Bizet, Georges > Naxos (USA)

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Carlo Colombara: The Art of The Bass [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Attila; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergey Rachma...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo
Conductors: Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Milani, Fabrizio; Rath, Gyorgy G.
Ensemble: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra

Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Russian
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Bizet: Complete Music for Solo Piano

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-02-22

Works: Georges Bizet: Nocturne for piano no 1 in F major; Grande valse de concert, for piano in E flat major; Trois Esquisses musicales, for piano or harmonium; Nocturne for piano no 2 in D major; Variation...
Performers: Severus, Julia

Georges Bizet's popular L'Arlésienne Suites are seldom heard in the composer's own piano transcriptions. Bizet's piano works span many different genres and styles from the...continue...
Recording information: Piano School Berlin-Mitte, Germany....continue...

Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde; Te Deum

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-11-16

Works: Georges Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde, cantata for chorus (?and orchestra); Te Deum, for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Do, Philippe; Schnaible, Mark
Conductors: Casadesus, Jean-Claude

This fascinating disc presents the young Georges Bizet's first composition after having won the prestigious Prix de Rome, the grandiose Te Deum, which remained unpublished...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France (07/06/2009-07/09/2009)....continue...

The Ultimate Lullaby Collection

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano K 332; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Edvard Grieg: Bådnlåt (At the Cradle), lyric pie...
Performers: Capova, Sylvia; Kirvessalo, Maarit; Loman, Judy; Mullerova, Hana; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Shulman, Nora; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar; Valek, Jiri
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Pesek, Libor; Judd, James; Edlinger, Richard; Clark, Keith; Lenárd, Ondrej; Panula, Jorma; Breiner, Peter; Georgiadis, John; Rahbari, Alexander

Beautiful music for bedtime by the world's greatest composers....continue...

Classical Chill, Vol. 2: Romantic

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Chanson triste; Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Honda, Mariko; Jando, Jeno; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Mercz, Nora; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Bramall, Anthony; Krcek, Jaroslav; Bátiz, Enrique; ; Wildner, Johannes; Nazareth, Daniel; Sankovsky, Robert; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Clark, Keith; Words...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Rossini Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana

Baritone Arias - Verdi, Rossini, Mozart, Donizetti / Lado Ataneli

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492; Don Giovanni, K. 527; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di ...
Performers: Ataneli, Lado
Conductors: Zocche, Lodovico

For his Naxos debut recording, the internationally acclaimed Georgian baritone Lado Ataneli has selected operatic arias by Bizet, Donizetti, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Massenet, Mozart and Rossini,...continue...
Recording information: Studio of the Württembergische Philharmonie, Reutlingen (07/09/2007-07/12/2007)....continue...

Opera's Greatest Moments

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Aida, opera; La traviata; Rigoletto; Alfredo Catalani:...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Borowska, Joanna; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Ferrarini, Alida; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Ionata, Maria Pia; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kwon, Hellen; Lamberti, Giorgio;...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Rahbari, Alexander; Leitner, Konrad; Morandi, Pier G.

All the opera you'll ever need! This 2-CD set compiles the world's most famous arias and choruses from the greatest operas of all time....continue...

Panda Classics - Piano Time, March Time, & Dance Time

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Béla Bartók: For Children, Sz 42; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Song without words, Op. 67/4 (Presto); Bei der Wiege, Op. 47/6; Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-Part Invention no 14 in B...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Stokowski); Serebrier: Symphony No. 3 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; José Serebrier: Symphony no 3; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Pictures at an Exhibition; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, s...
Conductors: Serebrier, José
Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Spain

Filmed in Chester Cathedral during the National Youth Orchestra of Spain's 2007 European tour, this concert features Leopold Stokowski's inimitable and colorful transcriptions of Mussorgsky's...continue...
Run Time: 84 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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Cinema Classics 2007 - Classical Music Made Famous in Films

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-12-11

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux; George Fre...
Performers: Coles, Priti; Filipova, Elena; Glemser, Bernd; Jandó, Jenö; Lotric, Janez; Morozov, Igor
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte; Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni; Mallon, Kevin; Morandi, Pier Giorgio; Wildner, Johannes; Ligeti, András; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Concentus Hungaricus; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; The N...

Symphonic Brass - Verdi, Bizet, Gershwin, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-11-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & ...
Conductors: Childs, Nicholas J.
Ensemble: Black Dyke Band

A collection of popular classics though not as we know them, this recording includes perennial favourites such as the Grand March from Verdi’s 'Aida', Nimrod...continue...

