Latest album releases from Naxos en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:03:02 GMT Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:03:02 GMT http://www.naxos.com/ http://www.naxos.com/images/naxos_logo_blue.gif 93 93 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559258 ]]>Acclaimed as ‘one of the best opera composers of the moment’, American composer-librettist Mark Adamo has also ventured into symphonic composition and other fields in each of which his theatrical sensitivity, political commitment and musical mastery are equally evident. The vivacity of his Overture to Lysistrata accentuates the play’s anti-war theme, while Alcott Music rethinks the music from his hit opera Little Women. Regina Coeli pays tribute to the Queen of Heaven and Late Victorians is dedicated both to the memory of those who have died and to those who have survived AIDS. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_121_8.559258 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559258 ]]>Acclaimed as ‘one of the best opera composers of the moment’, American composer-librettist Mark Adamo has also ventured into symphonic composition and other fields in each of which his theatrical sensitivity, political commitment and musical mastery are equally evident. The vivacity of his Overture to Lysistrata accentuates the play’s anti-war theme, while Alcott Music rethinks the music from his hit opera Little Women. Regina Coeli pays tribute to the Queen of Heaven and Late Victorians is dedicated both to the memory of those who have died and to those who have survived AIDS. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_121_8.559258 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.110270 ]]>While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini’s unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostand’s drama of the same name. It is a moving tale of romantic misunderstanding, swashbuckling bravado and heartbreaking loyalty, in which the eloquent Cyrano feels unable to express his love for Roxane because of his famously protuberant nose—except on behalf of his handsome but inarticulate friend, Christian. When Domingo and Radvanovsky sang Cyrano and Roxane at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Andante magazine wrote: “Incredibly, Cyrano is his 121st role. And it suits him splendidly…Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky was luminous as Roxane, her passionate outbursts showing off her powerful upper register to good effect”. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_77_2.110270 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572170 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_116_8.572170 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572170 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_116_8.572170 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572233 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_80_8.572233 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572233 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_80_8.572233 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572006-07 ]]>Among the wealth of works composed during his Weimar period, J.S. Bach made 22 keyboard transcriptions of concertos by Italian and German composers: six for two keyboards and pedal (BWV 592–596) and sixteen for keyboard (BWV 972–987), the latter of which are recorded here by multi-award-winning harpsichordist Elizabeth Farr. Complementing these masterful transcriptions is the Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV894, which Bach later reworked as the opening and closing movements of his Triple Concerto BWV1044. Farr’s other Naxos recordings have been universally praised. ]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_60_8.572006-07 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572006-07 ]]>Among the wealth of works composed during his Weimar period, J.S. Bach made 22 keyboard transcriptions of concertos by Italian and German composers: six for two keyboards and pedal (BWV 592–596) and sixteen for keyboard (BWV 972–987), the latter of which are recorded here by multi-award-winning harpsichordist Elizabeth Farr. Complementing these masterful transcriptions is the Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV894, which Bach later reworked as the opening and closing movements of his Triple Concerto BWV1044. Farr’s other Naxos recordings have been universally praised. ]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_60_8.572006-07 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572221 ]]>One of the best-kept secrets of chamber music, Beethoven’s String Quintet in C major, Op. 29, forms a bridge between the well-known ‘early’ and ‘middle’ string quartets. This strangely neglected masterpiece of startling originality is coupled here with Beethoven’s own transcription for string quintet of his early C minor Piano Trio and the Fugue in D major, a musical curiosity written as an inducement to his publisher to make fewer printing errors. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_96_8.572221 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572221 ]]>One of the best-kept secrets of chamber music, Beethoven’s String Quintet in C major, Op. 29, forms a bridge between the well-known ‘early’ and ‘middle’ string quartets. This strangely neglected masterpiece of startling originality is coupled here with Beethoven’s own transcription for string quintet of his early C minor Piano Trio and the Fugue in D major, a musical curiosity written as an inducement to his publisher to make fewer printing errors. