Benjamin Chai

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Benjamin Chai / Chai Ben-Shan

Illustrator for Naxos label

APPEARANCES +

Heitor Villa-Lobos, Danubius Quartet

Complete String Quartets

2022, 6xCD, Comp, Marco Polo,

Kurt Atterberg / Ilona Prunyi, György Kertész*, Imre Magyari*, New Budapest Quartet

Chamber Music Vol. 2

Carlos Guastavino, Duo Moreno-Capelli

Anatol Liadov*, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser

Orchestral Works

Pierre Rode, Friedemann Eichhorn, South West German Radio Orchestra, Kaiserslautern*, Nicolás Pasquet

Violin Concertos Nos. 7, 10 And 13

2009, CD, Naxos

Spohr*, Simone Lamsma, Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä*, Patrick Gallois

Violin Concertos Nos. 6, 8 And 11

Jenő Hubay, Chloë Hanslip, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia

Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 (Scènes De La Csárda Nos. 3 And 4)

Charles-Auguste De Bériot, Philippe Quint, Kirk Trevor, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Bériot: Violin Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 5

2008, CD, Album, Naxos,

Franz Schubert, Sibylla Rubens, Ulrich Eisenlohr, Nikolaus Friedrich

Romantic Poets, Vol. 3

2008, CD, Album, Naxos

Franz Liszt - Giuseppe Andaloro

Complete Piano Music • Volume 24: Mephisto Waltzes / Two Elegies / Grosses Konzertsolo

2007, CD, Naxos

Franz Liszt, William Wolfram

Donizetti Operatic Reminiscences And Transcriptions (Lucia Di Lammermoor • Lucrezia Borgia)

2007, CD, Album, Naxos

Schubert*, Julia Borchert, Ulrich Eisenlohr

Romantic Poets, Vol. 1

2007, CD, Album, Naxos,

Schubert*, Markus Schäfer (5), Ulrich Eisenlohr

Romantic Poets, Vol. 2

2007, CD, Naxos,

Franz Liszt / Franz Liszt Piano Duo, Vittorio Bresciani, Francesco Nicolosi

Music For Two Pianos: Dante Symphony; Dante Sonata

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Robert Hill

Keyboard Works • 1

Schubert* - Birgid Steinberger, Wolfgang Holzmair, Ulrich Eisenlohr

Poets Of Sensibility, Volume 4

2006, CD, Naxos,

Franz Liszt, Konstantin Scherbakov

Complete Piano Music • Volume 23 - Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 (Piano Transcriptions)

Gounod*, Sinfonia Finlandia*, Patrick Gallois

Symphonies Nos. 1 And 2

Schubert* - Simone Nold, Marcus Ullmann, Thomas Bauer*, Ulrich Eisenlohr

Poets Of Sensibility, Vols. 1 And 2

2005, 2xCD, Naxos

Franz Liszt, Jean Dubé

Ballades • Polonaises • Trois Morceaux Suisses

2005, CD, Album, Naxos

Clara Schumann, Francesco Nicolosi, Alma Mahler Sinfonietta, Stefania Rinaldi

Piano Concerto • Piano Trio

Mussorgsky*, Stokowski*, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier*

Pictures At An Exhibition • Boris Godunov • Night On Bare Mountain

Franz Liszt, William Wolfram

Etudes: Gnomenreigen • Waldesrauschen • Etudes De Concert

Schubert* - Maya Boog, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Ulrich Eisenlohr

European Poets, Vol. 2

2003, 2xCD, Naxos

Igor Stravinsky, Idil Biret

The Firebird (Transcribed for Piano by the Composer)

2003, CD, Naxos

Schubert*, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Ulrich Eisenlohr

North German Poets

2003, CD, Naxos

Schubert*, Christiane Iven, Burkhard Kehring

Mayrhofer-Lieder, Vol. 2

2003, CD, Naxos

Henri Lazarof - Yukiko Kamei • Garrick Ohlsson • Seattle Symphony* • Gerard Schwarz

