralism so associated with English twentieth-century music. This anthology includes eight critically acclaimed recordings of Finzi's works. The themes of... |
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CARL CZERNY
Czerny: Nocturnes Roberte Mamou (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Czerny is remembered as Beethoven's favoured interpreter of his own piano works and is well known as Liszt's teacher, but it is for his pedagogic works, still in use to this day, that he continues to enjoy renown. The Nocturnes offer a less familiar... |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39 Roberto Cappello (piano) / Coro Luca Marenzio, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Busoni's monumental Piano Concerto was completed in 1904 and remains the longest piano concerto to have been heard in public. He thought of the work as his 'Italian Symphony' but this Concerto for piano, orchestra and male chorus is an unclassifiable... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonatas for Viola and Piano Roberto Diaz (viola) / Jeremy Denk (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2010 ] "A fabulous recording, even if you already have a favorite." American Record Guide |
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Roberto Diaz, viola / Robert Koenig, piano
Vieuxtemps-Music for Viola and Piano (Includes Sonata in B Flat Op 36; Elegie for Viola and Piano Op 30) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] "These are excellent performances, and attractive works." MusicWeb Sept 2002 |
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BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / BORODIN / PAGANINI
Viola Transcriptions Roberto Diaz (Viola) / Robert Koenig (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] Primrose made transcriptions for his own use to fill some vacancies (charmeurs he called them) in the viola repertoire of his day, and to display his prodigious technique. Unlike string colleagues he greatly admired, Fritz Kreisler and Jascha... |
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GERALD FINZI
Finzi: I Said to Love / Let Us Garlands Bring / Before and After Summer Roderick Williams (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 12 / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] "A lovely rich, velvety tone, gorgeous in the lower register, great sensitivity to both text and music, enunciation excellent, and good pacing. Strongly recommended ... " (MusicWeb July 2005) |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 / Tit for Tat / Folk Songs Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 22 / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "Williams finds an ideal emotional stance - involved, totally word-conscious but never melodramatic...as a recorded recital, Williams - and Burnside, who is similarly colourful, have created an outstanding achievement." (Gramophone Award Nomination... |
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GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
Butterworth: Songs from A Shropshire Lad / Folk Songs from Sussex (English Song, Vol. 20) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "Williams's engagingly fresh delivery, secure technique, eloquent turn of phrase and variety of tone are a joy throughout, as is his crystal-clear diction. Burnside, too, is at his customarily unmannered, attentive best, the crispness and poise of... |
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JOHN IRELAND
Songs (Incls 'Five Poems by Thomas Hardy') Roderick Williams (Baritone) / Iain Burnside (Piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 18 / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Roderick Williams is such a good singer he can make the voice part sound vocal and natural in a way not many have succeeded in doing. …the pianist, Iain Burnside, plays with a sureness of touch to match the highly skilled naturalness of Williams's... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel / The House of Life / etc Roderick Williams (Baritone) / Iain Burnside (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] The early songs of Vaughan Williams reflect the contemporary interest in a form to which Parry and Stanford had given much encouragement. |
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MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Piano Jewels - Capriccios / Toccata / La chasse Rodolfo Leone (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jan/2022 ] Clementi's influence on pianists has proved enduring, whether through his compositions, books of instruction, or the introduction of new levels of virtuosity on the pianoforte. This album explores a selection of works that have never been recorded. |
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IVOR NOVELLO
The Dancing Years / King's Rhapsody (Rec 1939-1950) Roma Beaumont (vocals) / Phyllis Dare (vocals) / Mary Ellis (soprano) / Olive Gilbert, Dunstan Hart, Vanessa Lee (vocals) / with Ivor Novello (piano) [ Naxos Nostalgia / CD - released 16/Jun/2005 ] 'I am not a highbrow. I am an entertainer. Empty seats and good opinions mean nothing to me'. (Ivor Novello) |
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GABRIEL URBAIN FAURE
Fauré - Poulenc: Works for Piano & Orchestra Romain Descharmes (piano), Malmö Opera Orchestra, Michael Halász [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2024 ] There are fruitful contrasts in the works for piano and orchestra of these two French composers. Gabriel Fauré's Ballade in F sharp major is graceful and serene but ends with a Lisztian flourish, whereas his neglected Fantaisie, though modestly... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Wedding Cake Valse / etc Romain Descharmes (piano) / Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2017 ] "the climax of [Africa] is carried off with a nonchalant swagger that I found iresistible, the triangle adding a curious buzzing effect. The warmth and depth of the orchestal contribution and Marc Soustrot's eye for detail are significant bonuses." |
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THEODOR KULLAK
Kullak: Romantic Piano, Vol. 7 Roman Fediurko (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Feb/2026 ] The German pianist and teacher Theodor Kullak, a piano student of Carl Czerny among others, enjoyed a stellar career. His transcriptions, arrangements and studies have proved enduring, while his lesser-known original works contain an abundance of... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Préludes et Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S171d / Album-Leaves Roman Kosyakov (piano) [ Naxos Complete Liszt Edition Vol 56 / CD - released 27/Nov/2020 ] Born at Raiding, in Hungary, in 1811, the son of Ádám Liszt, a steward in the service of Haydn's former patrons, the Esterházy princes, Franz Liszt had early encouragement from members of the Hungarian nobility, allowing him in 1822 to go to Vienna. |
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SCHUBERT
Winterreise Roman Trekel, baritone / Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano [ Naxos Schubert Lieder Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "..this is a singer who really knows how to sing songs. And this is a disc that should be in the collection of all who love songs and Schubert and music that touches the heart and stirs the soul." ClassicsToday 10/10 |
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CHARLES WUORINEN
6 Trios Ronald Borror (Trombone), Alan Feinberg (Piano), Daniel Druckman (Marimba), Daniel Druckman (Vibraphone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] The ways in which the composer approaches the four types of ensemble here illustrate his participation in that tradition of the ensemble genre that has been a lure for generations of Western composers. |