Opera Fantasies for Violin / Sohn, Loeb, Nuttall

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Jenö Hubay: Fantasie brillante on Bizet's "Carmen"; Joachim Raff: Duos (3) on motifs from Wagner's Operas, for violin & piano, Op. 63; Igor Stravinsky: Mavra; Osvaldo Golijov: Ainadamar (Fountai...
Performers: Loeb, Benjamin; Nutall, Geoff; Sohn, Livia

"The range of color and dynamic shading she brings to Stephen Prutsman's 15-minute Der Rosenkavalier fantasia makes the violin writing seem more varied in mood...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Primrose Viola Transcriptions / Díaz, Koenig

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-07-25

Works: Alexander Borodin: Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major; Franz Schubert: Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343; Ludwig van Beethoven: Notturno for Viola and Piano in D major, Op. 42; Richard Wagner...
Performers: Diaz, Roberto; Koenig, Robert

William Primrose composed these arrangements in order-as he mischievously wrote- to elevate the viola from its 'dull dog of the string family' status, and to...continue...

Perfect Spring Wedding

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Work(s); Georg Philipp Telemann: Trio for recorder (or flute), violin & continuo in A minor, "Gypsy Sonata" (Essercizii...

Art and Music - Cezanne - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Emmanuel Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques (10), for piano; Henri Duparc: Chanson triste; Le...
Performers: Banfalvi, Bela; Botvay, Karoly; Fehervari, Janos; Groves, Paul; Kormendi, Klara; Lindley, Simon; Prunyi, Ilona; Rabol, Georges; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Bramall, Anthony; Georgiadis, John; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; RTE Sinfonietta; San Diego Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) received almost no recognition until the last years of his life, but is now widely regarded as one of the key figures...continue...

Italian and French Opera Arias

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Agus...
Performers: Dvorsky, Peter
Conductors: Lenárd, Ondrej

A Night at the Opera / Rosenkrans, Thomas, Jepson, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Don Giovanni; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Jacq...
Performers: Jepson, Kristine [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Polenzani, Matthew; Ruminski, Valerian; Thomas, Indra
Conductors: Rosekrans, Charles

'A Night At The Opera' features five young singers who have already made considerable names for themselves. These marvelous talents are backed by the renowned...continue...

Laureate Series, Organ - Timothy Olsen

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: Nicolaus Bruhns: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in E minor; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Onder een linde groen (Unter der Linden grüne), variations for keyboard (2 versions). SwWV 325; Johann Sebasti...
Performers: Olsen, Timothy

The National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance, sponsored by the American Guild of Organists, promotes the highest level of organ performance. For over 50...continue...

Cinema Classics 2004 - Master and Commander, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Bolshoi Opera Chorus; Consort, Royal Academy; Halasz, Michael [Conductor]; Istropolitana, Capella; Jando, Jeno; Judd, James [Conductor]; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kopelman, Jozef; Kuchar...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Sebotka, Wolfgang; Summerly, Jeremy; Rahbari, Alexander; Kopelman, Jozef; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Judd, James; McGlinn, John; Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Royal Academy Consort

Since the dawn of the Hollywood era, popular film has served as an introduction to classical music for myriad newcomers to the genre. The collection...continue...
Personnel: Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Tenor Arias - Il Trovatore, Carmen, etc / Marcello Giordani

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Torna vezzosa Fillide, for soprano & piano; Giovanni Pacini: La fidanz...
Performers: Arghiracopulos, Maria; Giordani, Marcello; Guagliardo, Giovanni
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra

The Pearl Fishers and other Famous Operatic Duets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-08-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Do...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Gauci, Miriam; Kaludov, Kaludi; Kohutkova, Adriana; Krause, Monika; Lamberti, Giorgio; Lotric, Janez; Miricioiu, Nelly; Morozov, Igor; Orgonasova, Luba; Previati, Fabio; Ramiro, Yor...
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Chorus; Jaak Gregoor Chorus; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

This recording brings together some of the best-loved and most popular duets in the French and Italian operatic repertoire. The selection takes in music by...continue...

Monet: Music Of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; Emmanuel Chabrier: Prélude Pastorale for orchestra; Edward Elgar: Imperial March, Op....
Performers: Healy, Michael; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Bramall, Anthony; Hurst, George; Rahbari, Alexander

Music of His Time - Manet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Waltz for piano no 11 in G flat major, Op. 70/1, CT. ...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Colombara, Carlo; Pace, Patrizia; Rabol, Georges; Scalchi, Gloria; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.; Hayman, Richard; Johanos, Donald; Wildner, Johannes; Lockhart, James

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Listen, Learn & Grow - Playtime - Fun & Games

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-20

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Masquerade; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067;...
Performers: Garcia, Gerald; Nagy, Péter; Szokolay, Balázs
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Anikhanov, Andrei; Antal, Mátyás; Edlinger, Richard; Breiner, Peter; Lenárd, Ondrej; Mogrelia, Andrew; Nazareth, Daniel; Brion, Keith; Bogár, Istvá...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony O...