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_96_8.572221 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.110271 ]]>‘A mix of futurism à la Metropolis, fantasy à la Batman and quotes from Piranesi’s Carceri, juxtaposed in the form of photo montages, enhanced with…robots, a helicopter, a shark and the winged vehicle of a pop star Pope’, was how the Neue Zürcher Zeitung described this astonishing Salzburg Festival production of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini. The high-calibre cast, headed by Burkhard Fritz as the temperamental Renaissance artist and the 26-year-old Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska as Teresa, the woman with whom he tries to elope, is conducted by Valery Gergiev who ‘pulled out all the stops. He whips the Vienna Philharmonic into a delirium similar to that which possibly took hold of the composer’. (Der Standard) This is French grand opera at its fast-paced and spectacularly-staged best. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_63_2.110271 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.119017 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_31_2.119017 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572069 ]]>Pedro Casals, an expert on Manuel Blasco de Nebra, continues his fascinating survey of the Spanish composer’s keyboard sonatas. This, the second in a three-disc series, comprises the final seven sonatas preserved in manuscript in the Montserrat Archive and two late sonatas, the first edition of which is held in the Library of Congress in Washington DC. They show de Nebra’s innovative contribution to the development of the modern piano sonata. Volume 1 is available on Naxos 8.572068. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_71_8.572069 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572069 ]]>Pedro Casals, an expert on Manuel Blasco de Nebra, continues his fascinating survey of the Spanish composer’s keyboard sonatas. This, the second in a three-disc series, comprises the final seven sonatas preserved in manuscript in the Montserrat Archive and two late sonatas, the first edition of which is held in the Library of Congress in Washington DC. They show de Nebra’s innovative contribution to the development of the modern piano sonata. Volume 1 is available on Naxos 8.572068. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_71_8.572069 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572150 ]]>Acclaimed as ‘a most nimble and clean fingered soloist’, Pedro Casals is an ideal interpreter of Manuel Blasco de Nebra’s delightful keyboard music. On this third and final volume, he performs four two-movement sonatas using the first published editions preserved in the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. In each sonata, a gentle Adagio rich in harmonic interest and legato in character prefaces a faster, highly virtuosic second movement of a lighthearted character which frequently emulates the agility and vigour of guitar music. Volumes 1 (8.572068) and 2 (8.572069) are also available. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_71_8.572150 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572150 ]]>Acclaimed as ‘a most nimble and clean fingered soloist’, Pedro Casals is an ideal interpreter of Manuel Blasco de Nebra’s delightful keyboard music. On this third and final volume, he performs four two-movement sonatas using the first published editions preserved in the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. In each sonata, a gentle Adagio rich in harmonic interest and legato in character prefaces a faster, highly virtuosic second movement of a lighthearted character which frequently emulates the agility and vigour of guitar music. Volumes 1 (8.572068) and 2 (8.572069) are also available. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_71_8.572150 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572226 ]]>After Things to Come, his most famous film score, Arthur Bliss composed the soundtrack scores of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS and MEN OF TWO WORLDS, two dramatic pictures which are largely forgotten today. Their music, however, enlivened by Spanish and African rhythms respectively, is colourful and interesting enough to be revived in the form of concert suites. Men of Two Worlds contains BARAZA, a miniature concert piece for piano and orchestra (like Addinsell’s “Warsaw Concerto” from Dangerous Moonlight, Bax’s Oliver Twist, Rózsa’s Spellbound and Herrmann’s “Concerto Macabre” from Hangover Square), with additional male choir. The three orchestral pieces from SEVEN WAVES AWAY are another real discovery and if anything even more deserving of concert performances than the two earlier scores. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT GIC_107_8.572226 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572226 ]]>After Things to Come, his most famous film score, Arthur Bliss composed the soundtrack scores of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS and MEN OF TWO WORLDS, two dramatic pictures which are largely forgotten today. Their music, however, enlivened by Spanish and African rhythms respectively, is colourful and interesting enough to be revived in the form of concert suites. Men of Two Worlds contains BARAZA, a miniature concert piece for piano and orchestra (like Addinsell’s “Warsaw Concerto” from Dangerous Moonlight, Bax’s Oliver Twist, Rózsa’s Spellbound and Herrmann’s “Concerto Macabre” from Hangover Square), with additional male choir. The three orchestral pieces from SEVEN WAVES AWAY are another real discovery and if anything even more deserving of concert performances than the two earlier scores. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT GIC_107_8.572226 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572177 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZHC_119_8.572177 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572177 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZHC_119_8.572177 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572284 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_34_8.572284 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572284 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_34_8.572284 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572077 ]]>The sixth volume of Busoni’s piano music features two major projects from the earlier part of his career. The Liszt transcription powerfully recreates the composer’s grandest work for organ in terms of the piano, while the Piano Sonata in F minor is an exhilarating example of late-Romantic virtuosity that remained unknown until recent decades. In total contrast, the brief Prélude et étude en arpèges finds Busoni’s late musical language at its most concentrated and refractory. ]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_143_8.572077 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572077 ]]>The sixth volume of Busoni’s piano music features two major projects from the earlier part of his career. The Liszt transcription powerfully recreates the composer’s grandest work for organ in terms of the piano, while the Piano Sonata in F minor is an exhilarating example of late-Romantic virtuosity that remained unknown until recent decades. In total contrast, the brief Prélude et étude en arpèges finds Busoni’s late musical language at its most concentrated and refractory. ]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_143_8.572077 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.579004 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_112_8.579004 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.579004 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_112_8.579004 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559358 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_142_8.559358 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559358 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_142_8.559358 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572102 ]]>Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas. The choral music on this disc includes Holst’s surprisingly neglected Christmas Day, as well as music by Leighton, Joubert, Mathias, Gardner and Rutter. The nostalgic mood of Howells’s evergreen carol-anthems is echoed in Finzi’s In terra pax, which recalls the pealing of bells at midnight on a frosty Christmas Eve. The City of London Choir, which enjoys an enviable reputation as a ‘leader among nonprofessional choruses’ (The Times), makes its Naxos début with this delightful recording. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_107_8.572102 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572102 ]]>Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas. The choral music on this disc includes Holst’s surprisingly neglected Christmas Day, as well as music by Leighton, Joubert, Mathias, Gardner and Rutter. The nostalgic mood of Howells’s evergreen carol-anthems is echoed in Finzi’s In terra pax, which recalls the pealing of bells at midnight on a frosty Christmas Eve. The City of London Choir, which enjoys an enviable reputation as a ‘leader among nonprofessional choruses’ (The Times), makes its Naxos début with this delightful recording. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_107_8.572102 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572264 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_138_8.572264 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572264 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_138_8.572264 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572287 ]]>Peter Dickinson weaves together musical styles popular and classical, past and present, using a technique of ‘style modulation’. In his Mass of the Apocalypse the Book of Revelations’ visions of a new heaven and earth interact with the liturgical text. The music of Sidney Bechet and Bix Beiderbecke played at Philip Larkin’s memorial service suggested the means for him to set the words of the great British poet, himself a jazz critic. His Five Forgeries spoof the styles of famous composers, while the other works showcase different aspects of his many-sided talent. Jennifer Bate’s recording of Dickinson’s complete solo organ works is available on Naxos 8.572169. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_137_8.572287 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572287 ]]>Peter Dickinson weaves together musical styles popular and classical, past and present, using a technique of ‘style modulation’. In his Mass of the Apocalypse the Book of Revelations’ visions of a new heaven and earth interact with the liturgical text. The music of Sidney Bechet and Bix Beiderbecke played at Philip Larkin’s memorial service suggested the means for him to set the words of the great British poet, himself a jazz critic. His Five Forgeries spoof the styles of famous composers, while the other works showcase different aspects of his many-sided talent. Jennifer Bate’s recording of Dickinson’s complete solo organ works is available on Naxos 8.572169. