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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Four Hand Piano Music Vol 2 (Incls Hungarian Dances) Silke-Thora Matthies / Christian Kohn (pianos) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "Crisp, clean ensemble, matched by well-focused sound. An excellent bargain " - Penguin Guide |
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Silke-Thora/Kohn Matthies
Dvorak:four-Hand Piano Musi [ Naxos / CD ] |
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ROREM
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Cello Concerto Simon Mulligan (piano) / Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] "Better late than never, these Rorem premieres are irresistible. Finely recorded, it's a clear winner for the Naxos American Classics series." (Gramophone Dec 2007) |
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GRUODIS / BANAITIS / VAINIŪNAS / UZELIŪNAS
Lithuanian Music for Violin and Piano Simona Venslovaitė (violin), Veronika Kopjova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] The 20th-century Lithuanian composer's dialogue between modern forms of expression and folk motifs is well represented in the four works in this recording. There is a sense of playful lightness in the Romantic aesthetic of Gruodis's work, while... |
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ELGAR
Violin Recital Simone Lamsma (violin) Yurie Miura (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series / CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] "In this issue in Naxos's Laureate Series we are provided with a fine recital from two promising chamber performers; names to follow." (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
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SIRA HERNANDEZ
Hernandez: Piano Music - Initiation to the Shadow / Terra Santa / etc Sira Hernández (piano) [ Naxos Classics From Spain / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] The distinguished Spanish composer and pianist Sira Hernández is known especially for her involvement with multi-discipline arts projects at major international festivals and cultural events. |
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GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Songs Sivan Rotem (soprano) / Jonathan Zak (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] Often reflecting on the joys and pains of love or glowing with religious fervour, the 26 songs heard here are interpreted by Sivan Rotem, one of Israel's outstanding singers. |
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EINAR ENGLUND
Englund: Orchestral Works Niklas Sivelov (piano) / Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Jorma Panula [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "Excellent recordings of three of Englund's finest works, including the Blackbird Symphony, depicting the 'brutality of Man compared with the purity of Nature'. (Gramophone) |
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ANTONIO SOLER
Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 93-95 Evgeny Konnov (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] Aside from the famous Fandango, Antonio Soler's music has tended to be underrated, with composers such as Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach, Haydn and Mozart putting him somewhat in their shadow. |
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LORENZO PEROSI
Perosi: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 and 2 / String Trio No. 2 Matteo Bevilacqua (piano) / Roma Tre Orchestra Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Jul/2022 ] Puccini once said, 'there is more music in Perosi's head than in mine and Mascagni's put together'. Priest-composer Lorenzo Perosi achieved international celebrity by the late 1890s for his sacred music, and he also composed a fine selection of... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 / The Tempest / etc Joseph Banowetz (piano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Ondrej Lenard (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Banowitz is an excellent pianist." - American Record Guide |
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PIAZZOLLA / D'RIVERA / VILLA-LOBOS / FRANCAIX / MILHAUD
Latin American Dances - Works for Saxophone and Piano Sándor Rigó (saxophone), Christina Leeb-Grill (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] Virtuoso duo Sándor Rigó and Christina Leeb-Grill have taken Jean Françaix's description of his own work, 'musique pour faire plaisir', as the motto for this programme. |
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CAMARGO GUARNIERI
Guarnieri: Chôros, Vol. 2 São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Tibiriçá, with Ovanir Buosi (clarinet) & Olga Kopylova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] In his Choros, Guarnieri wrote music that conjures up the landscape and essence of Brazil. These very personal concertos reveal the composer's refined instrumental combinations and elegant contrapuntal writing. |
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WILLIAM BOLCOM
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 Solomia Soroka (Violin), Arthur Greene (Piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "I am delighted that the married team of Solomia Soroka and Arthur Greene have recorded my four violin sonatas. They have brought a special insight to the works, emphasizing the traditional qualities which I have always insisted were at the core of... |
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GEORGE ENESCU
Piano Quintet / Piano Quartet No. 2 The Solomon Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "The Solomon players clearly love the music, and their performances are as agile as Enescu's fantastical imagination demands." BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 |
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BEETHOVEN / BLISS
Piano Concertos (1943-1944) Solomon (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Adrian Boult [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 3/Mar/2002 ] In 1938 Arthur Bliss was on the jury of the Ysaÿe competition for pianists. In his autobiography Bliss quoted from a letter he sent his wife at this time: "I have heard twenty-two pianists play the same piece by Bach, the same piece by Scarlatti, and... |
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Sonia Rubinsky
Villa-Lobos: Piano Music [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] |
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Sonia Rubinsky
Villa-Lobos: Piano Music [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Aug/2004 ] |
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Sonia Rubinsky
Villa-Lobos: Piano Works Vol.2 [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Nov/2001 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magna Sequentia II - A Grand Suite of Dances (compiled by S. Rubinsky) Sonia Rubinsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] Sonia Rubinsky's Magna Sequentia I (8.574026) was constructed around a Partita from Bach's Clavier-Übung I but this second volume focuses on the French Overture from Clavier-Übung II. Each of the 17 movements has been selected to illustrate the... |