Tableaux For Piano And Orchestra • Violin Concerto • Symphony No. 2

Schubert*, Ruth Ziesak, Roman Trekel, Ulrich Eisenlohr

European Poets, Vol. 1

2002, CD, Album, Naxos

Schubert*, Markus Eiche, Jens Fuhr

Schubert's Friends, Vol. 1

Schubert* - Martin Bruns*, Ulrich Eisenlohr

Schiller-Lieder, Vol. 1

2001, CD, Naxos

Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier De Saint-Georges - Takako Nishizaki, Cologne Chamber Orchestra*, Helmut Müller-Brühl

Violin Concertos

Schubert*, Roman Trekel, Ulrich Eisenlohr

Mussorgsky*, Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard Serov

Pictures At An Exhibition

1995, CD, Album, Lydian

Berlioz*, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra*, Kenneth Jean

1995, CD, Album, Lydian,

Grieg*, Stephen Gunzenhauser, CSSR State Philharmonic*

The 16 best of Edvard Grieg

1995, CD, Album, RE, Sli, Amadis

Chopin* - Istvan Szekely

Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 • Barcarolle • Fantasie-Impromptu • Berceuse

Balázs Szokolay

Romantic Piano Favourites Vol.1

Romantic Piano Favourites Vol.2

A. Rubinstein* / Rachmaninov*, Larisa Shilovskaya, Svetlana Navasardian*, Moscow Symphony Orchestra*, Alexander Anisimov*, Gennadi Provatorov*

Piano Concerto No. 4 / Piano Concerto No. 2

Dvořák*, Elgar*, Alexander Rudin, Karina Georgian, The Moscow Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Constantine Krimetz*

Dvořák • Elgar: Cello Concertos

Prokofiev* – Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra* • National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine / Andrew Mogrelia • Theodore Kuchar

Romeo & Juliet (Highlights) • Cinderella (Suite)

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra • Kenneth Schermerhorn • Jordan Tang*

First Contemporary Chinese Composers Festival 1986

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Danubius Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 2 And 7

1994, CD, Album, Marco Polo

Moscow Symphony Orchestra*, Antonio De Almeida

Spanish Festival

1994, CD, Album, Lydian,

Rachmaninov* - Ethella Chuprik

1994, CD, Amadis,

Grieg*, Stephen Gunzenhauser, CSSR State Philharmonic*

Peer Gynt - Sigurd Jorsalfar

The Lydian Symphonic Collecttion

Classical/Romantic

Chopin* / Istvan Szekely

4 Scherzi; 4 Ballades

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Danubius Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 5, 9 And 12

1993, CD, Album, Marco Polo,

Shostakovich*, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphonies (Complete) Vol.1

1993, 5xCD + Box, Naxos

Shostakovich*, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphonies (Complete) Vol. 2

1993, 5xCD + Box, Naxos,

Neo-Classical/Modern

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Danubius Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 3, 10 And 15

1993, CD, Album, Marco Polo

Leopold Godowsky, Joseph Banowetz, Alton Chan

4-Hands Piano Music

1993, CD, Album, Marco Polo

1993, CD, Comp, Smplr, Lydian,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic

Mozart*, Mozart Academy (Bratislava)*, Martin Sieghart

Symphonies Nos. 28 & 41 "Jupiter"

1993, CD, Dillons Classics

Shostakovich* – Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphonies Nos. 5 And 9

Shostakovich* : Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphonies No. 1 • No. 3 'The First Of May'

Shostakovich*, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphony No. 10

J. S. Bach* / Prague Chamber Soloists, Andrew Mogrelia

Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 - 4

Shostakovich*, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphony No. 4 In C Minor

Schubert*, Ethella Chuprik

Impromptus Op. 90 & Op. Posth. 142 - Moments Musicaux, Op. 94

Shostakovich*, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphonies No. 2 'October' ● No. 15

Liszt*, Ethella Chuprik

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 'The Year Of 1905'

Beethoven*, Tchaikovsky*, Ethella Chuprik, Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice*, Reinhard Seifried

Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor", Op. 73 / Piano Concerto No.1, Op. 23

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 / Symphony No. 12 "The Year Of 1917"

Hummel*, Hae-Won Chang, Budapest Chamber Orchestra*, Tamás Pál

Piano Concertos No. 2, Op. 85 • No. 3, Op. 89

Grieg*, Marián Lapšanský

Lyric Pieces Vol. 3

Alexandre Tansman, Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice)*, Meir Minsky