All children need active playtime, some exciting and different ways to use their energy. Classical music is the ideal soundtrack to 'Playtime Fun and Games',...continue...

A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC ...

The process of choosing music for a wedding day can certainly be a daunting process. There are so many choices and the questions are endless....continue...

Night Music 19 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Quintet for guitar & strings in B flat major, G. 447 (arrangement of Piano Quintet, G. 414); Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 8 in D flat major, Op. 27/2, CT. 115; A...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Garcia, Gerald; Jando, Jeno; Kanta, Ludovit; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Mercz, Nora; Nishizaki, Takako; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; ; Breiner, Peter; Hayman, Richard; Jean, Kenneth; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Kodály Quartet

Night Music 8 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 4 Violins without Baso Continuo in F major; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Wol...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Holbling, Anna; Holbling, Guido; Jablokov, Alexander; Nishizaki, Takako; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]; Vladar, Stefan; Weissberg, Herbert; Wordsworth, Barry [Conductor]
Conductors: Bramall, Anthony; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Sieghart, Martin; Bogár, István; ; Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet ; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Night Music 17 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cassation in G major, K 63 "Final-Musik"; Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 36 in A minor, Op. 59/1, CT...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Camden, Anthony; Havenith, Raimund; Hock, Bertalan; Holbling, Anna; Holbling, Guido; Jando, Jeno; Kanta, Ludovit; Kliegel, Maria; Mercz, Nora; Pazdera, Jindrich; Ruso, Dan...
Conductors: Nerat, Harald; Drahos, Béla; ; Lehel, György; Georgiadis, John; Krcek, Jaroslav; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Accademia Ziliniana; Capella Istropolitana; Kodály Quartet; London Virtuosi; Rossini Ensemble, Budapest; Salzburg Chamber Orchestra; Schubert Ensemble, Budapest

Night Music 5 - Classical Favourites for Relaxing

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Antonio Vivaldi: Autumn (The Four Seasons); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sym...
Performers: Honda, Mariko; Jando, Jeno; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Stevove, Milos; Suzuki, Ichiro
Conductors: Lenárd, Ondrej; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wordsworth, Barry; Clark, Keith; Kosler, Zdenek; Warchal, Bohdan; Kopelman, Jozef; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Bramall, Anthony
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana

Listen, Learn and Grow - Playtime

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 i...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Garcia, Gerald; Jablokov, Alexander; Müller, Dario; Nagy, Péter; Szokolay, Balázs; Tylsar, Bedrich; Tylsar, Zdenek
Conductors: ; Edlinger, Richard; Halász, Michael; Wordsworth, Barry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Rahbari, Alexander; Hayman, Richard; Georgiadis, John; Kuchar, Theodore; Walter, Alfred; Jean, Kenneth; Dittrich...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Clarinet Quintet; Budapest Strauss Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Stri...

The Best of Opera Vol 5

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo ...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Ferrarini, Alida; Ganassi, Sonia; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Johannsson, Kristjan; Lamberti, Giorgio; Longhi, Daniela; Nielsen, Inga; Orgonasova, Luba
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Rahbari, Alexander; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Wildner, Johannes; Saccani, Rico

This well-filled disc contains music from some of the grandest operas in the Naxos catalog. This well-recorded collection is both an accessible memoir of and...continue...

A-Z of Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; MEDLEY; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Alceste; Wolfgang A...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Borowska, Joanna; Carolis, Natale de; Dalayman, Katarina; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Kertesi, Ingrid; Kohutkova, Adriana; Krause, Monika; Kwon, Hellen;...
Conductors: ; Kovács, László; Wildner, Johannes; Östman, Arnold; Leitner, Konrad; Morandi, Pier G.; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Saccani...
Ensemble: ; Bratislava Children's Choir; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Budapest; Camerata Transylvanica; Capella Istropolitana; Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna; Czecho...

A Classic Christmas For Your Family

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-07-01

Works: Unspecified: A Merry Christmas Sing-Along; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Victor Herbert: Babes in Toyland; Ch...
Performers: CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Philharmonia Virtuosi; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic
Conductors: Hayman, Richard; Brion, Keith; Walter, Alfred; Breiner, Peter; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony

The Naxos label offers A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS FOR YOUR FAMILY, a varied program with selections culled from several holiday titles in their vast catalog.

