FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy Goran Filipec (piano), Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra, Imre Kollar [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jan/2021 ] Franz Liszt had an overwhelming impact on the musical life of his time through revolutionary innovations in harmony, form and pianistic technique. Both Liszt and his brilliant musical heir Ferruccio Busoni regarded their compositions as living... |
HENRY COTTER NIXON
Henry Cotter Nixon: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 Ana Török (violin) / Kodaly Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann [ Toccata / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] The English composer-conductor Henry Cotter Nixon (1842-1907) has entirely disappeared from music history. But this new series - presenting all his surviving orchestral music in its first-ever recordings - reveals Nixon to have been one of the most... |
HENRY COTTER NIXON
Henry Cotter Nixon: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 Ian Hobson (piano) / Kodaly Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann, with Ferenc Nagy (euphonium) [ Toccata / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] "Collectors who invested in the previous volume of Nixon's orchestral music will be glad to have the chance to continue their exploration through this valuable release" MusicWeb |
HENRY COTTER NIXON
Henry Cotter Nixon: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 Kodaly Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann [ Toccata / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] The English composer-conductor Henry Cotter Nixon (1842-1907) had entirely disappeared from music history until this series - presenting all his surviving orchestral music in its first-ever recordings - revealed him to have been one of the most... |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / BRAHMS / HAYDN / MENDELSSOHN / etc
Great Chamber Music [10 CD set] Jeno Jando (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Kodaly Quartet, Gould Piano Trio, Joachim Trio, etc [ Naxos / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2015 ] This collection of great chamber music brings together nine giants of music in works which reveal their most immediate and individual expressive worlds: proof if ever any was needed that less can be much, much more. |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
String Quartets Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Artistically and technically this is a satisfying performance." [The Recorded Guide to Penguin Classical Music] |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op 20 Nos 1 - 3 "Sun" Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "That's where these Naxos recordings - at super-bargain prices - come in. The Kodaly Quartet delivers the smoothest, warmest performances ... discover a whole new world of Haydn quartets, sonatas and symphonies .. well worth investigating." Dallas... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74, Nos. 1-3 Kodaly Quartet [ NAXOS / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "All three of the Op. 74 works are among Haydn's greatest masterpieces for the medium, and they are marvellously done." (Penguin Guide) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 64 Nos. 1-3 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] The string quartets of Opus 64 constitute a second set of six quartets for the violinist Johann Tost, who had led the second violins of Haydn's orchestra at Esterhaza from 1783 until his departure for Paris in 1788 |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 64 Nos. 4, 5 'Lark' & 6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2009 ] "This group's versions of the Haydn quartets are among the glories of the Naxos label" - Irish Evening Press |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets (complete) Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / 24 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "This is fine, traditional (in a good sense) quartet-playing, and unlike other complete quartet cycles currently available (Tatrai, Angeles), this set is REALLY complete." (ClassicsToday) |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op.51 [The Seven Last Words] & Op.10 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Dec/2008 ] "The recording is first rate, vividly present yet naturally balanced, like the other issues in this attractive Naxos series." Gramophone |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
The Best of Debussy (Incls Clair de Lune, Arabesque No 1 & The girl with the Flaxen Hair) Peter Nagy (piano) Klara Kormendi (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Slovak Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] Claude Debussy exercised widespread influence over later generations of composers, both in his native France and elsewhere. He was trained at the Paris Conservatoire, and decided there on a career as a composer rather than as a pianist, his original... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76, Nos. 4-6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "The Emperor Quartets and the Sunrise Quartets ...receive performances of exceptional insight and brilliance...and the Naxos recordings too provide superb sound quality throughout." - BBC Music Magazine - Summer Special |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Nos. 5-8 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "...splendid new release by the Kodály Quartet...Their forceful performances are amongst the most intelligent and thoughtful that I have heard." - CD Review - January 1993 |
Beethoven
The Best of Beethoven Volume 1 Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Takako Nishizaki (violin) Inga Nielsen (soprano) [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] Classic Beethoven highlights drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
The Best of Haydn Capella Istropolitana, Kodaly Quartet, Camerata Cassovia, Jeno Jando (piano), and many more [ Naxos Best Of / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Haydn drawn from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
JOHANN STRAUSS 11
The Best of Johann Strauss Volume 1 CSR Symphony Orchestra, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2008 ] The very best of Strauss with recordings taken from the vast Naxos catalogue. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 55 Nos. 1-3 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "playing which is undoubtably spirited and generally polished" - Penguin Guide |
SCHUBERT
Piano Quintet Trout / Adagio & Rondo Concertante Jeno Jando (piano) / Kodaly Quartet / Istvan Toth (double bass) [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2007 ] "The string playing is clean and alert, and the pianist is brilliant" - Classics |