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FREDERIC MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano music Vol 1 Jordi Maso (piano} [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] "...The unostentatious innocence of the Scènes d'enfants is beautifully caught. Excellent recording makes this a disc to recommend even if it cost far more than it does." Penguin Guide |
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FREDERIC MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano music Vol 3 Jordi Maso (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] one of the most significant composer of Spanish piano music |
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FREDERIC MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano music Vol 4 Jordi Maso (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Aug 2002) |
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LISZT / BEETHOVEN / SCHUMANN
Juan Pérez Floristán - Piano Recital Juan Pérez Floristán (piano) [ Naxos Laureate Series Violin / CD - released 4/Apr/2017 ] In 2015 Spanish pianist Juan Pérez Floristán won the First and the Audience Prizes at the Santander International Piano Competition and the First Prize at the Steinway Competition, Berlin. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Lied Edition 24 - Romantic Poets, Vol. 1 Julia Borchert (soprano) / Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) [ Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition / CD - released 12/Sep/2007 ] This is the first of four discs of Schubert's settings of the 'romantic' poets. |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Complete Piano Music Julia Severus (piano) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/May/2011 ] "Julia Severus just lets the music speak for itself with a minimum of interpretative fuss. Very fine." (The Guardian) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano Kalman Berkes (clarinet) / Jeno Jando (piano) (with Tamara Takacs, mezzo-soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2004 ] "The engineering is sensational. At the price this label sells for, you can't go wrong" - Fanfare |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN / JOAN TOWER / WALTER PISTON / JOHN HARBISON
Gershwin: Concerto in F (with works by Tower, Piston & Harbison) Kevin Cole (piano) / National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, David Alan Miller [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] "From the very opening [Gershwin] with its timpani motto, the piece goes like the wind, not sounding rushed so much as bracingly correct. Miller and pianist Kevin Cole set perfect tempos for the cakewalk passage in the first movement" Fanfare |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 7 Konstantin Scherbakov (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "The excellent engineering gives the piano a slightly metallic edge, and the bass has great richness without exaggeration. This is the finest release thus far in Naxos' ongoing complete Scarlatti sonata cycle." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com June 2010) |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Chamber Music and rarities Vol. 2 Laura Giordano (soprano), Alessandro Marangoni (piano), Alessandro Luciano (tenor), Bruno Taddia (baritone) [ Naxos Peches de vieillesse Vol 9 / CD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] Gioachino Rossini's ambitious younger years saw his composing entirely focused on well-defined projects. In later years he developed musical ideas with or without poetry to hand, and the 'Sins of Old Age' heard here bring together genre songs and... |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 3 Laurence Jackson (Violin) / Ashley Wass (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Nov/2006 ] "The Naxos series has continued its devotion to Bax with impressive results. You need the previously unrecorded sonata movements if you're serious about the composer. And the performances are eloquent and impressive. Next up will be the second and... |
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ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Incls Violin Sonata No. 2) Laurence Jackson (violin) Ashley Wass (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] "Committed and thoughtful performances of some of Bax's most deeply-felt music concerned with the horrors of World War I and the tragic events of the Easter Uprising in Dublin." (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
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CHARLES VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: The Railway / Preludes / Etudes / Esquisses Laurent Martin (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "this is a disc that pianophiles may well want to marvel over" - American Record Guide - May/June 1996 |
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PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Complete Songs (Vol 1): Zemphira's song; Midnight; Lullaby; etc Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) Ljuba Orefenova (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Jul/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "Kazarnovskaya is a rapidly rising star, with appearances at Salzburg, la Scala, the Met and Vienna. She brings a rich soprano voice and considerable feeling to 17 of the... |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Fantasies (Complete) Madoka Inui (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2006 ] "Hummel's homage to his master is touchingly blended with his own profound feel for the piano, thanks to the flair and intensity of the award-winning Madoka Inui." -- Anthony Holden, The Observer, December 11, 2005 |
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ALWYN / BAX / BERKELEY / BRITTEN / MOERAN / RAWSTHORNE / etc
British String Quartets Maggini Quartet, with David Campbell (clarinet), Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Naxos / 20 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2019 ] "Another British string quartet rarity from the Maggini Quartet. Fine performances of two superbly confident chamber works." Editor's Choice - Gramophone |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: String Quartet In E Minor / Piano Quintet In A Minor Maggini String Quartet / Peter Donohoe (Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "the Maggini Quartet impress with the luminous refinement and beguiling tonal beauty of their music-making" - Gramophone |
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WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: Piano Music Mark Boozer (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] Long known as the doyen of Afro-American composers, William Grant Still was born on 11th May, 1895, in Woodville, Mississippi to musical and scholarly parents of African-American, Native American, Spanish, Irish, and Scotch heritage. Following the... |
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ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Complete Piano Works Vol 1 (Incls 6 Concert Etudes Op.28) Markus Pawlik (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] Rosette (Highest Award) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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FRANK BRIDGE
Bridge: Phantasy / String Quartets Nos. 2 and 4 Martin Roscoe (piano) / Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 17/Apr/2005 ] "The Magginis complete their Bridge cycle in distinguished style" - Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month May 2005 |