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_137_8.572287 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.119019 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_31_2.119019 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572009 ]]>Following the release of their highly praised Naxos recording of Fauré’s Piano Quintets (8.570938)—‘warmly expressive, their phrasing generous and intense’ (The Guardian)—Cristina Ortiz and the Fine Arts Quartet again join forces for this recording of Franck’s Piano Quintet, the extraordinary emotional range of which is unified by the tight thematic relationships typical of the composer’s ‘cyclic’ structuring. His String Quartet, composed ten years later, is a summit of Franck’s achievement, also cyclically conceived and revealing his admiration of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms. ]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_91_8.572009 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572009 ]]>Following the release of their highly praised Naxos recording of Fauré’s Piano Quintets (8.570938)—‘warmly expressive, their phrasing generous and intense’ (The Guardian)—Cristina Ortiz and the Fine Arts Quartet again join forces for this recording of Franck’s Piano Quintet, the extraordinary emotional range of which is unified by the tight thematic relationships typical of the composer’s ‘cyclic’ structuring. His String Quartet, composed ten years later, is a summit of Franck’s achievement, also cyclically conceived and revealing his admiration of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms. ]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_91_8.572009 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.119021 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_42_2.119021 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570939 ]]>Porgy and Bess and An American in Paris deservedly rank among George Gershwin’s most popular works, while in his Three Preludes for piano and Piano Concerto the composer’s love of jazz, popular and classical music also find spirited expression. Frank Villard’s sparkling arrangements for clarinet and strings give legendary numbers including Summertime, I got plenty o’ nuttin’ or It ain’t necessarily so a new voice, accentuate their jazz flavour or add new timbres to Gershwin’s unforgettable music for the stage and concert hall. ]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_136_8.570939 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570939 ]]>Porgy and Bess and An American in Paris deservedly rank among George Gershwin’s most popular works, while in his Three Preludes for piano and Piano Concerto the composer’s love of jazz, popular and classical music also find spirited expression. Frank Villard’s sparkling arrangements for clarinet and strings give legendary numbers including Summertime, I got plenty o’ nuttin’ or It ain’t necessarily so a new voice, accentuate their jazz flavour or add new timbres to Gershwin’s unforgettable music for the stage and concert hall. ]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_136_8.570939 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570999 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_143_8.570999 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570999 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_143_8.570999 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572262 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_57_8.572262 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572262 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_57_8.572262 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.119020 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_44_2.119020 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.119016 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_33_2.119016 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.108003 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_34_2.108003 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570890 ]]>Leclair’s studies of dancing and violin, and his admiration for Corelli’s influential set of Violin Sonatas Op. 5, stimulated the young Frenchman to compose his own set of twelve Violin Sonatas Op. 1 in which the fusion of the two national styles, les goûts réunis, is charmingly achieved. This third volume presents the last four sonatas, whose bright and energetic fast movements and luminously singing slow movements are complemented by the rustic quality of their dances. Volumes 1 (Nos. 1–4, 8.570888) and 2 (Nos. 5–8, 8.570889) are also available. ]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_85_8.570890 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570890 ]]>Leclair’s studies of dancing and violin, and his admiration for Corelli’s influential set of Violin Sonatas Op. 5, stimulated the young Frenchman to compose his own set of twelve Violin Sonatas Op. 1 in which the fusion of the two national styles, les goûts réunis, is charmingly achieved. This third volume presents the last four sonatas, whose bright and energetic fast movements and luminously singing slow movements are complemented by the rustic quality of their dances. Volumes 1 (Nos. 1–4, 8.570888) and 2 (Nos. 5–8, 8.570889) are also available. ]]> Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_85_8.570890 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570956 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_108_8.570956 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570956 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_108_8.570956 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570744 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_120_8.570744 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570744 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_120_8.570744 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570756 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_109_8.570756 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570756 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_109_8.570756 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.110246 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_52_2.110246 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.110237 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_55_2.110237 