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GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 1 / Piano Trio Stephan Tarara (violin), Molly Carr (viola), Eun-Sun Hong (cello), Josu De Solaun (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Chamber music was a crucial element in Enescu's output and these two works, separated by seven years, represent very different phases of his compositional development. The large-scale Piano Quartet No. 1 marks the climax of his early maturity. |
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LYELL CRESSWELL
Cresswell: Landscapes of the Soul & Piano Concerto Stephen De Pledge (piano) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hamish McKeich, with the New Zealand String Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Mar/2014 ] Lyell Cresswell, one of New Zealand's most distinguished composers, is represented on this recording by three examples of his mastery of the orchestral sound world. His Piano Concerto is cast in seven movements, written in memory of his fellow... |
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Steuart Bedford, piano / Louisa Fuller, violin / Susan Gritton, soprano / Christopher Maltman, baritone
Holst - Vedic Hymns / Four Songs / Humbert Wolfe Settings [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] The English composer Gustav Holst was the son of a musician and descended from a family of mixed Scandinavian, German and Russian origin that had settled in England in the early nineteenth century. |
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WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano / Suite No. 2 for Solo Violin Steven Gross (horn) Constatine Finehouse (piano) Philip Ficsor (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize, and a GRAMMY Award, William Bolcom is one of America's most senior and internationally acclaimed composers. Commissioned to expand upon the under-represented horn trio repertoire, Bolcom has... |
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IAN KROUSE
Krouse: Symphony No. 5 / Fanfare for the Heroes of the Korean War / Symphonies of Strings Nos. 1, 2 Steven Gross (horn) Constatine Finehouse (piano) Philip Ficsor (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Underscoring the very special relationship between the United States and the Republic of Korea, the version of Ian Krouse's Symphony No. 5 performed on this recording with a South Korean orchestra commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Korean War. |
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ART TATUM
Tatum: Improvisations Steven Mayer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] This collection presents improvised and embellished (jazz-style) versions of classic tunes in the style that Art Tatum made famous. |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music Volume 33 - Wagner and Weber Transcriptions Steven Mayer (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] |
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CHARLES IVES
Piano Sonata No.2 'Concord' / The Celestial Railroad Steven Mayer (Piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "The Mayer recording is also musically excellent and prefaces each of the four movements, which are named for Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and others, with readings that give a context for Ives' understanding of these historic figures and... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Music for Wind Instruments Stéphane Lemelin (piano) / Canada's National Arts Centre Wind Quintet [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] "The unifying feature of this programme is the excellently judged piano playing of Stéphane Lemelin, who adds a discerning range of colour and spirit to the performances" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - March 2011 |
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HENRI TOMASI
TOMASI (complete violin works) Stéphanie Moraly (Violin) Romain David (Piano) / Orchestre de la Garde républicaine, Sebastien Billard [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2022 ] Henri Tomasi is one of the great figures of 20th-century French music. The catalogue of his works, which comprises over a hundred opuses, features many splendid stage and concert scores. |
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ENESCU
Complete Works for Violin and Piano Volume 1 Axel Strauss (violin) & Ilya Poletaev (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Oct/2013 ] George Enescu's Second Violin Sonata marked his true emergence as a composer; violinist Carl Flesch referring to it as one of the most significant in the history of the genre. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trio Vol. 4 (Archduke Trio / Kakadu Variations / Allegretto, WoO 39) Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD ] "The sound is excellent, the playing nicely groomed, moderate, sensible, genial, and vital." American Record Guide |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol. 2 (Nos 3 & 8 / Variations, Op. 44) Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Feb/1994 ] Since its foundation in 1968 the Stuttgart Piano Trio has won a considerable reputation for itself. In 1969 the Trio won the Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin and the International Radio Competition in Munich. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol.3 (Nos 5 & 6) Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD ] "its springs spontaneously to life" Penguin Guide |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trios D 929 and D 897 Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "The very best D. 897 I have heard." - Fanfare |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol.1 (Nos 1 & 2) Stuttgart Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] "Their evident enjoyment of this music generates performances with plenty of sparkle from the Stuttgart Piano Trio which, at their best, are powerfully dramatic and exciting" - Gramophone |
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Stuttgart Piano Trio
Schubert:piano Trios D28... [ Naxos / CD ] |
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Stuttgart Piano Trio
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ALFREDO CASELLA
Casella: Symphony No. 2 / A notte alta Sun Hee You (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "One of Casella's subtlest creations, it receives a fine performance from the Rome Symphony Orchestra and Francesco La Vecchia" Gramophone |
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MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Early Piano Sonatas Volume 2 Susan Alexander-Max (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] "Thoroughly engaging performances, on a fine instrument, of some of Clementi's excellent sonatas, as musically rewarding as they are historically important" (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |