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Waitin' for Benny: A Tribute to Benny Goodman - Clarinet Sonatas of Poulenc and Bernstein; Gershwin: 3 Preludes; Stravinsky: 3 Pieces et al. / Julien Hervé, clarinet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Morton Gould:...
Performers: Green, Ying-Lai [Double Bass]; Herve, Julien; Lovett, Maud; Sugitani, Jean-Hisanori [Piano]

Renowned as a virtuoso jazz clarinetist and legendary bandleader, Benny Goodman is also remembered for the works he commissioned from leading composers of his day....continue...
Recording information: Conservatoire de Paris (07/25/2011-07/28/2011)....continue...

Ira Hearshen: Strike Up the Band; Divertimento for Band; Symphony on Themes of Sousa et al. / U.S. Air Force Band

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: George Gershwin: Strike up the Band; Ira Hearshen: Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa; Divertimento, (in 5 movements) for symphonic band; Irving Berlin: There's No Business Like Show Business, s...
Conductors: Graham, Lowell
Ensemble: ; United States Air Force Band; USAF Heritage of America Band

Ira Hearshen is one of America's most popular and successful orchestrators and arrangers. He has written for many Hollywood films, such as Toy Story and...continue...

George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Charles Butler, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, for orchestra
Performers: Butler, Charles
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

An American in Paris is one of Gershwin's most sumptuous and best-loved works. He called it 'a rhapsodic ballet' but denied any specific program except...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA....continue...

Great Classical Masterpieces: Naxos' Bestselling Recordings 1987-2012 / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV. 1041; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 6...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Kormendi, Klara; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Nishizaki, Takako; Selby, Kathryn
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Summerly, Jeremy; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Kosler, Zdenek; Bogár, István; Lehel, György; Jean, Kenneth; Wit, Antoni; Ward, Nicholas; Warchal, Bohdan; Sobotka, ...

All of these best-selling titles come from the first 10 years of the label and feature our most successful artists. Some are still recording for...continue...

Great Piano Concertos - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Jandó, Jenö; Nebolsin, Eldar; Selby, Kathryn; Thiollier, François-Joël [Piano]; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Ligeti, András; Antal, Mátyás; Wordsworth, Barry; Wit, Antoni; Petrenko, Vasily; Stankovsky, Robert; Lehel, György; Hayman, Richard

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...

Gershwin: Concerto in F; Rhapsody No. 2 / Orio Weiss, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-02-28

Works: George Gershwin: Concerto for Piano in F major; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Variations on "I got rhythm" for Piano and Orchestra
Performers: Weiss, Orion
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

George Gershwin's Concerto in F was a response to demands for a 'proper concerto' after the success of Rhapsody in Blue, avoiding programmatic content while...continue...
Recording information: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA (11/17/2010-11/20/2010)....continue...

Jazz Nocturne: American Concertos of the Jazz Age

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

Works: James P. Johnson: Yamekraw; Harry Reser: Suite for banjo & orchestra; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Dana Suesse: Jazz Nocturne, for piano; Concerto in Three Rhythms, piano & orchestra
Performers: Gurt, Michael; Hammond, Gary [Piano]; Mintun, Peter; Roitman, Tatiana; Rosenberg, Richard; Vappie, Papa Don
Conductors: Rosenberg, Richard

George Gershwin's immortal Rhapsody in Blue is heard here in its complete original version for jazz band as arranged by Ferde Grofé. The second theme...continue...
Recording information: Hot Springs Field House, Hot Springs National Park, Ark.

This unique album is a wonderful snapshot of American jazz in an orchestral setting. Most classical music aficion...continue...

Gershwin: Porgy & Bess, Music For Clarinet / Villard

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Franck Villard: Porgy and Bess Suite, for clarinet & strings; George Gershwin: Concerto for Piano in F major; An American in Paris; Preludes (3) for piano
Performers: Lethiec, Michel
Conductors: Gallois, Patrick

Porgy and Bess and An American in Paris deservedly rank among George Gershwin's most popular works, while in his Three Preludes for piano and Piano...continue...
Recording information: Laukaa Church, Jyväskylä, Finland (10/22/2007-10/27/2007)....continue...

Wind Band Classics - Stamp: In this hid clearing...; Copland, Grainger, Gershwin, Jacob / O'Neal, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-05-26

Works: Gordon Jacob: Suite for symphonic wind band in B flat major; Jack Stamp: In This Hid Clearing..., for wind ensemble; Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait; Percy Grainger: Blithe Bells (Ramble on Bach's "S...
Performers: Fox, Derrick; Todd, Jo Ella
Conductors: O'Neal, Thomas J.
Ensemble: University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

This disc celebrates both the quality and variety of the internationally popular American wind band repertoire. Gershwin's 'Catfish Row' includes several hits as well as...continue...

American Classics - Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 3 / Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Leroy Anderson: Harvard Sketches; Melody on Two Notes; Mother's Whistler; Penny-Whistle Song; Phantom Regiment; Plink, Plank, Plunk!; Promenade; Sandpaper Ballet; Saraband; Serenata; Old MacDonald Ha...
Performers: Malloy, Alasdair; Moore, Catherine
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music – a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop...continue...

