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This album showcases recent works for two guitars by the Chilean composer and guitarist Javier Contreras. He is joined by... 

Paul Hindemith is among the most significant German composers of the 20th century. The Sonata for Trombone and... 

Anton Rubinstein stood at the heart of Russian musical life for nearly half a century and had a profound influence on generations of... 

Igor Stravinsky is renowned for his legacy of glittering fairy tales in treasured favourites such... 

Dušan Bogdanovic’s inspiration behind this project came from writing a compilation of world music pieces for his... 

Tchaikovsky composed the Variations on a Rococo... 

Giacomo... 

In this recital, prize-winning Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko explores the evolving language, dramatic breadth, and technical daring... 

Giya... 

Alexander Glazunov’s seven string quartets extend over the entirety of his composing career and are equal in... 

Volume 68 in the Liszt Complete Piano Music series features transcriptions of dance works by illustrious... 

Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, composed over an extended period... 

Fromental... 

Fromental... 

A native of Bohemia, Wenzel Thomas Matiegka was a contemporary of Beethoven and a celebrated guitarist. His reputation was... 

Jinhyung Park, winner of the 2023 Jaén Prize International Piano Competition, explores the multifaceted nature of his instrument in... 

Joachim... 

Kip Winger is a genre-bridging composer... 

Celil Refik Kaya is a contemporary guitarist and composer in the great tradition of artists who have created their own unique contribution to... 

Nkeiru... 

It was Prince Nikolaus of Esterházy’s increasing infatuation with the baryton... 

Domenico Cimarosa, one... 

A native of Germany, Robert Volkmann was virtually unknown as a composer until the 1840s, when he moved to Hungary. It was there that Volkmann... 

Henrique Oswald was perhaps the most European of Brazilian composers, having... 

William Shield’s early career as a violinist and violist took him to the centre of musical life in London, where... 

Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor is a cornerstone of... 

Prize-winning composer Gregory Fritze has written over a hundred compositions for a variety of... 

The German pianist and teacher Theodor Kullak, a piano student of Carl Czerny among others, enjoyed a stellar career. His transcriptions, arrangements, and... 

Nikolay Roslavets was one of the great musical innovators of the 1920s, described... 

Considered... 

Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s chamber works were composed early and late in his career. He considered the Piano Quintet... 

Composed at the age of 19, Rachmaninov’s earliest published cycle of piano pieces, the Morceaux de Fantaisie, contains... 

Georges Onslow earned his reputation as the “French Beethoven” in the realm of chamber music. His 34 string quintets build... 

Ottorino... 

This recording explores the emotional depth, colour, and inventiveness of... 

A native of Frankfurt, Anton Urspruch studied under Joachim Raff and later became one of Liszt’s favourite protégés. His style, however, was... 

Henrique Alves de Mesquita was a prolific 19th-century composer who, despite Brazil’s systemic exclusion of Black artists, rose... 

Acclaimed guitarist Christophe Dejour brings together four works that were premiered many years after they were composed, due to... 

Leó Weiner’s legacy as an educator shaped generations of Hungarian... 

Il... 

The Schwetzingen Festival concerts were dedicated to Chopin in 1999, on the 150th anniversary of his death. Four pianists... 

Enrique Granados was one of the leading figures of the late-19th-century Spanish nationalist and impressionist school of... 

Timothy Corlis is a JUNO-nominated composer hailed for... 

Dusan Bogdanovic, an award-winning guitarist who gave his highly acclaimed debut recital at Carnegie Hall in 1977, has been described by... 

Josef Bohuslav Foerster was a pivotal figure in Czech musical history and... 

This album represents part... 

Known primarily as a prolific opera composer, Gaetano Donizetti also wrote nearly 300 songs, which were destined for intimate gatherings... 

The two cello concertos in this volume (Cello Concerto... 

English composer William Shield was famous for his operas and pantomimes. He was admired by Haydn who was to... 

Reginald Smith Brindle served with the Royal Engineers in Africa and Italy during the Second World War, and... 

