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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... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Magna Sequentia III - A Contemplative Suite (compiled by S. Rubinsky) Sonia Rubinsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] Following on from the two large sets of dance suites, Magna Sequentia I (8.574026) and Magna Sequentia II (8.574027), Magna Sequentia III is a contemplative collection featuring a varied group of pieces that spans Bach's compositional career, from... |
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VILLA-LOBOS
Piano Music, Vol. 1 (A Prole do Bebe, No. 1 / Cirandas) Sonia Rubinsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Sep/2004 ] "Brazilian pianist Sonia Rubinsky plays with stylistic insight and gorgeous piano tone, very well captured by Naxos." - Leslie Gerber , Amazon.com |
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VILLA-LOBOS
Piano Music, Vol. 3 (Suite Floral, Ciclo Brasileiro, Brinquedo de Roda and others) Sonia Rubinsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Aug/2003 ] "Invaluable...bringing Villa-Lobos to haunting and unforgettable life." - Bryce Morrison, Gramophone |
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VILLA-LOBOS
Piano Music, Vol. 5 (Guia pratico I-IX) Sonia Rubinsky (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "It would be wrong to make excessive claims for the importance of this music – but it is a treasure house of minor pleasures and also of interest for the light it throws on some of Villa-Lobos’ more ‘serious’ compositions." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
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VILLA-LOBOS
Piano Music, Vol. 7 (Incls 'Amazonas', 'Historias de Carochinha', 'Valsa Scherzo') Sonia Rubinsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Feb/2009 ] "There are four world premiere recordings on this disc, some of them still in manuscript. Naxos's sound is exemplary, James Melo's notes more than informative and, most of all, Sonia Rubinsky's playing is a marvel of power, grace and fluency."... |
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VILLA-LOBOS
Piano Music, Vol. 8 (Guia pratico 10 & 11) Sonia Rubinsky (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] This eighth volume features Albums 10 and 11 from Villa-Lobos's Guia Prático |
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VILLA-LOBOS
Piano Music Vol 2 Sonia Rubinsky (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] The Villa-Lobos piano series continues |
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ALMEIDA PRADO
Prado: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Aurora / Concerto Fribourgeois Sonia Rubinsky (piano) / Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "This is quite a listening experience! For lovers of modern music, an indispensable disc." © 2020 The Art Music Lounge |