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.110252 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_54_2.110252 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.119015 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_40_2.119015 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=9.70073 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_68_9.70073 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=9.70073 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_68_9.70073 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572204 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_126_8.572204 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572204 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_126_8.572204 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570323 ]]>Stéphane Denève’s accounts of Roussel’s symphonies have been praised for their ‘energy, enthusiasm, and panache’ (American Record Guide on No. 2 – 8.570529 – which also gained Gramophone Editor’s Choice) and ‘electrifying…ravishing…breathtaking’ (The Herald on No. 3 – 8.570245). Résurrection, Roussel’s first orchestral work, is a delicate and mysterious piece inspired by Tolstoy’s last novel, while Le marchand de sable qui passe (The Sandman) is a tuneful, colourfully orchestrated suite. His Symphony No. 1 ‘Poem of the Forest’ traces the cycle of seasons from winter to autumn through its four movements. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_143_8.570323 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570323 ]]>Stéphane Denève’s accounts of Roussel’s symphonies have been praised for their ‘energy, enthusiasm, and panache’ (American Record Guide on No. 2 – 8.570529 – which also gained Gramophone Editor’s Choice) and ‘electrifying…ravishing…breathtaking’ (The Herald on No. 3 – 8.570245). Résurrection, Roussel’s first orchestral work, is a delicate and mysterious piece inspired by Tolstoy’s last novel, while Le marchand de sable qui passe (The Sandman) is a tuneful, colourfully orchestrated suite. His Symphony No. 1 ‘Poem of the Forest’ traces the cycle of seasons from winter to autumn through its four movements. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_143_8.570323 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572286 ]]>The English composer Edmund Rubbra described the string quartet as ‘the purest and most lucid texture available to a composer’, his essays in the form enlivened by Beethovenian vigour and song-like beauty. It is a testament to his profound compositional craftsmanship that even when deploying diverse rhythms simultaneously or releasing the latent potential of what he called the ‘most positive yet mysterious intervals’, Rubbra weaves fascinating musical textures into a satisfying whole. His Piano Trio No. 1 foregoes mere virtuosity for spiritual intensity, while several songs show his sensitivity in setting Medieval and Renaissance texts. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_133_8.572286 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572286 ]]>The English composer Edmund Rubbra described the string quartet as ‘the purest and most lucid texture available to a composer’, his essays in the form enlivened by Beethovenian vigour and song-like beauty. It is a testament to his profound compositional craftsmanship that even when deploying diverse rhythms simultaneously or releasing the latent potential of what he called the ‘most positive yet mysterious intervals’, Rubbra weaves fascinating musical textures into a satisfying whole. His Piano Trio No. 1 foregoes mere virtuosity for spiritual intensity, while several songs show his sensitivity in setting Medieval and Renaissance texts. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_133_8.572286 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559641 ]]>American composer and pianist Paul Schoenfield is at the keyboard for two searing, heart-piercing works commissioned by Music of Remembrance. Schoenfield gives voice to the words of two brilliant poets—one a Holocaust survivor, one murdered—and the range of their emotions through rage, bitter humor, tenderness and fragile hope. This first English-language recording of his Camp Songs (a 2003 Pulitzer Prize finalist) joins his newest song cycle Ghetto Songs—transporting listeners from the horrors of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin to life in the Kraków Ghetto. Gerard Schwarz’s Rudolf and Jeanette is a haunting, romantic chamber orchestra work evoking the life and love of the composer’s Viennese grandparents, who were killed by the Nazis. Produced by Music of Remembrance, a Seattle-based non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the precious cultural legacy of works created by musicians during the Holocaust, and to commissioning new works in memory of their spiritual resistance. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_118_8.559641 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559641 ]]>American composer and pianist Paul Schoenfield is at the keyboard for two searing, heart-piercing works commissioned by Music of Remembrance. Schoenfield gives voice to the words of two brilliant poets—one a Holocaust survivor, one murdered—and the range of their emotions through rage, bitter humor, tenderness and fragile hope. This first English-language recording of his Camp Songs (a 2003 Pulitzer Prize finalist) joins his newest song cycle Ghetto Songs—transporting listeners from the horrors of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin to life in the Kraków Ghetto. Gerard Schwarz’s Rudolf and Jeanette is a haunting, romantic chamber orchestra work evoking the life and love of the composer’s Viennese grandparents, who were killed by the Nazis. Produced by Music of Remembrance, a Seattle-based non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the precious cultural legacy of works created by musicians during the Holocaust, and to commissioning new works in memory of their spiritual resistance. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_118_8.559641 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572110 ]]>The Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition: Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert’s Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped according to the poets who inspired him. Thanks to Bärenreiter’s Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), Tübingen, which uses primary sources, the performers have been able to benefit from the most recent research of the editorial team. Schubert’s part-songs for male voices have always been highly popular. Whether simple, refined and sophisticated or simply light-hearted and catchy, they still convey the sense of camaraderie and enjoyment that first attracted the music-making and -loving public. Volumes 1 and 2 of his part-songs are available on Naxos 8.570962 and 8.570961. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZGC_50_8.572110 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572110 ]]>The Naxos Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition: Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. The Deutsche Schubert-Lied-Edition presents all Schubert’s Lieder, over 700 songs, grouped according to the poets who inspired him. Thanks to Bärenreiter’s Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (New Schubert Edition), Tübingen, which uses primary sources, the performers have been able to benefit from the most recent research of the editorial team. Schubert’s part-songs for male voices have always been highly popular. Whether simple, refined and sophisticated or simply light-hearted and catchy, they still convey the sense of camaraderie and enjoyment that first attracted the music-making and -loving public. Volumes 1 and 2 of his part-songs are available on Naxos 8.570962 and 8.570961. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZGC_50_8.572110 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570764 ]]>A chorister from the age of eight until his voice broke seven years later, Franz Schubert was well placed to compose sacred music, including several splendid settings of the Mass. His second, completed in 1815, and fourth, written during the following year, follow Mozart’s examples but with strikingly Schubertian touches such as his dramatic use of key relationships and contrasting vocal textures to express the prayerful, meditative and glorious nature of the liturgical text. For the so-called German Mass, Schubert wrote unassuming yet heartfelt settings of congregational hymns for performance during the service. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_91_8.570764 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570764 ]]>A chorister from the age of eight until his voice broke seven years later, Franz Schubert was well placed to compose sacred music, including several splendid settings of the Mass. His second, completed in 1815, and fourth, written during the following year, follow Mozart’s examples but with strikingly Schubertian touches such as his dramatic use of key relationships and contrasting vocal textures to express the prayerful, meditative and glorious nature of the liturgical text. For the so-called German Mass, Schubert wrote unassuming yet heartfelt settings of congregational hymns for performance during the service. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_91_8.570764 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559625 ]]>‘Whatever meaning my life has is to be found in the music itself’, declared William Schuman of his extraordinary career as a composer and artistic catalyst in the fertile and evolving environment of 20th-century America. His single-movement Symphony No. 6 stands as one of his most intense and integrated, its somberness enlivened with intricate rhythms and startling counterpoint. Prayer in a Time of War and New England Triptych highlight Schuman’s abiding sense of patriotism, the former written soon after America’s entry into World War II, the latter based on hymns from the time of the American Revolution. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_104_8.559625 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559625 ]]>‘Whatever meaning my life has is to be found in the music itself’, declared William Schuman of his extraordinary career as a composer and artistic catalyst in the fertile and evolving environment of 20th-century America. His single-movement Symphony No. 6 stands as one of his most intense and integrated, its somberness enlivened with intricate rhythms and startling counterpoint. Prayer in a Time of War and New England Triptych highlight Schuman’s abiding sense of patriotism, the former written soon after America’s entry into World War II, the latter based on hymns from the time of the American Revolution. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_104_8.559625 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572255 ]]>Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud is one of Scandinavia’s most sought after artists; Christian Ihle Hadland one of Norway’s most exciting young pianists. Together they comprise a formidable partnership, as their release of Sinding’s Violin and Piano Music Vol. 1 (8.572254) has shown. Volume 2 presents several of the Norwegian composer’s finely crafted salon pieces, whose charming character, sweet melodic lines and lively harmonies are Sinding’s hallmarks. The Sonata in Olden Style, while richly Romantic, includes an innovative movement whose time signatures 5/4 and 7/4 perhaps look forward rather than back. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_64_8.572255 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572255 ]]>Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud is one of Scandinavia’s most sought after artists; Christian Ihle Hadland one of Norway’s most exciting young pianists. Together they comprise a formidable partnership, as their release of Sinding’s Violin and Piano Music Vol. 1 (8.572254) has shown. Volume 2 presents several of the Norwegian composer’s finely crafted salon pieces, whose charming character, sweet melodic lines and lively harmonies are Sinding’s hallmarks. The Sonata in Olden Style, while richly Romantic, includes an innovative movement whose time signatures 5/4 and 7/4 perhaps look forward rather than back. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_64_8.572255 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=2.119018 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAD_32_2.119018 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570150 ]]>A pioneer in the development of the symphony, Johann Stamitz also composed several concertos, including fourteen for flute. The four flute concertos presented here show what delightful results came from the combination of Stamitz’s lively musical imagination with the talents of the highly admired Mannheim orchestra’s players for whom they were written. Virtuosity, lyricism and a dash of Bohemian spirit characterise these charming works, in which the emergence of the Classical style from its Baroque antecedents can be heard. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZNC_80_8.570150 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570150 ]]>A pioneer in the development of the symphony, Johann Stamitz also composed several concertos, including fourteen for flute. The four flute concertos presented here show what delightful results came from the combination of Stamitz’s lively musical imagination with the talents of the highly admired Mannheim orchestra’s players for whom they were written. Virtuosity, lyricism and a dash of Bohemian spirit characterise these charming works, in which the emergence of the Classical style from its Baroque antecedents can be heard. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZNC_80_8.570150 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572365 ]]>Francisco Tárrega, the most influential Spanish virtuoso performer of the nineteenth century, was a charismatic romantic who, with a cigarette in his mouth, mesmerized his audiences for hours with his performances. On this disc, Swedish Royal Academy member Mats Bergström expresses the ‘light and shade’ of Tárrega’s music (sans cigarette!) on a modern instrument based on an 1888 model owned by the composer himself. The Preludes, composed between 1889 and 1909, are particularly well regarded pieces, while the other works include original compositions and imaginative transcriptions. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT GEC_37_8.572365 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572365 ]]>Francisco Tárrega, the most influential Spanish virtuoso performer of the nineteenth century, was a charismatic romantic who, with a cigarette in his mouth, mesmerized his audiences for hours with his performances. On this disc, Swedish Royal Academy member Mats Bergström expresses the ‘light and shade’ of Tárrega’s music (sans cigarette!) on a modern instrument based on an 1888 model owned by the composer himself. The Preludes, composed between 1889 and 1909, are particularly well regarded pieces, while the other works include original compositions and imaginative transcriptions. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT GEC_37_8.572365 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572141 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_119_8.572141 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572141 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT ZMC_119_8.572141 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572304 ]]>The popular overture from Vaughan Williams’s incidental music for Aristophanes’s The Wasps introduces a suite whose mischievously witty, noble and farcical movements underline the play’s satire of the Athenian legal system. A similar vivacity characterises his English Folksong Suite and The Running Set, where Vaughan Williams relishes setting tunes such as Barrack Hill, Irish Reel, The Blackthorn Stick and Cock o’ the North. Folksong-like melodies also feature in his magnificent Piano Concerto, in which the magisterial influence of Bach and Busoni may also be heard. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_135_8.572304 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572304 ]]>The popular overture from Vaughan Williams’s incidental music for Aristophanes’s The Wasps introduces a suite whose mischievously witty, noble and farcical movements underline the play’s satire of the Athenian legal system. A similar vivacity characterises his English Folksong Suite and The Running Set, where Vaughan Williams relishes setting tunes such as Barrack Hill, Irish Reel, The Blackthorn Stick and Cock o’ the North. Folksong-like melodies also feature in his magnificent Piano Concerto, in which the magisterial influence of Bach and Busoni may also be heard. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_135_8.572304 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572346 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_54_8.572346 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572346 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_54_8.572346 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572407 ]]>The viola, with its plangent tone, subtle sonority and lyrical qualities, is often overshadowed by its more brilliant-sounding sibling, the violin. An accomplished violist himself, Frank Bridge wrote little solo music for this instrument; only the Pensiero and Allegro appassionato were published in his lifetime, the other works on this disc being the composer’s arrangements of some of his violin pieces. Similarly, Delius’s Third Violin Sonata is heard here in an effective arrangement by the celebrated violist Lionel Tertis, the dedicatee of Bliss’s expressive Viola Sonata. