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Sounds Interesting: Phrases of the loon.
December 30, 2022

This podcast from the Sounds Interesting series spotlights music expressed through the prism of madness in a range of contexts, from the world of fantasy to the theatre of war.

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From the Naxos Blog: Friends reunited
December 23, 2022

So, taking a cue from Naxos’ release this month of a new album of Howell’s piano music, I thought my blog could assemble a selection of works by these three characteristically ‘English’ composers – Howells, Sumsion and Finzi – in a sort of musical Friends Reunited.

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In the Studio: The Fine Arts Quartet records rarely performed wild early Dvorak string quartet
December 22, 2022

The Fine Arts Quartet has just completed its 21st production for the Naxos label. The all-Dvořák programme has as its centrepiece one of his rarely performed, complex and wild early string quartets, No. 2 in B Flat major (B.17) from 1868–69.

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From the Naxos Blog: Samuel Barber. An orchestral mix.
December 09, 2022

There can be few pieces to rival the popularity of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, be it performed from the ‘original score’ (it was itself an arrangement of an earlier string quartet movement) or in one of the plentiful arrangements of the piece for other forces.

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Piston Power
November 25, 2022

Quite by accident, I came across the fact that November 25, the date of this posting, also marks the 1955 premiere of American composer Walter Piston’s Sixth Symphony. Taking the lead from that touch of serendipity, I thought this edition might give a sketch of the composer and his output. Within my own sphere of experience, his name is better known than his music.

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In the Studio: In Love with Zoltán Kodály
November 24, 2022

When Naxos asked the Buffalo Philharmonic to record the orchestral works of Zoltán Kodály, I had no idea of how deeply the orchestra and I were going to love the brilliant Hungarian world of this extraordinary composer.

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From the Naxos Blog: Cláudio Santoro: Symphonies 11 and 12
November 11, 2022

The previous edition of our Naxos blog focused on two symphonies that Brazilian composer Cláudio Santoro (1919–89) composed in the 1950s – the Fourth and Fifth – the latter written to mark the founding of the country’s new capital, Brasilia.

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In the Studio: Fine Arts Quartet records Enescu
November 03, 2022

The Fine Arts Quartet, along with pianists Fabio and Gisele Witkowski and bassist Alexander Bickard, just recorded rare, early chamber music by the celebrated Romanian composer George Enescu.

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From the Naxos Blog: Cláudio Santoro: Symphonies 5 and 7
October 28, 2022

Cláudio Santoro features significantly in the Naxos Music of Brazil series, which is a joint undertaking with Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote music by Brazilian composers in an extensive series of new albums.

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Michael Ponti (1937–2022)
October 26, 2022

The Naxos Music Group expresses its condolences at the news of the passing of pianist Michael Ponti, a week before what would have been his 85th birthday.

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From the Naxos Blog: Pater seraphicus (1822–1890)
October 14, 2022

Pater seraphicus is how the 19th-century pianist/organist/teacher/composer César Franck was known to his pupils.

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From the Naxos Blog: Good mourning, good music
September 30, 2022

If you’ve already made your will, maybe you’ve also stipulated the music you would like to be played at the assembly for your funeral service.

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From the Naxos Blog: Scoring their centuries
September 16, 2022

When a composer’s work is marked as his or her Opus 100, it surely marks a milestone in their development.

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Lars Vogt (1970–2022)
September 09, 2022

All at the Naxos Music Group were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of pianist/conductor Lars Vogt at the age of 51.

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Podcast: JoAnn Falletta introduces Walton’s complete Façades
September 02, 2022

This podcast features Peter Hall in conversation with JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic, about her latest release on the Naxos label — a recording of William Walton’s Façades 1 and 2, together with four additional movements.

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From the Naxos Blog: Mere trifles?
August 19, 2022

Labelling Beethoven’s Für Elise a mere trifle might appear insulting to such a household name and piano solo favourite.

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In the Studio: Alon Goldstein joins the Fine Arts Quartet in rare Mozart piano concerto transcriptions for chamber ensemble
August 10, 2022

Pianist Alon Goldstein, the Fine Arts Quartet and bassist Lizzie Burns recently recorded rare 19th-century chamber versions of Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 25.

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From the Naxos Blog: August by name, not by nature.
August 05, 2022

Here’s a small selection of works celebrating August, not as an evocative month approaching Autumn, but as a dedicatee (August Bournonville), a composer’s name (August Baeyens, Friedrich August Belcke), a source of literary inspiration (August von Platen-Hallermünde, August Strindberg), and an arranger (August Eberhard Müller).

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Sounds Interesting. You ditty rats!
July 29, 2022

This podcast from the Sounds Interesting series takes rats as its theme, a topic that, perhaps surprisingly, has caught the attention of composers across the world and down the ages.

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From the Naxos Blog: Warpaths
July 15, 2022

It’s maybe too convenient to restrict references to war to big anniversary dates, so this blog presents a small selection of musical works that paint the subject of conflict in tuneful reminders of how wearisome and worthless the daily pursuit is.

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Joseph Murray Banowetz (1934–2022)
July 13, 2022

All at Naxos were saddened to hear of the passing of American pianist, teacher and author Joseph Banowetz on 3 July, aged 87.