Leó Weiner was one of the most important of all Hungarian pedagogues as... 

Michael... 

Paris was the musical destination for many Russian émigré composers between the two World Wars, with both... 

Few musicians shaped the evolution of keyboard writing as profoundly as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His sonatas and concertos aligned technical... 

Singaporean composer and conductor Darius Lim incorporates theatrical elements into his choral compositions, taking... 

Marches and other patriotic music frequently occupied the final place in Liszt’s recitals, often... 

Giacomo... 

Józef Wieniawski, younger brother of Henryk, was a prolific Polish composer and virtuoso pianist renowned throughout Europe. After studies... 

Richard... 

Richard... 

David Amram’s career as a versatile composer, conductor, and multi-instrumentalist has spanned more than... 

Rossini’s... 

Claudio Santoro’s late works are marked by great concision and considerable emotional... 

Gabriela... 

The illustrious French organ tradition is celebrated in this album of Toccatas and Méditations, including masterpieces drawn... 

Friedrich Kiel enjoyed great prestige as a professor of composition in Berlin where his many students included Stanford and Paderewski. As... 

The guitar has established itself as a national instrument in Latin American countries. Its sonorities can be considered... 

Haydn's Piano Trios were intended for domestic use, but the composer was typically inventive in... 

This programme showcases the euphonium’s warmth, emotive depth, and... 

William Shield rose from relatively humble beginnings to become the 'house' composer to... 

Cristian Carrara is... 

No one redefined the limits of contemporary keyboard writing in the 18th century more radically than Domenico Scarlatti, whose... 

This encyclopedic survey represents Bo Holten and Musica Ficta’s 25-year odyssey to collate and record the... 

Florence Price had worked for some years as a silent film organist before she won admiration in 1932 for her Symphony No. 1 in E minor. Works... 

Shostakovich... 

During his time in Italy and later in Leipzig, Charles Gounod was drawn by the balance of sonic beauty and proportion to be found in the music... 

Idil Biret, who arrived in Paris at the age of seven and a half, was unable to read music but played Mozart's C major concerto as she... 

Ever mindful of the accessibility of his works for amateur musicians, Mozart wrote... 

Anna Clyne, described as a ""composer of uncommon gifts and unusual methods"" by The New York Times, is one... 

The... 

Reginald Smith Brindle pursued a distinguished academic career with numerous scholarly publications, but as... 

The extreme delicacy and finesse of Chopin's pianistic style was unusual in an era when star pianists such as Liszt and... 

Pierre Boulez's early ambitions to become a concert pianist provided the impetus to write piano music as a composition student at the... 

Sofia Gubaidulina was an iconoclastic maverick whose work is synonymous with unprecedented openness... 

Berlin is the focus of this eighth volume of the History of the Russian Piano Trio, which... 

This album presents orchestral works by three French composers who saw Spain as a paradise of... 

Francisco Mignone became a leading figure in the Brazilian music scene... 

Wilhelm Taubert was a significant composer and teacher in Berlin during a period when the city began to rival Vienna and... 

‘Slatkin shows real empathy with this magical repertoire, and he draws playing of... 

Julius Benedict studied with Hummel and Weber, beginning as a virtuoso pianist and then becoming a conductor and operatic composer. In... 

Niklas Jahn, winner of the 9th International Organ Competition Musashino-Tokyo in 2023, was appointed organist at the Frauenkirche in... 

Heinrich Marschner was the leading German operatic composer between Weber and the rise of Wagner, but he also wrote prolifically for... 

Anton Rubinstein always regretted that his status as an elite pianist eclipsed his reputation as... 

With their dramatic history, the Peterhouse Partbooks are among the most significant collections... 

Alexey Shor's music... 

In 2009, a large collection of guitar music from the Gitarristische Vereinigung München (‘Munich Guitar Society’) was... 

Antonio Soler enjoyed high prestige at Spain's royal palace, the Escorial, where his contributions to keyboard technique, harmonic... 