Perennial favorites such as "Jingle Bells,...continue...

The Best of Opera Vol 4

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute...
Performers: Borowska, Joanna; Dalayman, Katarina; Dragoni, Maria; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Krause, Monika; La Scola, Vincenzo; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Longhi, Daniela; Mukk, J?zsef [...
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Saccani, Rico; Humburg, Will; Selmeczi, György; Rahbari, Alexander; Morandi, Pier G.; Segerstam, Leif; Halász, Michael; Östman, Arnold
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Transylvanica; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; National Symphony Orchest...

From rousing orchestral works like the Overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg to acrobatic showpieces like the aria from Rossini's La Cenerentola or Mozart's...continue...

Intermezzo - Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-04-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Franz Schmidt: Notre Dame; Engelbert Humperdinc...
Performers: Selmeczy, János
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Halász, Michael; Breiner, Peter; Pollack, Christian; Selmeczi, György; Georgiadis, John; Kamu, , Okko; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Lenárd, Ondrej
Ensemble: ; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; ...

The fourteen composers included on this disc have one thing in common - they wrote the most famous orchestral intermezzos, or interludes, in the world...continue...

Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Music for Flute & Harp

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-05-28

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Maria Theresia von Paradis: Sicil...
Performers: Loman, Judy; Shulman, Nora

History of Classical Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-08-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Chant for Good Friday; Anonymous: Ambrosian Chant for Epiphany; Je Ne Puis . . . Amors Me Tienent . . . Veritatem, for consort; Oy voy; Hildegard von Bingen: Work(s); Pérotin: P...
Performers: Éder String Quartet; Biret, Idil; Cuckston, Alan; Elsner, Kasia; Fawkes, Richard; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Peter H.; Jandó, Jenö; Kliegel, Maria; Kodaly Quartet; La Scol...
Conductors: ; Antal, Mátyás; Warchal, Bohdan; Kraemer, Nicholas; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Gmür, Hanspeter; Ward, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kosler, Zdenek;...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Capella Istropolitana; Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna; Ensemble Unicorn; Gothic Voices; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus; In Dulci Jubilo Childre...

Famous Marches - Grand March from Aida, Marche slave, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Georges Bi...
Conductors: Saccani, Rico; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Kamu, , Okko; Leaper, Adrian; Johanos, Donald; Antal, Mátyás; Halász, Michael; Eschwe, Alfred; Bramall, Anthony; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bog&...
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Sinfonia;...

Discover The Classics Volume 2

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-06-09

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gadfly; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Saltan; Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Mily Balakirev:...
Performers: Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Kliegel, Maria
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Kuchar, Theodore; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony; Anichanov, André; Golovschin, Igor; Jean, Kenneth; Johanos, Donald; Walter, Alfred; Monnard, Jean Francois; Hal&aac...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Czecho-Slovak State...

Best of Bizet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-07

Works: Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major; Carmen, opera; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; The Pearl Fishers, opera; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; L' Arl...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Lotric, Janez; Morozov, Igor
Conductors: Johanos, Donald; Rahbari, Alexander; Bramall, Anthony; Wildner, Johannes

Ave Maria - Sacred Arias and Choruses

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-02-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508; George Freder...
Performers: Beckley, Lisa; Carey, Colm; Coles, Priti; Kertesi, Ingrid; Mauro, Anna di; Mudd, Jozsef; Mukk, Jozsef [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Antal, Mátyás; Kovács, László; ; Wildner, Johannes; Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Discover the Classics

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-09-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Laudate Deum, introitus; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Georg Phil...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Cuckston, Alan; Ferrarini, Alida; Jandó, Jenö; Körmendi, Klára; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Lamberti, Giorgio; Nishizak...
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Summerly, Jeremy; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Edlinger, Richard; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wordsworth, Barry; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Rahbari, Alexander; Dohná...

The Best of Opera Vol 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-05-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Christop...

The Best of Opera Vol 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-05-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Mad...

The Best of Opera Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; La traviata; Aida, opera; Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Turandot; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Ge...

Bizet: Symphony In C - Jeux D'enfants

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-11-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major; Petite Suite, pieces (5) for orchestra from Jeux d'enfants; La Jolie Fille de Perth, orchestral suite
Conductors: Johanos, Donald

Romantic Music for Flute & Harp / János Bálint, Nóra Mercz

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-11-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Grande valse de concert, for piano in E flat major; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Marie-Auguste Durand: Waltz for piano in E flat major, Op. 83; Chacon...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Mercz, Nora