1992, CD, Marco Polo

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Danubius Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 11, 16 And 17

1992, CD, Album, Marco Polo,

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Danubius Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 4, 6 And 14

1992, CD, Album, Marco Polo

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Danubius Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 And 13

1992, CD, Album, Marco Polo

Schubert*, Philharmonia Cassovia, Johannes Wildner

Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No.8 "Unfinished"/ Rosamunde (Overture And Ballet Music No. 1)

1992, CD, Album, Lydian

Tchaikovsky*, Philharmonia Cassovia, Andrew Mogrelia

Swan Lake - Sleeping Beauty Suites

1992, CD, Album, Comp, Lydian

Philharmonia Cassovia, Robert Stankovsky, Andrew Mogrelia

Orchestral Spectacular

1992, CD, Lydian

Beethoven* - Jenő Jandó*

Philharmonia Cassovia, Andrew Mogrelia

Ballet Favourites

Brahms* / Philharmonia Cassovia, Otakar Trhlík, Johannes Wildner

Symphony No. 2 / Haydn Variations

Johann Strauss II*, Josef Strauss*, Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Ondrej Lenárd

Most Famous Waltzes, Polkas And Marches

Kamil Rosko*, Vladimir Ruso*

Music For Trumpet And Organ

Beethoven* Piano Silvia Capová*

Piano Sonatas (Moonlight • Pathétique • Appassionata)

Classical Piano Favourites

Philharmonia Cassovia

Bizet: L'Arlesienne - Carmen - Suites

Mozart*, Josef Luptácik*, Peter Hanzel, Bratislava Mozart Academy, Richard Edlinger

Clarinet Concerto / Bassoon Concerto

Vivaldi* - Dall' Arco Chamber Orchestra, István Párkányi*

Famous Concerti

Shostakovich* : Peter Mikulaš*, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar"

Mozart*, Chopin*, Zuzana Paulechava*, Peter Breiner, Philharmonia Cassovia, Otakar Trhlík

Piano Concertos

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Philharmonia Cassovia, Johannes Wildner

Symphony No. 4 "Italian" / A Midsummer Night's Dream

Richard Hayman And His Symphony Orchestra

Romantic Broadway

1991, CD, Album, Naxos International,

Richard Hayman And His Symphony Orchestra

Broadway Blockbusters

1991, CD, Album, Naxos International

Richard Hayman And His Symphony Orchestra

Classic Film Scores

1991, CD, Album, Naxos International

Richard Hayman And His Symphony Orchestra

The Phantom Of The Opera

1991, CD, Album, Naxos International

Richard Hayman And His Symphony Orchestra

I Could Have Danced All Night (The Music of Lerner and Loewe)

1991, CD, Album, Naxos International

Gershwin* - Kathryn Selby, CSR Symphony Orchestra*, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hayman

Rhapsody In Blue • An American In Paris • Piano Concerto

Wagner*, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice)*, Johannes Wildner

Orchestral Highlights

Stravinsky*, BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels*, Alexander Rahbari

Le Sacre Du Printemps • Jeu De Cartes

Telemann* • Vivaldi* • Handel* • L. Mozart*, Zdeněk Tylšar • Bedřich Tylšar, Zdeněk Divoký • Jindřich Petráš, Capella Istropolitana, František Vajnar

Anton Rubinstein, George Enescu State Philharmonic Orchestra*, Horia Andreescu

Symphony No. 5 • Dmitry Donskoy • Faust

Tchaikovsky* - Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice)*, Andrew Mogrelia

The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (Complete Ballet)

Beethoven*, Zagreb Philharmonic*, Richard Edlinger

Symphony No. 9 'Choral'

Joachim*, Takako Nishizaki, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Meir Minsky

Violin Concerto No. 3

Frederic Hymen Cowen, Adrian Leaper, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice

Symphony No. 3 “Scandinavian”

1990, CD, Album, Marco Polo

Alfred Schnittke

Cello Concerto / Stille Musik / Cello Sonata

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov*, Antonio De Almeida, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestral Works Vol.2: Oriental Rhapsody Op.29, Karelian Legend Op.99, March On A Russian Theme Op.76, "From Darkness To Light" Op.53