In the early 1960s, Goffredo Petrassi's idiom was almost indistinguishable... 

Florence... 

Arrigo... 

Manuel Blancafort's music has a concise tonal directness that draws on his fondness for French composers. His... 

Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez belonged to a key group of Brazilian composers, including Villa-Lobos, Mignone, and Guarneri, who radically transformed... 

Heinrich August Marschner was a master of German Romantic music, and this third volume in... 

The two composers featured on this album worked in Russia during a period when it had... 

The music of Alan Hovhaness, one of America's most... 

Florence Price reached her musical maturity in Chicago during the 1930s... 

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber represents the essence of Romantic opéra-comique with vivacious and elegant... 

Volume 66 in the Liszt Complete Piano Music series focuses on transcriptions from... 

Goffredo Petrassi was 28 when his Partita (recorded on Naxos 8.572411) propelled him... 

The... 

Valentin Silvestrov was forced to leave his native... 

Il... 

Carl Teike achieved great success at the beginning of his career with Alte Kameraden (available on Naxos... 

Close harmony singing is the vocal equivalent of a jazz big band, and this programme is the Vasari Singers' personal... 

Memorable... 

Mozart... 

Adolf von Henselt belongs firmly in the realm of 19th-century composer-pianists such as Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt. He was... 

The distinguished Japanese composer... 

From... 

Mieczyslaw Weinberg flourished as a composer despite working amidst... 

This diverse programme of works for guitar trio is bound by the common thread of music inspired by... 

The music on this recording was written between 1772 and 1782, largely during Mozart’s difficult time in... 

Jia... 

Francesco... 

Francesco... 

César Guerra-Peixe’s compact... 

Adolphe Adam is famous for... 

By the age of 30, Erich Zeisl was considered one of Vienna’s leading composers. His compositions included... 

Sergey Rachmaninov’s two Elegiac Trios became the pinnacle of Russian musical symbolism, forming... 

Acknowledged... 

Fazıl Say’s... 

Luis Humberto Salgado was one of Ecuador’s most influential composers. His output encompasses nearly every genre of Western European... 

The... 

Goffredo Petrassi’s reputation was established in 1932 when his Partita (available... 

Domenico Scarlatti redefined the possibilities of keyboard music, blending the grandeur of the Baroque with the... 

Volume 65 in the Liszt Complete Piano Music series features works based on... 

Ronaldo Miranda is a multi-award-winning Brazilian composer with works commissioned... 

Barthold... 

French... 

Notker... 

The euphonium played a key part in the brass band movement of the mid-19th... 

The centerpiece of the Bach collection is a 2015 recording of The Well-Tempered Clavier, the so-called ""Old... 

This recording showcases three new evocative works by GRAMMY Award-winning American... 

Handel... 

The music of GRAMMY-nominated and... 

Alexey Shor was born in Ukraine but now lives in New... 

Yasunori Imamura presents the second instalment of Bach’s Cello Suites arranged for theorbo (Volume 1... 

This album presents a diverse selection of world premieres commissioned by... 

A native of Ukraine, Alexey Shor now lives... 

Flanked on this recording by the Missa brevis in G... 

Yasunori Imamura, whose recording of Bach’s complete lute works has been described as a ‘magnificent interpretation’ (Naxos... 

Symphonic in scale and with great dramatic power, Rachmaninov’s Piano... 

Richard Strauss’s Arabella is a... 

Richard Strauss’s Arabella is a lyric... 

Francesco Cilea is best remembered for... 

Francesco Cilea is best remembered for his operas L’Arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur, but... 

Idil Biret was introduced very early to the music of Bach. At the... 

Paul Wranitzky began composing late in life compared to his friend... 

Domenico Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard sonatas were most probably written for his patron, Princess Maria... 

Francisco Mignone was a leading figure in the Brazilian music scene of the 20th century, with... 

Handel’s success with Italian-style opera in London had passed its initial peak by... 

The bandoneon was remarkably popular as part of Argentinian culture during the 20th century and was brought... 

