| NAXOS CDs AND DVDs WIN
2004 CLASSICAL INTERNET AWARDS
Classicstoday.com, ClassicstodayFrance.com, and
Klassik-Heute.com announced their Classical Internet Awards earlier
this month and selected a number of discs distributed by Naxos as among
the best of the year, including releases from Naxos, CPO, Naïve, and
Analekta.
The Naxos award winners, organized by category,
are:
OUTSTANDING NEW DISCOVERIES
GEORGE ROCHBERG
Symphony No. 5; Black Sounds; Transcendental Variations
Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra; Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Naxos 8.559115
EMIL NIKOLAUS VON REZNICEK
Der Sieger (The Victor)
Beate Koepp (alto); WDR Symphony Orchestra and Choir (Cologne);
Michail Jurowski
CPO 999 898-2
ANDRÉ MATHIEU
Concerto de Québec; ADDINSELL, Warsaw Concerto; GERSHWIN,
Concerto in F
Alain Lefèvre (piano); Orchestre symphonique de Québec; Yoav Talmi
Analekta
AN 2 9814
SACRED MUSIC
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
St. Luke Passion
Izabella Klosinska (soprano); Adam Kruszewski (baritone); Romuald Tesarowicz
(bass); Krzysztof Kolberger (Evangelist); Warsaw Philharmonic Choir;
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra; Antoni Wit
Naxos 8.557149
DVORÁK YEAR
ANTONÍN DVORÁK
Complete Solo Piano Music
Stefan Veselka (piano)
Naxos 8.505205
VOCAL RECITAL
AUSTRIAN CONTEMPORARIES, VOL. 2
FRANZ SCHUBERT
21 songs set to poems by the composer's Austrian contemporaries
Detlef Roth (baritone); Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
Naxos 8.557172
SARA MINGARDO
Arias, madrigals, and cantatas by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Handel, etc.
Sara Mingardo (alto); Monica Bacelli (mezzo-soprano, in "Vorrei
baciarti"), Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alessandrini
Naïve OP 30395
SACD
MAURICE DURUFLE
Complete Organ Works
Friedhelm Flamme (organ)
CPO 777 042-2 (SACD)
DVD
BERLIOZ: Les Troyens
Gardiner; Graham, Kunde, Antonacci; Théâtre Châtelet
BBC Opus Arte DVD
OA 0900D
RAMEAU: Platée
Agnew; Delunsch; Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble; Marc Minkowski
TDK
DV-OPPLT
For more information please contact
Mark Berry, National Publicist, Naxos of America
212-681-4408 / mberry@naxosusa.com,
222 E. 46th Street, #303 NY,
NY 10017; fax: 212-681-4409
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Since 1987, Naxos has redefined how classical music is presented
and marketed. The innovative strategy of recording exciting new repertoire
with exceptional talent has enabled the label to develop one of the
largest and fastest growing catalogues of unduplicated repertoire available
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