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Bystrík Režucha, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Night On Mount Triglav (Symphonic Picture), Pan Voyevoda (Suite)

Handel*, Alan Cuckston

Harpsichord Suites Nos. 6-8

Handel*, Alan Cuckston

Harpsichord Suites Nos. 1 - 5

Szymanowski* - Henryk Grychnik, Stanislaw Meus, Polish State Philharmonic Chorus (Katowice)*, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra (Katowice)*, Karol Stryja

Harnasie • Mandragora • Étude

Prokofiev*, Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice)*, Andrew Mogrelia

Romeo & Juliet (Highlights)

Stravinsky*, BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels*, Alexander Rahbari

Firebird • Petrushka • Suites Nos. 1 And 2

Szymanowski* – Ryszard Minkiewicz, Jadwiga Gadulanka, Barbara Zagorzanka*, Anna Malewicz-Madej*, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra (Katowice)*, Karol Stryja

Songs With Orchestra

Prokofiev*, Britten*, Saint-Saëns*, Marian Lapšansky*, Peter Toperczer, Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Ondrej Lenárd

Peter And The Wolf / The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra / Carnival Of The Animals

Romantic/Modern

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ondrej Lenárd

Opera Intermezzi And Preludes ● Cavalleria Rusticana ● Manon Lescaut ● Pagliacci ● Segreto di Susanna

Richard Hayman And His Symphony Orchestra

Vincent d'Indy, Kodály Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 1 And 2

J. S. Bach*, Wolf Harden

Partitas Nos. 3, 4 & 5

Szymanowski*, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka • Roman Lasocki, Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra (Katowice)*, Karol Stryja

Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 / Nocturne • Tarantelle

Neo-Romantic/Modern

Vivaldi*, Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Kr(e)cek*

Wind And Brass Concerti

Janáček*, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ondrej Lenárd

Sinfonietta • Lachian Dances • Taras Bulba

Anton Rubinstein, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halász

Ballet Music (Feramors • The Demon • Nero)

Bartók*, BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels*, Alexander Rahbari

Concerto For Orchestra / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

Prokofiev*, Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic (Košice)*, Andrew Mogrelia

Orchestral Suites

Mozart*, Mozart Academy (Bratislava)*, Martin Sieghart

Symphonies Nos. 28 & 41 "Jupiter"

Vivaldi* - Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Kr(e)cek*

Famous Concerti (Berühmte Konzerte • Concertos Célèbres)

Beethoven*, Zagreb Philharmonic*, Richard Edlinger

Symphonies Nos. 7 & 4

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov*, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonio De Almeida

Orchestral Works Vol. 3

Harpsichord Suites Nos. 1 - 8

2xCD, Comp, Naxos

Hummel*, Hae-Won Chang, Budapest Chamber Orchestra*, Tamás Pál

Piano Concertos No. 2, Op. 85 / No. 3, Op. 89

Mozart*, Haydn*, Patrice Michaels Bedi*, Amy Anderson (2), Kurt Hansen (4), Robert Heitzinger, Saint Clement Concert Choir And Orchestra / Randall Swanson

Requiem , Ave Verum / Te Deum

Tchaikovsky* - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ondrej Lenárd

Nutcracker (Highlights)

Schumann* / Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra*, Karol Stryja

Symphony No. 1 "Spring", Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

Shostakovich* - Magdaléna Hajóssyová, Peter Mikuláš, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ladislav Slovák

Symphony No. 14

Kodály*, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Adrian Leaper

Galánta Dances / Marosszék Dances / "Peacock" Variations

Yin Cheng-Zong, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Adrian Leaper

The Yellow River Piano Concerto

Vivaldi*, Jindrich Pazdera*, Frantisek Figura*, Accademia Ziliniana

The Four Seasons / Violin Concerto Op. 3, 6 / Double Concerto Op. 3, 8

Tchaikovsky* / Glazunov* - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)*, Ondrej Lenárd

The Nutcracker (Complete Ballett) / Les Sylphides (Chopiniana)