Newsletter 143 
November 2008  
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November at Naxos.com

Christmas is almost here and Naxos has some superb CDs that would make ideal gifts. Share your love of music with friends, family members and colleagues—and drop a not-so-subtle hint to them about what you’d like, too!

Our Albums of the Month, Menotti’s evergreen opera Amahl and the Night Visitors and the stunning new recording of Liszt’s Piano Concertos and Totentanz with Eldar Nebolsin (piano) and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko, are just two of these. The Liszt album follows the highly popular, critically acclaimed recording of Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony and tone poem The Voyevoda featuring the RLPO and its charismatic young conductor (our most-streamed album).

Our special 2-CD sets deserve a place in your Christmas stocking: Classical Chill 1, Extreme Classics, Heavenly Voices, Opera's Greatest Moments and The Ultimate Ballet Album shine the spotlight on some of the most popular classical music ever written.

Explore exciting musical horizons with some of the great titles available on Capriccio, Dacapo, OUR Recordings and Phoenix Edition. Naxos distributes these outstanding labels worldwide. For more about our diverse range of labels, visit naxos.com.

Naxos is gaining tremendous reviews for its CDs and DVDs. Take a moment to look at the astonishing variety of titles that are garnering excellent critical responses. As David Mellor recently wrote in The Mail on Sunday: “Naxos now sells one in every five classical CDs the world over, wins golden opinions from most critics...and it is getting near to the point where even the most demanding classical music buff can find his tastes fully satisfied by Naxos’s catalogue alone.”

Haydn 200th Anniversary Box Sets As if all this isn’t enough to whet your appetite, then take a look at the amazing Haydn 200th Anniversary Box Sets that Naxos has released: 8.501042 THE COMPLETE PIANO SONATAS (10 CDs) Jenő Jandó
8.502400 THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS (25 CDs) Kodály Quartet
8.503400 THE COMPLETE SYMPHONIES (34 CDs)
Sinfonia Finlandia • Patrick Gaullois • Northern Chamber Orchestra • Nicholas Ward • Cologne Chamber Orchestra • Helmut Müller-Bruhl • Toronto Chamber Orchestra • Kevin Mallon • Nikolaus Esterházy Sinfonia • Béla Drahos • Capella Istropolitana • Barry Wordsworth

And, of course, there are more superb titles coming in December...

Ask your local retailer today about these wonderful titles!

And to complete the good news, we are proud to announce that two important Naxos artists, conductor Marin Alsop and the path-breaking Pacifica Quartet, have been honoured in the Musical America Awards. Ms Alsop has been named Conductor of the Year and the Pacifica Quartet is Ensemble of the Year. Read more in the News section on naxos.com.

Forward this Newsletter to a friend and invite them to share in our wide world of music by subscribing to naxos.com. Everyone who takes out a new subscription by 30 November will be entered into the draw to WIN FREE DOWNLOAD of Haydn’s Complete Concertos, Piano Sonatas, String Quartets and Symphonies.


Albums of the Month

Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors

8.669019 MENOTTI: Amahl and the Night Visitors

Dean Anthony • Kirsten Gunlogson • Ike Hawkersmith • Bart LeFan • Kevin Short • Todd Thomas • Nashville Symphony Chorus & Orchestra • Alastair Willis • George Mabry

Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first opera written for television, enjoys more than five hundred performances annually around the world and is immensely popular with amateur groups. A crippled boy, Amahl, and his mother are visited by the three Kings who seek the newborn Jesus. Deciding to give his crutch to the Christ child, he is miraculously healed, and joyfully accompanies the Kings to give thanks. Sung in English, brimming with tuneful melodies for both soloists and chorus, the opera is a humorous and poignant Christmas classic beloved by people of all ages.

8.570517 LISZT: Piano Concertos, Totentanz

Eldar Nebolsin, piano • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra • Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Franz Liszt’s two piano concertos amply display both his extraordinary pianistic ability and his originality as an influential Romantic composer. The first, premiered in Weimar in 1855 with Berlioz conducting, is a path-breaking tour de force whose four movements, played without break and thematically linked, moved Bartók to acclaim it as "the first perfect realisation of cyclic sonata form”. The second, equally brilliant but more integrated, exemplifies Liszt’s belief that "New wine demands new bottles”. The Totentanz (Dance of Death), inspired by an Italian fresco, is a powerful series of variations on the Medieval Die irae chant.


Most Streamed Tracks & Recommended Listening - October 2008

Try these great Naxos titles, many of which have received excellent reviews, and all of which deserve pride of place in your collection. Click on each link below to view the full album information.

 

1.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Lento lugubre - Moderato con moto
From the album TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony 8.570568
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

 

 

BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy 8.553034
San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Talmi & Other Artists

 

 

2.

A-Z of Classical Music
Gregorian Chant: De Profundis
From the album A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC 8.555319-20
Various Artists

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

 

LET VOICES RESOUND:
Songs from Piae Cantiones 8.553578
        

Oxford Camerata Female Voices, Summerly & Other Artists

LET VOICES RESOUND: Songs from Piae Cantiones

 

3.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony / Voyevoda
TCHAIKOVSKY: Vivace con spirito
From the album TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony 8.570568
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

 

 

MENDELSSOHN:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 8.554433
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bramall, Dohnanyi

 

4.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony / Voyevoda

TCHAIKOVSKY: Allegro con fuoco
From the album TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony 8.570568
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

  BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique 8.553597
San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Talmi
VICTORIA: Masses

 

5.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony / Voyevoda
TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante con moto
From the album TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony 8.570568
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

  GRIEG: Peer Gynt 8.570871-72
Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Engeset & Other Artists
GRIEG: Peer Gynt

 

6.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony / Voyevoda
TCHAIKOVSKY: Voyevoda
From the album TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony 8.570568
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Petrenko

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Snow Maiden/Golden Cockerel/Mlada 8.550486
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johanos

 

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Snow Maiden/Golden Cockerel/Mlada

 

7.

WISEMAN: Ellie's Theme
WISEMAN: Ellie's Theme
From the album WISEMAN: Different Voices 8.572022
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiseman

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

  PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf 8.554170
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Lanchbery & Other Artists
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf

 

8.

LULLY: Overture
LULLY: Overture
From the album LULLY: Armide 8.660209-10
Opera Lafayette Orchestra, Brown & Other Artists

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

  BOISMORTIER: Ballets de Village 8.554295
Le Concert Spirituel, Niquet
BOISMORTIER: Ballets de Village

 

9.

KARAYEV: Allegro moderato
From the album KARAYEV: Symphony No 3 / Leyli and Medjnun / Don Quixote 8.570720
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Yablonsky

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

  SHOSTAKOVICH:
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 8.550632

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9

 

10.

COPLAND: Prelude: Andante
COPLAND: Prelude: Andante
From the album COPLAND: Dance Symphony / Symphony No 1 / Short Symphony 8.559359
Bournemouth Symphony, Alsop

If you enjoyed listening to this track, you may also enjoy:

 

  MCKAY: Epoch - An American Dance Symphony 8.559330
University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Nardolillio

 

MCKAY: Epoch - An American Dance Symphony

 


Ask your local retailer today about our October 2008 New Release titles,
or click here for links to the best online music retailers around the world.

Visit ClassicsOnline your classical music download source to purchase these titles,
and many more, as high-quality audio files at 320K and to see Current Special Offers.


 


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