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Critics’ Choice
July 2014

Dear Friends,

Here comes a selection of the most glowing, recent reviews: fresh from leading music journals, quality dailies and respected online review sites. Naxos continues to accumulate outstanding ratings and reviews for its new and recent releases; please use the critical acclaim to continue to promote these titles.

Naxos Releases

Naxos 8.578281-82
ANIMALS IN MUSIC

‘There is a lot of terrific music on this imaginatively programmed pair of discs.’ – MusicWeb International

Naxos 8.559769
BOYER, P.: Symphony No. 1 / Silver Fanfare / Festivities / Three Olympians / Celebration Overture
London Philharmonic, Boyer



‘tuneful, expertly crafted, colorfully scored’ – ClassicsToday.com

Naxos 8.573360
DONIZETTI, G.: Aristea [Cantata]
A.L. Brown, Hershkowitz, C. Adler, Members of Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble, Hauk

‘Sopranos Andrea Lauren Brown, Sara Hershkowitz, and Caroline Adler and the brilliant young baritone Andreas Burkhart are among those doing the honours.’ – The Independent on Sunday

Naxos 8.573161
GLIÈRE, R.: Symphony No. 3, "Il'ya Muromets"
Buffalo Philharmonic, Falletta

‘I can't imagine that any other conductor today could make a better case for this music than Falletta does.’ – Fanfare

‘JoAnn Falletta is a keen admirer and has an excellent ear not merely for clarifying and controlling the orchestral sumptuousness but for articulating the events dramatically.’ – Gramophone

Naxos 8.508015
GRIEG, E.: Orchestral Works (Complete) (8-CD Boxed Set)
Engeset



‘The Peer Gynt incidental music…is played, sung, and spoken to the hilt.’
ClassicsToday.com

Naxos 8.660354
MAXWELL DAVIES, P.: Lighthouse (The) [Chamber Opera]
Neil Mackie, Keyte, Comboy, Members of BBC Philharmonic, Maxwell Davies

‘the re-appearance of this dramatic opera in a blistering performance is cause for rejoicing in its own right’ – MusicWeb International


‘Even without the visuals, the work's taut pacing and sharp-focus invention grip the imagination from start to finish.’ – BBC Music Magazine

Naxos 8.572731
MERCADANTE, S.: Flute Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4
P. Gallois, Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä

‘This is flute playing on an epic scale, and it's matched in kind by the 38-member-strong Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä, amazingly well-led by Gallois as he's playing.’ – Fanfare

Naxos 8.573101
MONTSALVATGE, X.: Madrigal sobre un tema popular / 5 Invocaciones al Crucificado / Folia daliniana
S.Cooke, Fain, Perspectives Ensemble, Gil-Ordóñez

‘This disc won me over in its first twenty seconds’ – Opera News

Naxos 8.559760
RZEWSKI, F.: Piano Music - Fantasia / Second Hand, or, Alone at Last / De Profundis
Satterlee


‘Satterlee rises strongly to the challenge of these stern, adventurous pieces, not least in realising the variety of vocal techniques called for in De Profundis for speaking pianist’ – BBC Music Magazine

‘heart-wrenching performance, filled with sensitive playing and an operatic and dramatic fervor’ – The WholeNote

Naxos 8.573191
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, R.: Piano Quintet / Quintet in D Major / 6 Studies in English Folksong / Romance for Viola and Piano
London Soloists Ensemble


‘The performances are exceptional.’ – BBC Music Magazine

Naxos 8.573131
YE, Xiaogang: Macau Bride Suite (The) / 4 Poems of Lingnan
Yijie Shi, Mingyan Liu, Macau Youth Choir, Macau Orchestra, Jia Lü


‘immediately attractive, highly tuneful’ – Scotland on Sunday

Naxos 8.573088
ZEMLINSKY, A.: String Quartets, Vol. 2 - Nos. 1 and 2
Escher String Quartet


‘This second disc is as impressive, and includes a superb performance of the Second Quartet’ – The Guardian




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Naxos Apps NAPP0705B
Joyce's Ulysses: A Guide

‘a wonderful audio experience’ – The Times (London)




Distributed Labels

Accentus Music ACC-10284
MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 5 (Blu-ray, Full-HD)
Chailly


‘This is a performance and recording without peer.’ – Audiophile Audition

Arthaus 107243
BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 5 (NTSC)
Wand

‘This is a monumental performance.’ – MusicWeb International

Delos DE3462
Opera Arias (Soprano): Alieva, Dinara - VERDI, G. / PUCCINI, G. / CATALANI, A. / CILEA, F. / LEONCAVALLO, R.
Pace, mio Dio

‘This really is an exceptional soprano recital which should bring the name of Dinara Alieva to new prominence.’ – Gramophone

Grand Piano GP651
TCHEREPNIN, A.: Piano Music, Vol. 6
Koukl

‘The range of colours that [Koukl] brings to the music is quite simply dazzling and I await Volume 7 with great anticipation.’ – MusicWeb International

Ondine ODE1218-2
SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
T. Mørk, Oslo Philharmonic, Petrenko



‘smoking, searing, scorching, flaming, fiery’ – ClassicsToday.com

Opus Arte OA1130D [DVD] / OABD7141D [Blu-ray]
BRITTEN, B.: Death in Venice (ENO, 2013) (NTSC)

‘No other performance on DVD has presented the psychological dilemma posed by Thomas Mann and Britten with such intensity.’ – Gramophone

Solo Musica SM184
RICHTER, F.X.: String Quartets, Op. 5
Casal Quartet


‘Exceptionally masterful Quartets by Franz Xaver Richter in outstanding performances.’ – Pizzicato



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