Naxos Classical Spotlights are fascinating podcasts about our artists and albums presented by Raymond Bisha, Naxos Radio Promotions Manager for North America. Our Podcasts are FREE and are available in several different ways—you will find all the information you need to subscribe and/or listen to our podcasts anyway you like on the Naxos Blog Podcast page. Naxos Classical Spotlights for May include:

• 5 May: Montréal’s Mighty Organ - Vincent Boucher Plays Tournemire
• 5 May: The Phoenix and the Composer - an Interview with Bright Sheng
• 7 May: Towards the Flame - Scriabin’s Mystical Piano Music
• 12 May: Dark Side of the Moon - the Music of Klaus Ib Jørgensen
• 12 May: Schütz’s Passion - an Interview with Paul Hillier
• 26 May: Wild Nights! - Exciting New Music for Wind Ensemble

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Our Album of the Month is GREAT MOVIE THEMES 2 (8.572111). The first volume
of GREAT MOVIE THEMES 8.570505, also performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carl Davis, features music from Raiders of the Lost Ark,
Out of Africa, Spider-Man, Schindler’s List, Gladiator, Champions, The Two Towers
(Lord of the Rings), Chariots of Fire, Dr No, Titanic, Forrest Gump, Dances With Wolves
and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone).

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Naxos Digital Releases

Along side its unparalleled range of monthly new CD and DVD releases, Naxos also releases a marvellous selection of digital albums. For more information about this month’s digital titles and to purchase them from ClassicsOnline, please click on the album covers or titles below.

8.572034-35 BALBASTRE Pièces de clavecin, Book 1
Pieces de clavecin, Book 1 (excerpts), Livre contenant des pièces de different genre d'orgue et de clavecin (excerpts), La d'Esclignac, Pygmalion (excerpts), Prélude, Marche des Marseillais et l'air Ça-ira
Elizabeth Farr, harpsichord

8.570545 FAURÉ Cello Sonatas Nos 1 & 2, Sicilienne, Elégie, Berceuse, Papillon
Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson, cello
Allan Sternfield, piano

8.570524 GADE Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3
Hasse Borup, violin • Heather Conner, piano

8.570939 GERSHWIN Clarinet and Strings Music -
Porgy and Bess Suite, An American in Paris, Preludes
Michel Lethiec, clarinet • Sinfonia Finlandia
Patrick Gallois, conductor

8.572249 GINASTERA Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals,
Variaciones concertantes
Graham • Hugh • Martin • Silverthorne
Torchinsky Israel Chamber Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra • Ben-Dor, conductor

8.570888 LECLAIR Violin Sonatas Op 1 Nos 1-4
Adrian Butterfield, baroque violin
Alison McGillivray, viola da gamba
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord

8.570890 LECLAIR Violin Sonatas Op 1 Nos 9-12
Adrian Butterfield, baroque violin
Alison McGillivray, viola da gamba
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord

8.570963 SPOHR Double String Quartets Nos 1 & 2
Forde Ensemble

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Album of the Month

8.572111 GREAT MOVIE THEMES 2
Batman Theme, The Pink Panther, Mission Impossible Suite, Theme from Love Story, Theme from Jurassic Park,
Romeo and Juliet, March from Superman, The English Patient,
The Godfather, ‘Can you read my Mind?’
Love Theme from Superman, Pirates of the Caribbean,
Introduction and Cavatina from The Deerhunter,
The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Shakespeare in Love
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Carl Davis, conductor
Volume 1 is also available on 8.570505

1.

RAVEL Introduction to Part I of Daphnis et Chloé
From the album RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé,
Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féerie
Leipzig MDR Radio Choir, Lyon National Orchestra, Märkl
8.570992

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DEBUSSY Orchestral Works Vol 1 - La mer,
Prélude à l'apres-midi d'un faune, Jeux
Lyon National Orchestra, Märkl
8.570759  

2.

ALBÉNIZ Danza española Op 37 No 1 in D major
From the album ALBÉNIZ Piano Music Vol 3 – 6 Danzas españolas,
6 Pequenos valses, 6 Mazurkas de salon
González
8.572196

3.

TRAD/GARCIA ABRIL Vaqueiras
From the album GARCIA ABRIL Madre Asturias -
A Collection of Asturian Songs
Pixan, Torres-Pardo
8.572073

4.

SCHUBERT Moments musicaux Op 94 No 1 in C major
From the album Sviatoslav Richter Early Recordings Vol 1 (1948–1956)
Richter
8.111352

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SATIE Gnossienne No 1
From the Album Eternal Satie (only available in North America)
Bodtker, Eckhardt, Kormendi
8.572132

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RAVEL Danse religieuse from Part I of Daphnis et Chloé
From the album RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé,
Shéhérazade, Ouverture de féerie
Leipzig MDR Radio Choir, Lyon National Orchestra, Märkl
8.570992

8.

TICHELI Wild Nights!
From the album Wild Nights! - TICHELI, ETEZADY,
MACKEY
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Weiss
8.572129

9.

SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke Op 12 No 1 Des Abends
From the album Sviatoslav Richter Early Recordings Vol 1 (1948–1956)
Richter
8.111352

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