Wind Band Classics - American Tapestry - Hanson, Gershwin, Sousa, etc / Corporon, Shuster, Lone Star Wind Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Joseph Wilcox Jenkins: American Overture; Howard Hanson: Merry Mount, Op. 31; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Christopher Tucker: Ceremonial Fanfare,...
Performers: Schuster, Richard
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene

John Williams' arrangement of the 'Star-Spangled Banner' sets the stage for this collection of American works for wind band spanning 100 years. Featuring traditional compositions...continue...

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...

Classic American Love Songs - Arlen, Gershwin, Weill, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-06-26

Works: Harold Arlen: Casbah, film score; Last Night When We Were Young; When the Sun Comes Out, song; Bloomer Girl, musical play; St. Louis Woman, musical play; Life Begins at 8; Kurt Weill: One Touch of Ve...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Farley, Carole

Strike up the Band! / Johansson, Swedish Air Force Band

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Julius Fucik: Florentiner-Marsch for orchestra, Op 214; Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Eric Coates: The Dam Busters, march for the film score; Carl Tei...
Conductors: Johansson, Jerker

This wide-ranging collection of favorite marches from around the world spans a period of 100 years, from Schubert's 'Marche militaire No. 1,' indelibly associated with...continue...

Light Classics - Summertime - Music for Clarinet Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-02-21

Works: Terence J. Thompson: City Scenes, suite for 4 clarinets; George Gershwin: George White's Scandals of 1924; Show Girl; Preludes (3) for piano; Strike up the Band; Porgy and Bess; Lady, be Good; Rik Pe...
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Ensemble: Clarinet Quartet of the Belgian National Orchestra

The Clarinet Quartet of the Belgian National Orchestra presents a lively program of instrumental adaptations. The program ranges from the light-heartedly atmospheric 'American' jazz suites...continue...

Virtuoso Cello Encores / Maria Kliegel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Gaspar Cassadó: Danse du diable vert; David Popper: Fantasy on Russian Themes for cello & piano; Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 54; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV ...
Performers: Havenith, Raimund; Kliegel, Maria

This collection of virtuoso cello encores ranges widely from Bachs Air on the G String to Shostakovichs Neapolitan Tarantella from his Film score, The Gadfly....continue...

Discover - Music of the 20th Century

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 1...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Berman, Boris; Biret, Idil; Heaton, Roger; Hill, Peter; Hirsch, Rebecca; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kormendi, Klara
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Klas, Eri; Yuasa, Takuo; Craft, Robert; Sanderling, Stefan; Bakels, Kees; Lenárd, Ondrej; Mogrelia, Andrew; Slovák, Ladislav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Bateman, Paul; Sincl...
Ensemble: ; Amici Ensemble

Discover Music of the 20th Century is a comprehensive and easily digestible guide, leading us through the diverse, innovative and controversial music of this era....continue...

The Story of American Classical Music / Scherer, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: William Henry Fry: Overture to Macbeth; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 1; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Arthur Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Peska...
Conductors: Rowe, Tony; Rosenberg, Richard; Fagen, Arthur; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Williams, John McLaughlin; Sinclair, James; Brion, Keith; Judd, James; Spalding, Daniel; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José;...
Ensemble: ; Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio

Think 'American Classical Music and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Joplin, Foster Sousa? These great composers are deservedly famous, but from Colonial...continue...

Light Classics - Gershwin for Trumpet / Bartos, Breiner

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; Shall We Dance; Lady, be Good; Rosalie; Damsel in Distress; Porgy and Bess; Goldwyn Follies; Show is on
Performers: Bartos, Juraj; Breiner, Peter

"Minus the notes, I would never have guessed that these very fine musicians, having a go at the most American of music, are Slovaks. They...continue...

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...

American Classics - Gershwin / James Judd, New Zealand SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Robert Russell Bennett: Symphonic Picture from "Porgy and Bess"; Gershwin in Hollywood
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

George Gershwin's An 'American in Paris' provides a further synthesis of the jazz that he saw as the essentially American folk-music and the traditional classical...continue...

The Best of Gershwin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-02-01

Works: George Gershwin: Cuban Overture; Concerto for Piano in F major; Porgy and Bess; Preludes (3) for piano; Girl Crazy; Shall We Dance; Rhapsody in Blue
Performers: Bates, Leon; Selby, Kathryn
Conductors: Hayman, Richard
Ensemble: Richard Hayman Orchestra; Slovak State Symphony Orchestra

Born the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants into the vibrant life of Manhattan, George Gershwin created much of the twentieth century's musical highlights, with an endless...continue...

Gershwin: Preludes, Songs; Corea: Children's Songs / Bates

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1990-08-22

Works: George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for Piano; Lady, be Good; George White's Scandals of 1924; Show Girl; Strike up the Band; Girl Crazy; Chick Corea: Children's Songs (20)
Performers: Bates, Leon

Romantic Piano Favourites Vol 1 / Balázs Szokolay

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-03-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo for Piano no 1 in D major, K 485; Franz Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major, D 899, no 9; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65; E...
Performers: Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]