Classical guitarist Émilie Fend and clarinettist Andreas Hermanski share an ambitious artistic... 

Having sustained an injury to his left hand, Artur Malawski... 

Brahms’ lifelong preoccupation with the solo voice can be heard to... 

Heinrich Marschner’s role as Germany’s leading Romantic operatic composer in the generation between Weber and... 

Idil Biret wanted to record the many waltz transcriptions of Godowsky and others. Chief among these... 

From 8.501207 Idil Biret Concertos and Slow Music Edition... 

The recordings of Prokofiev’s Sonatas No. 9, 8, and 4 are derived from radio broadcasts... 

Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra No. 1... 

Giuseppe Martucci was one of the formative figures in the re-establishment of Italian instrumental music in the second half... 

Cristian Carrara, born and educated in the Friuli region... 

The six piano sonatas by Brazilian composer Claudio Santoro document the evolution of his creative and... 

Deutsche Oper Berlin’s production of Massenet’s four-act version of Hérodiade features... 

World premiere recordings of... 

Pianist Klaus Simon’s advocacy for Erich J. Wolff and his Lieder continues with this third volume. Wolff... 

Dario Salvi’s acclaimed survey of overtures by Auber continues with Volume 7. The... 

Volume 13 is the final installment in Wolf Harden’s series of Busoni’s piano music, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of... 

This album showcases a selection of Ives’ shorter works for orchestra. Experiments, marches, arrangements, and... 

Stellar cellist Gabriel Schwabe completes his two-volume survey of Beethoven’s complete... 

Following on from the critically acclaimed Anthems, Hymns... 

These world premiere recordings of Rieti’s Piano... 

French music specialist Jean-Luc Tingaud conducts the National... 

Goran Filipec is renowned for his exceptional interpretations of the works of Franz Liszt. His four previous recordings can... 

The Ukrainian violin virtuoso Solomiya Ivakhiv presents a... 

Busoni’s operatic masterpiece, Doktor Faust, was left unfinished on... 

Influential German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes reinvented the... 

Influential German poet Barthold Heinrich Brockes reinvented the... 

Though he composed in a variety of genres—choral and orchestral works and an opera among them—Erich Zeisl... 

The flute concertos heard on... 

These delightful dances, including waltzes and Ländler, may be small-scale, but they are quintessential Schubert. Containing 99... 

These exuberant and technically demanding... 

Richard Strauss is considered to be both the last ‘Classical’ composer... 

At the invitation of Respighi’s great nieces, conductor Salvatore Di... 

Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra continue their ground-breaking survey... 

Romain Descharmes is one of the foremost French pianists of... 

ChromaDuo (Tracy Anne Smith and Rob MacDonald) is one of the world’s greatest guitar duos. The works recorded here were all composed... 

This album of Gurney’s songs, Volume 24 in the English Song series, presents a wide selection of his works. Featuring... 

Xiaogang Ye’s interest in mysterious and beautiful plants has led him to... 

Chiara e Serafina was the young Donizetti’s first opera... 

The brilliant dynamism of Italian Baroque music is at its most virtuosic and thrilling in works featuring the... 

Although Bruce Broughton is best known for his many film and television... 

Franz Liszt's Weihnachtsbaum ('Christmas Tree') is an all-embracing... 

Astor Piazzolla's Tango Suite, for... 

Paul Wranitzky was a characterful composer with a masterful sense of orchestration, as this series has demonstrated. The... 

The fourth volume in this series explores a pivotal decade in Claudio Santoro's compositions, traversing his... 

Based on a story by Gogol, Modest Mussorgsky's unfinished "Sorochintsï Fair" is a comic opera... 

Alberto Franchetti and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari shared a... 

A product of Samaras’s operatic maturity, Tigra, heard here in a faithfully orchestrated version by... 

Franz Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 in E flat major was his first ever symphony to use clarinets; No. 100... 

Sergey Taneyev’s supreme mastery of European classical technique placed him outside... 

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