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_92_8.572407 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572407 ]]>The viola, with its plangent tone, subtle sonority and lyrical qualities, is often overshadowed by its more brilliant-sounding sibling, the violin. An accomplished violist himself, Frank Bridge wrote little solo music for this instrument; only the Pensiero and Allegro appassionato were published in his lifetime, the other works on this disc being the composer’s arrangements of some of his violin pieces. Similarly, Delius’s Third Violin Sonata is heard here in an effective arrangement by the celebrated violist Lionel Tertis, the dedicatee of Bliss’s expressive Viola Sonata. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_92_8.572407 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572219 ]]>Robert Barto’s recordings for Naxos of the lute music of Silvius Leopold Weiss have been acclaimed as ‘the most eloquent of them all, and this comprehensive series is a tribute to his skill and involvement’ (MusicWeb International). On this tenth volume he presents two sonatas, No. 28 ‘Le fameux Corsaire’ and No. 40, as well as the moving Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy. While the identity of ‘the famous pirate’ commemorated in the former remains unknown, Count Johann Anton Logy von Losinthal was hailed in his lifetime as ‘the Prince of the Lute’. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_98_8.572219 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572219 ]]>Robert Barto’s recordings for Naxos of the lute music of Silvius Leopold Weiss have been acclaimed as ‘the most eloquent of them all, and this comprehensive series is a tribute to his skill and involvement’ (MusicWeb International). On this tenth volume he presents two sonatas, No. 28 ‘Le fameux Corsaire’ and No. 40, as well as the moving Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy. While the identity of ‘the famous pirate’ commemorated in the former remains unknown, Count Johann Anton Logy von Losinthal was hailed in his lifetime as ‘the Prince of the Lute’. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_98_8.572219 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.120886 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT GMC_70_8.120886 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.120886 ]]> ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT GMC_70_8.120886 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572319 ]]>Three outstanding musicians join the Columbus State University Wind Ensemble for this thrilling addition to Naxos’s popular Wind Band Classics series, which exemplifies the theme of synergy (‘working together’). Described by the composer as ‘a panoramic clarinet concerto’, Daugherty’s Brooklyn Bridge pays tribute to the splendid view from this New York landmark. Burritt’s Duo Concertante, composed for John Yeh and his daughter Molly, shows the composer’s affinity with jazz and popular music. In his Concertino, Gillingham pits four percussionists against the wind ensemble, David’s Fantasy Etudes pay tribute to Stravinsky and Ligeti, while McAllister’s Black Dog rhapsodizes on the classic Led Zeppelin song. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_137_8.572319 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.572319 ]]>Three outstanding musicians join the Columbus State University Wind Ensemble for this thrilling addition to Naxos’s popular Wind Band Classics series, which exemplifies the theme of synergy (‘working together’). Described by the composer as ‘a panoramic clarinet concerto’, Daugherty’s Brooklyn Bridge pays tribute to the splendid view from this New York landmark. Burritt’s Duo Concertante, composed for John Yeh and his daughter Molly, shows the composer’s affinity with jazz and popular music. In his Concertino, Gillingham pits four percussionists against the wind ensemble, David’s Fantasy Etudes pay tribute to Stravinsky and Ligeti, while McAllister’s Black Dog rhapsodizes on the classic Led Zeppelin song. ]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_137_8.572319 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.669022-24 ]]>A longtime collaborator of John Adams and champion of his music, Marin Alsop directs this live recording of Opera Colorado’s 25th Anniversary Celebration production of Nixon in China, presented at Denver’s new Ellie Caulkins Opera House during the 2008 National Performing Arts Convention, and featuring an internationally recognized cast. Alice Goodman’s epic libretto and John Adams’s distinctive music weave together a colorful fabric of actual events from President Nixon’s historic visit to the People’s Republic of China with intimate examinations of the opera’s real life characters. The spectacle, drama, humor and pathos of this masterpiece remain as compelling today as when the opera was premièred in 1987. ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NUC_107_8.669022-24 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.578072 ]]>CD only available as part of the box set 8.506024. Currently available in North America. ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NAC_40_8.578072 http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.506024 ]]> ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT NXC_55_8.506024