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CD of the Month
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Piano Concerto,
The Wasps (Aristophanic Suite),
English Folk Song Suite (orch. Gordon Jacob),
The Running Set
Ashley Wass, piano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
James Judd, conductor
8.572304
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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.
- ‘Make no mistake about it: this boy [Ashley Wass] is special. What I love about his playing is its sincerity and tenderness. He doesn’t just caress the piano, he probes its soft depths with the utmost consideration.’ - The Independent
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Ashley Wass Biography & Discography
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Biography & Discography
James Judd Biography & Discography
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Naxos Featured CDs
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In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthology
HOLST Christmas Day, JOUBERT There is no rose, MATHIAS Sir Christèmas, HOWELLS Here is the little door, A spotless Rose, FINZI In terra pax –Christmas scene, WARLOCK Three carols, LEIGHTON A hymn of the Nativity, RUTTER What sweeter music, GARDNER Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, MATHIAS A babe is born, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Folk songs of the four seasons – Winter
Julia Doyle, soprano •
Roderick Williams, baritone
Mark Williams, organ and piano •
City of London Choir
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra •
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
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 non-professional choruses” (The Times), makes its Naxos début with this delightful recording.
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Julia Doyle Biography & Discography
Roderick Williams Biography & Discography
Mark Williams Biography & Discography
City of London Choir Biography & Discography
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Biography & Discography
Hilary Davan Wetton Biography & Discography
Coming in December 2009:
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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 this work 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.
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Fine Arts Quartet Biography & Discography
Cristina Ortiz Biography & Discography
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Naxos Jazz Icons DVDs
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Jazz Icons Series 4 Boxed Set (8 DVDs for price of 7)
Includes exclusive bonus disc featuring Coleman Hawkins (England 1966), Erroll Garner (Holland 1962) and Jimmy Smith (Denmark 1969)
All Regions · English · Mono· Black and White
2.108003
The eagerly anticipated release of the fourth series of Jazz Icons® DVDs has arrived. Reelin' In The Years® Productions and Naxos of America, Inc. are proud to announce the November 2009 release of the next seven titles in the illustrious DVD series featuring performances by Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Smith, Woody Herman, Art Farmer, Erroll Garner, Anita O’Day, and Art Blakey.
Filmed in Europe between 1962 and 1970, this fourth set of Jazz Icons® DVDs features concerts by seven of the most influential jazz artists of the 20th century captured in their prime and accompanied by some of the most legendary sidemen of the day. Previously forgotten or lost in the vaults of TV studios throughout Europe (in some cases for nearly 45 years!), they are now being made available for the first time.
All seven Jazz Icons® titles will be sold separately and as a deluxe boxed set with a bonus eighth disc featuring additional rare, never-before-seen, performances.
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Individual Jazz Icons Series 4 DVDs:
ANITA O’DAY LIVE IN Sweden ’63 AND Norway ‘70
B&W · All regions · English · Mono · 60 min
2.119015
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WOODY HERMAN LIVE IN England ‘64
B&W ·All regions · English · Mono · 60 min
2.119016
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ART BLAKEY LIVE IN France ‘65
B&W · All regions · English · Mono · 60 min
2.119017
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JIMMY SMITH LIVE IN France ‘69
B&W · All regions · English · Mono · 90 min
2.119018
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ART FARMER LIVE IN England ‘64
B&W · All regions · English · Mono · 60 min
2.119019
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COLEMAN HAWKINS LIVE IN Belgium ’62 & England ‘64
B&W · All regions · English · Mono · 140 min
2.119020
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ERROLL GARNER LIVE IN Belgium ’63 & Sweden ‘64
B&W · All regions · English · Mono · 60 min
2.119021
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Also available:
Jazz Icons Series 2 (Boxed Set & Individual DVDs)
Jazz Icons Series 3 (Boxed Set & Individual DVDs)
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Naxos Distributed Label Priority Titles
Naxos has recently commenced distribution of the outstanding Finnish label Ondine.
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