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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas (Vol 4) Nos. 36-41 Jeno Jando (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Sep/2003 ] "Jando is confirming his reputation as a fluent Haydn interpreter, wholly in sympathy with the composer's musical language." - Gramophone |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Jeno Jando (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Andras Ligeti (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Dec/2005 ] "Jando at his best is dynamic and revealing, and the Budapest orchestra plays better than the Chicago with Pollini." - American Record Guide (Tom Godell) March-April, 2001 |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor / Introduction and Allegro, Op. 92 and Op. 134 Jeno Jando (piano) with Various Orchestras [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Apr/2005 ] |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Duets, Vol. 1 Jeno Jando (piano) / Zsuzsa Kollar (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "House pianist Jeno Jando, one of the finest around, is no stranger to Mozart, having recorded most of the composer's piano concertos for the label. He is joined by compatriot Zsuzsa Kollar in lively and stylish readings. Excellent sound." -... |
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JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: The Piano Concerto / Indian Summer / A Sea Idyll / etc John Lenehan (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "John Ireland's Piano Concerto of 1930 receives a thoroughly sympathetic, lucid performance, as does the ominously darker Legend of three years later...A delightful disc." (Daily Telegraph) |
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GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Young Man's Exhortation (A) / Till Earth Outwears / Oh Fair to See (English Song, Vol. 16) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] "For lovers of English song, this is an indispensable disc, especially with this thoughtfully compiled programme." (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
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JOHN McCABE
McCabe: Piano Music John McCabe (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "[John McCabe's] piano music is obviously of great significance in his output, and this is a good sampling." © 2016 American Record Guide |
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NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN
Kapustin: Piano Sonata No. 15 / Preludes / Etudes / Bagatelles John Salmon (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Mar/2008 ] Kapustin's pianistic textures are rich, spanning the entire keyboard, with melodies in every register, sweeping arpeggios, tons of chords, and a fantastic array of runs. Such music is Kapustin's birthright: Ukranian born and Moscow trained, he has... |
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Music Jordi Masó (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Nov/2003 ] A pupil of Pizzetti, the Italian composer, critic and pianist, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is today better known for his guitar works and film scores. From 1940 to 1956 he worked for various film studios in Hollywood, contributing to some 250... |
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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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JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; 4 ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 / Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben (Rec 1947-1950) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with Phyllis Spurr (piano) Phyllis Spurr (piano) John Newark (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historic Great Singers / CD - released 24/Oct/2004 ] Kathleen Ferrier was the most significant British singer to emerge following the end of the Second World War in 1945. Although her professional singing career spanned only a single decade (1942-1953) she achieved international recognition in a... |
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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... |