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From the Naxos Blog: Don’t talk nonsense. Sing it!
July 01, 2022

With so many world events defying logic right now, I thought we might escape briefly into a space where words make no attempt to stack up, but merely divert for a while and lighten the spirit. Welcome to the literary worlds of Lewis Carroll, William Brighty Rands, Hilaire Belloc and someone called Mr Traditional.

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From the Naxos Blog: Visions of the past
June 17, 2022

While most people tend to seek visions of the future—especially where lottery tickets are concerned—this blog cites four works featuring musical visions from the past.

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Naxos Founder Klaus Heymann Gives Advice for Young Musicians (The Violin Channel interview)
June 10, 2022

The Violin Channel had the privilege of chatting with Naxos Founder and head, Klaus Heymann.

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From the Naxos Blog: Competition lore
June 03, 2022

Although they have their detractors, national and international music competitions continue to stand the test of time.

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From the Naxos Blog: The sound of sparklers.
May 20, 2022

The oft-adopted adage “pressure makes diamonds” stems from massive pressure and ferocious temperatures combining beneath the Earth’s crust to produce precious stones of enduring value from the single element of carbon: chemistry and physics ultimately give way to craftsmanship and art in achieving the final product.

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From the Naxos Blog: Sunk in grandeur.
May 06, 2022

King Louis XIV of France, the legendary ‘Sun King’ and victim of the awful play on words in the title of this blog, was born in 1638; he ascended to the throne in 1643, four months before his fifth birthday, and died in 1715.

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Sounds Interesting: Found in translation.
April 30, 2022

This podcast from the Sounds Interesting series examines how a musical composition can be pampered by alternative wardrobes, when an original is dressed in different presentations of style and instrumentation while retaining its core character.

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From the Naxos Blog: Ukraine scores.
April 15, 2022

In 1980, I sat in the Kyiv Opera House enjoying a performance of Verdi’s Il trovatore as one of a handful of British music teachers permitted entry into the USSR under an educational exchange scheme.

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From the Naxos Blog: April associates.
April 01, 2022

Living in the northern hemisphere, we’re at that bubbly time of year when I can look out of the window and gorge my eyes on the colourful spectrum of flowers that the month of April brings.

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In the Studio: Scriabin with the Buffalo Philharmonic
March 28, 2022

After a recording hiatus of two years, the Buffalo Philharmonic was very happy to return to the studio to record again for Naxos.

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From the Naxos Blog: Wolfgang Rihm. Protean par excellence.
March 18, 2022

Leading German composer Wolfgang Rihm celebrated his 70th birthday on 13 March.

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Podcast: The Kernis Kaleidoscope
March 11, 2022

Raymond Bisha introduces us to the eclectic and exuberant imagination of the American composer Aaron Jay Kernis, whose works are inhabited by a host of influences — musical, historical and personal.

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From the Naxos Blog: George Crumb (1929–2022)
March 04, 2022

The American composer George Crumb died on 6 February, aged 92.

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Podcast: Bolcom, Byron, Lorca – rich colours, dramatic swings
February 25, 2022

Raymond Bisha’s podcast focuses on two works by William Bolcom recorded for the Naxos American Classics Series.

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From the Naxos Blog: Fairy tails
February 18, 2022

Definitions of the word ‘fairy’ as perceived down the ages are wide-ranging, with notions of diminutive enchantresses contrasting with images of grotesque goblins.

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Podcast: Jean Sibelius – a journey beyond the symphonies
February 11, 2022

Raymond Bisha dips into a Naxos recording of works by Jean Sibelius that have been obscured by the popularity of his symphonies and the violin concerto, including many pieces he wrote to complement stage works. 

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From the Naxos Blog: Skylights
February 04, 2022

One of the items on my bucket list that I’d like to tick off before the great light-switch of life gets flicked is to experience the Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis.

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Podcast: Simply unmissable
January 28, 2022

Once in a while you hear such incredibly beautiful music for the first time that you just can’t understand why it has remained under wraps for so long.

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US cinemas screen ‘The Conductor’ featuring Marin Alsop
January 27, 2022

Naxos artist and internationally renowned conductor Marin Alsop features in The Conductor, an engaging new documentary directed by Bernadette Wegenstein that is currently being screened in cinemas across the US and in Canada.

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From the Naxos Blog: When in Rome…
January 21, 2022

I live in the city of Canterbury, in the south east of England.

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Kenneth Fuchs receives the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation’s 3rd Annual Composer Award
January 17, 2022

All at Naxos send their congratulations to American composer Kenneth Fuchs on receiving the 3rd Annual Composer Award from the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation.

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Podcast: A fascination with sound – Ravel’s spellbinding works for the stage.
January 14, 2022

Fantasy, fairy tales and Maurice Ravel’s flair for orchestral colour are all to the fore in this album featuring two examples of the composer’s music for the stage — the scores for his opera L’Enfant et les sortilèges and his ballet Ma mère l’oye.

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From the Naxos Blog: A star is born
January 07, 2022

The beginning of a new calendar year also marks the Christian Feast of the Epiphany as embodied in the journey of the Three Wise Men seeking the new-born Jesus, led by a star.

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