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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 |
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JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Sextet / Clarinet Trio / Fantasy-Sonata / The Holy Boy Sophia Rahman (piano) / Alice Neary (Cello) / Robert Plane (Clarinet) / Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] A composition pupil of Stanford and recognised as an outstanding talent by Parry, John Ireland was inspired as a student by the music of Beethoven, Brahms and Elgar, and later by Debussy, Ravel and the early Stravinsky. This recording features the... |
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MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Keyboard Sonatas Op. 1 & 13 Soyeon Kate Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Dec/2019 ] Muzio Clementi was born four years before Mozart and outlived Beethoven by the same span. His legacy to pianists as a composer and teacher was a significant one, introducing new virtuosity and exploring the expressive possibilities of the piano, a... |
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SCRIABIN
Piano Music Soyeon Kate Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] Rivalling Rachmaninov as a virtuoso musician, the colourful young pianist/composer Scriabin found inspiration in his hero Chopin, while adding Russian darkness to his Impromptus and sensuous passion to the technically demanding Sonate-fantaisie. |
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SCARLATTI
Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 8 Soyeon Lee (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "The recording is worth a special mention – well up to the high standard Norbert Kraft has previously set on various discs for this label. The documentation is also decent and the only thing that feels cheap about this disc is the price" (MusicWeb... |
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SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: String Trio, Op. 31 / Piano Quartet, Op. 20 Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Jun/2022 ] With this album, Naxos and Spectrum Concerts wish to champion a composer who was universally respected and admired during his life, but whose work has for the most part languished unheard since his death over a century ago. |
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ERNST TOCH
Toch: Piano Quintet / Violin Sonata No. 2 / Burlesken / 3 Impromptus Spectrum Concerts Berlin [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 31/Mar/2008 ] "The performers all do well. Daniel Blumenthal…is the driving engine of most of the works here. Highly recommended" Classical Net |
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Steen-Nokleberg/Schioll/Etc
Grieg:piano Music Vol.11 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Steen-Nokleberg/Schioll/Etc
Grieg:piano Music Vol.12 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Steen-Nokleberg/Schioll/Etc
Grieg:piano Music Vol.13 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Steen-Nokleberg/Schioll/Etc
Grieg:piano Music Vol.14 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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JOHN TAVENER
The Essential John Tavener on Naxos [5 CD set] Stefan Berkieta (bar) Maria Kliegel (cello), Eileen Hulse (sop) Ralph van Raat (piano) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / St. John's College Choir [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Strongly recommended - but you may need to persevere. It's well removed from the cosy Christmas of renaissance art or of chestnuts roasting by the fire, though there's a place for those, too." (MusicWeb on the Clare College Recording) |
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MARCEL DUPRE
Works For Organ Vol. 6 (Incls '8 Short Preludes on Gregorian Themes for Organ, Op. 45') Stefan Engels (Organ) / Alessio Bax (Piano) [ Naxos Organ Encyclopedia / CD - released 15/Nov/2007 ] Marcel Dupré was born into a musical family in Rouen in 1886. His father was an organist who had been a pupil of Guilmant and taught his son from the time the boy was eleven. Dupré was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at sixteen, and among his... |